CHRISTOPHER•ALLEN•SMITH•WINTON Family Tree - Person Sheet
CHRISTOPHER•ALLEN•SMITH•WINTON Family Tree - Person Sheet
Birth Date8 Oct 1860 [2727], [2723], [2740, pp.610-611]
Birth PlaceIndre Hafslo, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway
Immi Date1880 [2779]
Census Date25 Jun 1900 [2727] Age: 39
Census PlaceFingal, Barnes Co., North Dakota, United States
Census Date23 Apr 1910 [2779] Age: 49
Census PlaceValley City, Barnes Co., North Dakota, United States
Memo715 7th Ave., 4th Ward
Death Date3 Oct 1912 [2688] Age: 51
Death PlaceValley City, Barnes Co., North Dakota, United States
Burial Date5 Oct 1912 [2688]
Burial PlaceValley City, Barnes Co., North Dakota, United States
MemoWoodbine Cemetery
OccupationOwner of a General Store [2727]
OccupationPostmaster of Fingal, ND [2740, p.611]
OccupationInsurance Agent [2779]
EducationAgricultural College, Christiania, Norway, 1880 [2740, p.610]
FatherArnfin THORKELSON (~1825-)
MotherAmbjorg WANGEN (~1826-)
Spouses
1Bertha C. OLSON 
[2636], [2727], [8086], 1C4R
[2636], [2727], [8086], 1C4RBirth PlaceCoon Valley, Bad Ax [Vernon] Co., Wisconsin, United States
Memo1862 according to 1870 & 1900 census; or 6 Oct 1861.
Census Date4 Jun 1870 [2636] Age: 8
Census PlaceNeshonoc, La Crosse Co., Wisconsin, United States
Census Date25 Jun 1900 [2727] Age: 38
Census PlaceFingal, Barnes Co., North Dakota, United States
Census Date23 Apr 1910 [2779] Age: 48
Census PlaceValley City, Barnes Co., North Dakota, United States
Memo715 7th Ave., 4th Ward
Census Date1920 [2780]
Census PlaceValley City, Barnes Co., North Dakota, United States
Memo7th Ave., 4th Ward
Census Date10 Apr 1930 [2781] Age: 68
Census PlaceValley City, Barnes Co., North Dakota, United States
Memo318 Main Street, 2nd Ward
Death Date23 Jan 1951 [2723] Age: 89
Death PlaceValley City, Barnes Co., North Dakota, United States
Burial PlaceValley City, Barnes Co., North Dakota, United States
MemoWoodbine cemetery
Alt.SpellingOLESEN [2636]
FatherChristian OLSEN STIGEN (1825-1907)
MotherJohanne NIELSDATTER (1826-1915)
Misc. Notes
1910 census claimed Bertha was the mother of 6 children all living, but the 1900 census included a child, Thalma, who died in 1902.
Mr. & Mrs. T. A. THORKELSON were sponsors at the baptism of Nina Louise OLSON, Bertha’s niece. [8086]
Mr. & Mrs. T. A. THORKELSON were sponsors at the baptism of Nina Louise OLSON, Bertha’s niece. [8086]
Research
Possible match in 1880 census: Bertha OLESON, age 18, born in Wisconsin, parents born in Norway, a servant in the household of Jonathan GREEN, in West Salem, ED 49.
ChildrenArnfin Christian (1886-1959)
Bjarne Oscar (1888-1951)
Harold Rugvold (1890-1940)
Jessie Emilie (1891-1984)
Bertha Geraldine (1895-1967)
Thalma (1897-1902)
Thelma Elsie (1903-1947)