Olava Halstendtr Røste

   Another name for Olava was Lilletrø.⁴²⁸⁰

  Research Notes:

1. birth

- father - Halsten Thoresen; mother - Kari Olsdtr Lilletrøen
- witnesses - Kari Thoresdtr Brydal, Johanne Jonsdtr Yterhaug, Kari Olsdtr Hosøien, Ole Pedersen Brydal, Lars Olsen Yterhaug

-- Larsen Olsen Yterhaug may be a brother to Kari Olsdtr; see http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/f/i/n/Stein-J-Finstad/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0648.html
++ BUT not likely - see my point 5, under Ragnhild Jonsdtr Grue


2. US City Directories -

1883 -- (p 236) - Ole as a car loader; Olava as a mid-wife; address 211 12 th S
1894 -- (p 424; ancestry p442) - Ole Harsager as a Carp (Carpenter); Olava as a mid-wife; address 2405 24th Ave S; also living at this address is John P Harsager, as a Carp, Standard Sash and D Co
AND also: Halstein T Lilletroe, lab (laborer); note that the letter 'b' before the address - basement ?
1895 -- (p 453; ancestry p453) - Harsager, John P at 2405 24 th Ave S; then "Ole move to Edgeley ND" and also note that Halsten Lilletro not listed in 1895


3. 1900 US Census; Henriettra Twp, LaMoure Co, ND

- Ole, head of household, born Jul 1848, age 56, farmer
- Olava (indexed as Olive), wife, born Sep 1855; mother of 4 children, 4 living [? Adolph?]
- Henry, son, born Dec 1882 in MN, at school; John, son, born Mar 1885 in MN, at school; Clara (indexed as Clarice), daughter, born May 1894 in MN; Elmer, son, born Mar 1896 in ND --

[ 17 Sep 2012 -- couldn't find Halsten Lilletrø on ancestry.com index for Henrietta Twp, LaMoure Co, or neighboring counties to LaMoure ]

4. 1910 US Census; Henrietta Twp, LaMoure Co, ND

- Ole, Olava (indexed as Olive) - mother of 5 children, 4 living; Henry, John, Clara, Elmer [ 5h child died before 1900 ]
-- Also listed is H T Lilletro, grandfather, age 89, widow;

5. 1920 US Census; Henrietta Twp, LaMoure Co, ND

- John R Horsager, head; Henry, Elmer (both had head of household, then crossed off); farmers
- then Ole [?] Olava, mother, widow; domestic, at home

6. Land Records - homestead; Ole J Haarsager

- issued in 1892, so he must have gone back and forth for couple years; but probably left MN before 1895



7. Dennis L Haasager information [ 10 Sep 2012 ]
--- see notes under Olava's mother, Kari Haugen
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  Noted events in her life were:

1. Emigration - 1881, 25 Aug 1881, Stadsbygda, Sør Trøndelag, Norway. ⁴²⁹⁵ Leaving Stadsbygda Parish

2. Emigration - 1881, 23 Aug 1881, Trondhiem, Norway. ⁴²⁹⁶ Date of Registration, 23 Aug 1881

3. Residence - 1882-1883, 1882-1883, Minneapolis, Hennepin Co, Minnesota, United States. ⁴²⁹⁷

4. Residence - 1885, 1 May 1885, Minneapolis, Hennepin Co, Minnesota, United States. ⁴²⁹⁸ Enumeration on 8 May 1885

5. Land - 1892, 1892, LaMoure Co, North Dakota, United States. ⁴²⁹⁹

6. Residence - 1894, 1894, Minneapolis, Hennepin Co, Minnesota, United States. ⁴²⁸² Address - 2405 24th Ave South

7. Residence - 1900, 1 Jun 1900, Henrietta Twp, LaMoure Co, North Dakota, United States. ⁴³⁰⁰

8. Residence - 1910, 15 Apr 1910, Henrietta Twp, LaMoure Co, North Dakota, United States. ⁴³⁰¹ Enumeration on 4 Jun 1910

9. Residence - 1920, 1 Jan 1920, Henrietta Twp, LaMoure Co, North Dakota, United States. ⁴³⁰² Enumeration on 29 Jan 1920

Olava married Ole Johansen Haarsager, son of Unknown and Unknown, on 25 Sep 1881 in Minneapolis, Hennepin Co, Minnesota, United States ⁴²⁸⁰.^,4293 (Ole Johansen Haarsager was born on 21 Jul 1848 in Stadsbyga, Sør Trøndelag, Norway ⁴²⁸⁰ and died on 27 Feb 1911 in North Dakota, United States ⁴²⁸⁰.)