Liv Pedersdatter Gunderson

"Rollag bygdebok : ætt og gard og grend" by Knut Hoff Vol 5 p 242 Bekkjordan child 10 top left

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Liv Pedersdatter was born July 16, 1797 at Bekkjordan, Rollag, Buskerud, Norway to Peder Halvorsen and Joran Knudsdatter. She was baptized in the family's church and confirmed on July 5, 1812 at Rollag, Buskerud, Norway. Confirmation record found at Norwegian Digital archives on-line for Rollag, Buskerud, Norway 1792-1814: pg 455, entry # 5, name appeared as Live.

Live married Gunder Gundersen on October 5, 1817 at Rollag, Buskerud, Norway.

The couple had 9 children who were all born at Rollag, Buskerud, Norway:

Birgitte (b Feb 2, 1818, d unknown);

Gunder (b November 19, 1820, d March 9, 1898 Oak Park, Marshall, Minnesota);

Joran (b January 1, 1824, d April 26, 1824 Rollag, Norway);

Peder (b March 30, 1826, d before 1830 Rollag, Norway);

Joran (b July 30, 1829, d May 3, 1912 Bristol, Worth, Iowa);

Knud (b December 23, 1832, d February 1, 1901 Oslo, Marshall, Minnesota);

Peder (b March 20, 1835, d July 1879 St Ansgar, Mitchell, Iowa);

Sigri (Sarah) (b March 8, 1838, d November 10, 1913 Fisher, Polk, Minnesota) and

Erik (Erick) (b October 31, 1842, d October 27, 1908 St Ansgar, Mitchell, Iowa).

Live, Gunder and children Sigri and Erik left Norway together in the spring of 1858 to emigrate to Mitchell County, Iowa, settling on a farm owned by their son, Peder. Emigration record found at Norwegian Digital Archives, Rollag, Buskerud, Norway 1847-1860, page 369, entries #59-62; Gunder Gundersen age 63 Bjerkjerden (sp?); Liv Pedersdatter age 61; Sigri Gundersdatter age 20; Erick Gundersen age 16.

Found in the 1860 census living at rural St Ansgar, Mitchell, Iowa: Peter Gunderson 30, Gunder Gunderson 66, Leave Gunderson 64, Edward Gunderson 18, Sarah Gunderson 20.

Found in the 1870 census at Newburg, Mitchell, Iowa: Peter Gunderson 48, Rumug Gunderson 26, Gender Gunderson 75, Leva Gunderson 70, Eskill Larson 60, Eliz Gunderson 27.

Found in the 1880 census mortality schedule: Live Gundersen, age 82, from Norway, keeping house, died in September of 1879 from cystitis. Lived in Mitchell county for 22 years.

Family links:

Spouse:

 Gunder Gunderson (1795 - 1880)

Children:

 Joran (Jane) Gundersdatter Erickson (1829 - 1912)*

 Knut Gunderson (1832 - 1901)*

 Peter Gunderson (1835 - 1879)*

 Sigri (Sarah) Gundersdatter Olesen (1838 - 1913)*

 Erik Gunderson (1842 - 1908)*

*Calculated relationship

Inscription: Iowa cemetery record: "Grandma" Gunderson 1797-1879.

See http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=50907216 from that site "Live, Gunder and children Sigri and Erik left Norway together in the spring of 1858 to emigrate to Mitchell County, Iowa, settling on a farm owned by their son, Peder. Emigration record found at Norwegian Digital Archives, Rollag, Buskerud, Norway 1847-1860, page 369, entries #59-62; Gunder Gundersen age 63 Bjerkjerden (sp?); Liv Pedersdatter age 61; Sigri Gundersdatter age 20; Erick Gundersen age 16.

Found in the 1860 census living at rural St Ansgar, Mitchell, Iowa: Peter Gunderson 30, Gunder Gunderson 66, Leave Gunderson 64, Edward Gunderson 18, Sarah Gunderson 20.

Found in the 1870 census at Newburg, Mitchell, Iowa: Peter Gunderson 48, Rumug Gunderson 26, Gender Gunderson 75, Leva Gunderson 70, Eskill Larson 60, Eliz Gunderson 27.

Found in the 1880 census mortality schedule: Live Gundersen, age 82, from Norway, keeping house, died in September of 1879 from cystitis. Lived in Mitchell county for 22 years. "

also lists her marriage,he children and her confirmation record: Confirmation record found at Norwegian Digital archives on-line for Rollag, Buskerud, Norway 1792-1814: pg 455, entry # 5, name appeared as Live.