Sara Troen Torgerson

  Research Notes:

Burial at Happy Valley cemetery [also known as Valley View Cemetery]; findagrave 87398067, 1855-1930; also her mother is buried at the same cemetery, Carrie or Kari Torgerson [married to Ole Torgerson*], 1831 - 1927 [id, 87397866]. Note that both Kari and Sarah have similar gravemarkers.


WA death certificate
- died 19 Nov 1930 at age 70; born 18 Jan 1855
- in the US for 70 years [1860]; in "registration district" 47 years [1883]
- informant: Clara Botten - Mrs Iver Botten, Silvana

Ancestry Family Trees

TMA2014 [ TMAnderson1944 ]; last access 28 May 2024
link http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/67810390/person/30170734303
- link to Mikkel Nilson Sonmor Prestlien

Torgerson Cournia FT [Courtney Hollingsworth] access 28 May 2024
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/191824698/person/402492678529/facts
- links to Kari Torgerson, but for Ole Torgerson, findagrave id 104935508; 1822-1903; includes an obit
- This FT also links to Nils Mikkelsen's sister Marit but doesn't record her husband, Michael Anderson ... but has a photo of Marit and Michael when they are likely in their early 60s

Fournier FT [Ryan Fournier]; last access 28 May 2024
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/3568011/person/1955012067/facts
- link is to Nils M Prestlien
- FT notes Sarah Troen Torgerson married to Lars E Wold but has no information about him
note: photo of 5 generations - orginally shared fr Hawkins FT

Sara married Nils Mikkelsen Prestlien, son of Mikkel Nilsen Søndmør and Anne Beate Iversdtr Prestlien, in 1874 in Otter Tail Co, Minnesota, United States ³⁴³.^,5373 (Nils Mikkelsen Prestlien was born on 21 May 1848 in Tolga, Hedmark, Norway ⁵³⁷⁴, baptized on 25 Jun 1848 in Tolga, Hedmark, Norway,⁵³⁷⁴ died on 22 Jun 1891 in Norman (Slivana), Snohomish Co, Washington, United States ⁵³⁷⁵ and was buried in Zion (Peace) Lutheran Cemetery, Silvana, Snohomish Co, Washington, United States ⁵³⁷⁵.)

Sara next married Lars Evensen Wold, son of Even Olsen Heggkåsen and Ingeborg Arnesdatter Tollan, on 24 Apr 1892 in Silvana, Snohomish Co, Washington, United States ³⁴³.^,5383 (Lars Evensen Wold was born on 4 Jun 1857 in Tolga, Hedmark, Norway ⁵⁹³ and died 1895 or 1896 in Silvana, Snohomish Co, Washington, United States ⁵⁹⁶.)

  Marriage Notes:

Marriage Certificate, 24 Apr 1892. Witnesses: I. M. Prestlien and John Engebretson. The marriage certificate records that the marriage took place at Stillaguomish, Snohomish Co. From the "Sno-Ilse Genealogical Society, Snohomish County Gazetteer, "Stillaguamish: 13 miles northwest of Marysville: S12; T31N; R4E; name means "river people"; post office established 28 May 1884; name changed to Silvana 27 Apr 1898; on Great Northern Railway..."