Wednesday, December 26, 2007

My Bukholmen Great-great grandparents

The present Stord Church built in 1857. Mikal Pedersen was baptized in the Old Stord Church which I understand stood in the same place.
Mikal Pedersen Bukholmen 1842-1874
Mikal Pedersen Bukholmen was born the 24th of February 1842 to Peder Olai Mikkelsen Bukkholmen and Kristine Larsdatter Ivarsoey. He was baptized March 24, 1842 at the Stord Lutheran Church. He was one of seven children. On June 19, 1870 he married Soffie Jonnasdatter Kvarven on Fitjar. They had three daughters:
Ragna Andrina Mikkelsdatter Bukholmen born Oct.13,1870
Synneve Louise Mikkelsdatter Kvarven born Sept.8,1871 in Torget, Fitjar, Norway
Sofie Malene Mikkelsdatter Kvarven born Nov.24,1873 in Kvarven, Norway.
He passed away April 21, 1874 in Kvarven, Fitje, Norway.

Sofie Jonasdatter Kvarven 1851- 1873
Sofie Jonasdatter Kvarven was born February 13, 1851 on Kvarven, Fitje, Norway to Ragna Monsdatter and Jonas, a sailor from Ålesund. She married Mikal Pedersen Bukkholmen June 17, 1870 in Fitjar, Norway. They had three daughters:
Ragna Andrina Mikalsdatter Bukkholmen born October 13, 1870 in Bukkholmen, Fitjar, Norway Synneve Louise Mikkelsdatter Kvarven born September 8,1871 in Torget, Fitjar, Norway
Sofie Malene Mikkelsdatter Kvarven born Nov 24,1873 Kvarven, Norway.
When Sofie Malene was born, Sofie Jonasdatter became very ill and died less than a month later. Just a few months later the father Mikal died and so these three girls were orphaned and therefore were raised probably by Grandparents Anders and Ragna Vikestol. Synneve emigrated to Canton, South Dakota in 1901, where she married an Olaf Johnson. When my grandpa Andreas Mikkel Nilson emigrated to the USA he went to his Aunt Synneves in Geddes, South Dakota. Sofie Jonasdatter Kvarven passed away December 13, 1873 in Kvarven, Fitje, Norway. She was buried December 23,1873, in Fitjar, Norway.

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