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Taaraan “Tilla” Staarsli Fodness

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Birth	:	3 Mar 1848 Telemark fylke, Norway
Death	:	5 Dec 1915 South Dakota, USA
Burial	:	West Prairie Lutheran Cemetery, Lennox, Lincoln County, USA
Coordinate	:	43.3014900, -96.8480800
Description	:	Taaraan married Gulbrand Kunsen Fodness. The following is from the Lennox Diamond Jubilee Book. Among the earliest settlers of the West Prairie community were Mr. and Mrs. Gulbrand K. Fodness. These charter members of the West Prairie church, whose congregation organized the following year after their arrival here, emigrated to Dakota territory and this vicinity in 1873. Mrs. Fodness, previous to her marriage, Tilda Stroslie, likewise was born in Norway, Mar. 3, 1848 at Telemarken, and when she was only five years old her parents departed from their native land, with their children, making their home in Wisconsin first and later moving to Houston... Read More	Taaraan married Gulbrand Kunsen Fodness. The following is from the Lennox Diamond Jubilee Book. Among the earliest settlers of the West Prairie community were Mr. and Mrs. Gulbrand K. Fodness. These charter members of the West Prairie church, whose congregation organized the following year after their arrival here, emigrated to Dakota territory and this vicinity in 1873. Mrs. Fodness, previous to her marriage, Tilda Stroslie, likewise was born in Norway, Mar. 3, 1848 at Telemarken, and when she was only five years old her parents departed from their native land, with their children, making their home in Wisconsin first and later moving to Houston county, MN. The couple was married Jul. 25, 1872, and on Jul. 9, 1873, they, in company with other emigrants, including Fodness and Gedstad families, after passing through Nebraska, located on a homestead southeast of Lennox, unhitching their oxen from their covered wagon and taking up their residence here. Eight children were born to this union, two having died in infancy. Those living are: Elias and Henry of Lennox; Gilbert of Junius, SD; Mollie (Mrs. Raymond Crowley) of Linton, ND; Elena (Mrs Maude Harwood) of Bauman, ND., and Elizabeth ( Mrs. Wilfred Wilding) of Lennox. The elderly couple continued their residence on their farm enterprise until 1903 whe they retired and moved to Lennox.

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Taaraan “Tilla” Staarsli Fodness's memorial is located at: West Prairie Lutheran Cemetery, Lennox, Lincoln County, USA.
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Taaraan “Tilla” Staarsli Fodness death on 5 Dec 1915 in South Dakota, USA
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Latitude: 43.3014900
Longitude: -96.8480800

Family Members:

Spouse

Gulbrand Knudsen Fodness

(1851 - 1904)

Children

Elias Knute Fodness

(1874 - 1955)

Henry G. Fodness

(1876 - 1946)

Gilbert Konelius Fodness

(1878 - 1878)

Tilda Elena Fodness Harwood

(1885 - 1970)

Inge Elisabet Fodness

(1888 - 1889)

Elizabeth I. Fodness Wilding

(1890 - 1987)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. West Prairie Lutheran Cemetery
Lennox, Lincoln County, USA
Coordinate: 43.3014900, -96.8480800

2. Mount Olivet Cemetery
Lennox, Lincoln County, USA
Coordinate: 43.3516884, -96.8560791

3. Delaware Reformed Cemetery
Lennox, Lincoln County, USA
Coordinate: 43.2573509, -96.8887863

4. Saint Edwards Cemetery
Worthing, Lincoln County, USA
Coordinate: 43.3300018, -96.7863998

5. Forever Friends Pet Cemetery and Memorial Park
Worthing, Lincoln County, USA
Coordinate: 43.3446000, -96.7975100

6. Lennox Cemetery
Lennox, Lincoln County, USA
Coordinate: 43.3418999, -96.9041977

7. Worthing Cemetery
Worthing, Lincoln County, USA
Coordinate: 43.3236008, -96.7658005

8. Turner County First Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Davis, Turner County, USA
Coordinate: 43.3016205, -96.9447327

9. Faith LaValley Cemetery
Lennox, Lincoln County, USA
Coordinate: 43.3750992, -96.7880020

10. Melhus Cemetery
Turner County, USA
Coordinate: 43.2285995, -96.9246979

11. Chancellor Reformed Cemetery
Chancellor, Turner County, USA
Coordinate: 43.3442001, -96.9646988

12. Davis Cemetery
Davis, Turner County, USA
Coordinate: 43.2644005, -96.9903030

13. Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
Tea, Lincoln County, USA
Coordinate: 43.4229300, -96.8063000

14. Frieling Cemetery
Turner County, USA
Coordinate: 43.2186012, -96.9816971

15. Pleasant Hill Pioneer Cemetery
Beresford, Lincoln County, USA
Coordinate: 43.1847000, -96.7758026

16. Beaver Creek Lutheran Cemetery
Harrisburg, Lincoln County, USA
Coordinate: 43.3590800, -96.6878600

17. Chancellor Baptist Cemetery
Chancellor, Turner County, USA
Coordinate: 43.3964005, -96.9741974

18. Mount Zion Cemetery
Lincoln County, USA
Coordinate: 43.1716995, -96.9105988

19. Germantown Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Chancellor, Turner County, USA
Coordinate: 43.4170990, -96.9645996

20. Skrefsrud Lutheran Church Cemetery
Beresford, Lincoln County, USA
Coordinate: 43.1563400, -96.8213400

21. Forest Hill Cemetery
Canton, Lincoln County, USA
Coordinate: 43.2943993, -96.6307983

22. Pleasant View Cemetery
Harrisburg, Lincoln County, USA
Coordinate: 43.4247017, -96.7067032

23. Nazareth Cemetery
Beresford, Lincoln County, USA
Coordinate: 43.1492004, -96.7664032

24. Norwegian Pioneer Lutheran Cemetery
Chancellor, Turner County, USA
Coordinate: 43.4468994, -96.9539032