Christopher Boreson

   Another name for Christopher was Kristoffer Børresen.

  Research Notes:

Summary:

Christopher Boreson, b 1839, was my 2nd cousin 4 times removed. His father was also known as Børre Olsen Hammersgaard (Gjermundshaugen).

Remember that in the 1800s [and maybe even earlier] Norway naming practices included a given name and then the
patronymic name [son of or daughter of]. Often the name of the farm was used in the name. The purpose of using
farm name was to distingush where the person was living or working, and also to distinguish individuals with the same
given and patronymic name. In Norway, Christopher's given name was spelled as Kristoffer and his patronymic name
was Børresen [that is the son of Børre]. It is likely that Kristoffer lived at the farm Lille Ljørdalen when he was
younger and early twenties - this is based on the 1865 Norway Census. According to the Trysilboka, vol 1, page 527, the farm Tekta was also called Lille Lørdalen, which is the name of the farm in the matrikel [tax books]. Tekta/Lille Lørdalen is third oldest farm in Ljørdalsgrenda [Ljørdals area] and was likely first settled by Jon Jonsen Lørdalen [b 1624] in 1657.

At one point Kristoffer Børresen and his family lived at the farm Bakken, less than a half km north from his parents. Trysilboka does record his name as Kristoffer Børresen Bakken, but I think the use of name "Bakken" was more to indicate his farm location. By 1883 [likely earlier] people started to use more permanent surnames, if they hadn't already. Sometime before 1883, Kristoffer Børresen and his family were living on the farm Kværnbæk, and it was from this farm that the Kristoffer, Maren, Kersti, and Karl [known as Charles in the US] left for North America.






SEE: search name on Ancestry search - a number of other family Trees


1865 Norway Census, Trysil, Hedmark; Lille Ljørdalen
- name as Christoffer Børresen - in the US, surname spelled as Boreson
- same place with his parents and siblings; his wife and son

https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=1802771865 Norway Census: Christopher is recorded with his father's family at Lille Lørdalen ; see file folder for PDF




2. New Home Lutheran Cemetery [intially there was a Swedish church here] 26136 408 Ave
- take Hwy 37, for about 5 kms south of the town of Mitchell ; OR take 408 ave South at the western edge of the town
- then west on 261 St, for about 2 kms
- then south on 408 Ave for about 0.5 km

died 22 May 1925 [death is recorded on Ancestry Collection; SD death index, same date, at Tripp Co - he was living with his son, Charles [Karl] and family in Tripp Co
- image 158, letter B; index years 1879-1955.

Note: Findagrave id 67513796; has posted a cemetery card
- this records his as 22 May 1925, at Ideal, Tripp Co, SD

Mitchell, Davison Co, SD:about 120 kms west of Sioux Falls, SD
Idea, Tripp Co, SD:about 200 kms west of Mitchell, SD


3. US Census records


1885 Iowa Census, Amherst Twp, Cherokee Co; image 11 of 30 [on Ancestry]
Christoffer Borens, age 44 b in Nor
wife Mary, age 45 b in Nor
Bore, age 19 b in Nor [ b 7 Sep 1865, Lille Ljørdalen]
Harry, age 18
Christain, age 16 ? [ this must be Kirsti, b 1869]
Charles, age 9 b in Nor

*Amherst Twp is about 65 kms west of Rembrandt, IA [re daughter Kersti's confirmation]; and about
300+km north west from Des Moines, IA



1905 South Dakota State Census, Rome Twp, Davison Co; image 1168 - Family Search [individual cards]

Christopher Boreson, age 28 b in Nor; Sec 6, twp 101N, range 60W*
- in SD for 19 years, in US for 21 years
- emigration 1884
- post office Ethan

* from Landconverter website
- about 1.5 kms further south of the New Home .... cemetery on 408 Ave then, west for about ^6635,9725

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Emirgation, 1883, 22 May 1883, Trysil, Hedmark, Norway. ^9725,9726 Kristoffer Børessen from Lørdalen, wife Maren Henriksdatter, daughter Kersti [b 1869] and son Karl [b 1876] left Trysil Parish for North America

Christopher married Maren Hendriksdatter on 3 Jun 1865 in Trysil, Hedmark, Norway.⁹⁷²³ (Maren Hendriksdatter was born on 21 Jun 1839 in Grue, Hedmark, Norway, died on 24 Mar 1923 in Davison Co, South Dakota, United States and was buried in New Home Lutheran Cemetery, Mitchell, Davison Co, South Dakota, United States.)