Ed's Day Wednesday
Dear FOLKS,
This week we will continue to learn about the life story of Inger Tobine Tallachsdatter who was born on 26 November 1836, the daughter of Tallach Sigbjornsen (1794-1867) and Ingeborg Christoffersdatter (1795-1875). She was born near Nes, Flekkefjord, Vest-Agder, Norway on the family's Seland farm, in some records it is also spelled Seeland and Sæland. Inger was one of my Cousin Ed's great-grandmothers, his mother's father's mother. You can read about her young years in Norway, by clicking here. In that article I included photographs of the part of Norway where she was born.
On 20 April 1855, Inger would marry Ole Atlaksen, a young man from this same area. Ole's parents were Atlak Sigbjornsen and Birthe Atlaksdatter. Ole was born on 03 September 1829 on the Lindeland farm. Here is their marriage entry in the Flekkefjord parish register, it is the first entry on this page. I'll show the translation to this record.
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| IMAGE: Marriage entry for Ole Atlaksen Lindeland and Inger Tobine Tallachsdatter on 20 April 1855. [1] |
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| IMAGE: Snippet showing the left-hand side of entry. |
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| IMAGE: Snippet showing the right-hand side of entry. |
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Marriages Page 289
Entry Number
5
Date of Marriage
20th April 1855
Name and position of Groom, Name of Bride
[???] Ole Atlaksen, [???] Inger Tobine Tollaksdatter
[unknown words are possibly single man and maiden]
Birthplace and place of residence of groom, Birthplace of Bride
Lindeland / Seland
Their ages
26 / 21
Name of Groom's father
Atlak Sigbjornsen Lindeland
Name of Bride's father
Tollack Sigbjornsen Seland
Names and places of residences of the Best Men (sponsors)
Tollack Sigbjornsen Seland and Jacob A. Atlaksen Lindeland
Dates of public announcements
11 March, 18 March, 25 March, 1855
Who requested public announcements
Bridegroom
If the public announcements did not occur, by whose permission or for what legal reason
[blank / ditto marks]
When did they have smallpox or get vaccinated. Certificate of vaccination
him 13 July 1836, her 16 Jun 1838
If the groom is a senior civil servant, receives a pension or an officer's 50% salary, what proof has he for making contributions to the widow's fund
[blank / ditto marks]
If either was previously married, how was the previous marriage dissolved, and did a Probate occur (in case previous spouse died)
[blank / ditto marks]
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While is not told where the wedding was held, it is highly likely that it was held at the church with the minister there officiating. Not long after the ceremony the newlyweds reported to the church officials of their desire to leave for America.
This record was a topic of discussion on a previous article. So the copy of this document may look familiar to you. Click here to read the earlier article.
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| IMAGE: Page 428 of the Flekkefjord parish register, #A-5, showing those leaving the parish from 1849 to 1855.[2] |
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| IMAGE: Snippet showing entries 15 & 16 for Inger Tobine Tollaksdatter and Ole Atlaksen. |
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Departures from the Parish (including Children) [page]428
No. 15. | 16.
Reported Date of Departure 1855. [from above]
Name Bachelor Inger Tobine Tollaksdatter Seland | Ole Atlaksen Lindeland
Age 11 December 1836 [Date Inger was baptized. Ole's not shown]
To What Place Moving to To North America and [???] on 10th May 1855.
[written above cropped area]
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Inger and Ole would join others from the Nes area on the sailing ship Espindola that would sail from Porsgrunn, Norway on 9 May 1855. It is likely that the date given for their planned departure given to the church was that expected sailing date. The ship would dock in Quebec, Canada on 30 June 1855.
As I am told there are no known records kept at this time by the officials in Quebec. The docking information is from history about the ship. Nor do we know how they traveled from Quebec to Stearns County, Minnesota where they are found in the 1860 U.S. Federal Population Census. Their next door neighbor as entered in this same census is Raymond Emerson. Raymond, known in Norway as Reinert Ommundsen was their friend and possibly Ole's relative as both men were born on the Lindeland Farm in Norway. Read here for Raymond's portion of this story.
Children would begin to arrive for Inger and Ole, Unfortunately several of their babies would die while very young. Birth records at this early time in Minnesota were not required. From family history we learn that The children who died young were likely named Albert and Antni, both would have been born between 1855-1865 and both died before 1865. Two more children lived, they were Josephine Bendigte Lindeland (b 1858 - d. 1933) and Anne Tonette "Nettie" Lindeland (b. 1862 - d. 1939), Then in 1865, daughter Inger Oline Lindeland was born.
At some point our couple found leave Stearns County, Minnesota and move to Vernon County, Wisconsin, near the town of Westby. We can say they were in Stearns County, Minnesota to be enumerated in the 1860 US Federal Census there. Census records tell us that they claimed Josephine was born in Minnesota and Nettie was born in Wisconsin, but then again some say both girls were born in Minnesota.
On June 30, 1865, Ole would die of typhoid fever at home in Vernon County, Wisconsin. Their last baby, Inger Oline would also die near the same time that Ole died as family lore tells us they were buried in the same casket.
Now a widow, Inger would tell of the difficulty trying to provide for her two young daughters. Crops failed, she would fall victim to people cheating her. Inger would learn to fish in the very early part of the morning to provide her daughters with something to eat. She did as well as she could. Her recollections about this time are told in a story that was shared earlier. Click here to read that article.
About the same time as Ole's death, their long time friend Raymond Emerson was being honorably discharged from service in the Union Army. She would visit him while he was in the hospital in St. Paul, Minnesota. It is not known how she was able to travel the 175 miles from her home in Vernon County, Wisconsin. Her story tells how she met up with Raymond and that they stayed in contact.
The family has handed down that September, 1867 contains the date of when Inger Tobine would marry Raymond Emerson. Here is the story that Ed's cousin Arvilla shared, "Until we heard it on a TV documentary that people were married the way in which she [Inger] said she and Raymond were married, it was a little hard to accept. She said they were "squared" which meant two people wishing to marry faced each other and said their vows. When the circuit-riding preacher eventually got there, the vows were repeated before him. The marriage was then sanctioned by the church." This was the type of weddings held when early settlers found there wasn't a church or minister nearby. Eventually Inger and Raymond's marriage was recorded in Cold Spring, Stearns County, Minnesota, being officiated by Justice of the Peace Fadden.
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| IMAGE: Raymond and Inger Emerson, circa 1880. |
Soon after Inger and her daughters would join Raymond on their new homestead in Irving Township, Kandyohi County, Minnesota. They were early settlers in this area. Inger was the person others would turn to for help because no doctor was near. She stitched up cuts, helped with births and the sick.
Sources:
1.) "Parish Register, Marriage Records," National Archives of Norway (http://www.digitalarkivet.no : 03 June 2017), SAK, Flekkefjord sokneprestkontor, F/Fa/Fac/L0005: Parish register (official) no. A 5, 1849-1875, p. 288, entry No. 5, Ole Atlaksen and Inger Tobine Tollaksdatter, 20 April 1855;
Quick link: https://media.digitalarkivet.no/en/kb20060103040503.
2.) "Parish Register Records, Departures from the Parish," online database with images, National Archives of Norway (http://www.digitalarkivet.no : accessed 08 May 2017), Flekkefjord Parish register (official) no. A 5, 1849-1875, p. 428, In- and Out-migrated (1855), line No. 15 & 16, Inger Tobine Tollaksdatter and Ole Atlaksen. Quicklink https://media.digitalarkivet.no/en/kb20070525370456
It is fun to learn about the lives of these early settlers. Thank you for stopping by and joining me here to learn about Inger. Hope you are having a good week and I look forward to sharing more with you next time.
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