CHRISTOPHER•ALLEN•SMITH•WINTON Family Tree - Person Sheet
CHRISTOPHER•ALLEN•SMITH•WINTON Family Tree - Person Sheet
NameKari SIMENSDATTER [61], [62], [1831], GGG Grandmother
Birth Date7 Aug 1804 [504], [1831], [2676]
Birth PlacePalerud, Vang, Hedmark, Norway
Memoor “Pallerud”
Bapt Date26 Aug 1804 [2676] Age: <1
Bapt PlaceVang, Hedmark, Norway
MemoAt the parsonage; the church burned down in July.
Reside Date21 Oct 1835 Age: 31
Reside PlaceNordre Bjørge, Ringsaker, Hedmark, Norway
MemoAt time of marriage.
Emig Date27 Apr 1858 [1211], [61] Age: 53
Emig PlaceRingsaker, Hedmark, Norway
Immi DateJul 1858 [566]
Immi PlaceDetroit, Michigan
MemoAssumes she entered the U.S. at the same time as her daughter Oline.
Census Date3 Jun 1870 [504] Age: 65
Census PlaceNeshonoc, La Crosse Co., Wisconsin, United States
Census DateJun 1880 [2428]
Census PlaceNorth La Crosse, La Crosse Co., Wisconsin, United States
Memo194 Rose Street
Death Datebef Sep 1881
Death PlaceLa Crosse Co., Wisconsin, United States
Memobased on her absence from participation in a deed of sale 12-SEP-1881.
Alias/AKAKari SIMONSON [79]
Alt.SpellingCarrie [504], [1621]
FatherSimen HALVORSEN (ca1774-)
MotherKari LARSDATTER (1771-1836)
Misc. Notes
The 12th (?) century Vang church was struck by lightning, 8 July 1804, and burned down. [2677] Therefore Kari’s baptism most likely was performed at the parsonage. But somehow the parish records survived.

Residing at Nordre Bjorge at the time of her marriage. [1831]

Oline’s (Olina Hanson) death certificate names her mother as “Sigert Olson.” The informant was Mrs. William Bates (Dena). [589]
Spouses
Birth Date3 Feb 1808 [63], [1225], [1831]
Birth PlaceOpsahleie, Ringsaker, Hedmark, Norway
MemoOpsahl (Oppsal) farm. aka Opsahleie.
Bapt Date7 Feb 1808 [1225] Age: <1
Bapt PlaceRingsaker, Hedmark, Norway
Emig Date23 Mar 1842 [2674] Age: 34
Emig PlaceRingsaker, Hedmark, Norway
MemoIn-country migration to Trondheim, alone.
Emig Date1842
Emig PlaceTrondheim, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway
MemoIn-country migration to Ringsaker.
Immi Date26 Nov 1842 [2675] Age: 34
Immi PlaceRingsaker, Hedmark, Norway
MemoIn-country migration back to his “birth parish” (Ringsaker) from Trondheim.
Emig Date27 Apr 1858 [1211], [61] Age: 50
Emig PlaceRingsaker, Hedmark, Norway
Immi DateJul 1858 [566]
Immi PlaceDetroit, Michigan
MemoAssumes he entered the U.S. at the same time as his daughter Oline.
Census Date3 Jun 1870 [504] Age: 62
Census PlaceNeshonoc, La Crosse Co., Wisconsin, United States
Citizen Date18 Nov 1871 [902] Age: 63
Citizen PlaceLa Crosse Co., Wisconsin, United States
Census DateJun 1880 [2428]
Census PlaceNorth La Crosse, La Crosse Co., Wisconsin, United States
Memo194 Rose Street
Reside Date1885 [1621]
Reside PlaceLa Crosse, La Crosse Co., Wisconsin, United States
Memo904 Rose Street
Death Date9 Jun 1885 [333], [1621], [1622] Age: 77
Death PlaceLa Crosse Co., Wisconsin, United States
Burial Date1885
Burial PlaceLa Crosse, La Crosse Co., Wisconsin, United States
MemoCampbell Cemetery (originally “North La Crosse Cemetery.” Location in cemetery unknown.
Alias/AKAEngebret Olson [902], [504]
Alt.SpellingIngebret Olson Stigen
Alt.SpellingEngebret Olsen Dælieie [61]
Alt.SpellingEngebret Olsen Dahleie [1831]
Alt.SpellingEngebret Olson Stigen [1211]
Alt.SpellingEngebreth (in this case it is not clear if the spelling is Engebrett or Engebreth). [62], [2674]
Alt.SpellingOLISON [504]
Alt.SpellingIngebredt O. SLIGEN [1621]
Alt.SpellingIngelbredt Olsen STIGEN [1621]
Alt.SpellingIngebricht Olsen [2666]
OccupationCarpenter [1621], [1831]
FatherOle INGEBRETTSEN STIGEN (1781-1853)
MotherEli TOLLEVSDATTER (1781-1849)
Misc. Notes
Although the parish register in Norway recorded his birth under the spelling "Ingebrett," most subsequent records have it as "Engebret" (with one or two T's). In Norway, he and his family lived on the Stigen farm located in the Ringsaker municipality of Hedmark County. This farm still exists and can be seen from the E6 highway, just northwest of Brumunddal. The farm overlooks the east arm of Lake Mjøsa. Since his name was sometimes recorded with "Dælieie" rather than "Stigen," he may also have spent some time at the nearby farm of Dæli or it simply may have been that Stigen was a sub-farm of Dæli. It is believed that he was not a farmer but rather a carpenter for the farm. A hand-carved wooden beer tankard that has been handed down through the generations is believed to have been made by Ingebrett. The emigration register shows that the family departed Ringsaker, 27-APR-1858, husband, wife and five children. It is not known what Norwegian port they sailed from, though Christiania (present day Oslo) would have been the closest. Their first destination in North America was Quebec, Canada, the most common port of entry for Norwegians from 1850 to 1865. From Quebec they made their way through the Great Lakes, entering the United States at Detroit, Michigan, July, 1858. From there they traveled to Wisconsin and settled on farm land about fourteen miles from La Crosse, and about four miles north of Neshonoc (an extinct village that was near present day West Salem). There he built a log house, 1-1/2 stories high, 14 x 20 feet, with a shingle roof, 2 board floors, 2 outside doors, and 6 windows. He also had a second log house on the property, measuring 14 x 16 feet. He then applied under the Homestead Act to obtain an adjoining 40 acre parcel. To qualify for the Homestead, in May of 1866, he began cultivating the government land, putting up about 40 rods of rail fence and breaking about half an acre of land. Then he constructed a new log house, similar in construction to the first house. Additionally he built a 12 x 14 foot frame barn, a log stable and planted some fruit trees. On 18-Nov-1871, Engebret was granted U.S. citizenship, the final requirement for the Homestead. On 01-Oct-1872, Engebret was officially granted a Homestead certificate for the 40 acres (SE 1/4 of SW 1/4 of Sect. 10, Twp. 17 N, Range 6 W, 4th Principal Meridian). He sold the original farm and moved permanently onto the new farm. The official court records noted that the land was "rocky and bluffy and not susceptible of much cultivation." [574], [3425]

A land ownership map of Hamilton Twp. published in 1874 shows the farm labeled “E. O.Stigen” [2437]
Marr Date21 Oct 1835 [1831]
Marr PlaceRingsaker, Hedmark, Norway
MarrBn Date20 Sep 1835 [1831]
MarrBn PlaceRingsaker, Hedmark, Norway
MarrBn Date27 Sep 1835 [1831]
MarrBn PlaceRingsaker, Hedmark, Norway
MarrBn Date14 Oct 1835 [1831]
MarrBn PlaceRingsaker, Hedmark, Norway
Misc. Notes
Best men: Amund Juulsen Bjørge, Hans Haavelsen Dahle [1831]
ChildrenOline (1837-1912)
 Karen (1840-1924)
 Marte (1842-1925)
 Syver (1845-1928)
 Even (1847-1889)
Last Modified 17 May 2022Created 23 Jun 2022 using Reunion for Macintosh
First Published 22 Sep 2013. Revised 23 Jun 2022
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