Ole Olsen LAUGEN
- Born: 24 Mar 1840, Rollag, Buskerud, Norway 2
- Baptized: 12 Apr 1840, Rollag, Buskerud, Norway 2
- Marriage (1): Jorand EVENSEN
- Marriage (2): Unknown Wife2
- Marriage (3): Hansine Gunhilde Andreasdtr HOSTVEDT on 1 Apr 1872 in Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway 1
- Died: 8 Oct 1921, Winona County, MN at age 81 3
Other names for Ole were Little Ole, O.E. LAUGEN and Ole E. LAUGEN.
Noted events in his life were:
• Reference: History of Rushford, p165: Fillmore County, MN. LAUGEN, O.E. -
Born March 24, 1840 at Nummedal, Norway. Come to the United States in 1850.
Died October 8, 1921, Interred at Rushford Lutheran Cemetery.
Service - Pvt., Co. D, Captain C.L. Post's Comany of Fillmore County Volunteer Mounted Infantry serving from September 1st, 1862 to October 6, 1862 in the Indian Uprising. On November 6, he enlisted in the 1st Minnesota Mounted Rangers being discharged December 2nd, 1863. On October 12, 1864 he again enlisted and was discharged September 27, 1865.
O.E. Laugen came to Rushford in 1861 and after completion of militarty duty married Hansine Hostvedt of Rushford. They lived in Rock County Wisconsin for 11 years before retruning to Rushford where they raised their ten children.
O.E. Laugen engaged in the manufacture of wagons when he returned to Rushford, and was a member of the original Rushford Wagon Company, formed in 1872 by the merger of two independent companies. The meber of the merged firm were: O.E. Laugen, O.J. Hopperstad and Philip and Peter Miller. This partnership was dissolved in 1886 with the Miller brothers continuing the business.
[History of Rushford, Chapter V, Rushford Patriots, p165]
• Immigration: from Norway, 1850, America.
• Census: Clinton, 1860, Rock County, WI. 4 Nordmenn i USA i 1860-teljinga
StateCountyCircuitPageGiven nameLast nameSexAgeBirth place
45602 Wisconsin Rock Clinton 26 Lewis Thorson m 6 Wisconsin 45603 Wisconsin Rock Clinton 26 James Thorson m 4 Wisconsin 45604 Wisconsin Rock Clinton 26 Betsey C. Thorson f 3 Wisconsin 45605 Wisconsin Rock Clinton 26 Ann Thorson f 1 Wisconsin 45606 Wisconsin Rock Clinton 26 John Olsen m 21 Norway 45607 Wisconsin Rock Clinton 26 Gulick Oleson m 40 Norway 45608 Wisconsin Rock Clinton 26 Rachel Oleson f 43 Norway 45609 Wisconsin Rock Clinton 26 Isabel Oleson f 15 Wisconsin 45610 Wisconsin Rock Clinton 26 Ole Oleson m 12 Wisconsin 45611 Wisconsin Rock Clinton 26 Torunn Oleson m 9 Wisconsin 45612 Wisconsin Rock Clinton 26 Peter Oleson m 7 Wisconsin 45613 Wisconsin Rock Clinton 26 Charity Oleson f 1 Wisconsin 45614 Wisconsin Rock Clinton 26 Gunder Oleson m 3m Wisconsin 45615 Wisconsin Rock Clinton 26 Ole Oleson m 20 Norway 45616 Wisconsin Rock Clinton 26 Anston Oleson m 22 Norway 45617 Wisconsin Rock Clinton 26 Ann Oleson f 22 Norway 45618 Wisconsin Rock Clinton 26 Gulick Knudson m 51 Norway 45619 Wisconsin Rock Clinton 26 Christi Knudson f 47 Norway 45620 Wisconsin Rock Clinton 26 Julia Knudson f 16 Norway 45621 Wisconsin Rock Clinton 26 Christi Knudson f 15 Norway
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line 18 193 188 Gulick Oleson 40 Norway Rachel 43 Norway Isabel 15 WI Ole 12 Torgan 9 Peter 7 Charity 1 Gander 3.12 Ole 20 Norway Anston 22 Ann 22
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• Military: Civil War, Abt 1861. LAUGEN, Ole E. From Nummedal, Norway. Civil War: Corporal. Post war: In 1907, he was living in Rushford, Minnesota. Sources: (Ulvestad p264)
• Census: Whalan > District 27, 1900, Fillmore County, MN. line 95
177 186 Lougen Ola E 60 Mar 1840 Norway i1850 --- Hansini 46 Apr 1854 Norway i1872 --- Martha 18 Mar 1882 MN --- Rollo 16 Apr 1884 MN --- Emma 13 Dec 1886 MN --- Edward 12 May 1888 MN --- Selma 10 Mar 1890 MN Grendland Brink 55 Aug 1844 Norway boarder i1851
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• Census: Rushford > District 34, 1910, Fillmore County, MN. line 54
148 154 Laugen Ole E 70 m3 38 Norway --- Hansina G 55 m1 38 10/10 Norway --- Selma M 20 MN Hosdvedt Louise M 51 [aunt?] Norway
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• Census: Rushford, 1920, Fillmore County, MN. line 8
25 25 Laugen Ole E 79 head wd Norway Johnson Anna T 43 dau MN --- Jake C 55 s-in-law Norway
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• Cemetery: Rushford Lutheran Cemetery, 1921, Fillmore County, MN.
Ole married Jorand EVENSEN, daughter of Even Evensen SATEREN and Jorand Knudsdatter HELLE. (Jorand EVENSEN was born about Jan 1850 in IL.)
Ole next married Unknown Wife2.
Ole next married Hansine Gunhilde Andreasdtr HOSTVEDT, daughter of Anderias Jorgensen HOSTVEDT and Oline Petrea Maria Madsdtr GRAATEN, on 1 Apr 1872 in Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway.1 (Hansine Gunhilde Andreasdtr HOSTVEDT was born on 30 Apr 1854 in Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway 5, baptized on 21 May 1854 in Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway and died betw 1910-1920.)
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