Ragna Lavina (Nelson) and George A Hausske

Ragna Lavina (Nelson) and George A Hausske - burial

Ole and Mari Finnestad's great granddaughter, Ragna Lavina (Nelson) Hausske, daughter of Clara Dorthea (Knutson) and Edward Hansen Nelson was born in Chicago, Cook county, Illinois on February 15, 1893.

Ragna married George Adolph Hausske on October 15, 1915 in Chicago, Illnois. She passed away July 29, 1966 in Elgin, Cook county, Illinois and was buried at the Eden Memorial Park Cemetery in Schiller Park, Cook county, Illinois.

Here is a photo of Ragna and George's headstone.

Here is George's obituary. George was born in Chicago, Illinois to Mary and Anton Hausske in March 1891 and died in February 1957.

Here is a photo of the family plot at Eden Memorial Park.

Here is a photo of the entrance to Eden Memorial Park Cemetery.

Here is a map of the cemetery.

Here is a detailed map of Section 2 where the Hausske family plot is located.

Ragna was the granddaughter of Elizabeth (Finnestad) and Ole Andreas 'Andrew' Knutson.

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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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