Finnestad Ancestry

Ole and Mari Finnestad's granddaughter, Clara (Knutson) Nelson, daughter of Elizabeth (Finnestad) and Ole Andreas "Andrew" Knutson was born in Stavanger, Norway on February 27, 1870.   She died on December 19, 1900 in Chicago, Cook county, Illinois and was buried at the Mount Olive Cemetery. After checking for a monument or headstone it appears the family did not have one placed for the Nelson family. Here is a photo of the entrance to the Mount Olive Cemetery. Clara, husband Edward and daughter Esther Bernice Nelson were buried in Section G, Lot 318.  Here is a map of the cemetery. Here is a photo of the Nelson family plot.

Ole and Mari Finnestad's granddaughter, Clara died of tuberculosis on December 19, 1900, the same affliction as her infant daughter who had passed away 4 months earlier. At the time of her death, she left behind her husband, Edward and daughter, Ragna. Clara is buried at Mount Olive Cemetery, in Chicago, Illinois.

I've had a bit of luck the past two days locating more descendants of Ole and Mari Finnestad's eldest daughter, Elizabeth. Here is a copy of the Cook County, Illinois marriage license for Elizabeth and Ole Andreas Knutson's daughter, Clara Dorthea. Clara married Edward H Nelson on December 29, 1891 in Chicago, Illinois.

Clara Dorthea Knutson, granddaughter of Ole and Mari Finnestad, was born to Elizabeth and Ole Andreas Knutson on February 27, 1870 and baptized on March 27, 1870. Here is the official parish record from the St. Petri church of Stavanger, Norway (entry #130). Here is the copy of the parish record from the St Petri church of Stavanger, Norway (entry #130).