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Iverdine Travland - burial

There was a tie for the 4th born child to Ole and Mari Finnestad; between Iverdine and Bertha, who were twins.




Iverdine (or Dana) is buried with her daughter, Ane Maria Travland at the Union Cemetery in Lee County, Illinois.

Iverdine was born December 2, 1850 and died November 3, 1879.
Ane Maria was born June 1, 1873 and died August 12, 1873.



If you look at Trish Hodgen's website, you can see how much of Iverdine's marker has worn away based upon these photos.

I am not sure when Trish took the photo on her web page; the two photos above were taken June 17, 2010.

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