Rasmus Finnestad death

The 3rd son of Ole and Mari Finnestad, Rasmus, died September 5, 1945 in Everett Washington. He and wife Carrie have a headstone at the Saskatchewan River Church Cemetery.

After speaking with Rasmus' granddaughter, Carmen Hurd, I was told that Rasmus' wife, Carrie, wanted to be buried in Saskatoon, Canada so her body was shipped via train to Saskatchewan for burial.

According to Carmen, Rasmus did not want to be buried in Canada so he is buried in the Evergreen Cemetery in Everett, Washington.

Carmen also stated she believes Rasmus' sister, Mary was also buried at Evergreen Cemetery. She will check on that and let me know. If she is, I would then have the "final resting" information of all 11 of Ole and Mari's children.

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Ole Finnestad Jr obituary

Here is the obituary for my great, great grandfather, Ole Finnestad Jr from the Dixon Evening Telegraph of July 9, 1928. Note the misspelling of his first and last name, though Finnestad was spelled correctly within the content of the article. You will also note that his brother Rasmus had moved from Canada to Washington by the time of his brother's death. Oddly, there is no mention of the sisters that survived him, leading me to believe they may have lost touch by the time of his death.

Kenneth and Lillian Finnestad obituaries

I have had previously posted the obituary for my great great grandfather Ole Finnestad several posts back. I have not yet been able to locate an obituary for my great grandparents Oliver and Mary Finnestad, though here are the obituaries for my grandparents, Kenneth and Lillian Finnestad.

Finnestad Farm - Stavanger, Norway

It was customary in Norway to take the farm name as the family name. Prior to arriving in America, Ole Finnestad was known as Ole Olson. According to the Regional State Archives of Stavanger, in 1862, Ole Olsen bought a farm from Bjørn Larsen. The following link provides some farm information along with the family members in 1865: http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/webcens.exe?slag=visbase&sidenr=59&filnamn=f61126&gardpostnr=582&sokefelt=vis “Merknad 387b” now means property nr. 16 of the farm Finnestad. (Please keep in mind that accuracy of records is less than perfect - so ages and other information are not always correct) For more information on Stavanger and a map of the area, please go to the following wikipedia link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stavanger

Finnestad Ancestry

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