Ragnhild Sondresdatter Royshuus

Notes:

SO: D-041.
NOTES: Royshuus is listed with a slashed `O'. Birth date is listed as
1780 or 1773.

Ragnhild married Ole Gunderson on 11 Feb 1818. Ole was born in 1788. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Sondre OLSON Reishus was born on 6 Oct 1820 in Flatdal, Telemark, Norway; died on 3 Oct 1886 in Yellow Medicine, Minnesota, United States; was buried in Sandnes Township, Yellow Medicine, Minnesota, United States.

Notes:

SO: D-042. Does not spell out the name of this ancestor but says that this
Sondre had served as a soldier in the war against Sweden and had come from
the `East' to the Flatdal area, a valley surrounded by Massive mountain
ranges of the Upper Telemark region. Here he found work with various
people and had saved some money when fell in love with one of the
girls in the valley but she would not marry him unless he would provide a
house. He was granted a piece of land which ended at the perpendicular
wall of mountain. Here he cleared the land and built an unusual cabin by
leaning huge timbers against the moutain wall. Because of the unusual
construction, the farm became known as REISHUS. (REIS: a V shaped log
pile.). It was here that he brought his bride to live. Her name was
Ragna. Sandre and Ragna has seven children, all girls. Ragnhild was the
oldest and inherited the place from her parents. She married a man from
Aamoltsdal by the name of Olav. Together they had one child, a son who
they named, Sogne, after his grandfather. When Sogne was 22 years old
he married Ingebjor.

Sondre married Ragna. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

!SO: D-042.