1819 - 1903
Generation: 1
1. | Siri Pedersdatter Oksendal was born on 24 Apr 1819 in Øksendal, Bakken Sogn, Vest Agder, Norway; died on 10 Dec 1903. Notes:
!SO: D-031
PROBLEM: D-002 lists name as Sire (Modal), birth as 1820.
D-014 spells name Sire.
D-024 lists Sire Pedersdtr. and b. as 1819.
MRIN-531 (by great grandaughter, Bertha Ann (Modahl) Larsen of Falls
Church, VA) indicates that the name is SINA and that there is a
villiage in Norway by the name of Sire.
MRIN-531 spells sirname as Oxendahl. (See `notes' for Peder Hanson
Oksendal-499 for explanation of variations of spelling of this
surname)
D-025 lists b. as Apr 24, 1819, Oxendal, Bakke, Vest-Agder, Norway.
Lists name as Siri Pedersdatter.
D-029C lists bd 1820.
D-040 lists b. 1820.
D-043 lists dd Sep 12, 1903.
(O-12) lists bd. 1820
Siri married Sigbjorn Sigbjornsen Modahl on 12 Sep 1841. Sigbjorn was christened on 23 Oct 1814. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Generation: 2
5. | Martine Modal (1.Siri1) was born in 1852. Notes:
!SO: D-002, D-031
NOTES: D-031 lists name Martine Sigbjornsdatter Modal.
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7. | Lars Andrias Modahl (1.Siri1) was born on 5 Feb 1862. Notes:
!SO: D-002 Lists name as Lars Andrias Modal.
MRIN-531 lists it as Lars Andreas and gives the following surname
variations: Sigbjornson (Modahl) Modal Lee, Modals Bakke.
Comment: I will use Lars Andreas Modal until further clarified.
NOTES: D-031 lists name Lars Andrias Sigbjornsen Modal.
EDUCATION: Norwegian Higher Learning.
MILITARY: Norwegian Army.
OCCUPATION: Teacher in Norway, Farmer in America.
BURIAL: Nevis Cemetery.
NOTES: Bertha Ann (Modahl) Larson of Falls Church, VA relates in MRIN-531 that her grandfather Lars, together with his brother, his father and their
father's father were all school teachers in Norway and quite well off. However, Lars didn't like teaching - and was poor - so he left Norway and went to live with his Uncle in Cottonwood, MN. With money he saved while working on the railroad there and with a loan from his Uncle, he brought his wife and seven children to America. His wife died shortly after arriving in Cottonwood and is buried there. Lars needed help raising his young family and he wrote to his wife's widowed sister in Norway asking her to come to America and marry him. She did, bringing three children with her. They found a small farm on a small lake (7th Crow Wing) in Nevis, MN and there they lived out their remaining years. NOTE: MRIN-531 goes on to list some achievements and notations for several of Lars' grandchildren.
Family/Spouse: Bertha. Bertha was born on 25 Jul 1864; died on 18 Feb 1906. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Lars married Tari in Cottonwood, Lyon, Minnesota, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Generation: 3
32. | Sigbjorn Modahl (7.Lars2, 1.Siri1) was born on 28 Sep 1887 in Flekkefjord, Vest Agder, Norway; died on 17 Mar 1962 in Akeley, Hubbard, Minnesota, United States; was buried in Nevis, Hubbard, Minnesota, United States. Notes:
!SO: D-002, MRIN-1018, MRIN-531* (complete).
PROBLEM: D-002 and MRIN-531 list BD as 9-28-1887. MRIN-1018 lists 9-28-1888.
EDUCATION: in Norway.
MILITARY: U.S. Army, WW I, private, 1917.
OCCUPATION: Farmer.
RELIGION: Lutheran.
NOTES: MRIN-531 indicates he was also known as Sam.
BURIAL: Nevis Cemetery.
Sigbjorn married Ole Fina Amelia Underland in 1921 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States. Ole was born on 5 Apr 1897 in Bergan, Mælum, Skien, Solum, Telemark, Norway; died on 20 Jan 1987 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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33. | Sena Modahl (7.Lars2, 1.Siri1) was born on 10 Aug 1889. Notes:
!SO D-002 Spells name Sena. MRIN-531 spells it Sina.
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Generation: 4
46. | Agnes Olivia Modahl (32.Sigbjorn3, 7.Lars2, 1.Siri1) was born on 21 Dec 1927 in Nevis, Hubbard, Minnesota, United States; died in Sep 1957. Notes:
!SO: D-002, MRIN-452, MRIN-1524, MRIN-1523.
NOTE: Various sources list middle name as Olivia and Olava. FGR-1523 explains
That Agnes was baptized Agnes Olava, but changed her name at
confirmation to Agnes Olivia.
Family/Spouse: Dale William Settergren. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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56. | Mary Lou Olson (35.Nettie3, 7.Lars2, 1.Siri1) Notes:
!SO: D-002, D-029.
PROBLEM: D-029 lists Mary Lou for this second child and Carl for the third
child. D-002 lists Mary for second child and Lou for the third child.
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57. | Carl Olson (35.Nettie3, 7.Lars2, 1.Siri1) Notes:
!SO: D-002 lists Lou for this child. D-029 lists Carl.
See `notes' for sister, Mary Lou.
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