Johanna Margrethe Svendsdtr. Grindem

Gard og ætt i Madla page 266 Nore Sunde (3.10).

To America 1856.

The following information pertains to the wife of Ingebrit Grindem, Johanna Magrethe Svendsdtr, whose burial location in Illinois has not yet been identified.

Johanna Margrethe Svendsdtr Sunde was the daughter of Svend Jonassen and Martha Svendsdtr, who farmed at Sunde in Madla parish. Johanna was born September 17, 1839, in Norway. She was baptized in Imsland, Rogaland, Norway. (Source: Gard og ætt i Madla volume I, page 266 and Norway Select baptisms, 1634-1927.) Johanna emigrated to the U.S. in 1856, together with her older brother Johan Svendsen Sunde and his family. She married Ingebrit Grindem and had at least nine children. She died January 31, 1875, following childbirth of her son, Samuel. She was buried in Illinois on February 7, 1875, location unknown. (Source: U.S. Evangelical Lutheran Church in American, Church Records, 1826-1969; Norwegian Lutheran Church, Lee, Ill.)
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