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Ingebjørg Tovsdatter Lia (Øverland)

Also Known As: "Ingeborg T Omtveit"
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Birthplace: Søndre Øverland, Seljord, Telemark, Norway
Death: September 20, 1908 (82)
Wilkeson, WA, United States
Place of Burial: Wilkeson, Pierce, Washington, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Tov Olavsson Øverland and Ingebjørg Halvorsdotter Øverland
Wife of Kittil Såmundson Piggås
Mother of Såmund Kjetilsson Kyrdalen; Ingebjørg "Belle" Kjetilsdatter Messner; Mari Kittilsd Albrechtson Skogsmark; Tov Haslevigen; Gunhild Kjetilsdatter and 1 other
Sister of Olav Tovson Øverland; Gunhild Tovsdotter Ulvenes; Bergit Tovsdotter Strandstaul and Guro Tovsdotter Rønningen

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About Ingebjørg Tovsdatter Lia

Ingebjørg Tovsdotter Lia (som hun også het) var ei av Lia-dokkune, nokre systre som skulle ha vore så vakre blei det fortalt meg ein gong. Ho utvandra i godt voksen alder som enke sammen med ei datter, Gunhild, til USA. En annen datter, Ingebjørg, hadde utvandra tidligere. De bosatte seg i staten Washington, og har etterkommere der. (Jeg (Eli I Tubaas) har oversikt over noen av slektningene der borte, har også besøkt stedet der de bodde og kirkegården der de er begravet).

Cencus Jan 1, 1891: Ingebjørg lived together with her daughter Mari and her family at the farm Little Omtveit, Kviteseid, Telemark. She is doing housework, handcraft and knitting. (Source: Eli Tubaas).

The widow Ingebjørg Tovsdotter Lia and her daughter Gunhild Kittilsdotter (in the US, Nellie Messner) emigrated in 1893 from Norway to New York. In 1887 Ingebjørg Kittilsdotter, her eldest daughter had emigrated to New York. Left back in Norway were her son Såmund Kittilson and her daughter , my GGrandmother, Mari Kittilsdotter (later Skogsmark.) (Source:Eli Tubaas).

In 1900 Ingeborg Tovsdotter is living together with her eldest daugher Ingebjørg Kittilsdotter and her family in Wilkeson, Pierce Co, WA. She is calling herself Isabell Kittelson. (Eli Tubaas, source: 1900 Unites States Federal Census).

She died in Fairfax, WA, Sept 20 1908 (Washington Deaths, 1883-1960). She is buried in Wilkeson Town Cemetery (at the stone, name: Kittelson). (Source: Eli Tubaas.)

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Ingebjørg Tovsdatter Lia's Timeline

1826
July 14, 1826
Søndre Øverland, Seljord, Telemark, Norway
1857
1857
1859
January 1, 1859
Hasleviki, Seljord, Telemark, Norway
1862
February 14, 1862
Hasleviki, Seljord, Telemark, Norway
1863
1863
1866
1866
Heibugen, Seljord, Telemark, Norway
1869
December 20, 1869
Fiskhøl, Seljord, Telemark, Norway
1908
September 20, 1908
Age 82
Wilkeson, WA, United States
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Wilkeson, Pierce, Washington, United States