FIELD, Gunhild (FJELD) (nee Moe) 1864-1943

FJELD, FJELDE, FIELD, MOE, WAMSTAD, NORBY

Posted By: Diane M Scott (email)
Date: 1/12/2011 at 10:30:30

Gunhild (nee Moe) Fjeld/Field 1864-1943

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MRS. FJELD, 78, DIES SUDDENLY, RITES FOR OSAGE WOMAN SET FOR FRIDAY

Osage, Iowa – Funeral services for Mrs. Martin Fjeld, 78, who died suddenly Monday night at her farm home seven miles southwest of Osage, have been set tentatively for Friday afternoon. Services will be held at her home and at the Rock Creek Lutheran church, the Rev. Blaine Gunderson officiating. Burial will be in Rock Creek Cemetery.

As Gunhild Moe, she was born in Valders, Norway, April 15, 1864, coming to America at the age of one year with her parents. They lived in Dane County, Wisconsin, one year, following which they moved to Rock Creek, Mitchell County, where she had resided since.

On June 3, 1892, she was married to Martin Fjeld, and they celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in June 1942

Besides her husband, she is survived by three daughters; Mrs. Milton Wamstad and Mrs. Tilman Norby, Rock Creek, and Olga, at home; one son, Oscar, living on the home farm, one brother, George Moe, Rock Creek, six grandchildren and five great grandchildren.

[Mason City Globe Gazette, Tuesday March 23, 1943]
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Rock Creek Lutheran Church Cemetery:
Field, Gunhild (Julia) Moe -- Apr 15, 1864 - Mar 22, 1943
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1900 US Census: Cedar, Mitchell, Iowa
Martin Field 42, born Norway April 1858
Gunhild 36 born Norway April 1864
Mina O., 7, born Iowa March 1893
Oscar G., 5, born Iowa October 1894
Gea M., 4, born March 1896, Iowa
Olga K., 7/12, born October 1899 Iowa

Note: left on the Ancestry.com 1900 Census by Deidre Badker - 8/3/2010
Martin Olsen (Fjeld) Field

Born April 15, 1858, Aurvals Parish, Sondre, Norway, to Ole A. Olsen Fjelde and Gunnild Mari Eriksdatter Haugsrud.

Married Gunhild Olsdatter Christiansmoen (Moe) June 3, 1892 RCLC Meroa, Cedar, Mitchell, Iowa. Children: Mina Olive, Oscar George, Gea Mabel, Olga Karine. Died July 19, 1959 Osage, Mitchell, Iowa. Farmer. Buried at RCLC Cemetery, Meroa, Cedar, Mitchell, Iowa.
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Gunhild Olsdatter (Christiansmoen) Moe was born April 15, 1864 at Valdres, Oppland, Norway to Ole Oleson Christiansmoen and Guri Olsdatter Bjoran Maafaa. Her first name is found as Gunhild, Gunnild and Julia; her maiden surname was Christiansmoen and shortened to Moe after emigration; her married surname found as Field, Fjeld, Fjelde.

Obituary from Mitchell County Iowa Press News, March 1943: "The sudden death of Mrs. Martin Field Sunday evening was a shock to the whole community. She had been in apparent good health and was about her home, then about 8 P.M. she suffered a heart attack and died instantly [on March 22, 1943 at Cedar, Mitchell, Iowa.]

Gunhild (Julia) Olsdatter Christiansmoen was born in Valdres, Norway on April 15, 1864, the daughter of Ole Olsen Christiansmoen and Guri Olsdatter Maafaa. She was the third child in a family of eight children.

Her siblings were: George Oscar Oleson Christiansmoen Moe; Gulbrand Gilbert Moe; Martin Oleson Moe; Olaus George Moe; Oline Moe; Caroline Karina Moe and Marie Moe.

When she was about a year old (1865), her parents and she & two older brothers immigrated to Dane County, Wisconsin where they lived about a year. Next, they moved to Cedar Twnshp., Mitchell Co, Iowa, and lived temporarily in the Thideman Docken cabin till purchasing a farm where they established their home (abt 1866). Also about this time, the family changed their surname to Moe. Gundhild has been a life long member of the RCLC church.

Baptized in Norway, confirmed at RCLC April 20, 1879, she was an active member of the church. She lived in Cedar Township, Iowa 74 of her 76 years.

On June 3, 1892, Gunhild was united in marriage to Martin Field.

To them four children were born: Mina Olive (Mrs. Milton) Wamstad; Gea Mabel (Mrs. Tillman) Norby; Oscar George and Olga Karine, at home.
Mr. & Mrs. Field celebrated their Golden Wedding anniversary a year ago [1942].

Preceding her in death were three brothers: Ole, Gilbert, Martin; three sisters: Kari, Lena & Mary. There remain to mourn her passing, her husband, four children, five grandsons and one granddaughter, one brother George, besides the Rock Creek Community and other relatives.

Funeral services are being held Thursday, at 1 o'clock at home; 2 P.M. at Rock Creek Lutheran Church with the Rev. C. Blaine Gunderson officiating.

Interment will be in the Rock Creek Lutheran Church cemetery, Meroa, Cedar, Mitchell, Iowa.

(Credit: Deidre Badker)
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Found her in the 1870, 1880, 1885, 1900, 1910, 1915, 1920, 1925, 1930 censuses, at Cedar, Mitchell, Iowa:

1870: Ole MO 39, Gurie MO 36, Ole MO 11, Gilbert MO 9, Gunilda MO 7, Martha MO 5, Olouse MO 2.

1880: Ole Moe 49, Julia Moe 43, Ole Moe 21, Gilbert Moe 18, Julia Moe 16, Martin Moe 13, Olaus Moe 10, Oline Moe 8, Caroline Moe 5, Maria Moe 3.

1885: Oley O. Moe 54, Julia Moe 48, Ole O. Moe 25, Gilbert Moe 23, Julia Moe 20, Martin Moe 17, George Moe 15, Lena Moe 12, Carra Moe 10, Mary Moe 8.

1900: Martin Fjeld 42, Gunhild Fjeld 36, Mina O. Fjeld 7, Oscar G. Fjeld 5, Gea M Fjeld 4, Olga K. Fjeld 7/12.

1910: Martin Field 52, Gurnil Field 46, Mina Field 17, Oscar Field 15, Belle Field 14, Olga Field 10.

1915: Mrs. Gunild Fjeld age 50.

1920: Oscar G. Fields 25, Martin O. Fields 61, Gunhild Fields 55, Olga K. Fields 20.

1925: Martin O. Field 66, Gunhild Field 60, Oscar G. Field 30, Olga K. Field 25.

1930: Martin Field 72, Gunhild Field 66, Oscar G. Field 35, Olga K. Field 30, Ole M. Olson 23.

(Censuses transcribed as found, obvious spelling errors not corrected.)

(Credit: Deidre Badker)
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#6: Photo of Gunhild Field, from Deidre Badker.

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