My Overland Great great grandparents

Crest from Gol, Buskerud, Norway. Displays the keys to the Stave Church. Gol is where Margit was from

A Stave Church moved to Oslo from Gol, Hallingdal where Margit was baptized and confirmed.

Buskerud Crest where Margit Eiriksdatter Steinbråten or Stenbraaten was from

Crest from Leksvik the area in Nord-Trondelag that Andreas was from Crest of Nord-Trondelag where Andreas was from

Trondheim Crest Picture of Andreas Petter and Margit Overland at their home in Battle Lake, Minnesota.

Andreas Petter Overland 1846-1923
Andreas Petter Petersen Overland was born January 22,1846 in Trondheim, Norway to Peter Johansen and Karen Anna Andersdatter. He was the second of four children. He was baptized March 1,1846 in Stranden Church, Leksvik, Nord-Trondelag, Norway. According to the 1865 census he was a Skrædder (tailor] by profession. His older brother Johan was a fisherman. On October 14, 1860 he was confirmed in the Stranden Church. Andreas immigrated to the USA from Trondheim May 29,1872. The records for Trondheim harbour indicate that his destination was St. Paul, Minnesota. Approximately around 1875 he married Margit Eriksdatter [Steinbråten] Stenbraaten. The 1880 census for Minnesota indicates that in 1880 they were living in North Fork, Stearns county Minnesota and had two children. Petter Edeward Overland age 3 and Christine Amand Overland age 1. According to Church records Petter Edward Overland was born June 30,1876 and baptized September 9,1876 at Big Grove Lutheran Church, near Belgrade in Stearns County Minnesota. His sister Christine Amand was born 20 December 1878 and baptized January 9,1879 at Big Grove Lutheran Church. Andreas and Margit had 5 more children, Ida Olene born August 21, 1881, baptized September 11, 1881 at Big Grove Lutheran Church. Pauline Anette Overland born February 13,1884, baptized April 6, 1884 at Big Grove Lutheran Church. Anna Mathilda born 13 October 13 1886, and baptized October 31,1886 at Big Grove Lutheran Church, Mable Julia Overland born May 1, 1889, baptized June 23, 1889, at Big Grove Lutheran Church, died October 12 1890 and buried at Big Grove Lutheran Church cemetery, and according to Norwegian custom they called the next daughter Mable Julia. She was born September 8, 1891 and baptized October 11, 1891 at Big Grove Lutheran Church. Sometime in the 1890s the family moved to Battle Lake, Minnesota. On May 1, 1911 Margit Overland died of Tuberculosis, she was buried in the Battle Lake Lutheran cemetery. In about 1912 Andreas moved to Fergus Falls where he had a tailoring business. He also remarried Mathea 'Mattie' Johannesdatter MORSTAD a widow. with six children in about 1912. Here is his obituary from the Fergus Falls Journal in 1923. A.P. OVERLAND, an old resident of this city, and a well known tailor died at his home August 2, 1923. Mr. OVERLAND was born in Trondhjem, Norway January 22, 1846. When he was still a young man he came to America, settling first in Stearns County of this state, later they moved to Battle Lake where they lived up to 12 years ago, when he came to this city. He conducted a tailoring establishment in this city and was a well known and respected citizen. He is survived by his wife and six children.

Margit Eiriksdatter Steinbråten 1851-1911

Margit Eiriksdatter Steinbråten was born March 3, 1851 in Gol, Hallingdal, Buskerud, Norway to Eirik Olson Mekkel-Bakken and his wife Ingebjørg Olsdatter Hagen. [I changed the date of birth because only her death certificate says 1850. The baptism records say 1851 as does the Bygdebøk for Gol.] She was the fourth child of eleven. She was baptized June 8,1851 in the Gol, Stave Church pictured above and confirmed there June 17,1866. The Gol, Stav Church was moved to Oslo in 1884. A replica has been built of it in Gol, Norway, in Minot, North Dakota and at Disney world in Florida. She emmigrated from Oslo according to Norwegian archives to St. Cloud, Minnesota, USA. on the ship Hero. She left Oslo on December 18,1874, she was 25 years old. She married Andreas Petter Overland in about 1875. They had seven children:

a) Petter Edeward

b) Christine Amand

c) Ida Olene

d) Pauline Anette

e) Anna Mathilda

f) Mable Julia

g) Mable Julia

They lived in the Stearns County near Belgrade, Minnesota until sometime in the 1890's when they moved to Battle Lake, in Otter Tail county, Minnesota. She died May 1, 1911, in Battle Lake, Minnesota from Tuberculosis which she had for 1 year and four months. She was buried in the Lutheran Cemetery at Battle Lake.