Lars Evensen Wold

   Other names for Lars were Lars Evensen,⁵⁹³ Kåsen Lars ⁵⁹⁰ and Heggkåssen Lars Evensen.

  Research Notes:

Note: 28 May 2024 ... I have linked Lars E Wold as a son to Even Olsen Heggkåsen, b 1817. With this linking, Lars Wold's ancestors go back to one of the earliest farms in Tolga parish - Søndmør.

Lars E Wold left Tolga parish for North America on 9 Apr 1880. His exact designation is not known. However, we do know that he was a likely a resident of Otter Tail Co, MN in 1883. He was married to Tina Broen on 3 Dec 1883 at Fergus Falls. Lars and Tina had 2 children, and it appears that Tina died shortly after the birth of the youngest child Inger who was born in 1886. I am not sure if Inger also died at or just after birth, but it is likely (I have not found any evidence of Inger's death). Lars and Tina's oldest child was named Andrew at his birth/baptism in 1884, and in the 1885 MN State Census record). However, it is most likely that he adopted the name Einar Lars Wold likely in the late 1880s or early 1890s. It appears that when Lars travelled to Washington State in 1891, Einar stayed in Minnesota. In the 1895 MN State Census he is recorded living with his uncle, Andrew E Wold in Otter Tail Co. [see Einar's page for additional information]

Lars Wold's young brother Julius is recorded leaving Tolga Parish in 1889 and his sisters Oline and Kirsti left Tolga in 1890. Additionally it appears that Lars' brother Arne Wold and Julius likely came to Otter Tail Co, MN in 1889. Arne Wold's wife and daughters and Oline and Kirsti Wold left Tolga in 1890. They most likely first went to Otter Tail Co, MN where Lars, Andrew Wold, Arne and Julius were living.

Although I have not found any direct evidence, I think that Lars, Julius, Oline and Kirsti left Otter Tail Co, MN sometime in 1891 and travelled to Snohomish Co, WA. It is most likely that they travelled first to Iver M Prestlien's home near Silvana, WA [of course, the family of Nils Prestlien also lived near Silvana, as well as the John Engebretsen family and the Langsjoen's].

Lars Wold was married a second time to Sara/Sarah Troen Torgersen on 24 Apr 1892 at Silvana/Stillaguamish, Snohomish Co, WA. Sara was the widow of Nils Prestlien who had died in 1891. At the time of the marriage, Sara's children were 17, 15, and 13 years old.

Note that there are a couple of Ancestry Family Trees [FTs] that record Sara's 2nd marriage to Lars E Wold, but none record any other information on Lars.

Lars died in 1895 or possibly 1896. However, I have not found any direct evidence of his death. None of the FTs record his death nor is his death recorded on WA State Digital Archives. I have also have not found his place of burial. The only reference for his death is recorded in an obituary for Sara [Mrs. Wold, from The Everett Daily Herald, issue 27 Nov 1930] that reports that he died in 1895.

Written by Rueben D Grue, 3 Jun 2024
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See notes for Tina Broen and her mother, Ingeborg Thoresdatter Grue, but the bio sketch needs to be revised



1.
!!!!! ******* FamilySearch ... Full text search
https://www.familysearch.org/search/full-text
.. start by a Name ["Lars Wold] and then by location - US, Washington, Snohomish Co

27 Dec 1894
.. Lars Wold and Sara received from Elias Tangen $250 for .... [number of acres not noted] but an area described by a number of chains on Sec 27 and Sec 34 .... and about 10 acres were then sold to Julius Wold


2. Salem Lutheran Church, Silvana, WA [text document .. Grue FT .. Prestliens;; as of 2 Jun 2024]

In early Jul 2023 I had viewed a video that was posted by Peace Lutheran Church [https://plsilvana.org/our-history/]. Initial Norwegian Lutheran congregation of Zion Lutheran Church [also known as, Little White Church on the HIll] was formed in 1884. At the beginning the congregation was not affilitated with a Luthern synod. However, in 1894 there was a split in the congregation - the majority members were joining The Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Synod. But 13 families split Zion and formed Salem Lutheran Church with a church built in Silvana in 1898. A number of 'our' relatives were apart of the 13 families, including Iver M Prestlien, and Lars E Wold. Initially the Salem congregation met in a storehouse along the river and by 1897 the congregation joined the Lutheran Free Church of America.


3. http://www.tolgaslekt.no/?p=530

- records Lars Evensen's birth, then, "Moved to America in 1880. Married in America [person not named] and had a son, Einar Larsen [no birth date]. Wife died in childbirth. [ wife was Tina E Broen; they had two children, Einar born in 1884, but his birth/baptism name was Andrew and Inger in 1886; Inger and Tina both died in Aug 1886. At some point Einar went to live with uncle, Andrew Evensen Wold in Polk Co, MN ]

Note: 22 Mar 2024. I have a reasonable confidence that Tina Broen's husband was in fact this Lars Evensen Wold, also known as Lars Evensen Heggkåsen.

see... John Mitdal's book, Tufsingdalen ... p 242, top of page
Ingebret Johnson Moen og Ingeborg Toresdtr Grue., Ingeborg moved to America in 1882
- barn:
1] John b 1863 died 1933 in Armena, Alberta [John E Broen]

2]. Thina daughter of Ingeborg Thorsdtr Grue
m. Lars Kåsen, b 4 Jan 1858: [24 Mar 2024]
[his parents]:Even Olson Kåsen, b 6 Sep 1817, died 9 Feb 1907 og
Ingeborg Arnesdtr Tollan, Tolga, b 15 May 1827, died 12 Mar 1888

geni.com FT ... https://www.geni.com/people/Lars-K%C3%A5sen/6000000006391768001 [access, 14 May 2024]
aka, Lars Evensen Heggkassen; Lars Evensen Kaasen or Kåsen
.. born 4 Jun 1857
.. death in United States
.. Husband of Thina Kåsen, daughter of Ingebret Johnsen Moen and Ingeborg Thoresdatter (Broen);
.. and wife of Lars Evensen Kåsen
- this FT managed by Jarl-Tore Holøyen; with update as of 1 Feb 2023

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25 March 2024: but refer to Tina Broen's research notes, along with bio sketch of Tina and her mother Ingeborg T Grue - this needs to be revised .....
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Lars Wold (Evensen); Ancestry.com FT, , Lorelei Louise Schroeder/Gordon/Sullivan [LoreleiOSullivan11], last access 2 Jun 2024
link, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/6637543/person/252141059?ssrc=
- has a photo of Lars Wold and some siblings - father Even Olsen Hegkassen (photo and some of his family, including Lars) and Even's father as Ole Evensen Sondmor ;;; thus this would be a relationship
..... see my photo document "Even Olsen Hægkaasen" [as of 2 Jun 2024, Grue FT..Prestliens..Mikkel N Prestlien..Hegkaasen-Wold

- HOWEVER, this FT tree has information that is incorrect ... records he was married to "Kaben" and references a 1900 US Census for Minneapolis [ward 7, ED 0080, sheet 3A] for a person recorded with surname and then initials only, "Wold, Q E" [indexed on Ancestry as Q. E. but the viewing the record, the first initial is hard to make, but looks somewhat like "L"]. This person's birth is recorded as Dec 1855 in Norway and emigrated in 1881; he is recorded as a police man

--- re: surname of Wold
- the above Public Member Tree has an article (unsourced) about the orgin of the surname Wold: "The Norwegian surname Wolden is of local origin belonging to the category of surnames derived from the place where the original bearer of this surname once lived or held land. The name is derived from the Germanic word "wold", in Old Norse "wald" meaning "forest or woodland". Thus the bearers of this name came from or have ancestors that came from a farm situated in or close to such a place. The "-en" suffix of the name is the Norwegian definite article "The". Since there are many places by the name of Wolden or Volden it was not uncommon to add a prefix to the name for clarity: Fevolden or Listadvolden ar just two examples."

- from Wald or Volden, but Volden was also known as Nóren or Nøren; however 'the suffex' "... vold" is fairly common in farm or location names - Narbuvold and other variations of farm names in the Tufsingdalen area

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5. WA State Marriage cert for his marriage on 24 Apr 1892 to Sarah Troen/Torgeson [she was first married to Nils M Prestlien, 1848-1891], but this record doesn't record his parents

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6. Land deeds and sales


see: https://www.familysearch.org/search/full-text
Search: Lars Wold
- land deeds .... etc Iver M Prestlien had deeded a part of the land to Lars E Wold

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Migration - 1880, 9 Apr 1880, Tolga, Hedmark, Norway. ⁵³⁸⁴ Out-migration from Tolga Parish for North America (Narbuvoll records, as well as the Tolga Ministerialbok on page 94) . Unmarried; born 1857, confirmed 1873. Name recorded as Lars Evensen Kassen.

Lars married Tina E Broen, daughter of Engebret Jonsen Moen and Ingeborg Thoresdtr Grue, on 3 Dec 1883 in Fergus Falls, Otter Tail Co, Minnesota, United States.⁵⁸⁹ (Tina E Broen was born on 26 Jun 1865 in Tolga, Hedmark, Norway ^590,591, baptized on 24 Sep 1865 in Narbuvold, Tolga, Hedmark, Norway,⁵⁹¹ died on 9 Aug 1886 in Grant Co, Minnesota, United States ⁵⁹² and was buried on 11 Aug 1886 in Grant Co, Minnesota, United States ⁵⁹².)

Lars next married Sara Troen Torgerson on 24 Apr 1892 in Silvana, Snohomish Co, Washington, United States ³⁴³.^,5383 (Sara Troen Torgerson was born on 18 Jan 1855 in Tolga, Hedmark, Norway,³⁴³ died on 15 Dec 1930 in Silvana, Snohomish Co, Washington, United States ^343,596,5381 and was buried in Happy Valley Lutheran Cemetery, Snohomish Co, Washington, United States ⁵³⁸².)

  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..."