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Anders Gryte

Marit Bratstigen

Anders Havelsen Ekern Nordre (1738-1823)

Agnete Olsdtr Huskelhus Nordre (1749-1770)

Amund Andersen Gryte (1761-1823)

Anne Andersdtr Huskelhus Nordre (1768-1842)

Torger Amundsen Huskelhus (1811-1893)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: Marthe Halvorsdtr. Hans Torgersen Kalbakken+ Torger Amundsen Huskelhus 1 2 3 4 Born: 1811, Biri, Oppland, Norway 2 5 6 7 8 Marriage: Marthe Halvorsdtr. Died: 1893, Coon Valley, Hamburg township, LaCrosse Cty, Wis. aged 82 2 9 Buried: 1893, Coon Valley, Hamburg township, LaCrosse Cty, Wis. 9   General Notes: extract from the book Utvandringen Til Amerika, published by the Gjovik Historical Society, Gjovik, Norway, ISBN 82-90323-03-4, page 136, translation from Norwegian. by JC Anderson. In 1852 some 53 persons immigrated to America from Biri and Snertingdoler. Torger Amundsen Huskelhus, age 41, (son of Amund Andersen Huskelhus nordre), his wife Marthe Halvorsdtr. age 50 and son Hans, age 19 were born in Gausdal. In America, Torger took the name "Kalbakken" , and settled in 1855 to the Coon Valley on section 31 , Township of Hamburg, LaCrosse County, Wisconsin. First he worked as a saddle maker for two or three years in Janesville, Wisconsin. He and his son Hans lived on a farm of 160 acres. Torger died in 1893 and his wife in 1881. Both are buried in the Upper Coon Valley churchyard. His son Hans, was first married to Helen Christoffersdtr. and they had a daughter Anna Marie, Both his wife and daughter died of diphtheria in 1861. In 1863, Hans then married Randine Hemmah, and had the following children: Theodor, Henry Melvin, Carl, Anna Marie and Ella Nicoline. Hans Kalbakken died in 1900, and is buried in the Upper Coon Valley churchyard. His son, Theodore Kalbakken born in 1864, settled in section 29, township of Washington on 140 acres. In 1922 he sold his farm and moved to Sparta, Wisconsin.   Research Notes: 1880 Census Place: Washington, La Crosse, Wisconsin Source: FHL Film 1255432 National Archives Film T9-1432 Page 453B Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace Hans TORGERSON Self M M WH 48 NOR Occ: Farmer Fa: NOR Mo: NOR Rendine TORGERSON Wife F M WH 48 NOR Occ: Keeping House Fa: NOR Mo: NOR Deodor TORGERSON Son M S WH 15 WI Occ: Farm Fa: NOR Mo: NOR Henry TORGERSON Son M S WH 13 WI Occ: Farm Fa: NOR Mo: NOR Carl TORGERSON Son M S WH 12 WI Occ: Home Fa: NOR Mo: NOR Anna TORGERSON Dau F S WH 10 WI Occ: Home Fa: NOR Mo: NOR Ella TORGERSON Dau F S WH 5 WI Occ: Home Fa: NOR Mo: NOR Census Place: Washington, La Crosse, Wisconsin Source: FHL Film 1255432 National Archives Film T9-1432 Page 453B Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace Torger Amundson Father M M WH 71 NOR Occ: Ret. Farmer Fa: NOR Mo: NOR Martha, Mother F M WH 81 NOR Occ: Keeping House Fa: NOR Mo: NOR Ana JOHNSON ?? her brother? F WH 81 NOR Occ: Keeping House Fa: NOR Mo: NOR   Noted events in his life were: • Occupation: Retired Farmer, 1880, Washington twp, LaCrosse Co, Wisconsin. 7 Torger married Marthe Halvorsdtr. (Marthe Halvorsdtr. was born about 1801 in Gausdal, Norway 7 8 9 and died in 1881 in Coon Valley, Hamburg township, LaCrosse Cty, Wis. 6.)

1 email from Kevin Stratton, Aug 4, 2001 re Huskelhus, Kevin Stratton, Aug 4, 2001 re Huskelhus, Biri, Oppland, Norway. Regarding the 1865 Census record for the Huskelhus farm in Biri, Oppland , Norway,

Ole Amundsen is the right age to be the eldest son of Amund Andersen Gryte and Anne Andersdtr nordre Therefore he would be an Uncle to Bergine and all the other children of Fredrik.

Fredrik's siblings were:
Ole Amundsen nordre b. 1790
Andreas Amundsen nordre b.1794
Christian Amundsen nordre b. 1796
Anders Amundsen nordre b.October 04, 1801
Anne Maria Amundsdtr nordre b. July 16, 1804
Ingeborg Amundsdtr nodre b.March 19, 1810
Torger Amundsen nordre b.1811
Tommer means Timber - so he was probably a Lumberjack.

2 Huskelhus Family History, Kevin Stratton, 2001, Huskelhus Family History, six generations, by Kevin Stratton, 2001, copy on file by James C. Anderson, August 7, 2001, 20 pages.

3 1880 census, Washington twp, LaCrosse Co., Wisconsin. 1880 Census Place: Washington, La Crosse, Wisconsin
Source: FHL Film 1255432 National Archives Film T9-1432 Page 453B
Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace

Hans TORGERSON Self M M WH 48 NOR
Occ: Farmer Fa: NOR Mo: NOR
Rendine TORGERSON Wife F M WH 48 NOR
Occ: Keeping House Fa: NOR Mo: NOR
Deodor TORGERSON Son M S WH 15 WI
Occ: Farm Fa: NOR Mo: NOR
Henry TORGERSON Son M S WH 13 WI
Occ: Farm Fa: NOR Mo: NOR
Carl TORGERSON Son M S WH 12 WI
Occ: Home Fa: NOR Mo: NOR
Anna TORGERSON Dau F S WH 10 WI
Occ: Home Fa: NOR Mo: NOR
Ella TORGERSON Dau F S WH 5 WI
Occ: Home Fa: NOR Mo: NOR

Census Place: Washington, La Crosse, Wisconsin
Source: FHL Film 1255432 National Archives Film T9-1432 Page 453B
Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace

Torger Amundson Father M M WH 71 NOR
Occ: Ret. Farmer Fa: NOR Mo: NOR
Martha Mother F M WH 81 NOR
Occ: Keeping House Fa: NOR Mo: NOR
Ana JOHNSON ?? her brother? F WH 81 NOR
Occ: Keeping House Fa: NOR Mo: NOR

4 1870 census, Washington twp, La Crosse Co, Wisconsin. :
page 2 of 22
5th day of August, 1870
family 13

Hans Torgerson, age 37, male, white, Farmer, $2500, $1000, born Norway,
Randine ", age 39, female, white, keep house, born Norway
Theodore ", age 5, male, white, at home, born Wisconsin
Melvin ", age 4, male, white , at home, born Wisconsin
Carl ", age 2, male, white, at home, born Wisconsin
Ann ", age 2/4, female, white, at home, born Wisconsin (born Mar)

family 14
Ammundson, Torger, age 60, male, white, Farmer, $100, $400, born Norway
", Martha, age 70, female, white, Keeping house, born Norway

5 email from Kevin Stratton, Aug 4, 2001 re Huskelhus, Kevin Stratton, Aug 4, 2001 re Huskelhus, Biri, Oppland, Norway.

6 Utvandringen Til Amerika, Gjovik Historical Society (Gjovik historielag), Utvandringen Til Amerika, Fra Biri/Snertingal Vardal/Gjovik, 1846-1915
(Immigrations to America from Biri/Snertingal, Vardal/Gjovik, Oppland, Norway) (ISBN 82-90323-03-4, published 1981 Gjovik Historielag).

7 1880 census, Washington twp, LaCrosse Co., Wisconsin.

8 1870 census, Washington twp, La Crosse Co, Wisconsin.

9 Utvandringen Til Amerika, Gjovik Historical Society (Gjovik historielag), Utvandringen Til Amerika, Fra Biri/Snertingal Vardal/Gjovik, 1846-1915
(Immigrations to America from Biri/Snertingal, Vardal/Gjovik, Oppland, Norway) (ISBN 82-90323-03-4, published 1981 Gjovik Historielag), page 136.

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