| Navn |
Knut Johannesen Håvarstein |
| Fødsel |
28 Apr 1824 |
Håvarstein, Rennesøy, Rogaland, Norway  [1] |
| Dåp |
9 Mai 1824 |
Rennesøy, Rogaland, Norway [1] |
| Kjønn |
Mann |
| Bygdebok |
Håvarstein, Rennesøy, Rogaland, Norway [2] |
| Barn nr 8. Av Johannes Jakobsson Sokn og Anna Torsdtr. Håvarstein, Knut, født 28.4 1824, død 1884. Budde i Ølen, men reiste til USA i 1871. Gift 1. gang i 1849 med Marta Halvorsdtr. Brommeland, død 1864. Gift 2. gang med Eli Tobiasdtr. |
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Rennesøy - Gard og ætt - Bind 1 (Lindanger og Waula, 1993) - Side 395
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Rennesøy - Gard og ætt - Bind 1 (Lindanger og Waula, 1993) - Side 396
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| Kort Biografi |
Lee, Lee County, Illinois, USA |
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Knut Johannesen Hoversten (1824-1884) - Historical Notes compiled by Rev. Christ Hoversten and Rev. Norman O. Nelson.pdf
Historical Notes on Knut Hoversten (Maternal Great Great Grandfather)
Knut Hoversten was born in April, 1824. He learned the trade of a tanner and worked at it in Olen. His first wife was Martha Halvorsdatter-Bromland, whom he married in 1849. She died in 1864 leaving a family of six small children. He then married Elen Tobiasdatter in 1866, who was the hired girl. Three children were born to them in Norway before they sailed for America in 1871.
The oldest who was a boy died in Norway. The family came over here in a sailing vessel to Montreal, Canada. Then, by immigrant train they went to Chicago and out to friends in LaSalle County, Illinois to a community known as the "South Swamp".
It is said that it took them 14 weeks to cross the ocean, and that they had to take along their belongings in a wooden chest and canvas suitcase including all of their bedding. No meals were served on the ship, so they had to take along their food consisting of dried herring, flat-brod (dried shingles of bread) and cheese. He later moved north to Lee County to a community known as the "North Swamp". He farmed there until his death in 1884.
He is buried in the Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery four miles north of Lee, Illinois, where the two oldest girls who died in childhood are buried. A tombstone was placed at his grave in 1947. He did not believe in infant baptism, so all the children were baptized as adults into the Lutheran faith. They were characterized as spiritually pietist and belonged to the Hauges Lutheran Church. Four grandsons and two great grandsons became pastors n the Lutheran Church.
-Notes taken from "Hoversten Family" compiled by Rev. Christ Hoversten and
Rev. Norman O. Nelson |
| Konfirmasjon |
10 Nov 1839 |
Rennesøy, Rogaland, Norway [3] |
| Folketelling |
1865 |
Ølen, Fjelberg, Hordaland, Norway |
https://www.digitalarkivet.no/census/person/pf01038225004241
Familiestilling: Husfar
Sivilstand: Gift
Yrke: Grundeier Selveier og Garver
Alder: 42
Fødselsdato: 1824 (beregnet)
Fødested: Hauskjer Præstegjeld |
| Død |
1884 |
Lee, Lee County, Illinois, USA |
| Begravelse |
1884 |
Union Cemetery, Steward, Lee County, Illinois, USA [4] |
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Knut Johannesen Hoversten (1824-1884) - Tombstone at the Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
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| Person ID |
I23466 |
Servan Homme |
| Sist endret |
6 Jul 2025 |
| Far |
 Johannes Jakobsen Sokn / Håvarstein, f. 1774, Sokn, Rennesøy, Rogaland, Norway d. 2 Nov 1853, Håvarstein, Rennesøy, Rogaland, Norway (Alder 79 år) |
| Mor |
Anna Toresdatter Håvarstein, f. 1785, Håvarstein, Rennesøy, Rogaland, Norway d. 7 Nov 1857, Håvarstein, Rennesøy, Rogaland, Norway (Alder 72 år) |
| Ekteskap |
12 Jul 1807 |
Rennesøy, Rogaland, Norway [5] |
- "7de Søndag e Tr." => 7. søndag etter Treenighetssøndag (Dominica Trinitatis) => 12. juli 1807
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| Alder ved ekteskap |
Han : ~ 33 år og 7 måneder - Hun : ~ 22 år og 7 måneder. |
| Famile ID |
F8397 |
Gruppeskjema | Familiediagram |
Familie 1  |
Marta Hallvardsdatter Brommeland, f. 5 Jan 1825 d. 17 Feb 1866, Ølen, Fjelberg, Hordaland, Norway (Alder 41 år) |
| Ekteskap |
5 Okt 1849 |
Sand, Jelsa, Rogaland, Norway [6] |
| Alder ved ekteskap |
Han : 25 år og 6 måneder - Hun : 24 år og 9 måneder. |
| Barn |
| + | 1.  Martha Knutsdatter Håvarstein, f. 18 Sep 1855, Ølen, Fjelberg, Hordaland, Norway d. 19 Sep 1939, Canby, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, USA (Alder 84 år) |
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| Famile ID |
F8398 |
Gruppeskjema | Familiediagram |
| Sist endret |
6 Jul 2025 |
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1824 - 1884 (59 år) Har 12 aner og 10 etterkommere i Familietreet.
