Lusina (Andersdatter) Gilbertson (1856 - 1941)

Ancestors Descendants

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Birth in Norway 1.2 Emigration to United States 1.3 Jefferson Prairie 1.4 Koshkonong Prairie 1.5 Jackson County, Wisconsin 1.6 Marriage and Children 1.7 Children's Marriages, Grandchildren 1.8 Daughter Neva's Death 1.9 Great Depression, Final Years 1.10 Death 2 Sources

Biography

Birth in Norway

Lucy

Ophiem, 1868[1]

Lucy was born "Lucina Andersdatter" to Andrew Johnson (aka "Anders Jonsson") and Agatha Olson (aka "Agathe Olsdatter") in the village of Opheim, in western Norway (Vestlandlet), 17 Sep 1856.^[2] Opheim (aka Oppheim, Uppheim) is today in Voss Municipality, which is part of Vestland County.^[3] Voss Municipality was established 1838 from the parish of Voss.^[3] In 1868, well after Lucy's emigration to the United States, Voss's northern district (population 2,009), of which Opheim was a part, was separated to form the new municipality of Vossestrand.^[3] In 1964, Vossestrand was re-merged with Voss.^[3] As for Vestland County, it was formed in 2020 by the merger of two counties (fylke), including Hordaland County, of which Voss had been a part.^[4] Hordaland County, in turn, was what the former administrative unit (amt) of Søndre Bergenhus had been renamed in 1919.^[5] So, at Lucy's birth, Opheim was part of Søndre Bergenhus amt, which had been around since 1763,^[6] long before even her parents were born. Where, precisely, her parents lived in Opheim isn't yet clear, but there are available online the lists of possible farms.^[7]

Voss, Norway c1898

Voss, Norway c1890

Whatever the case, the nearest town of size would have been Voss, a municipality with a modern population of about 15,000 and which, as of 2020, is part of Vestland County but which, at the time of Lucy's birth, was part of Søndre Bergenhus amt.^[8] "Voss has a subarctic climate, with cold winters and mild summers."^[9] It's "surrounded by snow-capped mountains, forests, lakes and fast-flowing whitewater rivers."^[9] "The predominant pursuit" there, and in Norway at the time, was "agriculture, cattle farming and forest cultivation."^[10] Even as late as 1909, "[t]hree-fourths of the population of Norway live[d] in the rural districts and [were] mostly engaged in some sort of farming."^[11] Knowing that, and with what is known and is discussed later in this profile about the pursuits of Lucy's parents after they came to America with her, it's a good bet they were, and came from families that long were, farmers.

Lucy had at least eight siblings. She had two sisters who, like her, were born in Opheim: Mary, who was born there in 1853,^[12] and Marta, who was born there in 1854 (and ceased to appear in the records after the family immigrated to the United States in 1857).^[13] Her other six siblings were all born in the United States after the family eigrated in in 1857. Those siblings were her brother, Ole, who was born in Illinois in 1858,^[14] her brother, Iver, who was born in Illinois in 1860,^[15] her brother, Will, who was born in Illinois in 1862,^[16] her brother, Frank, who was born in Wisconsin in 1864,^[17] her sister, Nellie, who was born in Wisconsin in 1866,^[18] and her sister, Martha, who was born in Wisconsin in 1869.^[19]

Emigration to United States

Lucy, her parents and two sisters left Opheim, 14 Apr 1857, bound for the United States.^[20] "[T]he great majority of Norwegian immigrants ... sought homes in rural communities and engaged in farming and related pursuits."^[21] "The Norwegian immigration has been mostly from rural districts," made up of typically "day laborers, artisans, farmers [and] seamen," with most immigrants being "the ages of twenty to thirty-five."^[22] Wisconsin, which had "almost as large a Scandinavian population in 1850 as all the rest of the country," was particularly appealing to Norwegians.^[23] Lucy's parents came there to farm.

Jefferson Prairie

Johnson Family Migration in America[24]

Based on baptisms of several of Lucy's junior siblings, their first stop in the United States was the "Jefferson Prairie Settlement."^[25] The Jefferson Prairie Settlement originated in 1839, in Clinton Township, Rock County, Wisconsin, "founded exclusively by immigrants from the district of Numedal [in Norway]."^[26] The settlement had expanded greatly by the time settlers from Voss, from where Mary's parents emigrated, arrived.

These first settlers located in the southern half of Clinton Township, but others soon came who settled still farther south, so that the settlement soon came to include a portion of the Township of Manchester in Boone County, Illinois. ... The settlement thus came to be divided into a northern and a southern part, the immigrant settlers in the two representing different provinces in Norway. The Numedalians settled ... nearer Clinton and in general in the northern end of Jefferson Prairie ; in fact they occupied most of the prairie proper. The southern portion, the timber land, come to be settled principally by immigrants from Voss. Very few of these located in the Town of Clinton; they selected homes in the early days, for the most part, just where their descendants now live, on the south side of the state line, in Illinois. The whole settlement extends from about a mile and a half south of Clinton across the prairie and into the timber which began about three miles south of Clinton and extends about four miles down into Illinois.^[27]

Because Lucy's parents came from Voss, they likely resided with others from Voss in the part of the settlement in Manchester Township, Boone County, Illinois, rather than Clinton Township, Rock County, Wisconsin, and much of the census evidence supports this. That being the case, of the five children who were born to Lucy's parents after they emigrated, three were baptized in Clinton Township, where Jefferson Prairie Settlement's congregation met: Ole was baptized in Clinton Township in 1858,^[14] Iver was baptized there in 1860, as mentioned,^[15] and Will was baptized there in 1862.^[16]

Koshkonong Prairie

Koshkonong[28]

Lucy's parents didn't remain in the Jefferson Prairie Settlement long. "[P]ioneer settlements [like Jefferson Prairie] were both receiving stations and points of departure for new settlements in other parts of the state."^[29] "A family coming from Norway would usually stop for a while in an older settlement before setting out for [other] regions."^[29] So it was for Mary's parents. By 1864, they'd moved forty miles to the northwest, to the Koshkonong Prairie Settlement, in eastern Dane and western Jefferson Counties, Wisconsin.

The genesis of the settlement of Koshkonong Prairie in Dane County, Wisconsin, the most noted undoubtedly of all Norwegian settlements in America, dates from 1840. ... The townships in Dane County in which the Neorwegians settled most extensively [included] Dunkirk [Township]...^[30]

Dunkirk Township includes the municipality of Stoughton, where, likely, Lucy's parents likely had two more children: her brother, Frank, who was born in 1864,^[17] and her sister, Nellie, who was born in 1866.^[18] In 1868, Lucy's last sibling, Martha, was born in Wisconsin, but where in Wisconsin isn't clear.^[19]

Jackson County, Wisconsin

Red dot represents Andrew's family (click twice for full size)[31]

What is clear is that by 1870 Lucy's parents had relocated to Northfield Township, Jackson County, Wisconsin, where they and Lucy's siblings (Ole, Iver, Will, Frank, Nellie and Martha) resided on a farm, with Lucy, Ole, Iver, Will and Frank enrolled as students.^[32] As for Lucy's sister, Marta, she had apparently died by 1870.^[12] As for her sister, Mary, her 1870 whereabouts aren't known.^[13]

By 1879, if not earlier, Lucy's parents owned an 80-acre farm in northwestern Jackson County. Their farm was in the tiny, unincorporated village of Price, which then was located in the northeastern part of Jackson County's Northfield Township, and in 1881, became part of Garfield Township.^[33] Garfield Township has a population today of well under 1000 residents, and it was just as small back when they settled there.^[33] The farm is identified in the upper right-hand corner of the map below as being that of "Andrew Johnson," with their house shown as a little black box on the north half of their 80-acre parcel, and a school house along their southern boundary, as well as a cross, which may be a cemetery.

1879 Map of northern Northfield Township, Jackson County (click twice on image to fully enlarge)[34]

Marriage and Children

Garfield Township (red), Augusta (blue)[35]

In late 1878, Lucy's sister, Mary, wed Prussian-born August Rick in Eau Claire County, just a few miles north of their parents' farm in Jackson County.^[12] But Mary was not the first to wed. Lucy was. In Augusta Village, Bridge Creek Township, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, 13 Jun 1878, Lucy married Norwegian-born Ole Gilbertson.^[36]

Ole and Lucy settled on a 160-acre farm in Price, a short walk from the farm of Lucy's parents.^[37] They had five children, all daughters and all but the first born on their farm in Price:^[38] Myrtle, born 15 Dec 1879, but perhaps in Augusta;^[39] Agatha (who went by the nickname of "Mayme"), born 13 Jun 1882 and baptized in Augusta;^[40] Neva , born in January 1888;^[41] Vera, born 24 Dec 1890;^[42] and Beulah, born 9 Dec 1895.^[43]

Price Church

Ole and Lucy have yet to be found in the 1880 census, but it seems likely that they that year resided on their own farm in Price, where had the last four of their five daughters: Agatha (who went by the nickname of "Mayme"), who was born 13 Jun 1882 and baptized in Augusta,^[40] Neva , who was born Jan 1888,^[41] Vera, who was born 24 Dec 1890,^[42] and Beulah, who was born 9 Dec 1895.^[43] Ole was one of the founding members of the Price Evangelical Lutheran Church, just west of their farm (and whose address today is West 14755 Old Highway 10 in Fairchild, Wisconsin). He and Lucy's daughter Neva was the first infant to be baptized in the church, in early 1888.

As for the 1880 whereabouts of Lucy's parents, they remained on their farm in Price, residing there with Lucy's siblings Ole, Will, Frank, Nellie and Martha.^[44] Lucy's married sister, Mary, resided with her husband just outside of Augusta.^[39] As for her brother, Iver, however, his 1880 whereabouts are unknown.^[15]

In 1885, Lucy and Ole and their eldest two daughters, Myrtle and Agatha, resided on their farm farm in Price.^[45] Lucy's mother, Agatha Johnson, died in Garfield Township, no doubt on the family farm in Price, 22 Nov 1888, at age 59.^[46] Lucy's father, Andrew Johnson,^[47] thereafter sold that farm and, by 1895, resided on the nearby farm of Ole and Lucy, together with their children, Agatha, Neva, Vera and Beulah.^[48]

Gilbertson Farm in 1914 (upper center - click 3x to fully enlarge)[49]

Ole and Lucy in 1900 continued to live on their mortgage-free farm in Price, with their daughters, Neva, Vera and Beulah, and Lucy's father, Andrew Johnson.^[50] As for their 21 year-old daughter, Myrtle, she was at the time living in Audubon, Becker County, Minnesota, working as a domestic in the home of her maternal uncle, Frank Johnson, who owned a saw mill there and lived with his wife, Julia, and two daughters.^[39] As for their 17 year-old daughter, Agatha, she had by this time moved to South Dakota and was living on Hayes Street in Sioux Falls, working as a servant for the family of Lucy's sister, Martha (Johnson) Jordan, who had married in about 1896 and had two young daughters.^[51]

Gilbertson Family c1900[52]

Children's Marriages, Grandchildren

Agatha's 1902 Wedding

Edward Jordan, the husband of Lucy's sister, Martha, died in the late summer of 1900,^[53] apparently prompting Lucy's daughter, Agatha, to return to Wisconsin, where, 1 Jan 1902, she married Carl Olson.^[40] Agatha settled in her husband's home in Osseo, about ten miles west of the Gilbertson family farm, and had there Ole and Lucy's first grandchild, Herbert , 3 Sep 1902.^[54] The next six months were tough on the family. Ole's father-in-law, Andrew Johnson, died on their farm, 19 Dec 1902, and they buried him in North Branch Cemetery beside his wife.^[47] As for their first grandchild, Herbert, he died in Osseo as an infant, in March 1903, just two weeks after Ole, Myrtle, Vera and Martha (Johnson) Jordan had formally witnessed his baptism.^[54]

Agatha gave Lucy and Ole a second grandchild, Jerry, in 1904, and, in 1905, Agatha and her husband remained in Osseo, with Jerry.^[40] The 1905 whereabouts of their daughter, Myrtle, aren't known, but Ole and Lucy that year remained on their farm in Price, with their daughters Neva, Vera and Beulah.^[55] Vera married a local man named Wesley Hurst in about 1907,^[42] and Myrtle married another local fellow, Julius Moe, in about 1908, settling on his family's substantial farm in an unincorporated place called Requa, in Garfield Township,^[39] about five miles west of Ole and Lucy's farm in Price, and a few miles east of where Agatha was in Osseo. Their third and fourth grandchildren were born in 1909, Neva giving birth, in Requa, to a daughter, Phyllis,^[41] and Myrtle to a daughter, Marjorie.^[39]

Gilbertson Daughters c1908[56]

Ole and Lucy and all their children remained in the area in 1910. Ole and Lucy remained on their farm with their two single, teenage daughters, Vera and Beulah.^[57] Myrtle, who gave Ole and Lucy their fifth grandchild, Erland, in 1910, lived with her husband and children in Requa.^[39] Agatha and her husband and son,^[40] and Neva and her husband and daughter,^[41] lived in Osseo.

Among Lucy's siblings, her widowed sister, Martha, remained in Sioux Falls in 1910, with her two daughters, and, in 1911, remarried and had a son, relocating to a small town founded by her second husband in northwestern South Dakota.^[19]

Daughter Neva's Death

Lucy and Neva's daughter, Phyllis, c1911.

Lucy and Ole's daughter, Neva, contracted tuberculosis. In an heoric but futile effort to find a cure, she and her husband moved to Tulare, Tulare County, California. Neva died in Tulare, 10 Dec 1911, at age 23, but her body was returned to Garfield, where she was buried in North Branch Cemetery.^[41] Her death was followed by the birth of their sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth grandchildren: their daughter, Myrtle, had, in Garfield Township, faternal twins, Geneva and George, in 1912,^[39] their daughter, Agatha, had, in Osseo, a daughter, Enie, in 1913,^[40] and Myrtle, in 1914, had her last child, a daughter, Constance.^[39] As for Ole and Lucy, a 1914 map of Garfield Township showed their farm, as theirs.^[58] The companion directory to that map confirms they owned 160 acres on Route 2 in Section 3 of Garfield Township, where they live with their children, "Myrtle, Mamie [Agatha], Wera [and] Beula," and grandchild ""Filis [Phyllis] Hurst," daughter of their late child, Neva.^[59] The directory says they've lived there 37 years, i.e., since about 1877, the year before they married, if correct.^[59]

Their 24 year-old daughter, Vera, who ended her schooling after the eighth grade,^[60] married a local fellow, Fred Nelson, in 2015, and they moved to Osseo.^[42] They gave Ole and Lucy their tenth, eleventh and twelfth grandchildren: Lucy, in 1917, followed by twins, Robert and Richard, in 1918.^[42] As of 26 Jan 1920, sixty-nine year-old Ole and sixty-four year-old Lucy lived on their mortgage-free farm with their 23 year-old daughter, Beulah,^[61] who had completed 9th grade and stopped her schooling.^[62] Still living just a few doors down in Garfield in 1920 were their daughter, Myrtle, who lived with her husband, his son, their five children and his widowed mother.^[39] As for their daughters Agatha and Vera, they both remained in Osseo in 1920.^[63]

The decade of the 1920s witnessed the birth of the remainder of Ole and Lucy's eighteen grandchildren. Beulah married in 1921, and, in nearby Eau Claire, Wisconsin, she and her husband had that year the first of their two children, June.^[43] Their daughter, Agatha, had in nearby Osseo a daughter, Lue, in 1922.^[40] In 1923 and 1925, Vera had in Osseo, a daughter, Hope, and a son, Howard.^[42] Beulah then had in Eau Claire her second, and last child, Rosemarie, in 1926.^[43] In 1927, Lucy's brother, Iver, died in Lewistown, Montana at age 66.^[15] In 1929, her daughter, Vera, had, in Osseo, her last child (and the last of Ole and Lucy's grandchildren), Gerald.^[42]

Great Depression, Final Years

Ole and Lucy on farm by their Ford Model A, c1929.

As of 15 Apr 1930, 75 year-old Lucy and 79 year-old Ole continued to reside on their farm, alone.^[64] As for their four surviving daughters, Myrtle continued to live with her husband and four of their children on their farm, roughly between Osseo and the farm of Ole and Lucy.^[39] Agatha continued to live in Osseo, in a rented house, with two children and her husband, Carl, who worked as a salesman in a general store.^[40] Vera lived in Osseo, too.^[42] Beulah lived with her husband, Selman, a mechanic, and two daughters and a brother-in-law, in a rented house in the City of Eau Claire, Wisconsin,^[43] about 25 miles northwest of the Gilbertson farm.

By 1935, Ole and Lucy had sold their farm and moved to Osseo. In osseo, they resided with the large family of their daughter, Vera, whose husband was a butcher.^[65] That year, Lucy lost her eldest sibling, Mary (Maria), who died in Palo Alto, California at age 82.^[12] Two years later, in the spring of 1937, she lost her youngest sibling, too, when her sister Martha died in Hughes County, South Dakota at age 67.^[19] That was a precurser to an even more wrenching loss. Lucy's husband, Ole, suffered from chronic inflammation of the kidneys (nephritis) and heart (myocarditis) and an enlarged prostate. He died in Osseo from those conditions, 21 Oct 1937, at age 86.^[66]

Following the loss of her husband, Lucy continued to reside in Osseo with the large family of her daughter, Vera.^[67] Closeby was her daughter, Agatha, who remained in Osseo, too.^[40] Her daughter, Beulah, moved with her husband and two daughters 100 miles northwest, to St. Paul, Minnesota, where they remained through 1940 and where her husband was by 1940 working for the postal service.^[43] Her eldest daughter, Myrtle, had likewise relocated by 1935. Myrtle and her husband had moved about 175 miles north, to Bayfield, Bayfield County, Wisconsin, on Lake Superior, where they lived with their son, Bernard.^[39]

Death

Lucy died in Osseo, 12 Jan 1941, at age 84.^[68] She's buried in North Branch Cemetery, near the farm where they raised their family, beside her husband, her father, and her daughter, Neva, all of whom predeceased her. Lucy was survived by four of her five daughters (listed here in order of their deaths): Myrtle, who died in Bayfield, Wisconsin in 1958, at age 78,^[39] Agatha, who died in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, in 1962, at age 80, and who is buried in Osseo,^[40] Beulah (who died in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1976, at age 80,^[43] and Vera, who died in Osseo in 1977, at age 86, and is buried there.^[42] As for Lucy's siblings, she was survived by her brother, Frank, who died in Audubon, Minnesota in 1952, at age 88.^[17] It isn't known if he was survived by his children Ole,^[14] Will,^[16] Nellie^[18] or Martha.^[19]

Sources

General Citations

• 1870 Northfield Township WI Census. 1870 US Census, Population Schedules for the Town of Northfield, Jackson County, Wisconsin, enumerated about 27 Jul 1870. National Archives Microcopy 593, Roll 1718, Page 411B. Available online here without restriction courtesy of the Internet Archive (archive.org).
• 1878 Marriage Certificate. Recorded in Book ___ Page 954 of the Official Records of Eau Claire County, Wisconsin. Obtained from family.
• 1880 Northfield Township WI Census. 1880 US Census, Population Schedules for the Town of Northfield, Jackson County, Wisconsin, enumerated 18 Jun 1880. Enumeration District 84. National Archives Microcopy 9, Roll 1429, Pages 20-21. Available online (click on page numbers above) without restriction courtesy of the Internet Archive (archive.org).
• 1885 Garfield Township WI Census. 1885 Wisconsin State Census for Town of Garfield, Jackson County, page 1. Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin.
• 1895 Garfield Township WI Census. 1895 Wisconsin Census, Population Schedule for Town of Garfield, Jackson County. Page 3. Available courtesy of Ancestry.com. Wisconsin, State Censuses, 1855-1905 database on-line. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
• 1900 Garfield Township WI Census. 1900 US Census, Population Schedules for Town of Garfield, Jackson County, Wisconsin, enumerated 5 Jun 1900. Enumeration District 49. National Archives Microcopy 623, Roll 1792, Page 99B, Sheet B4. Available online here without restriction courtesy of the Internet Archive (archive.org).
• 1900 Souix Falls SD Census. 1900 US Census, Population Schedules for Ward 5, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota, enumerated 14 Jun 1900. Enumeration District 264. National Archives Microcopy 623, Roll 1553, Page 211A. Available online here without restriction courtesy of the Internet Archive (archive.org).
• 1905 Garfield Township WI Census. 1905 Wisconsin Census, Population Schedule for Town of Garfield, Jackson County. Page 202. Available courtesy of "Wisconsin State Census, 1905," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6Q97-D6Q?cc=1443899&wc=M6P7-63R%3A37224101%2C37302601 : 1 April 2016), Jackson > Garfield > image 3 of 9; State Historical Society, Madison.
• Flom, George Tobias. 1909. A History of Norwegian Immigration to the United States from the Earliest Beginning Down to the Year 1848.  Iowa City, Ia.: Priv. Print. Available online here without restriction courtesy of the Internet Archive (archive.org).
• 1910 Garfield Township WI Census. 1910 US Census, Population Schedules for Garfield Township, Jackson County, Wisconsin, enumerated 26 Apr 1910. Enumeration District 80. National Archives Microcopy 624, Roll 1713, Page 2A. Available online without restriction courtesy of the Internet Archive (archive.org).
• 1914 Land Map and 1914 Directory. Anderson Publishing Co. 1914. Atlas and Farm Directory with Complete Survey in Township Plats of Jackson County, Wisconsin. St. Paul, Minn: The Farmer; Webb Publishing Co. Page 9. Map of Garfield Township. Available online without restriction courtesy of the Wisconsin Historical Society (WHS), Maps Collection, Digital Identifier: AGZ902J12W-6.
• 1920 Garfield Township WI Census. 1920 US Census, Population Schedules for Town of Garfield, Jackson County, Wisconsin, enumerated about 26 Jan 1920. Enumeration District 52. National Archives Microcopy 625, Roll 1990, Page 6B. Available online without restriction courtesy of the Internet Archive (archive.org).
• 1930 Garfield Township WI Census. 1930 US Census, Population Schedules for Town of Garfield, Jackson County, Wisconsin, enumerated 15 Apr 1930. Enumeration District 14. National Archives Microcopy 626, Roll 2575, Page 4B. Available online without restriction courtesy of the Internet Archive (archive.org).
• 1940 Osseo WI Census. 1940 US Census, Population Schedules for Osseo, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, enumerated 16 Apr 1940. Enumeration District 61-19. National Archives Microcopy 627, Roll 4529, Page 13B. Available without restriction courtesy of the U.S. National Archives.

Footnotes

1. ↑ This is a clip of an 1868 map of the northern part of Søndre Bergenhus amt, where Opheim was located. The full, original map can be viewed here: Wikimedia Commons contributors, "File:Søndre Bergenhus amt nr 14 nordre- Kart over Søndre Bergenhus Amt (nordre), 1868.jpg," Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:S%C3%B8ndre_Bergenhus_amt_nr_14_nordre-_Kart_over_S%C3%B8ndre_Bergenhus_Amt_(nordre),_1868.jpg&oldid=466617398 (accessed February 14, 2021).
2. ↑ Sources: (1) Birth Record: "Lusina," daughter of " Anders Johnsen" and "Agathe Olsdr" of "Opheim," born in "Opheim," 17 Sep 1856, and baptized 2 Nov 1856. National Archives of Norway (Arkivverket), Digital Archive. Physical location here. Archive reference: SAB/A-79001/H/Haa. Source Citation: SAB, Voss Sokneprestembete (Voss Parish, Norway), H/Haa: Parish register (official) no. A 16, 1849-1863, p. 123. quick link. No restrictions on use. (2) Birth Record: As translated by profile manager (with unknown words left blank or accounted for by reference to omission): "Voss Parish _____ _____, that girl Lucina Andersdatter Opheim" was born of Anders Jonssän Opheim and wife Agathe Olsdatter the 17th _____ September and baptized the 2nd _____ November ___ ___ 1856 ____ ______ ________. [next nine words not translated] America. [Next four words not translated but appear simply to bne attestation.] Voss vicarage on 30th March 1869. [last words not translated]." Source: Family records (original held by Lucy May Hoyme), and courtesy of Ed Fizell of Michigan; no usage restrictions. (3) All of the census data (discussed more fully elsewhere in this profile) confirms she was, indeed, born in Norway, but, as to her birth date, most doesn't square with her actual birth date: 1870 Censusborn 7/27/1856-7/27/1857 (squares); 1900 Garfield Township WI Census (citation): “Lucy Gilbertson” (age 45, Norway-born Sep 1854 to Norway-born parents) (year doesn't square); 1910 Garfield Township WI Census (citation): Residing on their mortgage-free farm in Garfield Township, 26 Apr 1910, are "Ole Gilbertson" (age 59, "farm," Norway-born 4/26/1850-4/26/1851 to Norway-born parents, naturalized, married 32 years) and "Lucy Gilbertson" (age 53, Norway-born 4/26/1856-4/26/1857 to Norway-born parents) (squares); 1920 Garfield Township WI Census (citation): “Lucy Gilbertson” (age 64, Norway-born 1/27/1855-1/26/1856 to Norway-born parents) (doesn't square); 1930 Garfield Township WI Census (citation) “Lucy Gilbertson” (age 75, Norway-born 4/15/1854-4/15/1855 to Norway-born parents) (doesn't square); 1940 Osseo Census (citation) “Lucy Gilbertson” (age 84, Norway-born 4/17/1855-4/17/1856) (doesn't square).
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} Sources: (1) Wikipedia contributors, "Voss," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia (accessed February 14, 2021). (2) FamilySearch Wiki contributors, "Hordaland County, Norway Genealogy," FamilySearch Wiki (accessed February 14, 2021).
4. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Vestland," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia (accessed February 14, 2021).
5. ↑ Sources: (1) Wikipedia contributors, "Hordaland," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia (accessed February 14, 2021). (2) Contributers, Familypedia, https://familypedia.wikia.org/wiki/Hordaland (accessed February 14, 2021).
6. ↑ Sources: (1) Wikipedia contributors, "Bergenhus len," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, (accessed February 14, 2021). (2): Wikipedia users, "Søndre Bergenhus amt", Wikipedia, (visited 14 February 2021).
7. ↑ There are several sources discussing where and what Opheim was. One thing known is that the was an Ophiem (Oppheim) Parish (sokn) in the area, and a list of all the farms that can be found there appears here. As one can see, there are many named Opheim or Oppheim. This list of farms was generated from a book named Vossaboki, Lars Olson, which is discussed at the Family Search website here and can be found online here. Another possible useful list of Voss-area farms, which includes ones in "Oppheiom Sokn" (Opheim Parish), can be found online here.
8. ↑ The parish of Voss was established as a municipality 1 Jan 1838. See Wikipedia contributors, "Voss," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia (accessed May 31, 2020). In Norway, "[a] county (fylke) is the chief local administrative area." Voss today is part of Vestland county, but, prior to Vestland county's formation 1 Jan 2020 by the merger of Sogn og Fjordane county and neighbouring Hordaland county, Voss had been part of Hordland county since 1919. But at the time of Lucy's birth and through 1919, Voss was part of "Søndre Bergenhus amt." See Wikipedia contributors, "Hordaland," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia (accessed May 31, 2020). To view a contemporary photo of Voss, click here.
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} Wikipedia contributors, "Voss," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia (accessed May 31, 2020).
10. ↑ Excerpt from Flom's History of Norwegian Immigration (citation). Page 21.
11. ↑ Excerpt from Flom's History of Norwegian Immigration (citation). Page 33.
12. ↑ ^{12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3} See Profile of Sister Maria "Mary" (Andersdotter) Rick (1853-1935).
13. ↑ ^{13.0 13.1} See Profile of Sister Marta Andersdatter (1854-bef.1870).
14. ↑ ^{14.0 14.1 14.2} See Profile of Brother Ole Johnson (1858-).
15. ↑ ^{15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3} See Profile of Brother Iver Johnson (1860-1927).
16. ↑ ^{16.0 16.1 16.2} See Profile of Brother Will Johnson (1862-1956).
17. ↑ ^{17.0 17.1 17.2} See Profile of Brother Johan Frank Johnson (1864-1952).
18. ↑ ^{18.0 18.1 18.2} See Profile of Sister Nellina Rodina "Nellie" Johnson (1866-).
19. ↑ ^{19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 19.4} See Profile of Sister Martha Johnson (abt.1869-).
20. ↑ Sources: (1) Emmigration Record: Departing Voss for "Amerika," 14 Apr 1857, are Anders Johnson.) of "Opheim," "Nesheim," age 30, "Agathe Olsdr" (age 26), " and their three daughters, "Maria" (age 4), "Marthe" (age 3) and "Lusina" (age 1). National Archives of Norway (Arkivverket), Digital Archive. Quick link here. Physical location here. Archive reference: SAB/A-79001/H/Haa. Source Citation: SAB, Voss Sokneprestembete (Voss Parish, Norway), H/Haa: Parish register (official) no. A 20, 1855-1886, p. 259. No restrictions on use (see here). (2) While the precise date of their arrival in the United States isn't known, it had to be before the birth of their son, Ole, which was in Illinois, 27 Aug 1858. See Profile of Brother Ole Johnson (1858-). (4) Curiously, some census data erroneously suggests they emigrated before Lucy was born. See, e.g., 1900 Garfield Township WI Census (citation): “Andrew Johnson” emigrated 1855 and been in US 45 years, naturalized.
21. ↑ Excerpt from Flom's History of Norwegian Immigration (citation). Page 21.
22. ↑ Excerpt from Flom's History of Norwegian Immigration (citation). Page 28.
23. ↑ Excerpt from Flom's History of Norwegian Immigration (citation). Page 32.
24. ↑ Profile-manager created illustration based on a combination of unrestricted maps of Wisconsin & Illinois by David Benbennick, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, available here and here.
25. ↑ "Jefferson Prairie Settlement was a pioneer colony of Norwegian-Americans located in the Town of Clinton, in Rock County, Wisconsin. This site and the nearby Rock Prairie settlement outside Orfordville, Wisconsin served as centers for both Norwegian immigration and developments within the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America." See Wikipedia contributors, "Jefferson Prairie Settlement, Wisconsin," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jefferson_Prairie_Settlement,_Wisconsin&oldid=860672970 (accessed May 28, 2020).
26. ↑ Excerpt from Flom's History of Norwegian Immigration (citation). Pages 127, 130.
27. ↑ Excerpt from Flom's History of Norwegian Immigration (citation). Pages 204-205.
28. ↑ Koshkonong. Praire Historical Society. Courtesy of Stoughton Histroical Society and Museum without stated restriction and available online, here.
29. ↑ ^{29.0 29.1} Lovoll, Odd Sverre. 1999. The Promise of America: A History of the Norwegian-American People. Chicago: Univ. of Minnesota Press. Page 53.
30. ↑ Excerpt from Flom's History of Norwegian Immigration (citation). Pages 165-166.
31. ↑ Profile-manager edited graphic, Norwegians in Wisconsin, 1870. Source: Qualey, C. C. (Carlton Chester). (1938). Norwegian Settlement in the United States. Northfield, Minn. Page 65. Courtesy of the Hathitrust Digital Library, without restriction, and also available online here.
32. ↑ 1870 Northfield Township WI Census (citation): Residing in Northfield Township with $200 of real property and $400 of personal property, as of about 27 Jul 1870, are "Andrew Johnson" (age 44, farmer, Norway-born 7/27/1825-7/27/1826, to foreign-born parents) and his wife, "Agusta Johnson" (age 41, Norway-born 7/27/1828-7/27/1829, to foreign-born parents), and their children, "Lucy Johnson" (age 13, student, Norway-born 7/27/1856-7/27/1857, to foreign-born parents), "Ole Johnson" (age 12, student, WI-born 7/27/1857-7/27/1858 to foreign-born parents), "Iver Johnson" (age 10, student, WI-born 7/27/1859-7/27/1860 to foreign-born parents), "Willie Johnson" (age 8, student, WI-born 7/27/1861-7/27/1862 to foreign-born parents), "Frank Johnson" (age 6, student, WI-born 7/27/1863-7/27/1864 to foreign-born parents), "Nellie Johnson" (age 4, WI-born 7/27/1865-7/27/1866 to foreign-born parents) and "Martha Johnson" (age 1, WI-born 7/27/1868-7/27/1869 to foreign-born parents). Birth ranges above calculated online using ages and census enumeration date.
33. ↑ ^{33.0 33.1} Sources: (1) Wikipedia contributors, "Price, Jackson County, Wisconsin," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia (accessed May 17, 2020). (2) Wikipedia contributors, "Garfield, Jackson County, Wisconsin," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia (accessed February 13, 2021).
34. ↑ Part of Tucker, M.G. 1879. Map of Jackson County, Wis. Milwaukee: Tucker, M.G. (J. Knauber & Co., lithographers). Available online without restriction from Wisconsin Historical Society, Digital Identifier http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/maps/id/1924/rec/18 GX9028 J1 1879 T]. Accessed 27 May 2020. Note: Little black boxes are houses. County-owned land is reflected by the letter C, state-owned land by the letter S, and, presumably, federal land by the letter U.For a broader discussion of land ownership in this area, click here.
35. ↑ Graphic created by Portfolio Manager (Christopher Smart), 20 Feb 2021, and free for anyone to use for non-commercial purposes. Note: Image is based on work done by David Benbennick, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, here.
36. ↑ Sources: (1) 1878 Marriage Certificate (citation): "Ole Gilbertson" ("farmer" of Eau Claire County, born in "Norway," son of "Gilbert Hanson" and "Betsey Peterson") wed "Lucy Johnson" (daughter of "Andrew Johnson" and "Augusta Ophinse") on 13 Jun 1878 in Augusta Village, Bridge Creek Township, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, with subscribing witnesses "S.W. and Matilda Sterns of Sparta." (2) Wisconsin Historical Society. Wisconsin Genealogy Index: Marriage Record Entry for Eau Claire County, Volume 1, Page 326; viewed online in Wisconsin Pre-1907 Vital Records Collection, 14 May 2020. Summary confirms "Ole Gilbertson" married 13 Jun 1878 in Eau Claire County, WI. (3) Wisconsin Historical Society. Wisconsin Genealogy Index: Marriage Record Entry for Eau Claire County, Volume 1, Page 326; viewed online in Wisconsin Pre-1907 Vital Records Collection, 14 May 2020. Summary confirms "Lucy Johnson" married 13 Jun 1878 in Eau Claire County, WI. (4) 1900 Garfield Township WI Census (citation): “Ole Gilbertson” (age 49) and “Lucy Gilbertson” (age 45) had been married, as of 5 Jun 1900, for 23 years, yielding a marriage range of 6/5/1876-6/5/1877. (5) 1910 Garfield Township WI Census (citation): "Ole Gilbertson" (age 59) and "Lucy Gilbertson" (age 53) were married 32 years as of 26 Apr 1910, yielding a wedding range of 4/27/1877-4/26/1878. Note: Wedding range in census sources above calculated online here.
37. ↑ Ole and Lucy are shown as residing in Garfield Township in 1885, and _________________. Sources: (1) 1885 Garfield Township WI Census (citation), enumerated three years after Agatha was born, identifies “Ole Gilbertson” living in Garfield. (2) 1914 Land Map and 1914 Directory (citation) suggest Ole purchased the 160 acres in 1877, before Agatha was born, and the 1914 map shows his land is roughly in Price. But an 1879 Land Mapof Jackson County, and within it, Northfield Township, does not show Ole as owner of the land shown in 1914. So, it could be that they had their second child on the farm, but an exploration of the local land records in present day Garfield Township would be needed to be sure. The location and history of the Gilbertson farm, and its proximity to the farm Lucy's birth family owned, are discussed here.
38. ↑ 1900 Garfield Township WI Census (citation): “Lucy Gilbertson,” age 45, has had five children, all living.
39. ↑ ^{39.00 39.01 39.02 39.03 39.04 39.05 39.06 39.07 39.08 39.09 39.10 39.11} See Profile of Daughter Myrtle L. (Gilbertson) Moe (1879-1958).
40. ↑ ^{40.0 40.1 40.2 40.3 40.4 40.5 40.6 40.7 40.8 40.9} See Profile of Daughter Agatha Maria Gilbertson (1882-1962).
41. ↑ ^{41.0 41.1 41.2 41.3 41.4} See Profile of Daughter Neva (Gilbertson) Hurst (abt.1888-1911).
42. ↑ ^{42.0 42.1 42.2 42.3 42.4 42.5 42.6 42.7 42.8} See Profile of Daughter Vera Bertine (Gilbertson) Nelson (1890-1977).
43. ↑ ^{43.0 43.1 43.2 43.3 43.4 43.5 43.6} See Profile of Daughter Beulah Vivian (Gilbertson) Olson (1895-1976).
44. ↑ 1880 Northfield Township WI Census (citation): Residing in Northfield Township (which became, by the following year, Garfield Township), as of about 18 Jun 1880, are "Andrew Johnson" (age 53, "farmer," Norway-born 6/19/1826-6/18/1827 to Norway-born parents) and his wife, "Angotian (?) Johnson" (age 51, "keeping house," Norway-born 6/19/1828-6/18/1829 to Norway-born parents), and their children, "Ole" (age 21, son, "at home," WI-born 6/19/1858-6/18/1859 to Norway-born parents), "Velia" (age 17, daughter, "at home," IL-born 6/19/1862-6/18/1863 to Norway-born parents), "Frank" (age 16, son, "at home," WI-born 6/19/1863-6/18/1864 to Norway-born parents), "Lena" (age 13, daughter, "at home," WI-born 6/19/1866-6/18/1867 to Norway-born parents) and "Martha" (age 11, daughter, "at home," WI-born 6/19/1868-6/18/1869 to Norway-born parents). Birth ranges above calculated online using ages and census enumeration date.
45. ↑ 1885 Garfield Township WI Census (citation): “Ole Gilbertson” heads a family of four (himself and three females) in Garfield Township. Two of the four were born in "Scandinavia," that being Ole and his wife, Lucy (who were both born in Norway). The other two household members were born in Wisconsin, and so were their daughters, Myrtle and Agatha.
46. ↑ See Profile of Mother Agatha (Olsdatter) Johnson (1829-1888).
47. ↑ ^{47.0 47.1} See Profile of Father Anders (Andrew) Johnson (abt.1825-1902).
48. ↑ 1895 Garfield Township Census (citation): "Ole Gilbertson," husband of Lucy, heads a household of seven in Garfield consisting of two males (one unidentified) and five unidentified females; four being born in the United States and three in Scandanavia. Based on what is known about the ages and birth places of Ole, Lucy and their children, and (based on the 1900 Garfield Township Census (citation)) that Lucy's Norway-born father lived with them in 1900, it's safe to conclude that the 1895 household in Garfied Township consisted of Ole and Lucy, their daughters, Agatha, Neva, Vera, and Beulah, and Lucy's father, Andrew Johnson.
49. ↑ Anderson Publishing Co. 1914. Atlas and Farm Directory with Complete Survey in Township Plats of Jackson County, Wisconsin. St. Paul, Minn: The Farmer; Webb Publishing Co. Page 9. Map of Garfield Township. Available online without restriction courtesy of the Wisconsin Historical Society (WHS), Maps Collection, Digital Identifier: AGZ902J12W-6. WHS: "We believe that online reproduction of this material is permitted because its copyright protection has lapsed or because sharing it here for non-profit educational purposes complies with the Fair Use provisions of the U.S. Copyright Law." Note: Copyright protection doesn’t extend to copies of images within the public domain, per this.
50. ↑ 1900 Garfield Township WI Census (citation): Residing on their mortgage-free farm in Garfield Township are “Ole Gilbertson” (age 49, literate, “farmer,” Norway-born Dec 1850 to Norway-born parents, emigrated 1868 and been in US 32 years, naturalized, married 23 years) and his wife, “Lucy Gilbertson” (age 45, Norway-born Sep 1854 to Norway-born parents, emigrated 1855 and been in US 45 years, apparently not naturalized, married 23 years and had five children, all living), and their daughters, “Neva” (age 12, student, WI-born Jan 1888), “Vera” (age 9, student, WI-born Dec 1890) and “Beulah” (age 4, WI-born Dec 1895), and Lucy's father, “Andrew Johnson” (age 76, literate, “retired, father-in-law, widowed,” Norway-born Apr 1824, to Norway-born parents, emigrated 1855 and been in US 45 years, naturalized).
51. ↑ 1900 Souix Falls SD Census (citation): "Agatha Gilbertson" (age 17, literate, "servant," WI-born Jun 1882 to Norway-born parents) living on Hayes Street in Souix Falls with "Edward Jordan" (age 41, literate "carpenter," IL-born Jun 1858 to English-born parents, married four years) and "Martha [Johnson] Jordan" (age 30, WI-born Dec 1869 to Norway-born parents, married four years and having had two children, both living and here listed) in their mortgage-free home, together with their daughters (Agatha's cousins), "Elizabeth R. Jordan" (age 2, SD-born Jul 1897) and "Marguerite Jpordan" (age 9 mos., SD-born Aug 1899). Note: Census reverses birth months of two daughters.
52. ↑ Click 3x to fully enlarge. Front row, left to right: Ole, Vera, Beulah, Lucy. Back row, left to right: Myrtle, Agatha, Neva.
53. ↑ See Profile of Edward Forest Jordan (abt.1858-abt.1900).
54. ↑ ^{54.0 54.1} See Profile of Son Herbert Carland Olson (1902-1903).
55. ↑ 1905 Garfield Township WI Census (citation): Residing on their mortgage-free farm in Garfield Township in 1905 are Ole Gilbertson" (age 54, "farming," Norway-born 1850-1851 to Norway-born parents) and "Lucy Gilbertson" (age 49, "wife," Norway-born 1855-1856 to Norway-born parents), and their daughters, “Neva” (age 17, WI-born 1887-1888), “Vera” (age 14, WI-born 1890-1891) and “Beulah” (age 9, WI-born 1895-1896). Birth ranges calculated online here using ages and census enumeration year.
56. ↑ Click on image 3x to fully enlarge. Left to right: Myrtle, Agatha, Neva, Vera and Beulah.
57. ↑ 1910 Garfield Township WI Census (citation): Residing on their mortgage-free farm in Garfield Township, 26 Apr 1910, are "Ole Gilbertson" (age 59, "farm," Norway-born 4/26/1850-4/26/1851 to Norway-born parents, naturalized, married 32 years) and "Lucy Gilbertson" (age 53, "wife," Norway-born 4/26/1856-4/26/1857 to Norway-born parents, married 32 years, had five children, all living), and their daughters, “Vera” (age 19, single, WI-born 4/26/1890-4/26/1891) and “Beulah” (age 14, single, WI-born 4/26/1895-4/26/1896). Birth ranges calculated online here using ages and census enumeration date.
58. ↑ 1914 Land Map Anderson Publishing Co. 1914. Atlas and Farm Directory with Complete Survey in Township Plats of Jackson County, Wisconsin. St. Paul, Minn: The Farmer; Webb Publishing Co. Page 9. Map of Garfield Township. Available online without restriction courtesy of the Wisconsin Historical Society (WHS), Maps Collection, Digital Identifier: AGZ902J12W-6. Profile Manager: Their land appears at the top of the map, middle, in Section 3.
59. ↑ ^{59.0 59.1} Anderson Publishing Co. 1914. Atlas and Farm Directory with Complete Survey in Township Plats of Jackson County, Wisconsin. St. Paul, Minn: The Farmer; Webb Publishing Co. Page 8. Farmers' Directory of Garfield Township. Available online without restriction courtesy of the Wisconsin Historical Society (WHS), Maps Collection, Digital Identifier: AGZ902J12W-5.
60. ↑ 1940 Census, discussed in Daughter Vera's Profile, says as of 1940, at age 49, Vera had been educated through 8th grade.
61. ↑ 1920 Garfield Township WI Census (citation): Residing on their mortgage-free farm in Garfield Township, 26 Jan 1920, are “Ole P. Gilbertson” (age 69, Norway-born 1/27/1850-1/26/1851 to Norway-born parents, literate, who emigrated 1868 and was naturalized 1878) and his wife, “Lucy Gilbertson” (age 64, Norway-born 1/27/1855-1/26/1856 to Norway-born parents, emigrated 1855, naturalized 1878) and their daughter, "Beulah" (age 23, literate, WI-born 1/27/1896-1/26/1897 to Norway-born parents). Birth ranges calculated online here using ages and census enumeration date.
62. ↑ 1940 Census, discussed at Daughter Beulah's Profile, confirms Beulah, was, as of 1940, at age 44, educated through 9th grade.
63. ↑ See Daughter Agatha's Profile and Daughter Vera's Profile.
64. ↑ 1930 Garfield Township WI Census (citation): Residing on their mortgage-free farm in Garfield Township, 15 Apr 1930, are “Ole P. Gilbertson” (age 79, “retired,” Norway-born 4/15/1850-4/15/1851 to Norway-born parents, emigrated 1869, first married age 26) and his wife, “Lucy Gilbertson” (age 75, Norway-born 4/15/1854-4/15/1855 to Norway-born parents, emigrated 1854, first married age 22). Birth ranges calculated online here using ages and census enumeration date.
65. ↑ Ole died before the 1940 census was enumerated, but that census indicates that Ole's wife, Lucy, had been living in the same house five years before, i.e., in 1935, and so it makes sense that Ole did, too. See 1940 Osseo Census (citation).
66. ↑ See Profile of Husband Ole P. Gilbertson (abt.1850-1937).
67. ↑ 1940 Osseo Census (citation): Residing in Osseo, 16 Apr 1940, and in the "same house" since 1935, are “Lucy Gilbertson” (age 84, widowed mother-in-law, Norway-born 4/17/1855-4/17/1856, educated through 6th grade, with “income from other sources”), who lives in the home of her daughter, "Vera Nelson" (age 49, "housework," WI-born 4/17/1890-4/17/1891, educated through 8th grade, with “income from other sources”), and her daughter's husband, "Fred Nelson" (age 50, "butcher"), and seven of their children: "Lucy May Nelson" (age 22, single, WI-born telephone company operator and high school graduate), "Richard Nelson" (age 21, single, WI-born farm laborer and high school graduate), "Robert Nelson" (age 21, single, WI-born farm laborer and high school graduate), "William Nelson" (age 19, single, WI-born, baker and high school graduate), "Hope Nelson" (age 17, single, WI-born, student, high school senior), "Howard Nelson" (age 15, single, WI-born, student, 8th grader), "Gerald Nelson" (age 11, single, WI-born, student, 5th grader). Birth ranges above calculated online.
68. ↑ Sources: (1) Gravestone: "Gilbertson. Mother Lucy 1856-1941. Father Ole 1850-1937." Posted at Find A Grave: Memorial #28127124 and used with express permission of photogarapher. (2) Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/28127124/lucy-gilbertson: accessed 31 July 2022), memorial page for Lucy Johnson Gilbertson (17 Sep 1856–12 Jan 1941), Find A Grave: Memorial #28127124, citing North Branch Cemetery, Garfield, Jackson County, Wisconsin, USA. Maintained by Christopher Smart (contributor 50284555); originated by James Seidelman (contributor 9118441), whom the profile manager thanks for the use of grave photo. Click here for a list of others with Wikitree profiles who are shown as buried in this cemetery, and here to search this cemetery at Find a Grave.