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Anna Jensdatter Åfet Fretheim
Facts and Events
| Name |
Anna Jensdatter Åfet Fretheim |
| Gender |
Female |
| Birth? |
Apr 1804 |
Leikanger, Sogn og Fjordane, NorwayAafet or Rinde (later Feios) |
| Christening? |
16 Apr 1804 |
Leikanger, Sogn og Fjordane, NorwayRinde (later named Feios) |
| Marriage |
1 Nov 1827 |
Norwayto Hermund Ingebrigtson Frettheim |
| Immigration? |
4 May 1854 |
Ship Jorgen: Bergen to New York |
| Marriage |
4 May 1867 |
Winneshiek, Iowa, United StatesBig Canoe Lutheran Church
to Anders Ellingsen |
| Death? |
7 Sep 1870 |
Winneshiek, Iowa, United StatesBig Canoe, Pleasant Tnwhp |
| Burial? |
Sep 1870 |
Winneshiek, Iowa, United StatesBig Canoe, Pleasant Tnwhp, Big Canoe Cemetery |
Satre Gente in Norway per Ellen Opheim Luehr, grandmother of RELuehr, 1980.
Brought the white apron with 4" Hardenger hem now in possession of RE Luehr
The family immigrated to America from Sogn of Fjordane (county), Norway on the ship Jorgen sailing from Bergen, Norway on May 4, 1854 to New York. The ship docked in Albany, New York on June 30. All possessions were loaded onto wagons to take to the train station. In Albany, New York, Herman (age 54) and Ingebrit (eldest son, age 28) and a neighbor were parched so went to find water. When they did not return, Anna sent the next two sons to find them. Herman, Ingebrit and the neighbor were found by a water hole/well, dead. Either the water was poisoned or they died of heat stroke - drank very cold water and died from shock. Anna had to pay $28 for three 3 burials before boarding the train for the trip to their destination in Wisconsin.
Anna and the 7 to 9 children moved on, traveling to Prairie Du Chine and Lansing, Michigan by boat and then to Cushing, Wisconsin. At the time, Eli, the youngest, was 7.
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