Iver Hansen Teigen

Events

(also see documents attached, and the timeline tab)

• Churchbook number 4 of Fron, 1839-1848. Baptism of Iver number 19, March 20th 1845, born March 4th 1845: Parents: Hans Tollefsen Haagenstuen or Røsum Eiet and Anne Hansdatter.
• Marriage of Iver Hansen and Kari Olsdatter in Sødorp Church, December 28th 1869, number 24: Iver Hansen is born on the farm Haagenstuen and is living on the farm Teigen, his father is Hans Tollefsen, Kari Olsdatter is born on the farm Stigen and her father is Ole Jakobsen.
• Here is Iver's wife and the two children Marit and Petter in the 1875 census in Norway, date of the census is Jan. 3rd 1876, they are living on the farm Haakenstuen, Nord-Fron kommune, Oppland fylke.
• And here is Iver himself: 1875 census he is a servant on the Weikle farm in the same area.
• The 1900 Census shows that he married in 1870 and immigrated in 1876 - this indicates that he married in Norway. It also shows her as having 7 children, all living. He is a farmer residing with wife Carrie in Township 157, Range 74, Pierce County, North Dakota.
• The 1910 Census shows him living with a son, and repeats that he immigrated in 1876.

Emigration, June 2, 1876 from Oslo: http://gda.arkivverket.no/cgi-win/webcens.exe?slag=visbase&sidenr=1...

Citations

• Teigen Peter. born 1874, died 1943. "Century of Area History : Pierce County and Rugby, North Dakota, 1886-1986." F642.P5 C35 1986
• A History of Pierce County : compiled in connection with Diamond Jubilee, Rugby, North Dakota. Publisher: [Rugby, N.D. : Pierce County Jubilee Committee?, 1961]. "Teigen, Hans, born 1876.". "Teigen, Iver.". "Teigen, Olaf, died 1926.". "Teigen, Peter, born 1874, died 1926."
• Teigen Peter. "Berwick: A Handful of Civilization Dropped in a Desert," by Milo Floyd Bryn. 1954. F644.B47 B78

links

• Wikitree According to Steve Frank (personal recollection), the Iver Teigen who is the great grandfather of Chrissy Teigen lived in North Dakota, and lived from 1844 to 1933.
• North Dakota Biography Index
• Berwick, McHenry, ND Ghosts of North Dakota. Unpopulated in year 2000

Berwick Cemetery : http://files.usgwarchives.net/nd/mchenry/cemeteries/berwick.txt