The Finnestad farm Part III

Here is an aerial view of the lot on the Finnestad farm purchased by Ole Olson Søndenå. Here is a map from 1957 which also lists Gårdsnr 31 and Bruksnr 16.

This is the most recent aerial photo that resembles a farm, from 1979.

This photo is from 2011 prior to the home being torn down.

Finnestadveien 24

The house was located on Finnestadveien.

Finnestadveien street sign

Here is an aerial view from 2003.

2003

Here is the house as it looked in 2008 at Finnestadveien 24, 4029 Stavanger, Norway.

Finnestadveien 24

The house was torn down 2011 - 2012. Here is an aerial view sometime after the home was demolished.

Finnestadveien 24

Here is the lot as it looked in 2016.

Finnestadveien 24

Here is a panoramic shot of the general area around what used to be the Finnestad farm.

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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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