Iowa Family Group Sheet for the Knud JØRGENSON, the family used the name of KNUDSON in the USA, sometimes spelled KNUTSON or KNUDTSON Family Submitted by: Mary Ann (Hendrickson) Dunkin at maryadunkin@yahoo.com HUSBAND: Knud JØRGENSON, the family used the name of KNUDSON in the USA, sometimes spelled KNUTSON or KNUDTSON Birth date: 18 Feb 1807 Birthplace: Laurdal, Telemark, Norway Death date: 7 Sep 1864, leaving his wife a widow at age 55 and nine children Place of death: Laurdal, Telemark, Norway Burial date: Burial place: Other Spouse: Father: Jørgen Evenson Mother: Dagne Asbjørnsdatter Marriage date: 7 Jul 1834 Marriage place: Laurdal, Eidsborg Parish, Telemark, Norway WIFE: Rannei OSMUNDSDATTER Birth date: 1 Mar 1811 Birthplace: Lofthus, Laurdal, Telemark, Norway Death date: unknown Place of death: USA; she emigrated with her nine children and dau-in-law, from Porsgrunn in Telemark on 16 Apr 1866 on the ship Roska - arriving Quebec, Canada on 28 May 1866 Burial date: unknown Burial place: unknown Other Spouse: Father: Osmund Olavson Mother: Gunhild Steinersdatter CHILDREN Child No. 1: Osmund KNUDSON Sex: M Birth date: 9 Sep 1834 Birthplace: Laurdal, Telemark, Norway Death date: 2 Oct 1916 Place of death: Adams Co., Iowa Burial date: Both buried Strand Lutheran Church Cemetery Burial place: Strand, Adams Co., Iowa Spouse's name: Katrine (Cathrine) TARJESDATTER Marriage date: ca 1861 Marriage place: Telemark, Norway Child No. 2: Gunhild KNUDSON Sex: F Birth date: 5 May 1838 Birthplace: Laurdal, Telemark, Norway Death date: unknown Place of death: USA Burial date: unknown Burial place: unknown Spouse's name: unknown Marriage date: unknown Marriage place: unknown Child No. 3: Dagne KNUDSON (Delia in the USA) Sex: F Birth date: 1 Jan 1840 Birthplace: Laurdal, Telemark, Norway Death date: aft 1920 Place of death: Everett, Snohomish Co., Washington Burial date: unknown Burial place: Washington Spouse's name: Henry WATKINS, b England, residing in Lincoln Twp., Adams Co., Iowa in 1880, three children, one known name, John WATKINS Marriage date: before 1880 Marriage place: probably Strand, Adams Co., Iowa Child No. 4: Jørgen KNUDSON (George in the USA) Sex: M Birth date: 1 Sep 1843 Birthplace: Laurdal, Telemark, Norway Death date: 20 Aug 1906 Place of death: Darrington, Snohomish Co., Washington Burial date: Burial place: Funeral held in Arlington, Snohomish Co., Washington Spouse's name: not marrried; his talent was making violins, he had about 50 violins at the time of his death Marriage date: Marriage place: Child No. 5: Aslaug KNUDSON (Alice in the USA) Sex: F Birth date: 22 Sep 1845 Birthplace: Laurdal, Telemark, Norway Death date: aft 1900 Place of death: probably Adams Co., Iowa Burial date: unknown Burial place: unknown Spouse's name: not married, residing with her brother Osmund and his wife Katherine on a farm in Lincoln Twp., Adams Co., Iowa Marriage date: Marriage place: Child No. 6: Rannei KNUDSON Sex: F Birth date: 5 Jan 1848 Birthplace: Laurdal, Telemark, Norway Death date: unknown Place of death: USA Burial date: unknown Burial place: unknown Spouse's name: unknown Marriage date: unknown Marriage place: unknown Child No. 7: Stener KNUDSON, name has also been listed at Steinar and Stiner and Knutson/Knudtson, Knudsenud Sex: M Birth date: 5 Jul 1850 Birthplace: Laurdal, Telemark, Norway Death date: unknown Place of death: Everett, Snohomish Co., Washington Burial date: unknown Burial place: Washington Spouse's name: Helena Bertha LARSON, dau of Hulda and John Larson, b 15 Aug 1856, LaSalle Co., Illinois, one month after her parents arrived in the USA from Norway Marriage date: ca 1879, parents of six known children: Rennie, Knudt, Hulda, John, Osmund and Maria Caroline Knudson Marriage place: Strand, Adams Co., Iowa Child No. 8: Eivind KNUDSON (Evin or Even in USA) Sex: M Birth date: 6 Sep 1852 Birthplace: Laurdal, Telemark, Norway Death date: unknown; he was counted in the 1880 Census in Dunn, Dane Co., Wisconsin residing with his mother Rannei and sister Aslaug Place of death: USA Burial date: unknown Burial place: unknown Spouse's name: unknown Marriage date: unknown Marriage place: unknown Child No. 9: Asbjørn KNUDSON (John in USA) Sex: M Birth date: 16 Dec 1855 Birthplace: Laurdal, Telemark, Norway Death date: aft 1920; he owned a wood working establishment, a photographic gallery and owned nine mines on White House and Jumbo Mountains in Washington State Place of death: Everett, Snohomish Co., Washington Burial date: unknown Burial place: Washington Spouse's name: Emma EVANS; no children Marriage date: 1901, she died a year later Marriage place: probably Washington Documentation and Sources: Norway Census, Norway Parish Records, Norway Ships List, various USA Federal Census Records of Wisconsin, Iowa, Nebraska and Washington, Larson and Dujardin family records, Illustrated History of Skagit and Snohomish Counties, Washington, Everett Daily Herald, Everett, Snohomish Co., Washington, Oregon Historical Society and various other sources ************************************************** Copyright © 2005 by Mary Ann (Hendrickson) Dunkin. 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