| 1. | Houg Ole Olsen was born on 23 Jul 1828 in Gaarden, Smestad, Ringsaker; was christened on 27 Jul 1828 (son of Smestad Ole Olsen and Gunnar Lansdtr); died on 18 Nov 1892. Other Events:
- Confirmation: 20 Aug 1843, Ringsaker, Hedemarken, Norway
- Out-Migrants: 13 Feb 1863, Ole is leaving the Smedstad farm in Ringsaker. His destination is the Houg farm in Furnaes, Vang, Hedmark, Norway.
- Emigration: 8 Jun 1869, At age 41 with his wife and son and daughter from the Houg farm in Furnaes, Vang, Hedmark, Norway.
Notes:
Another source listed his parents as:
(SmedstadNedre) Ole Olsen
Halvorsdatter Gurie
and his marriage as:
(Graesby) Karen Gunnaar Fredriksdatter - I0023 (F013)
Married: Furnaes, Vang, Hedmark, Norway
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Ole Olsen immigrated from Norway to the USA with his wife and son and daughter in 1869. They arrived in New York on June 8, 1869. The name of their ship was the "Britannia". It sailed from Glasgow, Scotland and Londonderry, Ireland. (Line 27, Microfilm serial M237, Microfilm Roll 312, List Number 612) They went originally to a settlment near Salem, Wisconsin. It was there that Ouden Olsen Houg was born on February 17, 1870. In the spring, with an ox team, they made the long journey of some four hundred miles and immigrated to Oscar Township, Ottertail County, Minnesota. Ole homesteaded one hundred and fify-four acres of land in sedctions 26 and 27 of Oscar township.
Ole married (Graesby) Karen Gunnaar Fredriksdatter on 19 Feb 1863 in Furnes. Karen (daughter of Grosby Frederick Jorgensen and Ruud Ragnold Jorgensdtr) was born on 17 Sep 1840 in Gaarden Grosby, Furnes, Hedemarken; died on 14 Jun 1879 in Oscar Township, Ottertail County, Minnesota at 10 o'clock.; was buried in Hedemarken Cemetery, Carlisle, MN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- Houg Ole Jr. Olsen was born on 3 May 1864 in Houg Farm, Furnaes, Vang, Hedemarken, Norway; was christened on 29 May 1864 in Furnes; died on 6 Apr 1926 in Oscar Township, Ottertail County, Minnesota at 6:30 p.m. and is buried at Hedemarken Cemetery in Oscar Township, Ottertail County, Minnesota..
- Houg Ouden Rikard Olsen was born in 1870 in West Salem, Wisconsin; died in 1893 in Oscar Township, Ottertail County, Minnesota at 7 p.m..
- Houg Randine Olesdatter was born on 22 Mar 1867 in Vang, Hedemarken, Norway; was christened on 22 Apr 1867; died on 20 Feb 1961 in Fergus Falls, Ottertail County, Minnesota. She lived with her niece (Clara Mabel Houg) for the last 4 years of her life. She was buried February 23, 1961 at Hedemarken Cemetery in Oscar Township..
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1828 - 1892 (64 years)
