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Haldor Olsen GRAVDAHL

Haldor Olsen GRAVDAHL

Male 1841 - Abt 1909  (67 years)

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  • Name Haldor Olsen GRAVDAHL  [1] 
    Birth 12 Nov 1841  Fjelberg, Hordaland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Baptism 5 Dec 1841  Fjelberg, Hordaland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 31 Dec 1865  Fjelberg, Hordaland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Census 31 Dec 1875  Fjelberg, Hordaland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Occupation 1877  Fjelberg, Hordaland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Shipbuilder 
    Census 1 Jan 1891  Fjelberg, Hordaland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    • Haldor Olson, married man, born 1841 in parish/district [Fjelberg]; bruger af selveier jord og trelasthandler (user of freehold land and timber merchant).
    Emigration 16 Jun 1892  Bergen, Hordaland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9] 
    Census 1895  Lafayette, Story, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    • Cannot read or write
    Church member 22 Jul 1898  Story City, Story, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Immanuel Lutheran Church 
    Land 14 Oct 1898  Story City, Story, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    • Jas Marwick and w to Haldor Gravdal wd $225 lots 3 and 4 elk 18 L R Larsons add Story City
    Census 5 Jun 1900  Story City, Story, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    • Can read and write but cannot speak English. Six months not employed.
    News 12 Oct 1900  Marshalltown, Marshall, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [14] 
    • The Gravdall family are having a hard time of it with sickness. Two of their children are in the last stages of consumption, and are not expected to live very long. Assistance for the family has been solicited and freely given by our people, says the Messenger.
    News 15 Aug 1901  Story City, Story, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [15] 
    • Dr. Schwartz and Halder Gravdahl experienced a lively ride last Sunday near Ellsworth. One of the tugs came unfastened causing the team to be come frightend (sic) and run away. They were both thrown out but fortunately neither was seriously hurt. The buggy alone showed signs of hard treatment; the tongue and dash-board both being broken.
    Departure Abt 1904  Story City, Story, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [16] 
    News 22 Nov 1905  Nevada, Story, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [17] 
    News 14 Jun 1906  Story City, Story, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [18] 
    • Holger Gravdahl visited with friends in Story City a few days last week.
    News 26 Mar 1908  Story City, Story, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [19] 
    • Card of Thanks.

      We wish to extend our heartfelt thanks to those who so kindly assisted us at the funeral of our beloved daughter and sister. Mr. and Mrs. H. Gravdahl and children
    Death Abt 20 Aug 1909  Tomahawk, Lincoln, Wisconsin, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [20, 21] 
    Burial 31 Aug 1909  Tomahawk, Lincoln, Wisconsin, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [20, 21] 
    Obituary 3 Sep 1909  Tomahawk, Lincoln, Wisconsin, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [20] 
    • Aged Man Dies Alone -
      Body of H. Gravdahl Found at Farm Several Days After Death Had Come. -

      H. Gravdahl was found dead in bed at his farm, eight miles south of Tomahawk, Sunday. The body was badly decomposed and it is believed he had been dead at least nine o0r ten days s. He had gone to the farm Aug. 16 and was there alone getting out some fallen timber and cutting hay. Alarmed at his failure to return to town as usual after a week’s stay at the farm, relatives began to investigate. John Valand, a son-in-law, drove to the farm Sunday and learned that death had preceded him. He found the body’s of Mr. Gravdahl lying as if in sleep in a bed in the house. There were no signs of a struggle and it is believed the4 aged man died peacefully and without suffering, probably of heart failure, with which he had been afflicted. Inquiry among the neighbors showed that the last heard of Mr. Gravdahl was on Aug. 20, when the sound of his ax had been heard. The day before he had visited the home of August Miller, a neighbor, and secured some milk. This was the last time he was seen alive. No thought of foul play is entertains and the belief is that the aged man came to his death of natural causes. The body was buried Monday in Greenwood. It was impossible to hold funeral services owing to the condition of the body.

      Mr. Gravdahl was 67 years old and is survived by his wife, two sons and a daughter. The daughters is Mrs. John Valand of Tomahawk. Harry, one of the sons, is in Minneapolis. The other son lives in Iowa. The Gravdahl family came here about five years ago from Iowa and located on the farm where death came to the father. Lately Mr. and Mrs. Gravdahl had lived in town.
    Person ID I370  Stanwood Family
    Last Modified 2 Oct 2021 

    Father Ole Olsen LANDE,   b. 9 Oct 1792   d. 14 Aug 1871, Eid, Fjelberg, Hordaland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years) 
    Mother Johanne Haldorsdatter GRAVDAL,   b. 1806, Eid, Fjelberg, Hordaland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Feb 1890, Fjelberg, Hordaland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Marriage 16 Sep 1825  Fjelberg, Hordaland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location  [22] 
    Family ID F807  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Gunhild Antonsdatter LANDE,   b. 15 May 1849, Fjelberg, Hordaland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Nov 1917, Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years) 
    Marriage 29 Apr 1870  Fusa, Søndre Bergenhus, Norge Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 23] 
    Children 
     1. Johanne Elisabeth GRAVDAHL,   b. 14 Jul 1870, Strandvik, Søndre Bergenhus, Norge Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Jul 1952, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
     2. Ole GRAVDAHL,   b. 14 May 1872, Fusa, Strandvik, Søndre Bergenhus, Norge Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Dec 1908, Tomahawk, Lincoln, Wisconsin, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 36 years)
     3. Anna Marie GRAVDAHL,   b. 15 Aug 1874, Eid, Fjelberg, Hordaland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Sep 1947, Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
     4. Lars Olai GRAVDAHL,   b. 18 Mar 1877, Fjelberg, Hordaland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Jul 1914, Grand Forks, Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 37 years)
     5. Margretha Antonette GRAVDAHL,   b. 16 Feb 1879, Eid, Fjelberg, Hordaland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1906, Wisconsin, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 26 years)
     6. Haldor Gustav GRAVDAHL,   b. 2 Mar 1881, Fjelberg, Hordaland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Oct 1956, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
     7. Gabriel GRAVDAHL,   b. 6 Jul 1882, Eid, Fjelberg, Hordaland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 May 1901, Story City, Story, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 18 years)
     8. Cecilia GRAVDAHL,   b. 8 Apr 1884, Eid, Fjelberg, Hordaland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jun 1903, Story City, Story, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 19 years)
     9. Martha GRAVDAHL,   b. 8 May 1887, Eid, Fjelberg, Hordaland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Mar 1908, Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 20 years)
     10. Johanne Kristina GRAVDAHL,   b. 26 Feb 1890, Eid, Fjelberg, Hordaland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Mar 1890, Fjelberg, Hordaland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     11. Stillborn Twin GRAVDAHL,   b. 26 Feb 1890, Eid, Fjelberg, Hordaland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Feb 1890, Eid, Fjelberg, Hordaland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
    Family ID F339  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Dec 2024 

  • Photos
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    Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S92] Minnesota, Hennepin, deaths, death certificate no. 21639 3158 (1952), Elizabeth Veland, Division of Vital Statistics, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota.
      GRAVDAHL_Elizabeth_b1871_death_001      		 GRAVDAHL_Elizabeth_b1871_death_001


    2. [S470] Norway, "Church book from Fusa parish 1855-1879 (1241P)", Images online, marriage of Haldor Olsen Lygren and Gunhild Antonsdr Lander, 29 April 1870 in Fusa.
      GRAVDAHL_Haldor_b1841_marr_001      		 GRAVDAHL_Haldor_b1841_marr_001


    3. [S1718] DB: Norway Church Records, 1812-1938, Haldor, son of Ole Oleson and Johanne Haldorsdatter, born 12 November 1841, baptized 5 December 1841; citing Kirkebøker 1812-1938, Arkivverket, Norge.
      GRAVDAHL_Haldor_b1841_bapt_001      		 GRAVDAHL_Haldor_b1841_bapt_001


    4. [S1374] CENSUS: Norway, 1865 Hordaland, Fjelberg; p.n.n; Halvor Olsen, shipbuilder, and Gabriel Olsen; 24 December 2020.
      GRAVDAHL_Haldor_b1841_census_1865      		 GRAVDAHL_Haldor_b1841_census_1865


    5. [S1375] CENSUS: Norway, 1875 Hordaland, Fjelberg; p.n.n; Haldor Olsen, shipbuilder, b. 1841, with wife Gunhild, son Ole, daughters Lisebeth and Anne; Johanne Haldorsdatter residing in household of Nils Olson; 24 December 2020.
      GRAVDAHL_Haldor_b1841_census_1875      		 GRAVDAHL_Haldor_b1841_census_1875


    6. [S1718] DB: Norway Church Records, 1812-1938, Lars Olai, born 18 March 1877, baptized 2 April 1877; baptisms, pg. 83, citing Kirkebøker 1812-1938, Arkivverket, Norge.
      GRAVDAHL_Lars_b1877_baptism_001      		 GRAVDAHL_Lars_b1877_baptism_001


    7. [S1376] CENSUS: Norway, 1891 Hordaland, Fjelberg herred; schema 2; personseddel no. 1, tællingskreds no. 7, husligste no. 63; Haldor Olson; 29 August 2021.
      GRAVDAHL_Haldor_b1841_census_1891_001      		 GRAVDAHL_Haldor_b1841_census_1891_001


    8. [S1574] DB: SAB, Fjelberg Soknepresetembete, H/Haa: Ministerialbok nr. C1, 1879-1918, s. 240, Haldor Olsen Gravdal with Gunhild Antonsdatter and children: Johanna Elisabeth, Ole, Anna Maria, Lars Olai, Margaret _____, Haldor Gusav, Cecilia (Secila), and Marta, 10 Feb 1893.
      GRAVDAHL_Haldor_emigration_001      		 GRAVDAHL_Haldor_emigration_001


    9. [S1605] DB: Emigrants from Bergen (Norway) 1874-1930, 26 July 2007.

    10. [S1363] CENSUS: State, 1895 Iowa, Story, Lafayette, p. 258-259, Haldor, Gunhild, Lars, Haldor, Gabriel, Secilia, and Martha Gravdal, John and Elizabeth G. Veland; State Historical Society, Des Moines, FHL microfilm 1,022,183; images online, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : accessed 19 May 2021).
      GRAVDAHL_Haldor_b1841_census_1895_001      		 GRAVDAHL_Haldor_b1841_census_1895_001
      GRAVDAHL_Haldor_b1841_census_1895_002      		 GRAVDAHL_Haldor_b1841_census_1895_002


    11. [S344] "U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records, 1781-1969".
      Immanuel Lutheran Church member, 22 July 1898: Haldor Gravdal b. 12 Nov 1841 Fjelberg, Norge; Gunhild Gravdal b. 10Mai 1849 Fjelberg, Norge; Ole Gravdal b. 14 Mai 1872 Fjelberg, Norge; Anna Marie Gravdal b. 15 Aug 1874 Fjelberg, Norge; Lars Olai b. 19 Ma
      GRAVDAHL_Haldor_b1841_church_001      		 GRAVDAHL_Haldor_b1841_church_001


    12. [S1160] NEWS: The Story City Herald, Real Estate Transfers; 14 October 1898; Haldor Gravdal, p. 8; 29 August 2021.
      GRAVDAHL_Haldor_b1841_news_1898_001      		 GRAVDAHL_Haldor_b1841_news_1898_001


    13. [S1272] CENSUS: U.S., 1900 Iowa, Story, Story City; 119; sheet 8A; dwelling 159, family 164; Haldor and Gunhild Gravdall, with ch. Haldor G., Gabriel, and Margaretha and Martha Gravdall; 1 May 2016.
      VELAND_Johannes_b1900_census_US_Story_001      		 VELAND_Johannes_b1900_census_US_Story_001


    14. [S1081] NEWS: Evening Times-Republican, Iowa News Items; 12 October 1900; Gravdall family, image 5; September 2021.
      GRAVDAHL_Haldor_b1841_news_001      		 GRAVDAHL_Haldor_b1841_news_001


    15. [S1160] NEWS: The Story City Herald, Local News Items; 15 August 1901; Halder Gravdal, p. 7; 29 August 2021.
      GRAVDAHL_Haldor_b1841_news_003      		 GRAVDAHL_Haldor_b1841_news_003


    16. [S344] "U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records, 1781-1969", Immanuel Lutheran Church Afgaaede (Departing) records, p. 116, listing Haldor and Gunhild Gravdal with Ole, Anna, Lars, Margaret, Haldor, Cecilie (død or deceased), Gabriel (død or deceased) and Martha.
      GRAVDAHL_Haldor_b1841_departed_001      		 GRAVDAHL_Haldor_b1841_departed_001


    17. [S1102] NEWS: Nevada Representative, Notice of Sale of Lands for Delinquent Taxes; 22 November 1905; Haldor Gravdahl, p. 8; 20 December 2020.
      GRAVDAHL_Haldor_b1841_news_005      		 GRAVDAHL_Haldor_b1841_news_005


    18. [S1160] NEWS: The Story City Herald, Local News; 14 June 1906; Holger (sic) Gravdahl, p. 3; 20 December 2020.
      GRAVDAHL_Haldor_b1841_news_004      		 GRAVDAHL_Haldor_b1841_news_004


    19. [S1160] NEWS: The Story City Herald, Card of Thanks; 26 March 1908; Mr. and Mrs. H. Gravdahl and children, p. 8; 20 December 2020.
      GRAVDAHL_Haldor_b1841_news_002      		 GRAVDAHL_Haldor_b1841_news_002


    20. [S1165] NEWS: Tomahawk Leader, Aged Man Dies Alone; 3 September 1909; death, Haldor Gravdahl; photocopy provided by Sandra Hesse, August 2021.
      GRAVDAHL_Haldor_b1841_obit_001.-c      		 GRAVDAHL_Haldor_b1841_obit_001.-c


    21. [S1039] Greenwood Cemetery (Tomahawk, Lincoln, Wisconsin, United States) to Lauren Rogers, Death and burial,, Haldor Gravdal (died [MM] / [DD] /1909) and Margareth Gravdahl (died [MM] /[ DD] /1906), block 39, lot 4, NE quarter, unmarked graves.

    22. [S876] Norway, "SAB, Fjelberg Sokneprestembete, H / Haa: Ministerialbok nr. A 5, 1822-1834", Ole Olsen and Johanne Antonsdatter, m. 16 September 1825, p. 278.
      LANDE_Ole_b1792_marr_001      		 LANDE_Ole_b1792_marr_001


    23. [S609] Fusa Strandvik Hordaland Klokkerbok 1861-1885 - 35, Regional State Archives of Bergen.



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