Rose’s Genealogy

Norwegian-American Immigrant Ancestors

2025 marked 200 years since the first ship sailed from Norway to the United States of America, carrying emigrants in search of a new home. Since then, thousands of people have made the journey, and most have stayed, built homes, and started families in their new country. Here is a list of 45 people, directly related to Rose, who were born in Norway and died in the United States:

Father’s side: Karl Eide and ancestors:

1879 – Year of Immigration

  • Nils Eide was born 15 MAR 1854 in Hosanger, Hordaland, Norway. He died on 30 JULY 1941 in Redwood County, Minnesota, USA. He was 25 years old when he immigrated, and his listed immigration year of 1879 appears on all U.S. Census records.  His Norwegian birth records list his birthdate as 15 MAR 1854, but he lists June 1857 in his census and death records.  Some census records list “Nils” and some list “Nels”.  His death record lists Nels Eide.  I believe this record aligns with our family records because, in 1903, when Sevelina and Ingeborg sailed to the USA for the first time, they listed their destination as Wood Lake, Minnesota, which was near his home. (He was Karl’s father’s uncle.)

1892 – Immigrated 9 MAY 1892 on the S.S. Numidian, arriving in Quebec, Canada, with a destination of Radcliff, Iowa, USA.

  • Rasmus Mikkelsen Eikanger was born 22 APR 1866 in Nedre Eikanger, Hordaland, Norway. He died in 1946 in Saskatchewan, Canada.  He was 26 years old when he arrived in Quebec, Canada, on 9 May 1892 with his brothers listed below. He returned to Norway and married in 1911, having six children.  After 1 child died in 1925, the whole family emigrated to Weyburn, Saskatchewan, Canada in 1927 (See below). (He was Karl’s mother’s first cousin) 
  • Ole Mikkelson Eikanger was born 20 DEC 1872 in Nedre Eikanger, Hordaland, Norway. He died 9 JUN 1946 in Malheur County, Oregon, USA. (He was Karl’s mother’s first cousin) 
  • Lai (Olai) Mikkelson *Ekanger was born 23 DEC 1874 in Nedre Eikanger, Hordaland, Norway. He died 3 AUG 1939 in Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, USA. (He was Karl’s mother’s first cousin) 
  • Carl Mikkal Ekanger was born 20 AUG 1877 in Nedre Eikanger, Hordaland, Norway. He died 1 MAR 1966 in Humboldt, Minnehaha, South Dakota, USA. Also listed on the manifest were Olav Ekanger (age 16) and Arne M. Molvik (age 21), but they returned to Norway and did not immigrate to the United States. (They were not siblings but may be cousins).
  • Later, other Eikanger siblings immigrated: Baste Ekanger (1886-1947) arrived in 1904; Malina (Malena) (1879-1961) arrived in 1905, coming with Ingvald Eide; and Kristian Ekanger (1890-1925) arrived in 1907. See below for details.

1898 – Year of Immigration

  • Anna Bertina Kvammen (Quam in USA) was born 17 JUL 1877 in Lindos, Hordaland, Norway. She died 7 JUN 1959 in Minneapolis, MN, USA and was buried in Crystal Lake Cemetery, 3816 Penn Avenue North, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, Section 4/5, Lot 106, Grave 1. She was 21 years old when she arrived. She traveled back and forth between Norway and Minneapolis several times over her lifetime. She never married but shared a home with Julia Sand, and they were buried together. (Karl’s mother’s older half-sister)

1901 – Year of Immigration

  • Olav Ellingson Eide was born 24 Jun 1881 in Kvammen, Norway. He died 8 JUL 1963, Boise, Idaho, USA.  He first came to the United States in 1901, when he was 20 years old, and settled in Williston, North Dakota. In 1914, after his sister, Sevelina, died, he went back to Norway and married Kari Jonsdatter Nedreas on 26 MAR 1915.  They came back to Williston, North Dakota, USA, together in 1915. (Karl’s father’s older brother)

1903 – Immigrated 29 APR 1903 on the ship Germanie arriving in New York, USA on 15/16 MAY 1903 with a destination of Wood Lake, Minnesota, USA (near Nils Eide’s home, their uncle)

  • Sevelina (Lina) Eide Ellingson was born 30 AUG 1878 in Kvammen, Norway. She died 30 OCT 1913 in Williston, North Dakota, USA.  She arrived in 1903 when she was 24 years old with her sister Ingeborg, who was 25 years old, but Ingeborg returned home and did not stay. Sevelina married Severt Ellingson (1880-1962) 9 NOV 1910 in Stanley, North Dakota, USA.  Her son, Elmer Miller Ellingson, was born 19 Aug 1911 (died 27 Mar 1990). Sevelina was buried in Williston, North Dakota, USA in 1913. (Karl’s father’s older sisters).

1904 – Immigrated on the SS Saxonia, arriving in Boston, Massachusetts, USA on 11 June 1904

  • Baste Mikkelson Ekanger was born 9 FEB 1886 in Nedre Eikanger, Hordaland, Norway. He died 30 AUG 1947 in Malheur, Oregon, USA. Baste became a US Citizen in 1912, per the 1920 census. No other family was listed on the census. He lived with Ole in Oregon, USA..  His WWI draft registration lists his father as Mikkel R. Ekanger, Ekangervaag, Bergen, Norway. (Karl’s mother’s first cousin) 

1905 – Immigrated on the SS Saxonia, arriving 10 AUG 1905 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

  • Malina (Malena) Mikkelsdatter Ekanger was born 26 SEP 1879 in Bergen, Hordaland, Norway. She died 13 JUL 1961 in Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, USA. (Karl’s mother’s first cousin)

1906 – traveled to the U.S. frequently

  • Nils Ellingson Eide (Karl’s father) first arrived in New York on 3 MAR 1906 (when he was 15 years old) to visit his brother, Olav Eide, and sister, Sevelina Eide, in Minnesota. The next year they moved to North Dakota and staked homestead claims. In 1912, he applied for US citizenship, but he never stayed to become naturalized. Read more about him, and view documents, at Nils Eide.

1907 – Immigrated arriving 23 Mar 1907

  •  Kristian Ekanger was born 19 JAN 1890 in Nedre Eikanger, Hordaland, Norway, He died in the year 1925 in South Dakota, USA. He lived 14 years in Burley, Idaho, USA and became a US Citizen on 17 NOV 1913, in Canton, South Dakota, USA. He applied for a US passport on 28 MAR 1921 and was approved on 11 APR 1921 for his planned trip to Norway leaving on 22 APR 1921 on the Stangerfjord boat out of New York City, USA. (Karl’s mother’s first cousin)

1915 – Immigrated 7 MAY 1915 on S. S. Heillig Olav, arriving in New York City, USA ]They came back to Williston, North Dakota, USA together, arriving in New York, USA

  • Kari Jonsdatter Nedreas Eide BD 24 Aug 1900, Askeland, Hordaland, Norway; DD 21 Aug 1945, Boise, ID.  (Wife of Olav Eide).  (14 years old)

1915 – Lars Ellingson Eide BD 3 Aug 1894, Kvammen, Norway; DD 21 Jan 1938, Boise, ID.  First arrived in US in 1915, left Bergen 23 April 1915.  (19 years old). First lived in Williston, ND; 1917-1918 in Phillips, Montana; moved to Boise, ID with brother, Olav. (Karl’s father’s younger brother).

1927 – Rasmus Ekanger (see first entry) with wife and family of 5 children, to Canada. Wife: Matilde Marie Fammestad (1887-1979); children: Alf

Rasmusson Eikanger (1911-1972); Yngvard Rasmusson Eikanger (1912-1963); Reidar Rasmusson Eikanger (1913-1938); Maria Rasmusdatter Eikanger (1916-?); Ingrid Rasmusdatter Eikanger (1921-2009).  Arrived in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, 30 July 1927,on the ship “Bergensfjord”.

1948 – Rose’s father: Karl Eide BD 23 Oct 1923, Kvammen, Hordaland, Norway; DD: 6 Mar 2024, Silver Spring, MD. Left Southampton, England 2 Jun 1948 on Queen Mary. (24 yrs old) Sponsored by his uncle, Sevelina’s husband, Severt Ellingson, to study at Andrews Univ., Berrien Springs, Michigan.

On Rose’s father’s side 23 people immigrated and became citizens

Mother’s side: Betty Lyke’s ancestors:

1883

– Ole Guttornsen Stenmoen (Betty’s 1st cousin 2xs removed) BD 13 Jan 1861, Fla, Hallingdal, Buskerud, Norway DD 23 May 1935 Janesville, WI.  Emigration date 18 May 1883 from Oslo, Norway on the “Angelo”

1884

–  Kristen Vilhelmsen (Bakko) Stavn – BD 29 JUNE 1848 •  Flå, Buskerud, Norway; DD 17 FEBRUARY 1934 • Orfordville, Rock County, Wisconsin, USA (36 yrs old when immigrated) and wife:

– Kari Halvorsdatter Tollefsrud – BD 10 FEB 1844 • Flå, Buskerud, Norway; DD 19 AUG 1926 • Orfordville, Rock, Wisconsin, USA (40 yrs old when immigrated) (Betty’s great-grandparents) –

with 8 children:

–Knute Staven (Knut Kristensen Stavn) BD 9 Apr 1878, Flå, Norway; DD 1946 Janesville, WI.  (6 yrs old) (Betty’s mother’s father). 

-Gunhild Olesdatter Tollefsrud (Stenmon) BD 10 APRIL 1866 • Norway; DD 2 JUN 1956 • Cass, North Dakota, United States;

-Ole Olsen Tollefsrud BD 26 AUG 1867 • Flå, Buskerud, Norway; DD 4 FEB 1956 • Ulen, Clay Co., Minnesota

–Barbro (Barbara) Stavn (Dickison) BD 28 NOV 1871 • Flå, Buskerud, Norway; DD 20 JAN 1908 • Sauk Centre, Stearns, Minnesota, USA

–Halvor Oliver Staven, BD 12 DECEMBER 1873 • Flå, Buskerud, Norway; DD 20 AUGUST 1925 • Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA

–William C (Vilhelm) Stavn, BD 17 DECEMBER 1875, Flå, Buskerud, Norway; DD 8 SEPTEMBER 1960, Beloit, Rock, Wisconsin, USA

-Ole Kristensen (C.) Stavn, BD 6 APRIL 1881 • Flå, Buskerud, Norway; DD 26 JULY 1967 • Orfordville, Rock County, Wisconsin, US

-Kristen (Chris) Stavn BD 8 July 1883, Flå, Buskerud, Norway; DD 1955 Orfordville, Rock, Wisconsin

1888

– Kari “Carrie” Reiersgaarden Liston BD 16 JAN 1843 • Brendebak farm, Flå Parish, Buskerud, Norway; DD 09 MAR 1939 • Orfordville, Rock Co, WI, USA (45 yrs old) (sister of Kristen V. Stavn). (Betty’s mother’s father’s sister).  Came with husband,

-Kristopher Steengrimson (Liestoen) Liston BD 11 FEB 1846 Liestoen farm, Flå, Buskerud, Norway; DD 23 AUG 1909 Orfordville, Rock County, Wisconsin

and 7 children:

-Stengrim “Stone” Kristophersen Liston BD 6 JANUARY 1867, Flå, Buskerud, Norway; DD 23 MAR 1940, Brodhead, Wisconsin, USA

-Barbara Liston (Eggen) BD 29 Oct 1869, HallingdaL, Norway; DD 06 Jul 1954, Wisconsin, USA

-Guri/Julia Christophersdatter LISTON BD 10 MAR 1872, Hallingdal, Norway; DD 17 NOV 1960, Janesville, Rock, Wisconsin, United States

–Sigrid (Sarah) Christophersdatter (Liston) BD 05 Jun 1875, Flaa, Buskerud, Norway; DD 1965

-Peter Christophersen Liston BD 11 JANUARY 1878, Flaa, Buskerud, Norway; DD6 FEB 1940, Janesville, Rock, Wisconsin

Wilhelm KRISTOFFERSEN

Birth 21 JAN 1881 • flaa in Nes Parish,Hallingdal,Buskerud, Norway

Death 23 AUGUST 1948 • Orfordville, Rock Co, WI, USA

and Kristopher’s mother, Guri Moen Liston (1822-1892)

1898

– Maren Olava (Mae Oliva) Hansen BD 18 July 1883, Skoger, Vestfold, Norway; DD 14 Jan 1950, Janesville, WI. Left Norway 14 Oct 1898 aboard ship Angelo.  Arrived 3 Nov 1898 in Philadelphia, PA.  (age 15). Ship’s record states she was a servant from Skogen, Norway to Orfordville, Wisconsin in the employ of “friend” P K Kaaterus of Orfordville.   Story is that she almost starved to death the first winter and was rescued from her employer by a neighbor.  Married 17 Dec 1903 to Knute Staven (Knut Kristensen Stavn). (Betty’s mother’s mother).

On Rose’s mother’s side 22 people immigrated and became citizens