Thursday, September 17, 2009

Johan Lydrik Olsen




Johan was born on November 20th in 1852 as the youngest of seven children at Vikaskag Farm, in Froya in Sor-Trondelag. He was baptized in Sletta church  on February 20th in 1853.

His parents was Ole Pedersen Vikaskaget b. 1803 at Kloven Farm and Guru Johnsdatter Krangsaas b. 1810 at Krangsaas in Borsa.




His siblings were:
Petter b. 1832 (drowned in 1853?)
Johanna Maria b. 1834, married to Johan Bernt Isaksen Dragsnes.
Ingeborg Olina b. 1839 (possibly married at Orndal)
Ole Andreas b. 1841 d. 1912 Brooten, Stearns County, Minnesota
Carl Gunerius b. 1844 d. 1899 Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
Odin f. 1846 b. 1927 Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota



Johan and Odin was the only children living on the Vikaskag Farm in the 1865 census. They had three cows, sixteen sheep and one pig. Later Johan lived at the farm until about 1886 when he sold Vikaskag and bought the farm Sordal in Gurvikdalen. Their father Ole died in 1863, and their mother Guru died in 1894.

Johan (my great grandfather) married Ane Kristine Pedersdatter Sneve b. may 15th 1857 at Skjonhalsen, Froya.
Ane Kristine (she used the name Kjerstine) was a daughter of Peder Andreas Ingebrigtsen Sneve b. 1827 d. 1894 and Ane Jensdatter b. 1827 d. 1891.

Johan and Kjerstine had the following children:
Gusta Oline 1880-1880.
Gustav Olaf 1881-1955 - married to Hanna Albertine A. Bjørnbæk and Othelie Nygaard. Two children.
Petra Konstanse 1883-1940 - married to Knut Eidsvaag. Three children.
Paul Leonard 1885-1953 - maried to Nikoline Ovedie Olsen.Three children.
Johan Alfred 1887-1950 - died in Brooklyn, New York. Married, one daughter died young.?
Ole 1889-1961 - married to Agnethe Charlotte Bekken. (my grandparents) Four children.
Halvdan 1891-1973 - married to Johanna Eline Haakonsdatter Skjældamsvik. Four children.
Alvhilde Charlotte 1892-1965. Three children.
Anna 1894- diede in New York, married to Carl Ostlund. One child.
Marie 1896-1965 - married to Edvard Andersen Vollum. Eight children.
John Matheus 1898-1958 - døde i Canada, married, No children.
Aslaug Gunvor 1900-1987 - married to Oskar Gustav Fredriksen Sørdal. Six children.
Julie Agnette 1900-1972 - married to Iver Julian Karlsen Strandheim. Five children.

Johan Lydrik died in 1930 and Kjerstine died in 1923.

Johanna Maria was born on May 30th 1834. She married Johan Bernt Isaksen Dragsnes b. 1826 on July 11th 1875.
They had the following children:
Ole Gunerius b. 1867
Anna Berntine b. 1869
Johan Martin b. 1872 married Eline Martine Hansdatter Skjonhals b. 1870. They had four children.
Anna Kristine b. 1875 emigrated to the US in 1893?
Edvard Julian b. 1878 d. 1897

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