Ogle County, Illinois

Without making a trip to Ogle County's library for a township plat map, I am unable to pinpoint where Rasmus and family had lived in 1900.

Listed above is a 2000 map of Ogle County, Illinois. Flagg township is bordered by Gurler Road on the south.

Lee County is directly south with Alto township (home of Ole Jr & Ole Sr) to the southeast and Reynolds Township (home of Rasmus) just west of Alto township.

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Anonymous said…

There are several old maps online for Ogle county. I've found my relative's farm. The latter (not on Ogle maps I've seen yet, but others) even does an overlay with current maps.

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ilogle/

http://www.historicmapworks.com/Search/city.php?query=ogle&State=IL&x=0&y=0

November 2, 2010 at 10:22 AM

finnestad said…

Thanks for the link.

I think I had come across a similar site when I was looking for maps of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, but this one seems to be more comprehensive.

Thanks you.

November 2, 2010 at 12:47 PM

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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