Marthe Vincentsdatter Kvalvaag 1851-1930 and Knud Baarsen Kolbeinsvik 1848-1914Knut Baardsen Kolbeinsvik 1848-1914
Knut Baardsen Kolbeinsvik was born November 25, 1848 on the Kolbeinsvik farm on Huftarøy, in Austevoll, Hordaland, Norway. He was the tenth of eleven children born to Baar Knudsen Kolbeinsvik and Marthe Jacobsdatter Haevroen. He grew up on the farm Trollholmen, a part of Kolbeinsvik. He worked as a fisherman and farm helper on the home farm. He met Marthe Vincentsdatter kvalvaag in his visits to the supply store on Kvalvaag, where she was working. This supply and service center belonged to the Rosendahl family. In April 1873 the two of them travelled from Bergen through Quebec to Iowa. In July of 1873 they were married in Iowa River Lutheran Church, near Dorchester, Alamakee County, Iowa. Their first child Dorthea did not survive and is buried in Iowa. They had six more girls. a) Martha Dorthea 1875b) Gjertrud Olina 1878c) Brita Maria 1880d) Marie Josephine 1883e) Bertina 1886f) Anna Wilhelmina 1889They must have moved close to Ridgeway, Winnesheik County as Martha and Gjertrud were baptized in Lincoln Lutheran. The family moved to North Dakota after Gjertrud was born. They settled at DeLamere, North Dakota and farmed there the rest of their lives. They were active in the Lutheran Churches of Sargent county and were charter members of Immanuel Lutheran, DeLamere, in the early 1880's The children were baptized, confirmed and married in this community. Knud died enroute to his daughter Anna's funeral on March 23,1914. He is buried in the Lutheran Cemetery in DeLamere.
