1915 - Iowa State Census - Orville and Ida Olson

Iowa had mid-decade census records, which can be helpful in locating lost ancestors that may have passed away before the US census was taken. The following Iowa census records from 1915 are individual cards with the family member's name, age, education, occupation, residence and parents place of birth, etc which is very helpful in obtaining details about the family.

Ole and Mari Finnestad's eldest daughter Elizabeth had 10 children with husband Ole Andreas Knutson. I've been able to locate 9 of their 10 children; one was Mary (Maria) Berthea Knutson. Mary married Stephen Olson in Ogle County, Illinois on December 27, 1887.

Mary and Stephen had 7 children, (as far as I know from the conflicting census records). Their eldest was Orville Olson.

Orville Olson, born in Illinois before the Olson family left Ogle County, Illinois and moved to Iowa.
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Orville's wife, Ida, born in Illinois, but married Orville while living in Iowa.

Orville and Ida's first child, Marvin Sanford, born in Cylinder, Palo Alto County, Iowa.

Orville and Ida's second child, Evelyn Ordell, born in Cylinder, Palo Alto County, Iowa.

Orville and Ida's third child, Alma Luella, born in Cylinder, Palo Alto County, Iowa.

From what I've been able to tell, these were the first great grandchildren of Ole and Mari Finnestad.

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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

Rasmus Oleson Finnestad family tree

I have completed cleaning up the family tree and added a final tab for Ole and Mari Finnestad's son, Rasmus. Six of Ole and Mari's eleven children produced the most descendants; the last 6 tabs include those six children and the two subsequent generations. Here is a summary and links to the additional tabs: - Elizabeth Knutson - Iverdine (Dana) Travland - Rachel Vallem - Ole Finnestad (Jr) - Bert Finnestad - Rasmus Finnestad The family tree will always be available on the right hand margin for easy access. In the future, subsequent generations will be listed on a new spreadsheet to reduce any confusion. The additional spreadsheets will be listed in the right hand margin below the original family tree.

Charles A Ludwig - WW II enlistment

Here is the WW II enlistment information for Ole and Mari Finnestad's great grandchild, Charles A Ludwig. Charles enlisted November 14, 1940 in Chicago, Illinois. He was a machinist at the time of his enlistment. Charles was the son of Edith (Knutson) and Charles E Ludwig. Charles' grandparents were Elizabeth and Ole Andreas Knutson.

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