Herman Opsahl (1905 - 1966)

Born 18 Oct 1905 in Eidsvoll, Akershus, Norway

Ancestors

Died 1 Mar 1966 at age 60 in Red Wing, Goodhue, Minnesota, United States

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Biography

Herman Opsahl was born on Oct. 18, 1905 to Carl Edward Kristiansen and Kari Olson.

At the age of 7 months, Herman, along with his mother and brother, Ole, traveled from Eidsvoll to Oslo where they boarded the ship Montebello enroute to Liverpool, England on Jun. 1, 1906 to join his father in America.^[1] They then boarded the Empress Britain from Liverpool to Quebec, Canada arriving on Jun. 16, 1906.

Herman married Lillian Adeline Berg, daughter of Christian Berg and Maren Benson of Sweden. They became the parents of one daughter, Iyone Ardell, b. Dec. 18, 1926. She married William D. Holm.

Herman Opsahl died on Mar. 1, 1966 in Goodhue County, Minnesota.^[2] He is buried at the Oakwood Cemetery in Red Wing, Minnesota.^[3] He left a Will which is filed in Vol. 127 of the Goodhue County will records.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Emigrants from Oslo 1867-1930; Herman Opsahl
2. ↑ Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002, database, FamilySearch: Herman Opsahl, 01 Mar 1966; from "Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2001); citing Goodhue, Minnesota, record 1630335, certificate number 005740, Minnesota Department of Health, Minneapolis.
3. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 91551718
4. ↑ Minnesota Will Records, 1849-1985, database, FamilySearch: Herman Opsahl, 1966; citing p. , volume Will Records Volume 127 1961-1969, Goodhue 10-0051 County, Historical Society, St.Paul.

See also:

• United States Census, 1910, database with images, FamilySearch: Herman Ophsal in household of Carl Ophsal, Goodhue, Goodhue, Minnesota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 42, sheet 13A, family 121, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 698; FHL microfilm 1,374,711.

• United States Census, 1920, database with images, FamilySearch: Herman Opsahl in household of Carl Opsahl, Goodhue, Goodhue, Minnesota, United States; citing ED 44, sheet 8A, line 37, family 62, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 831; FHL microfilm 1,820,831.

• United States Census, 1930, database with images, FamilySearch: Herman Opsahl, Red Wing, Goodhue, Minnesota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 25, sheet 27A, line 19, family 684, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1087; FHL microfilm 2,340,822.

• United States Census, 1940, database with images, FamilySearch: H Opsahl, Ward 4, Red Wing, Red Wing City, Goodhue, Minnesota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 25-29, sheet 15A, line 16, family 229, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1923.