Tosten Tostensen SVEEN
- Born: 11 Sep 1829, Lom, Oppland, Norway 2
- Baptized: 11 Oct 1829, Lom, Oppland, Norway
- Marriage: Ingeborg Olsdatter ØDEGAARDEN on 10 Mar 1863 in Vågå, Oppland, Norway 1
- Died: 16 Sep 1909, Fillmore County, MN at age 80 3
Other names for Tosten were Thorsten Thorstensen SVEEN, Torsten Torstensen SVEEN, Tosten T SVEEN, Tostin T. SVEEN, Torsten Torstensen SVEN, Tosten Tostensen SVEN, Thorsten THORSTENSON and Tosten TOSTENSEN.
Noted events in his life were:
• Notes: Surname. This family sometimes when by Swain or Sween instead of Sveen.
• Census: farm Ødegaarden, 1865, Vågå, Oppland, Norway. Distriktsnr. Side Skuledistrikt Sokn Prestegjeld Gard Overskrift
473 4 118 Nordherred Vaage Hovedsogn Vaage 1
Personnr. Hushald Førenamn Etternamn Fam. stilling Yrke Sivilstand Alder Kjønn Fødestad Stort kveg Får Geit Bygg Poteter
3254 32 1 Ole Ivers. Husfader Husmand med Jord g 58 m Vaage 2 16 1 1 2
3255 33 Ingri Hansd. hans Kone g 69 k Vaage
3256 1 Ingebor Olsd. deres Datter g 24 k Vaage
3257 2 Torsten Torstens. hendes Mand hjelper sin Kones Fader med Gaardsbruget g 30 m Loms Prgj.
3258 3 Torsten Torstens. deres Søn ug 4 m Vaage
3259 4 Ole Torstens. deres Søn ug 1 m Vaage
• Immigration: from Norway, 1871, America. 4 arriving in New York...
Arrival Date: 13 Jun 1871
Port of Arrival: New York
Ship Name: France
T Lveen 41 [T Luenes]
Ingeborg Olsdatter 30
Torten " 6
Ole " 3
Maria " 3
Iver " 2
Ingeborg " 0
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• Census: Arendahl, District 69, 1880, Fillmore County, MN. line 30
38 39 Sveen Tosten T. 50 Norway
--- Ingeborg T. 37
--- Tosten T. 16
--- Ole T. 14
--- Mari T. 12
--- Iver T. 11
--- Ingeborg 9
--- Thurine T. 7 MN
--- Hans T. 6
--- Marit T. 4
--- Inger T. 1
--- Fredrick 2M Apr 1880
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• Census: Arendahl, 1895, Fillmore County, MN. Olness Lars 49 Norway
[...]
Sveen Tom 60 Norway
Sveen Ingebor 52 Norway
Sveen Tom 31 Norway
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• Census: Arendahl, District 15, 1900, Fillmore County, MN. line 50
70 84 Sween Tasten 70 Oct 1829 m38 i1872
--- Engebar 57 May 1843 m38
--- Iver 31 Dec 1868
--- Fridrik 20 Apr 1880
--- Maria 18 Nov 1881
--- Tannald 16 Dec 1883
--- Sauisa 12 Oct 1887
--- Emma 10 Sep 1889
85 --- Ole 59 Aug 1840 brother i 1871
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• Census: Arendahl, 1905, Fillmore County, MN. line 18
Sveen Tosten 75 Norway
" Ingeborg 62 Norway
" Maria 23 MN
" Thorvald 21 MN
" Lovise 17 MN
" Emma T 15 MN
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• Cemetery: North Prairie Cemetery, 1907, Fillmore County, MN. row 21
8 Sveen Ole T. Oct 22, 1840 Mar 10, 1919
9 Sveen Inger Aug 22, 1878 Nov 3, 1894 datter til Mr. og Mrs. T.T. Sveen
9 Sveen Hans Mai 9, 1874 Feb 6, 1898 son til Mr. og Mrs. T.T. Sveen Sveen family stone
10 Sveen Tostin T. 11 Oct 1829 16 Sep 1907
• Reference: History of Fillmore County, 1984, 1984, Fillmore County, MN. p613
Sveen & Nordgaard Family
Mr. and Mrs. Thorsten Sveen left Norway to come to America in 1886 [sic] by boat. It took six weeks to get here. They had four children with them, born in Norway. Nine more were born in Fillmore County. They brought food and their cows with them on the boat, so they had milk for the children. Grandma Sveen brought her spinning wheel and her sewing machine with her. Grandpa Sveen brought the hand tools he had for wood working.
Grandma Sveen was a very good seamstress, she sewed for people to make extra money. They were brave people, came to the east coast by boat and then by some kind of train to Fillmore County, where several other people from Norway had settled. There were very few places left to homestead. They found our place, lots of hills and woods, but they took the place anyway. Very poor, they lived in a hillside cave the first year. Grandpa Sveen grubbed and cleared land for people for fifty cents a day.
As soon as they could, Grandpa Sveen built a log house for the family. Mary was one of the thirteen Sveen children and she married Theadore Nordgaard. Only one of the Sveen family is still living, Louise Ferden of McIntosh, Minnesota.
In 1914, Theadore and Mary Nordgaard bought the Sveen farm and farmed for many years. They had one child, Melvin. Then in 194 1, Melvin and his wife, Marion, took over the home farm, which has been in the same family for 97 years. Melvin Nordgaards have four childrn; Diane Dunn of Florida, Barbara Smackenberg of Montgomery, Glen of Fremont and Ardell at home. Submitted by: Marion Nordgaard
Tosten married Ingeborg Olsdatter ØDEGAARDEN, daughter of Ole Iversen ØDEGAARDEN and Ingri Hansdatter STOKSTAD, on 10 Mar 1863 in Vågå, Oppland, Norway.1 (Ingeborg Olsdatter ØDEGAARDEN was born on 30 May 1843 in Vågå, Oppland, Norway 5, baptized on 2 Jul 1843 in Vågå, Oppland, Norway and died on 31 May 1910 in Fillmore County, MN 6 7.)
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