Elizabeth Amalie Kempe (born Strom)

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Elizabeth is one of eight children. (Siblings: Baby, stillborn 1875; Grace Amalie, 1877-1878; Eugene Nathaniel, 1883-1937); Eric Albin, 1881-1883; Esther Mabel, 1885-1949; George Allan Sr., 1888-1955; Walter Hiram, 1890-1919.)

Elizabeth Strom married Alfred William Kempe on June 25, 1901 in Chicago, Illinois. They had two children, the first born in 1902 was stillborn. Eugene Allan Kempe was born on January 30, 1905.

Elizabeth Amalie Strom Kempe's mother's American name is Carrie Trulsen Thomson Savre. Carrie's Norwegian name is Kari Trulesdatter. (Carrie comes from Kari, not Caroline) The last part of the name, Savre, (now Sevre) is the name of the farm she came from. Many Scandanavian immigrants used the name of the farm they came from as a last name when they Americanized their names. This farm is located in Nas Township in Hallingdal, Buskerud, Norway. She immigrated from this farm to America on March 28, 1867, when she was 17 years old.