Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Family Group Sheet for Webjørn WEBJØRNSEN Karlsmyr (1821-1899)

Husband: Webjørn WEBJØRNSEN Karlsmyr
Born: 16 Dec 1821
Place: Brekke, Kråkstad, Akershus, NOR
Married: 11 Apr 1843
Place: Kråkstad, Akershus, NOR
Died: 15 May 1899
Place: Glenwood, Winneshiek, IA
Husband's Father: Webjørn WEBJØRNSEN Waal
Husband's Mother: Dorthe ANDERSDTR Alvim
Wife: Pauline Marie INGEBRETSDTR Korsegården
Born: 13 Aug 1819
Place: Korsegården, Ås, Akershus, NOR
Died: 29 Apr 1898
Place: Glenwood, Winneshiek, IA
Wife's Father: Ingebret EVENSEN
Wife's Mother: Johanne POULSDTR
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Children

1. Wilhelm Julius WEBJØRNSEN
Born: 19 Dec 1843
Place: Kråkstad, Akershus, NOR
Spouse: Helene ENGEN
Married: 2 Nov 1869
Died: 4 Mar 1931
Place: Winneshiek Co., IA
2. Elen Dorthea WEBJØRNSDTR
Born: 3 Jan 1846
Place: Kråkstad, Akershus, NOR
Spouse: Unknown
Died: Unknown
3. Jens Martin WEBJØRNSEN
Born: 12 Mar 1848
Place: Karlsmyr, Kråkstad, Akershus, NOR
Spouse: Pernelle BJORNERUD
Died: Unknown
4. Anton Sigvardt WEBJØRNSEN
Born: 21 Dec 1849
Place: Karlsmyr, Kråkstad, Akershus, NOR
Spouse 1: Johanna NILSLOKKEN
Married: 1875
Spouse 2: Mathilda HUSEBY
Married: 26 Dec 1883
Died: 31 May 1932
Place: Decorah, Winneshiek, IA
5. Gunild Alette WEBJØRNSDTR
Born: 23 Dec 1851
Place: Kråkstad, Akershus, NOR
Spouse: Unknown
Died: Unknown
6. Heda Marie WEBJØRNSDTR
Born: 1 Apr 1854
Place: Jonsrud, Eina, Vestre Toten, Oppland, NOR
Spouse: Christian Hansen ENGEN
Married:
1873
Died: 10 Jan 1941
7. Laurine Wilhelmine WEBJØRNSDTR
Born: 7 Jan 1855
Place: Jonsrud, Eina, Vestre Toten, Oppland, NOR
Spouse: Unknown
Died: Unknown
8. Helmer Otto WEBJØRNSEN
Born: 29 Sep 1860
Place: Sangnes, Eina, Vestre Toten, Oppland, NOR
Spouse: Thrine NILSELOKKEN
Died: 30 Jul 1930

Descendants of Vebjorn VEBJORNSON (1821-1899)


Four Generations Descendants chart (c. 1981). Webjørn WEBJØRNSEN Karlsmyr (1821-1899). Compiled by Gene Lundy. Image courtesy of Verla Williams via Marian Wilkins. Scanned and composited by Mark D. Williams.

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Sigvart and Mathilda WEBJØRNSEN


Sigvart and Mathilda (Huseby) WEBJØRNSEN (1883). Image courtesy of Verla Williams. Sigvart had not yet changed his surname to Williams.

Monday, October 19, 2009

Birth Certificate: Anton Sigvardt VEBJØRNSEN (21 Dec 1849)


Certification of Birth and Baptism. Anton Sigvardt VEBJØRNSEN (21 Dec 1849; 20 Jan 1850). Oslo: Statsarkivet, 1981. Image courtesy of Verla Williams.

C E R T I F I C A T E

In the parish register No. 1/6 (1848-1857) for Kråkstad, fol. 13b nr. 6, is introduced that

A n t o n   S i g v a r d t

son of farmer Vebjørn Vebjørnsen Carlsmyr and Pauline Marie Ingebretsdatter, was born on 21 - twenty-first - December 1849 - eighteen forty-nine - and christened on 20 - twentieth - January 1850 - eighteen fifty -.

Oslo on 20 October 1981
by proxy
A.-M. Hadland

Digitalarkivet has a copy of the original Kråkstad parish record that contains Sigvart's birth and baptismal dates.


Birth and baptismal record. Anton Sigvardt VEBJØRNSEN. Akershus fylke, Kråkstad, Ministerialbok nr. I 6 (1848-1857), Fødte og døpte 1850, side 14. Image courtesy of Digitalarkivet.

Sunday, October 18, 2009

1885 Iowa Census: Sigvart and Mathilda WEBJØRNSEN Family


1885 Iowa Census. Roll: IA1885_279. Line: 25. Image courtesy of Ancestry.com.

134 / 150 / Sigvard Webjörnson / Sec. 13 / NW SW / 35 / M / M / Farmer
Mathilda " " / 27 / F / M / Keeping House
Paul " " / 7 / M / S
John " " / 3 / M / S
Johann / 1 / M / S



Source Information: Ancestry.com. Iowa State Census Collection, 1836-1925 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data: Microfilm of Iowa State Censuses, 1856, 1885, 1895, 1905, 1915, 1925 as well various special censuses from 1836-1897 obtained from the State Historical Society of Iowa via Heritage Quest.

Saturday, October 17, 2009

1900 US Federal Census: Sigvart and Mathilda WEBJORNSEN Family


Detail of 1900 US Federal Census. Image courtesy of Ancestry.com.


Detail of 1900 US Federal Census. Image courtesy of Ancestry.com.

Webjornsen, Sigvart / Head / W / M / Dec / 1849 / 50 / M / 17 / Norway / Norway / Norway / 1865 / 35 / N / Farmer
_____ Matilda / wife / W / F / Mar / 1858 / 42 / M / 14 / 9 / 9 / Norway / Norway / Norway
_____ Johan / son / W / M / Apr / 1884 / 15 / S / Iowa / Norway / Norway / Farm laborer
_____ Albert / son / W / M / Apr /1882 / 18 / S / Iowa / Norway / Norway / Farm laborer
_____ Leonard / son / W / M / June / 1886 / 13 / S / Iowa / Norway / Norway / Farm laborer
_____ Martin / son / W / M / Nov / 1887 / 12 / S / Iowa / Norway / Norway

Webjornsen, Walther / son / W / M / Feb / 1890 / 10 / S / Iowa / Norway / Norway / Farm laborer
_____ Junetta / daughter / W / F / Sep / 1892 / 7 / S / Iowa / Norway / Norway
_____ Alma / daughter / W / F / Apr / 1894 / 6 / S / Iowa / Norway / Norway
_____ Myrtel / daughter / W / F / Mar / 1896 / 4 / S / Iowa / Norway / Norway
_____ George / son / W / M / Apr / 1899 / 1 / S / Iowa / Norway / Norway



Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Glenwood, Winneshiek, Iowa; Roll: T623_466; Pages: 9B-10A; Enumeration District: 132.

Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls.

Friday, October 16, 2009

Plat of Glenwood Township (1905)


Plat of Glenwood Township (1905). Image courtesy of Historic Map Works.

Note the SW corner of Section 13 has Sigvart Webjornson with 50 acres.

Thursday, October 15, 2009

Panorama View, Decorah, IA (1908)


Panorama View, Decorah, IA (Decorah, IA: Brunt & Parman, 1908). Original image courtesy of Library of Congress. Edited by Mark D. Williams.

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

1910 US Federal Census: Sigvart and Mathilda WILLIAMS Family


Detail of 1910 US Federal Census. Image courtesy of Ancestry.com.

Williams, Sigvart / Head / M / W / 59 / M / 26 / Nor / Nor / Nor / 1864 / English / Farmer
_____ Matilda / Wife / F/ W / 52 / M / 26 / 11 /11 / Nor / Nor / Nor / 1866
_____ George W. / Son / M / W / 11 / S / Iowa / Nor / Nor
_____ Myrtle J. / Daughter / F / W / 14 / S / Iowa / Nor / Nor
_____ Olaf T. / Son / M / W / 9 / S / Iowa / Nor / Nor
_____ Alfred E. J. / Son / M / W / 7 / S / Iowa / Nor / Nor



Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Glenwood, Winneshiek, Iowa; Roll: T624_428; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 155; Image: 1139.

Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Sigvart and Mathilda WILLIAMS Family


Sigvart and Mathilda Williams family (Decorah, IA: Solberg, c. 1914). Front row from left: George, Olaf, Alfred. Middle row: Leonard, Nellie, Sigvart, Mathilda, Alma, Walter. Back row: Albert, Paul, Myrtle, John, Martin. Image courtesy of Verla Williams.