Kjersti Simensdatter Grue
- Born: 21 Sep 1854, Røros, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway 146
- Baptized: 15 Oct 1854, Røros, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway 146
- Marriage (1): Iver Mikkelsen Prestlien in 1874 in Otter Tail Co, Minnesota, USA 145
- Died: 26 May 1900, Silvana, Snohomish Co, Washington, United States at age 45 147,148
- Buried: 28 May 1900, Zion (Peace) Lutheran Cemetery, Silvana, Snohomish Co, Washington, United States
Research Notes:
1 The Seattle Times; 2 June 1900, page 7
"News of the death of Mrs I M Prestlien of Silvana has reached this city. She was the wife of the Stillaguamish pioneer, J [I] M Prestlien, and respected by all that new her."
2. Death notice: Seattle Times, 2 Jun 1900
"News of the death of Mrs. I. M. Prestlien of Silvana has reached this city. She is the wife of the Stillaguamish pioneer, J. M. Prestlen [I. M. Prestlien] and respected by all who knew her."
[above notice found on GenealogyBank.com - Historical Newspaper Collection. 2010]
3. US Evangelical Lutheran Church Records: see confirmation record for Kjersti in 1870, with parents clearly recorded as Simon Thoresen Grue and wife Olava Olsdatter.
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/60722/images/41742_314782-00173?pId=153404868 ; image 174
- were Simen and Olava were living in the area of Spring Grove area in Jul 1870 or had Kjersti stayed behind and joined the family after confirmation or at least before winter [abt Nov] 1870
13th Sunday after Trinity = 17 Jul 1870
Easter Sunday in 1870 was on 17 Apr 1870;
This church initially known as Norsk Lutherski Kirke in Norwegian Ridge, Houston Co, MN
and looks like it included the church in Waterloo, IA ????
** in Silvana/Stanwood - church records: no record of her death/burial in Silvana - Zion or Our Savior's in Stanwood.
Some of the children are baptised at Our Savior's, but the records for Zion in Silvana start as early as 1894, but none of the children are recorded. Nelvin, who is the youngest and born on 25 Jan 1899 but is not recorded.
The Little White Church on the Hill - a plaque on the front of the church: Est. Feb 1884 with the first service in Dec 1890 [https://www.waymarking.com/gallery/image.aspx?f=1&guid=fce14f6c-aad2-4b45-9f91-cec2461f976f ]
[I also have a photo of this also when I visited on 9 Sep 2008 149
Kjersti married Iver Mikkelsen Prestlien, son of Mikkel Nilsen Søndmør and Anne Beate Iversdtr Prestlien, in 1874 in Otter Tail Co, Minnesota, USA.145 (Iver Mikkelsen Prestlien was born on 20 Dec 1845 in Prestlien farm, Os, Hedmark, Norway 150,151,152,153, baptized on 15 Feb 1846 in Tolga, Hedmark, Norway,153 died on 19 Nov 1931 in Silvana, Snohomish Co, Washington, United States 150,154,155,156,157 and was buried in Zion (Peace) Lutheran Cemetery, Silvana, Snohomish Co, Washington, United States 150.)
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