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.

Comments

Erin Wey said…

I stumbled upon your blog by accident as I was researching my family tree. My great-grandmother was Ragna (Nelson) Hausske. Her son, George Edward Hausske, was my grandfather and George's son, George Edward, Jr. is my father. Your research as filled in a lot of gaps for me, so thank you!

December 17, 2024 at 1:21 PM

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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