Olava Jacobsdtr Langsjoen

  Research Notes:

1. 1921 Canada Census

- living with her son John (Johnsen Midtdal) and her grandson Melvin Midtdal's family - Melvin is listed as head of household


2. Birth, 6 Mar 1840 - Norway Parish Registers, Tolga Ministerialbok

- parents - Jakob Pedersen and Johanna Nilsdtr Langsjoen
-- 'Pedersen' - the name is difficult to make out since the first letter almost looks like 'j' and it appears to have 2 letters and then the 'd'

--- in the Tolga i Os Klokkerbok, page 160-161, line 7 (2nd side) father - Jacob Pedersen - the handwriting for Pedersen is easier to make out, but still it almost looks like 'Perdersen'


3. Death - 1924, Freeway West , page 950

- but cemetery list and photo records name as Ingborg Moen, 1840-1940 ???
-- appears the name is a mistake by whoever provided the cemetery with the information. This should be Olava, and it is possible that some family member a number of years after 1924 mistakenly had written Ingborg possibly referring to Ingeborg Sophie Midtdal, nee Moen

Based on the information on page 950 from Freeway West, I will record Olava's death as 1924.


4 Tolgen by Ivar Sæter, page 113-114; side 120-121

under the farm Langsjoen
- Daughter Olava (father was Jakob Pedersen from Høsen on Nøren, died in 1878; mother was Johanna Nilsdatter, died 1901), was married to John J Moen from Tufsingdalen. When he was 60 years old, he sold his farm to church singer (kirkesanager) M. Holøien and traveled to America. [ note that "he" refers to John Johnsen Moen, "senior", born in 1822 and died in 1912 in Alberta; Olava married John J Moen (1854-1917) who was the son of John J Moen (1822-1912) ].
- another daughter, Johanna was married to Oliver I Rostbakken. [ a nephew of our Olava Røstbakken, married to Simen T Grue ]
- another son Nils J Langsjoen was born in 1828; his wife was Karoline Johnsdatter Sømaahaug (born in 1824). They had 7 children - Jakob, John, Nils, Johannes, Kornelius, Peder and Johanna. Nils and Johanna died and all the rest have gone to America [ Johannes Langsjoen lived in the Silvana area of Snohomish Co, WA ; 15 July 2014 entry: Peder N Langsjoen married Gjertrude Swensen whose mother was Sigrid Marie Iversdatter Prestlien, a sister to Anne Beate Iversdatter Prestlien (Iver M Prestlien's mother and Kjersti Simensdtr Grue's mother-in-law) ] ¹¹²⁷

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Residence - 1921, 1 Jun 1921, Falun, Alberta, Canada. ²¹⁵⁸ Residence of grandson, Melvin Midtdal

Olava married John Johnsen Moen, son of John Johnsen Moen and Sara Torgersdtr Movold, on 2 Mar 1873 in Narbuvoll, Os, Tolga, Hedmark, Norway.¹¹⁹⁶ (John Johnsen Moen was born on 27 Feb 1854 in Os, Tolga, Hedmark, Norway ¹¹⁹⁷, baptized on 17 Apr 1854 in Os, Tolga, Hedmark, Norway,¹¹⁹⁷ died in 1917 in Westerose, Alberta, Canada and was buried in Hegge Norweigan Cemetery, Westerose, Alberta, Canada ¹¹⁹⁸.)