Jacob Nilsen Søndmør

   Another name for Jacob was Jacob Nielssen Søndmør.⁵⁶¹⁶

  Research Notes:

See my "research article, Søndmør". From Tolga Gards og Slektshistorie by Eystein Eggen, 1968; pages 551-558
Basic Translation with notes by Rueben D Grue, 15 Jun 2015

[ ubs flash drive, Team white, 32 GB; 1 Jul 2022; also: my Google drive... 'myDrive' ... Grue Family Trees ... research articles ... Søndmør .... initially written, 16 Jun 2015 ]

Sonmor FT [Judith A Amundsen]; last access 13 Mar 2024
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/12993932/person/-142678292/facts
- includes some photos
- I have used the above FT the most. I have some records that collaborate her entries, but there is still information missing.
- made the following comment: The Sonmors live in the valley in the Øversjødalen area, which is about 20 miles east of Tolga and about 20 miles [32 kms] from the Swedish border. [some editing by Rueben D Grue, 27 Jun 2025

Østerdal Connections O71624 [Ernie Fosse], last accessed 17 Apr 2025
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/120218541/person/252633862294/facts
- link to Jacob Nilsen Søndmør 1800-1886



Tolga Gårds og Slektshistorie, page 554 (last couple of lines).

It's been said [that a person named] Olava Jacobsdatter Søndmor who had died in Hola in 1843 at the age of 22 yrs old <1821>. She may have been born before the marriage, but is believed to be a daughter of Jacob Nilsen.

** note that there are a number of place names "Hola" in Norway, one farm in Hedmark (east of Hammer), in More og Romsdal and in Nordland.

** can't find her indexed in the Digitalarkivet, advanced search (3 Aug 2016)


1. Jacob Nilsen Sonmor [Søndmør], 1800-1886, Tolga
married: 9 Jul 1830, Tolga
Goro Tollefsdatter 1807-?

Children:
1. Nils Jacobsen, 1830-1890, Otter Tail Co, MN
2. Marit Jacobsdatter, 1833
3. Tollef Jacobsen, 1835-1930, Tolga
4. Goro Jacobsdatter, 1837-1914, Tolga
5. Ingeborg Anna Jacobsdatter, 1840-1906/1912, Wetaskwin, AB
6. Even Jacobsen, 1842-1920, Dalton, Otter Tail Co, MN
7. Jacob Jacobsen, 1845-1863, Tolga
8. Elias Jacobsen, 1851-1935, Ardath, SK


2. A number of his children emigrated to the US:

Nils Jacobsen Sønmør
Even Jacobsen Sønmør


3. See Ancestry FT; Vokolek FT [Eddie_Vokolek]; last accessed 3 Feb 2024 ;;;; \\link,
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/9794833/person/-742376520/facts
- shows a link to Canadian Passenger list,
arriving at Quebec, Jul 1866; image 121 (Ancestry) [name of ship is not clear]
- unsourced "History of Jacob Nilsen Sonmor" ... FT does not include media, so I don't know the source of this 'history'

Name as
Niels Jacobsen Sønmør, age 35 [1831]
Petronelle Hinridsdtr, his wife, age 25
Ingri Jacobsdotter, daughter, age 8
Jacob Nielsen, son, age 3
next line
Halsten Knudstsen Joten, age 21 [1845]

then
Ole Iver Evensen Sønmør, age 29 [1837]
Kirsti Tørresdt Ryllergaard [sp?], his wife, age 25 ..... this is NOT likely the wife of Ole Iver ...
Knudt [sp?] Mathesen [sp?], son, age 5

then
Even Jacobsen Sønmør, age 23 [1843]


https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/1263/images/C4521-00893?pId=7148045
Canada Passenger list, Nils Jacobsen Sonmor family, Jul 1866 arriving at Quebec ^5632,6356

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Death - 1886, 13 Jul 1886, Tolga, Hedmark, Norway. ⁵⁶³¹ The Norway Parish Register records Jacob Nielsen's residence at his death as Sønmør and also records his birth as 15 Sept 1800 at Sønmør. His birth and death is also recorded on a 'geni.com' database managed by Alexis Kuzmuck with last update in Apr 2015 (link, https://www.geni.com/people/Jacob-Nielsen-S%C3%B8nm%C3%B8r/6000000033058002931 )

Jacob married Goro Tollefsdatter on 9 Jul 1830 in Tolga, Hedmark, Norway.⁵⁶²⁹ (Goro Tollefsdatter was born on 15 Mar 1807 in Tolga, Hedmark, Norway ⁵⁶²⁹ and died on 6 Feb 1885 in Tolga, Hedmark, Norway.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. Marriage - 1830, 9 Jul 1830, Tolga, Hedmark, Norway. ⁵⁶²⁹ Jacob Nielsen Søndre Hoeløyen, age 30, and Goro Tollefsdatter Ellevold, age 23 (note that Togla Gards og Slektshistorie records on page 544 that Goro is from Elvål in Øvre Rendal)