Iowa Family Groupsheet for Thor (Thaulow) ORSTAD Family *********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.html *********************************************** Submitted by: Mary Ann (Hendrickson) Dunkin Email address: maryadunkin@yahoo.com Husband: Thor (Thaulow) ORSTAD Birthdate: 12 Feb 1862 Birthplace: Malde, Norway, near Stavanger, to the USA, 4 Apr 1882 Death date: 31 Mar 1931 Place of death: Strand, Adams Co., Iowa, bu Strand Cemetery Father: Peder Thoresen AARSTAD Mother: Grethe Olsatter, Malde Marriage date: 5 Mar 1891 Marriage place: Corning, Adams Co., Iowa Wife: Marie Bertha HOKENSON Birthdate: 17 Feb 1869 Birthplace: Sweden Death date: 19 Feb 1927 Place of death: Strand, Adams Co., Iowa, bu Strand Cemetery Father: UNKNOWN Mother: UNKNOWN CHILDREN Child No. 1: Hallene Minnie ORSTAD Sex: F Birthdate: 7 Apr 1892 Birthplace: Strand, Adams Co., Iowa Death date: 19 Mar 1983 Place of death: probably Cresco, Nebraska Marriage date: 26 Jan 1916 Marriage place: unknown Spouse's name: Victor ANDERSON Child No. 2: Porter Bardinis ORSTAD Sex: M Birthdate: 18 Jul 1893 Birthplace: Strand, Adams Co., Iowa Death date: 14 Dec 1965 Place of death: Adams Co., Iowa Marriage date: 2 May 1917 Marriage place: unknown Spouse's name: Emelia JOHNSON Child No. 3: Esther Nellie ORSTAD Sex: F Birthdate: 10 Dec 1895 Birthplace: Strand, Adams Co., Iowa Death date: 5 Oct 1973, bur Strand Cemetery, Adams Co., Iowa Place of death: probably Villisca, Montgomery Co., Iowa Marriage date: 14 Feb 1917 Marriage place: unknown Spouse's name: Arthur Chester ANDERSON, son of Andrew & Caroline (Larson) Anderson Child No. 4: Harry Arthur ORSTAD Sex: M Birthdate: 24 Jan 1898 Birthplace: Strand, Adams Co., Iowa Death date: 11 Mar 1977 Place of death: probably Worthing, South Dakota Marriage date: 25 Feb 1942 Marriage place: unknown Spouse's name: Mary ABBAS Child No. 5: Hazel Marie ORSTAD Sex: F Birthdate: 14 Oct 1899 Birthplace: Strand, Adams Co., Iowa Death date: Place of death: Marriage date: 14 Feb 1934 Marriage place: unknown Spouse's name: Harold GRAYSON Child No. 6: Francis Leonard ORSTAD Sex: M Birthdate: 11 Feb 1901 Birthplace: Strand, Adams Co., Iowa Death date: 7 Oct 1994, buried Strand Cemetery, Adams Co., Iowa Place of death: Montgomery or Adams Co., Iowa Marriage date: 8 Aug 1923 Marriage place: Strand, Adams Co., Iowa Spouse's name: Gladys HENRICKSON, dau of Gerhardt & Hulda (Anderson) Hendrickson Child No. 7: Matilda Mae ORSTAD Sex: F Birthdate: 16 May 1903 Birthplace: Strand, Adams Co., Iowa Death date: unknown Place of death: probably Worthing, South Dakota Marriage date: 3 Oct 1923 Marriage place: unknown Spouse's name: George ABBAS Child No. 8: Gaylord Leslie ORSTAD Sex: M Birthdate: 18 Sep 1904 Birthplace: Strand, Adams Co., Iowa Death date: unknown Place of death: unknown Marriage date: 8 Dec 1940 Marriage place: unknown Spouse's name: Iva Marie NELSON, dau of Andrew John & Anna Josephine (Bonner) Nelson Child No. 9: Bessie Amanda ORSTAD Sex: F Birthdate: 10 Jan 1906 Birthplace: Strand, Adams Co., Iowa Death date: unknown Place of death: unknown Marriage date: 8 Dec 1940 Marriage place: unknown Spouse's name: Lester Earl NELSON, son of Andrew John & Anna Josephine (Bonner) Nelson Child No. 10: Melvin Thaulow ORSTAD Sex: M Birthdate: 28 Nov 1910 Birthplace: Strand, Adams Co., Iowa Death date: 10 Oct 1944 Place of death: in Europe, WW-II Marriage date: 7 Jun 1942 Marriage place: unknown Spouse's name: Helen ENGLISH Documentation: Orstad family, census records, cemetery records