Ingrid Olsdatter

   Other names for Ingrid were Ingrid Olsdtr Kaasen and Ingrid Olsdtr Kåsen.

  Research Notes:

Summary

Ingrid Olsdatter was my 1st cousin 5 times removed. Her direct ancestors go back to one of the earliest settlements in Tolga parish at the farm Søndmør. Her father was Ole Evensen [1782-1872], also known as Ole Evensen the younger. Ole Evensen was a brother to my 4th great-grandfather, Niels Evensen Søndmør, 1768-1819. Their father was Even Bersvendsen Søndmør [1734-1795].

Ingrid Olsdatter was most likely born at the farm Heggkåsa Vestre in Tolga parish in 1808. In 1833 she was married to Lars Estensen from the farm Hodal Vestre, also known as Utistu or Utistuen. It is most likely that all of their children were born at Hodal Vestre. Lars Estensen and Ingrid Olsdtr Kåsen had 5 children: Esten born 11 Mar 1936; Marit born 1 Mar 1839; Ole born 8 Feb 1842; Kersten born 3 Feb 1845; and, Sigrud b 21 Jan 1847. Lars and Ingrid did have another daughter, a twin to Kersten named Sirgud but had she died on 15 Jul 1846.

Ingrid Olsdtr and Lars Estensen left Tolga parish on 9 Mar 1852 to emigrate to North America.

In addition to Ancestry Family Trees, in particular West Plus 2023 FT [see below for link to this FT], there are 3 other narratives that record some information on Ingrid and Lars Estensen's travels [see below for links to John Mason's book, Bersvend Blikstad's manuscript, and "Faded Footprints". "Faded Footprints" seems to be based on Bersvend Bilkstad's book, and both are concentrated on the family of Ingrid's daughter, Marit Larson who was married Tollef Nelson. But both these narratives has some information that conflicts with other information that I have researched. The major conflict is that these 2 last narratives record that Lars Estensen was married to Marit Olsdatter Hægkaasen, but the information from the Bygebok for Tolga by Eystein Eggen, clearly records that Lars Estensen was married to Ingrid Olsdatter Kåsen [or Kaasen and sometimes referred to as Hægkaasen] in 1833 - this is confirmed by the marriage recorded in the Norway Parish Records for Tolga parish.

I have no explanation for the discrepancy regarding the Marit Olsdatter Hægkaasen and Ingrid Olsdatter. My only explanation is that either Bilkstad made a mistake or had received some misinformation from some relative and this misinformation carried forward to the narrative in "Faded Footprints" and to many Family Trees. Although not always the case, sometimes family members and family 'traditions' are sometimes loose with facts or verifiable evidence. But to be fair, it is likely that Bilkstad did not have access to the Norway Parish records. It is possible that the misinformation arises from a confusion with Lars Estensen's mother who was known Marit Olsdatter [Eide].

John Mason's book records Lars Estensen and Ingrid as "E. and Inger (Olson) Larson". It appears that John Mason received his information from Ingrid and Lars' son, Ole Larson. Again, the name "E. Larson" is not accurate, since the parents of Ole Larson were Lars Estensen and Ingrid Olsdatter, and "E. Larson" should be Lars Estensen. It is not clear why there was this discrepancy, other than John Mason, an independent author, would have gathered a large amount of biographical information from a large number of people and sources. Part of the name issue in John Mason's book is due to the "analyzation" in the US.

Regardless of the discrepancies, the three narratives have some commonalities with regards to Ingrid and Lars Estensen's early travels in North America. They arrived at the port of Quebec and from there they made their was to Racince County, Wisconsin [likely at a community known as Yorkville Prairie]. From there they moved to Spring Grove, Houston Co, MN around 1856-57. After about 6 months the family then moved a bit further east to Fillmore Co, MN, and farmed likely in Rushford Twp. Lars Estensen and Ingrid moved to Jackson Co, MN around 1861, but because of the Dakota Sioux uprising, they only stayed in Jackson Co for about a year. Around 1861-62, Ingrid and Lars returned to Fillmore Co. Around 1869 they left Fillmore Co for Otter Tail Co and farmed at Dane Prairie township. Of course both Ingrid and Lars were in the 60's when they arrived at Otter Tail Co. Their sons Esten and Ole, both took out homesteads in Otter Tail Co - Esten at Tumili Twp and Ole at Dane Twp. It is likely that both Lars and Ingrid lived with or near their son Ole.

Although the evidence is somewhat unknown, it appears that Lars Estensen died in 1877 and Ingrid Olsdatter died in 1885. Apparently both are buried at Sarpsborg Cemetery in Tumili Twp - this is based on a comment made on the findagrave id 62057942 for their son Ole Larson.

In conclusion, I am not sure what further evidence or sources I will be able to find. I have researched some information for Ingrid and Lars' childrenn - see their research page.

Written by Rueben D Grue, 9 May 2024
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Norwegian information

http://www.tolgaslekt.no/?p=530 ... this link is to Heggkåsa Vestre

- see Hodal Vestre in Hodalen, page 442-443
https://www.tolgaslekt.no/hodal-vestre-utistu/ Hodal Vestre, aka Utistu
.... doesn't record new information, but...
the parents of Lars Estensen [b 13 Jun 1807] were Esten Larsen, b 30 Mar 1777 and died 23 Jul 1858; he was married on 21 Jul 1805 to
Marit Olsdatter Eide, b 3 Jun 1781 and died 24 Dec 1836
.. then the family of Lars Estensen and Ingrid Olsdatter Kassen [b 6 Feb 1808] and lists the children .... in 1852 the family emigrated to Amerika and the farm was sold to: Simen Andersen Hodalsgjelten


Eystein Eggen, 1968
Bygebok: Tolga - Gards og Slektshistorie: Hodalen, Kasa, Holøydalen, Øversjødalen, Vol 1

Lars Estensen [b 1805] married in 1833 to Ingrid Olsdatter Kåsen, b 1808 or 1810
[Marriage: 13 Jul 1833; https://media.digitalarkivet.no/en/view/9226/138
ble svoger med broren Ole Estensen [=became brother-in-law with his brother Ole Estensen].
That is, Lars Estensen's brother, Ole Estensen [b 1812] settled on Tangen - see page 447. Ole Estensen was married to Ingrid's sister, Kirsti Olsdatter, b 1814. Both sisters were the daughters of Ole Evensen, the younger, 1782-1872.
Lars Estensen and Ingrid children:
Ole b 1832, ?
Esten b 1855 No .. should be born 1836
tvillingene Kirsten and Sigrid*, b 1845


They traveled to North Amerika in 1852: Tolga parish moving out records: ... this records the family leaving 9 Mar 1852
https://media.digitalarkivet.no/en/view/9227/201
Lars Estenssen Hodal (b 19 Jan 1807)
wife, Ingrid Olsdr b 6 Feb 1808
children:
Esten, b 1826 ? - a birth record 11 Mar 1836, Esten - parents Lars Estensen and Ingri Olsdatter ... [see his research notes] https://media.digitalarkivet.no/en/view/9226/87
no 10 .... and then on Ancestry, 1880 US Census mortality Schedule
Otter Tail Co, image 11, 2nd last name: Esten Larson age 43 b [1836] in Nor died of comsumption believed to have contacted in Fillmore Co .. he was a farmer, died Jun 1979 [actually, sometime ]
Marit, b 1 Mar 1839
Ole, 5 Jun 1842 [actual, 8 Feb 1842 - Tolga no 5 register page 20]
Kersiten b 3 Feb 1845*
Sigrud b 21 Jan 1847 [actual, 21 Jun 1847, Tolga no 5, page 44, line **
* birth records, Tolga no 5, page 33 lines 23 & 24 record the birth of twins, Sigrud and Kerstin on 21 Jan 1845, but on the same page line 23 for Sigrud there is a note that indicates that Sigrud died 15 Jul 1846

*** see Sigrud b 1847 page

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West Plus 2023 FT [Laurence West]; access 31 Mar 2024
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/188756752/person/162448990063/facts
- also has additional information on Esten's children, but not others; limited information on Ingrid and Lars Estensen
- note ... names Maria Larson as a daughter of Lars, but also says she was born in 1859 in Norway - Lars Estensen left Norway in 1852, so this can't be the right person ... this FT has Maria Larson married to Knut Brandvold in Tumuli and the 1900 US Census records her birth year as 1859

NOTE: some FTs on Ancestry record the birth of a person named Lars Larson b 1830 [a couple FTs recrd his birth record 1 Jan 1830] and record this Lars Larson as a son of Ingrid Olsdtr and Lars Estensen. There some census records for Tumuli Twp that also record this family. However, I don't believe that this Lars Larson b 1830 was their son. I reviewed on 9 Apr 2024 the Tolga Parish birth records for 1828-1832 and there is no person born named Lars with a patronmyic of Larsen. Thus, these FTs are NOT Correct, and it is most likely that this Lars Larson, b 1830, was born in some other place in Norway.

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1. US census

1865 MN State Census, Rushford Twp, Fillmore Co, MN
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939Z-YP6Q-N?i=7&wc=M839-949%3A66835301%2C66894701&cc=1503054
... unfortunately the 1865 MN State census only records the person's name and gender ... age and place of birth are not recorded

... note: I have not found a record Lars Estensen or Ingrid in the 1870 US Census

1875 MN State; Dane Prairie Twp, Otter Tail Co, MN; fam 27
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/1058/images/mnsc_13-0069?usePUB=true&usePUBJs=true&pId=4096594
Lars Estensen, age 73 and wife Inger ..?? age 72; both born in Norway
then on the next line
Ole Larson age 33 b in Nor
wife Thora O, age 23 b in Nor
then 3 children
dau Ingrie P, age 6 b in MN [given name is very hard to make out]
dau Gundhild C, age 2
son Ole L age 1
... [note: family 26 is Ole Estensen age 77 [1798] and wife Kersitin O, age 65 ... likely NOT relationship ??]

1880 US Census, Dane Prairie Twp, Otter Tail, Co MN; ED 154, page 14 dw/fam 121/130
Ole Larson, age 37 b Nor; farmer
wife Thora, age 29, b in Nor
dau Ingri Petronell, age 10 b in MN [abt 1870]
dau Christine Gunhild, age 8 b in MN [abt 1872]
son Ole Lewis, age 5 b in MN [abt 1875]
son Thomas, age 7 months b in Mn [abt Dec 1879]
then,
Ingri, Mother age 73 b in Nor .... ****
then 2 workers, b in Nor
Then, family 131
Lars Larson, brother, age 50 b in Nor, abt 1830 [Lars Estenson's 1st m. ??]
his dau Anne age 26, b in Nor
his son age Ole Larsen age 8, b in Nor abt 1872
his dau Laura Larsen, age 4, b in Nor abt 1876

2. death - Ingrid and Lars Estensen
I have found only one reference to Ingrid's death
Ole Larson b 1862 died 1926, m. to Thora ...
Findagrave id 62057942, Oak Grove Cemetery, Fergus Falls ... has the following comments:
"Ole's parents were Lars Estensen and Ingri Olsdatter Kaasen Estensen. Lars died in 1877. Ingri was born 06 Feb 1808 at Holøjen, Tolga, Hedmark, Norway and died in 1885 in Minnesota in Dane Prairie township. Lars and Ingri were among the earliest burials at Sarpsborg Cemetery, Parkdale, Tumuli Township, Otter Tail, Minnesota, USA, but their exact grave locations have been lost to time." ~~Submitted by Find A Grave Contributor: TobyLien (50211574)

3. John Mason's book

History of Otter Tail County, Minnesota : its people, industries, and institutions : with biographical sketches of representative citizens and genealogical records of many of the old families ... John W Mason, 1916
page 764-765, re; Ole Larson

... some additional information on E Larson and Ingrid Olson ... and mentions homestead in Fillmore Co and Jackson Co, MN
[but nothing on BLO GLO records ... but names ? ]

- the above book uses the name of "E. and Inger [Olson] Larson" as the parents of Ole Larson
.. and further "E. and Inger [Olson] Larson":
- emigrated to America in 1852 and first went to Racince Co, WI for five years [meaning they would have left WI about 1857]
- then moved to Houston Co, MN for 6 months and from there to Fillmore Co where he purchased 160 acres .. until 1861 - was this land sold or rented
- then moved to Jackson Co, MN and entered a homestead for 160 acres but left the following year [1862] "..driven away by the Indians [Dakota Sioux uprising of 1862]
- returned to Fillmore Co, until until moving to Otter Tail Co [with son Ole Larson]
- E and Inger were the parents of Esten, Maret, Ole, Chesten [likely Christine or Kersitn] and Segri.
- son Ole Larson enlisted in in 1861 with Iowa 5th..... discharge 1 Jun 1866 ... Ole Larson returned to Fillmore Co .... then in 1869 to Dane Prairie, Otter Tail
..... Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/historyofotterta02maso/page/764/mode/1up


.. using 1912 and the 1884 Otter Tail Platt book [Ancestry],
Dane Prairie, Twp 123 N, Range 42 W, 5th Meridian ... south bay of Swan Lake borders this land:
Ole Larson: Sec 29, S½ of SWandSE¼ .. 120 acres
Sec 32, NW¼ and W½ of NE¼ .. 120 acres
Sec 31, N½of NE¼ .. 52 acres ... only in 1912 platt
then using US Track Books Vol 74, image 230 ... name Ole Estenson
homestead ... Lots 2, 3, 4, 6,, Sec 29 160 acres, and 2.38 excess acres
with initial payment 2 Mar 1871 and final payment 8 Jun 1876 with
then, image 231 ... Sec 32 with initial payment on 8 Feb 1870, final as above
... and then above the name Ole Larson, on Sec 32, lot 3, 38.66 acres
Sec 29, part of NE½oW½of NE¼ .. Ingri Estensen, initial payment 12 Jul 1879 and final payment 9 Jul 1885 ... patent issued 22 Oct 1885
. and above the line of Ingri Estensen in a faded writing, Ole Larson, 20 and 25 Jul 1869

patent issued on 30 Aug 1876 in the name of Ole Larson
BLO-GLO records: Sec 29, S½ofSE¼ and and Sec 32 W½ofNE¼

Note: the 1884 Platt shows a house/building on the southern portion of Sect 29 and also a house/building on lot 3 of Sec 32, the land patent to Ingri Estenson
??? is it possible that the land on Sec 29 with the name Ole Estenson in the US Track Books, should have have been written as Lars Estenson but by the time of patent issuing, everything thing went in the name of the son Ole Larson - pershaps Lars Estenson was not healthy and the paper work was done in the name of Ole Larson ????


4. Østerdalslaget Project 2010 dxhansen.com
http://www.dxhansen.com/project2010/p3.htm#i1878

Lars Estensen married Marit Olsdatter Hægkassen [Marit ????]
dau Marit Larsen, b 5 Jun 1839, m. Tollef Nelson ....
... most of the information on the Østerdalslaget Project 2010 is regarding Marit Larsen married to Tollef

5. Bersvend J. Blikstad, The Nelson-Moen Family of the Town of Tumuli, Otter Tail County, Minnesota (Fergus Falls, Minnesota: Ukeblad Publishing Company, 1938). Hereinafter cited as Nelson-Moen Family
... Book is on Ancestry ... the book is only 24 images/pages, contains brief bio on Tollef and Marit Nelson and each of their children
but ... info on Lars Estensen and Ingrid, suspect ...
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/21054/images/dvm_GenMono004978-00001-0?ssrc=&backlabel=Return&pId=2000000000
ALSO on Internet Archive .. https://ia800903.us.archive.org/32/items/nelsonmoenfamily00blik/nelsonmoenfamily00blik.pdf


also: Marit's son, Nels T Moen, b 26 May 1866 ; obit etc ... he was a state legislator and probate judge in Fergus falls
http://www.dxhansen.com/project2010/p8.htm#i1631

6. "Faded Footprints" a history of the Tumuli Twp are of Otter Tail Co,
compiled by David Peter Swendsrud .... some concentration on Marit's daughter, Inger
https://www.otchs.org/DigitalBooks/Pages_from_Footprints.html ... this the table of contents, one page

and then ... 'chapter 5', HER FAMILY -- Among the first permanent settlers in Otter Tail County.
https://www.otchs.org/DigitalBooks/Pages%20from%20footprints%20pt%206.pdf

.. on the first page of the above PDF... initial 'modified descendant', but some information conflicts with my research .... ??? ⁶⁴²³

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Emigration, 1852, 9 Mar 1852, Tolga, Hedmark, Norway. ⁶⁴²⁴ Ingrid and Lars Estensen and family left Tolga parish for North America in Mar 1852.

Ingrid married Lars Estensen on 13 Jul 1833 in Tolga, Hedmark, Norway.⁶⁴²² (Lars Estensen was born in 1805 in Tolga, Hedmark, Norway, died in 1877 in Otter Tail Co, Minnesota, United States and was buried in Sarpsborg Lutheran Cemetery, Tumuli Twp, Otter Tail Co, Minnesota, USA.)