TOR ANDERSON BREKKE AND RAGNHILD ANFINNSDATTTR SEIM

Endre Mikkelson Brekke was the son of Mikkel Endreson (Smidje) Brekke and Ragnhild Anfinnsdatter Seim.  Mikkel and Ragnhild also had a daughter, Kari, who married Lars Sjurson Hønsi.  Kari and Lars bought Brekke No. 5 when Endre and Anna emigrated to America.  However, Ragnhild was first married to Tor Anderson Brekke. Tor died in 1814, leaving Ragnhild with 6 children, including a newborn baby, to care for.  Those children were half-siblings to Endre and Kari.  Ragnhild had a farm, but she needed a husband.  Mikkel needed a farm and a wife. He decided to court the widow at Brekke No. 5 and it wasn't long before they were married. 

Tor Andersson Brekke (b. October 03, 1759, d. 1814) (son of Anders Endreson Brekke and Synneva Torsdatter . Sylvarnes) was born October 03, 1759 in Brekke, Vik, Sogn Og Fjordane, Norway, and died 1814. He married Ragnhild Anfinnsdatter Seim on June 24, 1797 in Vik, Sogn Og Fjordane, Norway, daughter of Anfinn Tollackson Seim and Gyrid Andersdatter Tenål.
CHILDREN OF TOR ANDERSON BREKKE AND RAGNHILD ANFINNSDATTER SEIM

1.  Synneva Torsdatter Brekke was born March 07, 1798 at Brekke, Vik, Sogn, Norway. She married Gutorm Anfinnson Midlang on 1823, son of Anfinn Gutormson Midlang and Marta Olsdatter Orvedal.  Their daughter, Marta, came with the families of her uncles, Anders and Endre, in 1853. She married Gutorm Olson Hønsi, son of Synneva Ivarsdtr. Hønsi and Ola Gutormson Tisdel of Hønsi Bruk no. 2. They lived in Bath Twp., Clarks Grove, Freeborn Co., MN.

  

2. Anders Torson Brekke was born 1803 at Brekke, Sogn Og Fjordane, Norway. He died in 1875 near Lake Mills, Iowa.  Anders Torson Brekke was 11 years old in 1814 when his father, Tor Anderson Brekke, died. By tradition, he would have taken over the Brekke farm when the time came.  But the death of his father changed that.  When Mikkel Endreson Smidje bought the Brekke farm, his son, Endre, became first in line to inherit the farm, and Anders Torson Brekke was left without a place.  Anders married Anna Hansdatter Føli Feb.10, 1829, Vik, and they raised a family at Føli.  But, in 1853, both Anders and Endre decided to emigrate to America.  Anders and Anna's son, Tor Anderson Brekke Føli, had emigrated to Boone Co. IL in 1844. Tor fought in the Civil War and was wounded in Battle of Stones River near Murfreesboro, Tennessee.  He died as a result of his wounds on January 1, 1863.  Anders and Endre left Vik with their families in May of 1853. They crossed the ocean on the schooner, Hans Holmboe, and arrived in New York on June 29th.  Within a year or so of arriving in the US, Endre settled on land in Calmar Twp., Winneshiek Co., Iowa, a mile north of the little village of Spilleville. Anders and Anna lived in Chicago for some years.  During that time, Anna and one daughter died in a cholera epidemic and are buried in Lincoln Park Cemetery.  Anders and his sons moved to the Lime Creek area of Winnebago County, Iowa, where he died in 1875.
*FOLI, Thor  
Residence: Freeborn County, Minnesota. Born “Tor Andersen Føli” in Vik, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway, son of Anders Torsen Brække and Anna Hansdatter Føli. Came from Vik to America in 1844, settling in Freeborn County, Minnesota. Civil War: Private. Killed in the war. Sources: (Ulvestad p282) (Naeseth ’44-1143) http://vesterheim.org/collections/civil-war-database/f/fol/

3. Gyrid Torsdatter Brekke was born August 1806 at Bruk 5 Brekke in Vik, Sogn, Norway, and died at Bruk 1 Holstad in Vik, Sogn Og Fjordane, Norway. In 1829 he married Jon Ellendson Holstad b. 1793. The son, Michael Jonson Holstad, emigrated with his family in 1867 and settle near Lake Mills, Iowa.

4. Eli Torsdtr. Brekke was born January 1809, at Bruk 5 Brekke in Vik, Sogn, Norwayand died date unknown.  Eli married Anders Jonson Nummedal. (1807-1856) Store Nummedal, bruk 2.  Her son, Jon Anderson Nummedal, emigrated to the US in 1864. He married Eli Olsdatter Orvedal, the daughter of Ola Johanneson Orvedal.

5.  Anna Torsdatter Brekke was born May 1811, in Bruk 5 Brekke in Vik, Sogn, Norway, and died 1849. She married Gutorm Larson Honsi  1831. Hønsi Bruk 28, Gard 1. Their daughter, Ragnhild, came to the United States with Anders and Endre aboard the Hans Holmboe in 1853.  She married Endre Sandager in Iowa.

6. Tor Torson Brekke was born October 9, 1814, at Bruk 5 Brekke in Vik, Sogn, Norway, and died 1847. He married Ragnhild Olsdatter Hopperstad on January 2, 1842. Tor Torson Brekke drowned in the Sognefjord leaving his widow and 4 children.  Their eldest daughter, Ragnhild, had emigrated in 1851 in company of her uncle, Jon Olson Hopperstad and family.  Ragnhild, Tor's widow, was a sister to Anna Hopperstad Brekke. She and her 3 remaining children, Margrete, Synneva and Tor, were aboard the Hans Holmboe in 1853.  

 

 

CHILDREN OF ENDRE and ANNA HOPPERSTAD BREKKE

CHILDREN OF ENDRE MIKKELSON BREKKE & ANNA OLSDATTER HOPPERSTAD

1. RAGNHILD “LAURA”  BREKKE JOHNSON 

2. MIKKEL “MIKE” ENDRESEN BREKKE  

3. OLINE “LENA” BREKKE VANGSNES

4. JOHAN “JOHN” ENDRESON BREKKE 

5. OLE EDWARD BRECKE  

6. MARGRETHE “MAGGIE” BREKKE MARKHUS

 

1. RAGNHILD “LAURA” ENDRESDATTER BREKKE

Born: 27 Nov 1845 in Vik, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway
Died: 19 Apr 1903 Shuman Twp., Sargent Co., ND
Married 28 Dec. 1871: Elling Larson (Hove) Johnson 1847-1903

 

Photograph taken in Dakota Territory.
Back: Lewis and Nettie
Front: Andrew , Inga, Julia, Dena

CHILDREN OF LAURA BREKKE AND ELLING LARSON (HOVE) JOHNSON

1  RHODENA ELLINGSDATTER JOHNSON  1872-872  Long Prairie, Boone Co. Illinos.  
Capron Lutheran Church Records

2. LEWIS E. JOHNSON  Born: 8 Jan. 1873  Died: 14 Jun 192 Boone Twp, Boone Co. IL Baptized:  22 Feb. 1873 Married: INGA BENSON 1 June 1898

3. ANETTA (NETTIE) JOHNSON  Born:12 Feb 1874 Boone Twp, Boone Co IL  Died: 1941 Forman ND    Married:  HENRY HERMAN  

4. ANDREW E. JOHNSON  Born: 15 April 1877 Ridgeway, Winnishiek Co.,Iowa  Died: 19 Feb. 1851  Capron IL  Buried. Long Prairie Cemetery.  Married:  MARTHA BENSON 15 Oct. 1902 

5. RHODENA (DENA) MARGRETE JOHNSON  Born: 24 March 1879 Ridgeway, Winnieshiek Co., Iowa  Died: 4 July, 1954; Buried Fargo, Cass Co. ND   Married: FRANK VAN HOOK                                                            

6 INGA LOUISA JOHNSON  Born: 18 Apr 1881 Ridgeway Winnishiek Co. IA  Died: 1945 Delamere, Sargent Co.ND  Married: MARTIN MARTINSON

7 JULIA AMANDA JOHNSON Born: 10 Sept. 1884  Shuman Twp, Sargent Co., ND  Died 6 Je 1940, Milnor ND. Married:  WALTER HERMAN  Buried Immanuel Cemetery, Delamere ND

8 OLE EDWARD JOHNSON  Born: 3 Dec. 1886 Shuman Twp. Sargent Co., ND  Died 19 Sept. 1969;  Buried: Moline, Rock Island Co. IL  Married: EFFIE MARTINSON

9 LAURA ELIZABETH JOHNSON Born: 19 March 1890 (Highland Record says 17 Mar.) Shuman Twp. Sargent Co. ND  Died:  14 Feb. 1972;  Buried: West Union, Fayette Co. IA. Married: ERNEST AUGUST MEYER

2. MIKKEL “MICHAEL” ENDRESON BREKKE

Born: 31 Dec. 1847 Vik I Sogn, Norway                                                                              

Died:  20 June 1925 Ridgeway, Iowa USA    

Married: Mari Nilsdatter Orvedal June 1, 1875,
Lincoln Lutheran Church, Calmar Twp, IA

MARI NILSDATTER VANGE

Born 10 April 1854 Washington Prairie Ridgeway IA

Died 23 Oct 1933 Buried Lincoln Church Cemetery

Father: Nils Johanneson ORVEDAL

Mother Sigvor EILIVSDATTER TURVOLD

 

Boys L-R: Edward Albert, Nicilaus Ellert, Ole Julius, Anton Johan

Girls L-R:  Anna Mathilde, Marguerite Marie, Olene Christina, Ella Serene.   
Esther Clara was not born yet.

CHILDREN OF MIKKEL ENDRESON BREKKE AND MARI NILSDATTER VANGE

1.  EDWARD ALBERTINE BREKKE (2 July 1877- 28 August 1877)

2. EDWARD ALBERT BREKKE

Born:  2 Jul 1877 in Calmar Twp, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA

Died: 13 March 1933  Crookston, Polk, Minnesota, USA

Married 7 Oct 1917: Edith Katherine SINCLAIR 1880-1978

3.  ELLA SERENE BREKKE   

Born: 28 August 1879 in Ridgeway, Winneshiek County, Iowa,

Died: 27 March 1955  Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA

Married:  Edward Theodore HOPPERSTAD 1879 – 1954

4. NICLAUS ELLERT BREKKE  

Born: 25 March 1882  Calmar Twp, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA

Died: June 1967 in Ridgeway, Winneshiek Co., Iowa, USA

Married: Agnes ANDERSON 1892 – 1978

5.  OLENA CHRISTINA BREKKE  

Born: 27 August 1884 in Calmar Twp, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA

Died: 15 Oct. 1975 Cresco IA

Married 4 Nov 1909: Ole O. Rue 1882-1967;  Calmar Twp, Ridgeway IA

6.  OLE JULIUS BREKKE

Born: 29 Jul 1887  Calmar Twp, Winneshiek Co., Iowa

Died: 21 May 1955 West Fargo, Cass, North Dakota, USA

Married: Grace Gullickson 11 Feb. 1920

7.  ANTON JOHAN BREKKE

Born:  8 Oct 1889  Spilleville, Winneshiek Co., Iowa, USA

Died: July 1971 in West Fargo, Cass, North Dakota, USA

Married:  Alice Beatrice  Gullickson

8.  ANNA MATHILDE BREKKE 

Born: 2 January 1892 Lincoln Twp, Winneshiek Co., Iowa, USA

Died: 26 June 1948 in Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, USA

Married: Julius E. Linde 1890 – 1982

9.  MARGUERITE MARIE BREKKE

Born: 11 Jul 1894 in Lincoln Twp, Winneshiek Co.,IA

Died: 16 Oct 1981 in Agoura Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA

Married: Arne Zahl  1896 – 1965

10. CLARA ESTHER BREKKE 

Born:  9 Oct. 1897 in Lincoln Twp, Winneshiek Co.,IA

Died: 20 May 1981 in Ellsworth Wisconsin

Married:  Marvin PLACE  5 May 1897-2 JY 1971

3. OLINE ENDRESDATTER BREKKE  

Born: March 27,1853 Vik I Sogn, Norway

Died:  April 28, 1932 Chicago, Illinois 

 Married: Ole Peder Vangsnes 1878

     

Ole Pederson Vangsnes   

Born 11 Jan. 1855 Ytre Vangsness, Vik i Sogn, Norway 
Died. 30 May 1916, Minneapolis, MN
Buried:  Crystal Lake Cemetery, Minneapolis.
Education:  Luther College and Seminary 

Lutheran minister and Bishop  

CHILDREN OF OLINE E. BREKKE AND OLE P. VANGSNES

1. ANNE EMILIE VANGSNES

Born: 18 August 1882 (Twin)

Died: 15 May 1966 in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha Co. SD

Married 1 July 1905:  Lauritz Seman GUTTEBO

2. SLEMA PAULINE VANGSNES

Born:  August 18, 1881 Minneapolis, MN 

Died:  August 8, 1941, Newman Grove, NE; Buried: West Nidaros, Baltic, SD

Married: Hans Peter Aasan 1909
Occupation: Music Teacher at Lutheran Normal School, Sioux Falls, SD

3. FERDINAND THEODORE VANGSNES

Born:  6 November 1885, Minneapolis, MN

Died: 4 Aug 1947

Married: Laura A. H. Hanson 26 Jun 1907

 Born ca. 1884 MN  Died: 19 Feb 1944 MN?

4. OLGA MARGUERITE VANGSNES

Born:  February 1889

Died:   Before 1932

Olga was deaf and not able to talk.  She lived with the family while she was young but was institutionalized later by the time she was 21.  1910 U.S. Federal Census  Iowa Institution for Feeble Minded Children, Glenwood Mills, IA  18 JY 1910. Note:  “Cannot read or write”

By 1925, age 35, she was living at the Clarinda State Hospital, Story City, Iowa.

5. MAGNHILD VALBORG VANGSNES 

Born 10 June 1891  Minneapolis, MN 

Died  April 18, 1950 Brooklyn, New York  
Married: Rev. Helmer HALVORSON II  January 24, 1913 Story City, Iowa  

Born March 23, 1882 Hancock, MN  Died October 7 1958 Wyoming.

Occupation: Lutheran Minister, Luther College and Seminary
Parents: Halvor Halvorson and Oline Hoverson 

Address 1942: 414 63^rd Street, Brooklyn, NY

6. OLAF  PETER VANGSNES                             

Born:  13 August 1895   Minneapolis, MN  

Died:  31 August 1973 Santa Clara, CA

Married: RUTH NETTIE BLADES 1896-1986
Northwestern Dental College   
       

4. JOHN ENDRESON BREKKE

Born: 8 July 1857 Calmar Twp, Winneshiek Co. Iowa USA 

Died: 16 July 1926 in Forman, Sargent, North Dakota, USA

Married Christine Ingvaldsdatter BAKKE January 26, 1887

      

Christine Ingvaldsdatter BAKKE 

Born 4 Feb 1868, Kenyon, MN 

Died 1 Nov 1944 Fargo ND

Parents: Ingvald Thorsen Bakke and Ingeborg Spriget Petersdtr.

CHILDREN OF JOHN E. BREKKE and CHRISTINE I. BAKKE

1. EDWARD BREKKE 1887-1944
Born: 7 June 1887
Died 12 September, 1944
Unmarried

2 ARTHUR INGEMAN BREKKE
Born: 20 January, 1892
Died: 14 May 1971

Married: Ellen Christine Mathieson  10 April 1894-18 June 1986

3 EMMA BREKKE
Born 25 November 1893 
Died: 1973

Married Albert O. Nummedahl  b. 30 Jan 1893-1961

(Parents: Ole Kristoffer Nummedal and Alise Jonsdtr. Føli [Foley])

4 CLARENCE ALVIN BREKKE                                                                      

Born: 14 March 1898                                                                               
Died: 16 October, 1948                                                                            

Married: Florence Evalyn Ottum 1898-1986                                   

 

5. INER FERDINAND BREKKE

Born: 17 March 1905

Died:  12 December 1962

Buried:  Concordia Cemetery, Shuman Twp,  Milnor ND

Married: Olga Anderson 27 May 1931

7 GLADYS LENORE BREKKE

Born: 20 May 1907 or 8
Died: 1991(
Married: Rudolph I. Sjothun (1908-1969)

 

Ole Endreson Brecke

Ole and Siriana Brecke and Children
Amanda, Irene, Oscar

5. OLE EDWARD BRECKE (Ole Endreson Brekke) 
Born:  25 March 1860
Place: Brekke farm north of Spilleville, Iowa – Calmar, Twp.Winneshiek County IA

Date of Death:  12/10/1943 Hennepin County,Mpls, MN  Death Cert id# 1943-MN-023357

Married 1887: Sigrid (Siriana) Anna TOLLEFSON 1860-1951

Residence:  321 Crystal Bay Road, Wayzata or Orono (Bohn’s Point Lake Minnetonka)

Sigrid (Siriana) Anna TOLLEFSON

Born: January 1860                                            

Place: Malselv, Troms Parish, Norway;   Immigrated to USA 1878

Date of Death:  04/23/1951 County of Death: HENNEPIN  certid# 1951-MN-020225

Father: Ole Tollefsen Fagerli b. 1829;  Mother: Ane Erlandsdatter Oier b. 1835

Education:  Luther College, Decorah, Iowa 1875-1881  AB 1881
                    

CHILDREN OF OLE  E. BRECKE and SIGRID ANNA TOLLEFSON

1. AMANDA ERNESTINE BRECKE

Born: January 22, 1889  Mpls MN

Died: 19 December 1981 Seattle WA
Education:  Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts
Married: William Peabody RUTTER (Died ca 1950)  
 

2. OSCAR ARMIT BRECKE

Born: September 20, 1890

Died: 3 Aug 1982 in Orange, Orange, California, USA
Education:  University of Minnesota

Occupation:  Lawyer (Brecke and Moyer-738 McKnight Building Mpls)

Married:  Edith JOHNSTON(1900-1948)

2^nd Marriage:  Maude Aletha Brown Googins   1889-1855

3. TERESA IRENE BRECKE                                                                             

Born: September 28, 1892  Minneapolis, MN                                               

Died: 6 February, 1985  Minneapolis, MN

Married: Lawrence Iver HOLEN

4.  FREDRICK THEODORE BRECKE 

Born: September 2, 1901

Died: 2000

Married Norah Isabel SANDELS (9 July 1905 - 3 Nov. 2003)  

Orrin Markhus and Irma Thomas

6. MARGRETE ENDRESDATTER BREKKE

Born August 7, 1862  Calmar Township, Winneshiek County, Iowa

Died:  5 May 1932  (Address: 2201 Dudley Ave., St. Paul, MN)  Buried : Hillside Cemetery

Married: November 20, 1888: George Olaus Markhus  1862-1934

Margrete and George had 2 sons, Einar and Orrin. Orrin is picture above. I have no photos of Margrete.
Orrin and Irma were famous skaters with the Ice Capades as The Old Smoothies.

Ice Capades "The Old Smoothies" Orrin Markhus and Irma Thomas