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Mari Steensland

Birth	:	14 Sep 1852 Ardal, Jølster kommune, Sogn og Fjordane fylke, Norway
Death	:	23 Oct 1935 Chickasaw County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Timaru Cemetery, Timaru, Timaru District, New Zealand
Coordinate	:	-44.4122320, 171.2574270
Description	:	Johannes Throndsen Nundahl (of the Ekra farm) ___________________________________________________________ Johannes was born and raised at the Ekra farm in the Nundal Valley, in the Årdal region of the Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. He was from a family of five brothers, and three sisters. Johannes and his brother Sjur were the family pioneers, leaving the safe but economically limited confines of Norway in 1853-1854. Johannes Throndsen NUNDAHL Birth: June 1826 Death: after 1900 (Johannes is still living in the 1900 census. Therefore, he lived at least into his mid 70's.) Father: Thrond Andersen NUNDAHL (b. 1792, Årdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. Presumably Thrond was born at Ekra, and... Read More	Johannes Throndsen Nundahl (of the Ekra farm) ___________________________________________________________ Johannes was born and raised at the Ekra farm in the Nundal Valley, in the Årdal region of the Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. He was from a family of five brothers, and three sisters. Johannes and his brother Sjur were the family pioneers, leaving the safe but economically limited confines of Norway in 1853-1854. Johannes Throndsen NUNDAHL Birth: June 1826 Death: after 1900 (Johannes is still living in the 1900 census. Therefore, he lived at least into his mid 70's.) Father: Thrond Andersen NUNDAHL (b. 1792, Årdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. Presumably Thrond was born at Ekra, and then died at Ekra after the 1865 census at age 73 or older, maybe 1867.) Mother: Britha Olsdatter (b. 1792, Årdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. Died at Ekra after the 1865 census at age 73 or older, maybe 1872.) Married: in Norway, to Synneva Hansdatter (b. August 1827) Children: only two, both born in Norway: 1. Brita "Betsy" Johannesdatter NUNDAHL (b. Jun 23, 1849, d. 1924 age 75. Married in 1872 to Tosten Olson/Tosten Vaala, settled in Dawson, Lac Qui Parle County, Minnesota.) Children: John Tosten Vaala 1877 – 1950 Serina Vaala 1878 – Oscar T. Vaala 1880 – 1945 Alfred Vaala 1881 – 1961 Anna T. Vaala 1888 – 1959 Theodore Vaala 1891 – 1903 2. Mari NUNDAHL (Married Knute Steensland. In the 1900 census, she is Mary Steensland, b. Sept 1852 in Norway, who lives in Utica Twp, Chickasaw County, Iowa, with her husband and family. Two of her daughters married Natvig men, the Natvig family being from the same Ardal region in the Sogne Fjord where Mari and her parents were from.) Children: John Gilbert Steensland 1873 – 1933 Gurena Steensland 1875 – 1959 (married Iver Natvig) Carl Alfred Steensland 1877 – 1954 Ingwal S. Steensland 1880 – 1961 Henrietta M. Steensland 1882 – 1950 Synneva Susie G. Steensland 1884 – 1965 Clara Steensland 1886 – 1962 Freddie Nickolai Steensland 1888 – 1966 Berthilda T. Steensland 1891 – 1980 (married Oscar Natvig) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mr. and Mrs. Knut Steenslund April 1930 Included in the Assistant Pastor April 1930 edition A little boy born in Hjelmeland near Stavanger, Norway, July 24,1851, came with his parents, one older brother and three older sisters, to the Stavanger settlement near Ossian in 1857. A little girl, 18 month old, had three years earlier been brought by her parents to Racine County, Wisconsin, from Lerdal, Sogn Norway. Her name was Mari Throndson. The boys name was Knute Steensland. Knute's parents were mindful of their duty to bring up their children in "the nurture and admonition of the Lord". When Knute reached the age for confirmation it was decided that he should go and live with a sister who had become the wife of one of the pioneer boys of Little Turkey. Alv Vaala. in this way the boy came to this settlement and was confirmed by Rev Koren. After he was confirmed he stayed on and worked for his brother in law for a number of years. The little girl and her parents remained in Racine County Wis only four years. In 1858 they moved to Spirit Lake country settling just across the line in Minnesota. The Spirit Lake Indian Massacre had taken place the year before. In 1861 the Indians were again bent on exterminating the whites. At the first report of danger, the settlers made haste to gather at a certain fort. All who reached this place were saved from the murderous tomahawks. After the sudden and fierce but short raid was over the men ordered out to look for possible victims of the Indians. Mr Throndson was among these searchers. When he returned to his family in the evening after a days search he said: "This has been the hardest day of my life. We have buried twelve men, many of them our friends and acquaintances. We brought back with us three women and nine children who had succeeded in hiding from the Indians". Little wonder that he was ready to pull up stakes and move again. That same fall,1861 the Throndson ox team was headed east. Reaching the vicinity of Charles City Iowa, the prospect of some employment and a house to live in over winter offered itself and was accepted. During the winter Mr Throndson looked about for a place to make permanent settlement preferably among people of his own nationality and religion. He decided upon the Little Turkey neighborhood. The next spring 1862, the family was brought to said settlment, now known as Saude. And so it came about that when the little boy from Hjelmeland came here to be confirmed the little girl from Lerdal was already here. And in due time, February 14th 1873 they were married by the local Lutheran Pastor, the Rev John Moses. About a year after the wedding, they bought 80 acres of virgin prairie two miles east of the Little Turkey river. There they remained for forty-one years building a splendid home and rearing nine children. From time to time acres were added to the original tract until the present large estate was acquired. Mr and Mrs Steensland were all the time active members and willing supporters of our Saude congregation as well as the Synod to which they belonged. They found a way to give all of their children some schooling aside from the common school. John is a graduate of Luther College. Alfred and Gurina (Mrs Iver Natvig) attended Breckenridges at Decorah. Henrietta (Mrs Baker), Ingval, Clara (Mrs Treider), Fred and Berthilde (Mrs Natvig) have been students at Luther Academy, Albert Lea, and Synneva at Lutheran Ladies Seminary, Red Wing Minnesota. Though they had a large family to raise they also cared for Mr and Mrs Throndson in their old age (Note: This is Johannes Throndson, whose parents were Thrond and Brita on the Ekra farm in Norway, and his wife Synneva). In 1914 Mr and Mrs Steensland bought a home in Calmar and retired from the farm, renting it to their son Fred and son in law Chris Treider. They transferred their church membership to the Calmar congregation. November 21,1929, Mr Steensland died and was interred at the Saude Cemetery on the 23rd, his pastor, the Rev H A Preus officiating. He reached the age of seventy eight years three and a half months.

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Mari Steensland death on 23 Oct 1935 in Chickasaw County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: -44.4122320
Longitude: 171.2574270

Family Members:

Parent

Johanes Nundahl Thronsen

(1826 - 1909)

Suneva Thronsen

(1828 - 1901)

Spouse

Knut K Steensland

(1851 - 1929)

Siblings

Children

Gurena B. Steensland Natvig

(1875 - 1959)

Clara M Steensland Treider

(1886 - 1962)

Fred N. Steensland

(1888 - 1966)

Berthilda Natvig

(1891 - 1980)

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