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GUNDERSON, Liv Pedersdatter 1797-1879

GUNDERSON GUNDERSEN, PETERSDATTER, HALVORSEN, KNUDSDATTER

Posted By: Deidre Badker (email)
Date: 4/25/2015 at 11:39:54

Liv Pedersdatter was born July 16, 1797 at Bekkjordan, Rollag, Buskerud, Norway to Peder Halvorsen and Joran Knudsdatter. She was baptized in the family's church and confirmed on July 5, 1812 at Rollag, Buskerud, Norway. Confirmation record found at Norwegian Digital archives on-line for Rollag, Buskerud, Norway 1792-1814: page 455, entry # 5, name appeared as Live.

Live married Gunder Gundersen on October 5, 1817 at Rollag, Buskerud, Norway.

The couple had 9 children who were all born at Rollag, Buskerud, Norway:

Birgitte (b Feb 2, 1818, married Hans Andersen, d unknown);

Gunder (b November 19, 1820, married Bergit Syversdatter, d March 9, 1898 Oak Park, Marshall, Minnesota);

Joran (b January 1, 1824, d April 26, 1824 Rollag, Norway);

Peder (b March 30, 1826, d before 1830 Rollag, Norway);

Joran (b July 30, 1829, married Knud Eriksen, d May 3, 1912 Bristol, Worth, Iowa);

Knud (b December 23, 1832,married Turi Ellingsdatter, married Thea Wang, d February 1, 1901 Oslo, Marshall, Minnesota);

Peder (b March 20, 1835, married Ronnong Iversdatter Fekjer, d July 1879 St Ansgar, Mitchell, Iowa);

Sigri (Sarah) (b March 8, 1838, married Vigleik (William) Reisaeter Olesen, d November 10, 1913 Fisher, Polk, Minnesota) and

Erik (Erick) (b October 31, 1842, married Louisa Gunilda Helgeson, married Ragnhild W Halstensdatter, d October 27, 1908 St Ansgar, Mitchell, Iowa).

Live, Gunder and their children Sigri and Erik left Norway in the spring of 1858 to emigrate to Newburg, Mitchell, Iowa, settling on a farm owned by their son Peder. Emigration record found at Norwegian Digital Archives, Rollag, Buskerud, Norway 1847-1860, page 369, entries #59-62; Gunder Gundersen age 63 Bjerkjerden (sp?); Liv Pedersdatter age 61; Sigri Gundersdatter age 20; Erick Gundersen age 16.

Found in the 1860 census living at rural St Ansgar, Mitchell, Iowa: Peter Gunderson 30, Gunder Gunderson 66, Leave Gunderson 64, Edward Gunderson 18, Sarah Gunderson 20.

Found in the 1870 census at Newburg, Mitchell, Iowa: Peter Gunderson 48, Rumug Gunderson 26, Gender Gunderson 75, Leva Gunderson 70, Eskill Larson 60, Eliz Gunderson 27.

Found in the 1880 census mortality schedule: Live Gundersen, age 82, from Norway, keeping house, died in September of 1879 from cystitis. Lived in Mitchell county for 22 years.

Liv Gundersen died in September of 1879 at Newburg, Mitchell, Iowa and was buried at the First Lutheran (Evergreen) Cemetery at St Ansgar, Mitchell, Iowa.

There is a memorial for her at FindaGrave #50907216.

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