Ovedie Christine (Torgerson) Eklo (1860 - 1933)

Born 29 Feb 1860 in Trondheim, Sør-Trøndelag, Norge

Wife of Olaus (Larson) Eklo — married 13 Sep 1884 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA

Descendants

Died 7 Sep 1933 at age 73 in Norwood Park, Cook County, Illinois, USA

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Ovedie Christine (Torgerson) Eklo migrated from Norway to Illinois, USA.

Biography

Ovedie Christene Christensdatter was born in Trondheim 29 Feb and christened in Vor Frue church 29 Apr 1860.^[1]

She passed away in 1933. She met her future husband Olaus in Trondheim, SorTrondelag, Norway. He paid her passage to USA in 1883, where they were married.

Birth

1860 ^[2]

Immigration

April 4, 1883

Marriage

Marriage record shows Event Date: 13 September 1884 and her name was listed as Ovidia Fergerson. Contradicts other info from Ancestral File at familysearch.org. Maybe the immigration record will clarify.

1884 - ^[3], ^[2]

Census Records

1890 - US Lost in fire. ^[4], ^[5]
1900 - US ^[6]
Note: Listed as mother of four children, of which two are living and listed in the census family group.
1910 - US ^[7]
1920 - US ^[8]
Note: Surname spelled as Ekls instead of Eklo.
1930 - US ^[9]

Death

1933 - ^[10], ^[2]

Burial

September 9, 1933 - ^[10]
Mount Olive ^[11]
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois USA
Plot: Burial #42176---4S; 4W; Lot 173
Find A Grave Memorial# 5222656 ^[12]

Sources

1. ↑ Ministerialprotokoller, klokkerbøker og fødselsregistre - Sør-Trøndelag, SAT/A-1456/602/L0115: Parish register (official) no. 602A13, 1860-1872, p. 8 Quick link: https://www.digitalarkivet.no/kb20050610021038
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} "Ancestral File," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/MZML-XJ8 : accessed 2014-02-10), entry for Ovedia Christine TORGERSON.
3. ↑ "Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1920," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N76T-WMK : accessed 11 Feb 2014), Olaus Eklo and Ovidia Fergerson, 13 Sep 1884.
4. ↑ http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/1996/spring/1890-census-1.html
5. ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1890_United_States_Census
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS3G-425 : accessed 21 March 2016), Ovida Eklo in household of Olaus Eklo, Precinct 13 Chicago city Ward 15, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing sheet 4B, family 75, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,264.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK8S-MKV : accessed 21 March 2016), Ovidia Eklo in household of Olaus Eklo, Chicago Ward 28, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1246, sheet 14B, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,286.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJQP-1FH : accessed 21 March 2016), Ovidia Ekls in household of Olaus Ekls, Chicago Ward 27, Cook (Chicago), Illinois, United States; citing sheet 7B, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,339.
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XSPG-DMS : accessed 21 March 2016), Ovidie E Eklo in entry for Olaus Eklo, 1930.
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1} "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQCW-R7Z : accessed 21 March 2016), Ovidio Ekio, 07 Sep 1933; Public Board of Health, Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1,675,015.
11. ↑ Olive http://genealogytrails.com/ill/cook/cem.htm
12. ↑ http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GSln=Eklo&GSiman=1&GScid=107050&

Research Notes

1. Parents born in Norway. Source: 1910 US Census. [1]