NORBY, Taran (Olsen) 1837-1912
OLSEN, NORBY, JUVEBRAATEN
Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 5/5/2010 at 21:45:06
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Taran (Olsen) Norby, 1837-1912
Mrs. Tharan Norby was born in Hedalen, Norway, October 21, 1837, the eldest daughter of Ole Olsen Juvebraaten and Anne Olsdatter Fonhuseie.
She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran church of her native land. She came to this country with her widowed mother, brother, and sister in the summer of 1857 and made her home near Black Earth, Dane County, Wisconsin.
The following year she was united in marriage to Halstein Iverson (Norby). They purchased a farm in that neighborhood where they lived eleven years. They came to Mitchell County in the summer of 1869 and purchased a half section of land in the Rock Creek settlement, eight miles southwest of Osage where she has lived ever since.
The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Norby has been blessed with twelve children, nine of which, six sons and three daughters survive her; Iver, Olaus, and Lauritz of Rock Creek, Carl living south of St. Ansgar, Henry of Cooperstown, North Dakota, Edward of McVille, North Dakota, the daughters, Mrs. Anton (Marie) Lundene and Mrs. N.J. (Thea) Johnson of Rock Creek and Mrs. Martin (Elizabeth) Klemesrud of McVille, North Dakota.
She was preceded in death by her son Edward I in 1880 and two other children in infancy.
Mrs. Norby lived a pious and active life and brought her family up "In the Nurture and Admonition of the Lord."
Her husband died in the fall of 1896. She died April 16, 1912, at the home of her eldest daughter, Mrs. Anton Lundene, with whom she had made her home a few weeks of her last illness.
The funeral services were held April 19th at the Rock Creek Lutheran church of which she was always a faithful member. She was laid to rest in the cemetery near the church beside her husband and three children who had gone before.
Credit: Steve Norby (2004)
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#2:Taran (Tharan) Olsdatter Juvbraaten was born October 21, 1837 at Nordre Lindelien, Aadal, Buskerud, Norway to Ole Olsen Juvbraaten and Anne Olsdatter Fonnhuseie, the oldest of their five children.
She was baptized on January 28, 1838, 1812 at Norderhov church, Buskerud, Norway and also confirmed in Norway.
Taran emigrated in the summer of 1857 to Dane, Wisconsin with her mother and younger siblings.
She married Halstein Everson (Iverson, Nordbye, Norby) at Dane, Wisconsin on July 4,1858.
The couple had 12 children:
Iver Halsteinsen Norby (b February 2, 1859 Black Earth, Dane, Wisconsin, d July 2, 1929 Rock Grove, Floyd, Iowa);Olaus Halsteinsen Norby (b October 14, 1860 Black Earth, Dane, Wisconsin, d August 10, 1934 Osage, Mitchell, Iowa);
Elizabeth Halsteinsdatter Norby (b September 6, 1862 Black Earth, Wisconsin, d before 1968 Dane, Wisconsin);
Anna Marie Halsteinsdatter Norby (b October 10, 1864 Black Earth, WI, d April 17, 1939 Mitchell, Iowa);
Edvard Halsteinsen Norby (b September 23, 1866 Black Earth, WI, d October 22, 1880 Cedar, Mitchell, Iowa);
Elesa Halsteinsdatter Norby ( b September 12, 1868 Black Earth, WI, d between 1870-1880 Cedar, Mitchell, Iowa);
Hendrik Theodore Norby ( b February 4, 1871 Cedar, Mitchell, Iowa, d December 1, 1932 Osage, Mitchell, Iowa);
Lauritz Halsteinsen Norby (b December 29, 1872 Cedar, Mitchell, Iowa, d February 11, 1939 Mitchell, Iowa);
Carl Halsteinsen Norby ( b December 26, 1874 Cedar, Mitchell, Iowa, d June 25, 1954 Osage, Mitchell, Iowa);
Thea Caroline Norby ( b May 9, 1877 Cedar, Mitchell, Iowa, d October 19, 1945 Osage, Mitchell, Iowa);
Elisabeth Marie Halsteinsdatter Norby (b October 1, 1879 Cedar, Mitchell, Iowa, d October 3, 1955 Santa Cruz, California) and
Edvard Halsteinsen Norby (b November 27, 1881 Cedar, Mitchell, Iowa, d June 14, 1941 Underwood, McLean, North Dakota).
Found in the 1860 census living at Vermont, Dane, Wisconsin: Hatsteen Iverson 28, Tharan Iverson 23, Iver Iverson 2.
In 1869, the family moved to Cedar, Mitchell, Iowa.
Found in the 1870 - 1910 censuses at Cedar, Mitchell, Iowa:
1870: Holstien Everson 39, Tyron Everson 33, Iver Everson 11, Olous Everson 10 Mary Everson 6, Edward Everson 4, Elesa Everson 2, Erik Johnson 28, Helga Holverson19.
1880: Holstein Iverson 49, Tharine Iverson 42, Iver Iverson 21, Olevas Iverson 19, Anna Iverson 15, Edward Iverson 13, Henry Iverson 9, Laurice Iverson 7, Carl Iverson 5, Caroline Iverson 3, Elisabeth Iverson 8m.
1885: Holstine Everson 54, Torm Everson 47. 1900: Tarand E. Norby 62. Born in Norway, emigrated in 1857. Bore 12 children, 9 are living; Henry T Norby 29, Laurits Norby 27, Carl Norby 25, Edward Norby 18. 1905: Taran Iverson. 1910: Iver I Norby 52, Hjalman H Newby 22, Adolf Theodore Norby 19, Clara Norby 17, Toran Newby 72.
Taran Norby died April 16, 1912 at rural Floyd, Iowa and is buried at the Rock Creek Lutheran Cemetery, Meroa, Cedar, Mitchell, Iowa.
See FindaGrave Memorial #52064881.
Taran's married surname was Everson until 1904, then Iverson to 1910. In 1911, changed to Nordbye which was shortened to Norby.
(Note: More about this lady and her family can be found on the Mitchell County Gen Web site in the booklet, “Meroa”.)
(Credit: Deidre Badker, 4/2014)
Photo from the RCLC Ladies Aide booklet.
See a larger photo of Taran in the Mitchell
photographs collection, album 12.
Mitchell Obituaries maintained by Sharyl Ferrall.
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