Johanna Olsdtr Narjord

  Research Notes:

More research needed: 14 Oct 2022


1. Klokkervang, p 8

- Johanna born 1843 was married to Mikkel Persen Narjord and traveled to America



2. Sigrid Marie father is Thore Thoreson Grue

- mother Johanne (Johanna) Olsdtr Narjord (born 22 July 1843) married on 28 July 1843 Mikkel Pedersen Narjord, born 22 March 1828 - they emigrated to US in 1869

++ 1870 - not found on scan of Highland Twp, Winneshik Co at ancestry [ 7 July 2009]


3. Census information

a. 1880 US Census for Highland Twp, Winneshik Co, Iowa -- ancestry, p 7; indexed as Michael Peterson, age 52, wife, Johanna age 38; farmer; both born in Iowa
- Sigrid Marie not listed with family -- nor is son Martin, born abt 1864, or Kari, born abt 1868
- children - Ole & Peter, both age 9 <1871>, Christina age 5, Sophia age 2 --- all born in Iowa

b. 1900 US Census for Highland Twp, Winneshik Co, Iowa; ; ED 0134, sheet 1B; dw/fam 16

Michael Pederson, age 72, born Mar 1828 in Norway; married 35 yrs; farmer; emigrated in 1869
wife, Johanna age 56, b Jul 1843 in Norway, mother of 10 children, 5 living; emigrated in 1869
dau, Sophia, age 15, b Jul 1884 in IA

c. 1885 Iowa State Highland Twp, Winneshiek Co, Iowa, Sec 14 NWSE
(ancestry, p 12 [11 Mar 2009])
- children born in Winneshiek Co, IA - Per M and Ole M, age 13, Christine M, age 9, Ane Elisabet M, age 3, and Soffie M, age 0




d. Iowa State Census

- ancestry.com - 24 March 2009 -- can't find Sigrid Marie -- nothing seems to fit, although there is Marie Everson (p9, Linclon Twp, Winneshiek Co, Iowa) in 1885 Iowa Census, age 22 <1863> married to Amund Everson, age 32, <1853> born in Norway; However, no other listing in Iowa Census and couldn't find on 1900 US Census for Linclon Twp and not indexed in Iowa, MN, or ND


e. Emigrants from Trondheim lists Mikel P Narrejord (age 40, born abt 1829) with wife Johanna (age 25, born abt 1844), 1 son Martin (age 5,) and 2 daughters (Sigrid, age 6, born abt 1863; and Kari (age 0.75); registration as 13 May 1869; from Tolga Parish; destination as Lansing
=== same ship as Esten Olsen Narjord and Ingeborg and family - also same ship on the Canadian Passenger Lists

f. Canadian Passenger Lists (Quebec)
- recorded as M P Marsogird (at least indexed on ancestry.com) age 40, Johanna (wife) age 25, Martin age 5, Sigrid age 6, Kari, an infant


+++ f. 1870 US Census for Highland Twp, Winneshiek Co, IA -- no listing of the family (scan - 15 Nov 2008)


g. Source: Allamakee Co, Iowa Burial Grounds, 1845-1988 (Dale P Woodmansee, Waukon, Iowa; 1989;
source link, http://iagenweb.org/allamakee/cemetery/WaterlooR.htm
- no listing for Sigrid Marie Narjord or for anyone with the first name of Sigrid or Sigrid Marie with a close match to year of birth
- however, Mikkel Pederson [born 2 March 1828 and died 22 February 1913]; Johanna [born 1843 and died 1937]; there is a Martin E [20 July 1871 and died 29 September 1905] listed next; also a Peder A Pederson [ findagrave linked from parents, born 25 May 1870 Winneshiek Co, IA; died 24 Feb 1899, Highland Twp; married ]; Peder A's wife Maria Pederson [born 1869; died 1952]; and Sophia Pederson, b 6 Jul 1884 and died, 30 Jan 1908 [linked on findagrave from parents

findagrave, id 66829978
comments on her page: In 1900 census, she is shown with husband, Mikkel Pederson and daughter, Sophia, age 15 [ b abt 1885 ]. She was married in 1865, in Norway. Immigrated in 1869 to America.
Mikkel's findagrave id 66831526
his comments: Husband of Johanna. Married 1865; Immigrated in 1869. Naturalized citizen, Feb. 1, 1897.
Died about 85 yrs of age.
Sophia Pederson, 66831411 - b 1884, d.1908
Peder A Pederson, 66832286, 1870-1899; married with at least one daughter



[findagrave info: 14 Oct 2022]



h. wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com - search, Narjord, Johanna; last update - 31 Mar 2003
- decendants of son Ole Mikkel Peterson
- notes other son Peter Peterson

geni.com FT
https://www.geni.com/people/Thore-Grue-Vargaaen/6000000002123982002
- notes that Johanna was a "partner" with Thore T Grue
- she emigrated to the US in 1869 [but no date of death ] ; married to Mikkel Pedersen [his name as Mikkel Pedersen Ryen (Narjord, Litlenarjordet)
- daughter with Thore Grue, Sigrid Marie b 1863; to US but no date of death


i. Waterloo Ridge Lutheran Church records
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/154239023:60722

image 197
Mikkel Pedersen
wife Johanna
then, numbers 153-155 born Waterloo Ridge, but names not recorded


4. John Mason's book, History of Otter Tail Co, MN, 1916

- under C E (Carl Edward) Olson, page 330

- Esten Olson Norgaard and Ingeborg are "...the oldest living settlers in Tordenskjold township."
- "The paternal grandgrandparents [of Carl Edward Olson]... were parents of six children, all of whom remained in Norway expect Mr. Olson's father and his father's sister, Mrs. Johanna Peterson, who now resides at Waterloo Ridge, Iowa."


5. ancestry.com Public Member Trees 'LaVerne Harold Griffen family tree owner griff_griffin1"; last log on in Jan 2013; search under Johanna Narjord born 1843 died 1933 IA

- lists two children, Ole Mikkel Petersen, 1871-1963 and Peter Persen, 1871-

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Residence - 1865, 1865, Tolga, Hedmark, Norway. ¹²⁴⁶ Farm - Bækken søndre

2. Emigration - 1869, 10 May 1869, Trondhiem, Norway to Quebec, Quebec, Canada. ¹⁶⁹⁰

3. Emigration - 1869, 31 May 1869, Quebec, Quebec, Canada. ¹⁶⁹¹ Arrival on 31 May 1869

4. Residence - 1870, 1 Jun 1870, Highland Twp, Winneshiek Co, Iowa, United States. ¹⁶⁹²

Johanna had a relationship with Thore Thoresen Grue, son of Thore Jonsen Grue and Kari Ingebretsdatter Broen (Broplass). (Thore Thoresen Grue was born on 18 May 1829 in Os, Tolga, Norway, died on 17 Nov 1899 in Tolga, Hedmark, Norway ¹⁶⁸¹ and was buried on 30 Dec 1899 in Tolga, Hedmark, Norway.)

Johanna next married Mikkel Pedersen Narjord.²²² (Mikkel Pedersen Narjord was born in Mar 1828 in Norway, died on 22 Feb 1913 in Winneshiek County, Iowa, United States and was buried in Waterloo Ridge Cemetery, Waterloo Twp, Allamakee Co, Iowa.)