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JENSEN, Gjermund 1846-1873

JENSEN, GROGARD, OSTENSON, HALVORSON

Posted By: Karen Feldt Robertson (email)
Date: 4/16/2024 at 20:12:30

From page 112, "Viking Heritage" by Loretta Odegard
Gjermond Jensen Mogestue was born in Numedal, Norway, in 1846 and came to America with his parents in 1852, arriving at his older sister's home in Newark, Wisconsin, on July 11 after a journey of three months and 11 days.
Gjermond married Louisa Grogard (they sometimes used the name Ostenson, sometimes Halvorson, sometimes Grogard) and they lived at Mona, Iowa. Their son, Jens Gjermond Jensen, was born at Mona on April 28, 1873. Gjermond, the father died August 5 of the year 1873. Louisa married Peter L. Larson Odegard in 1875 and Jens took the name of his step-father (henceforth, J.G. Odegard). At the age of six he moved to Dakota Territory with his parents to a homestead east of Buxton, Trail County, and then into town in 1881.
Date of Birth 1846
Date of Death August 5, 1873
Place of Burial First Lutheran Cemetery, St. Ansgar, Iowa

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Obituary: From page 112, "Viking Heritage" by Loretta Odegard Gjermond Jensen Mogestue was born in Numedal, Norway, in 1846 and came to America with his parents in 1852, arriving at his older sister's home in Newark, Wisconsin, on July 11 after a journey of three months and 11 days. Gjermond married Louisa Grogard (they sometimes used the name Ostenson, sometimes Halvorson, sometimes Grogard) and they lived at Mona, Iowa. Their son, Jens Gjermond Jensen, was born at Mona on April 28, 1873. Gjermond, the father died August 5 of the year 1873. Louisa married Peter L. Larson Odegard in 1875 and Jens took the name of his step-father (henceforth, J.G. Odegard). At the age of six he moved to Dakota Territory with his parents to a homestead east of Buxton, Trail County, and then into town in 1881. Date of Birth 1846 Date of Death August 5, 1873 Place of Burial First Lutheran Cemetery, St. Ansgar, Iowa
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