Person:Ole Lewis (1)

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Ole Lewis
b.1857 Nordsinni (Hogner) Parish, Oppland, Norway
d.19 Apr 1912 La Crosse, La Crosse County, Wisconsin, United States
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m. 16 Oct 1845
  1. Johanne Margrete Gulbrandsdtr Nørstebøen1846 - 1932
  2. Gunhilde Gulbrandsdatter Nørstebøen1847 - 1862
  3. Gulbrand Gulbrandsen Nørstebøen1850 - 1851
  4. Gilbert G. Lewis1852 - 1925
  5. Geline Norstebon1854 - 1940
  6. Ole Lewis1857 - 1912
  7. Martin Lewis1859 - 1942
  8. Anne Marie "Mary" Lewis1864 - 1945
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Name[1][2] Ole Lewis
Alt Name[3] Oluf Gulbrandsen Nørstebøen
Gender Male
Birth[4] 1857 Nordsinni (Hogner) Parish, Oppland, Norway
Emigration[4] 1865 to America with his parents
Residence[6] La Crosse, La Crosse County, Wisconsin, United States
Death[5] 19 Apr 1912 La Crosse, La Crosse County, Wisconsin, United States
Other[6][10] He moved to South Dakota to work for, it is believed, a tavern keeper. Migration
Other[4] Oluf ("Ole" in emigration) Name Variation
Other[6][11] a tavern in LaCrosse and ran it very successfully Property
References
  1. ↑ Robert "Bob" Gillespie. "Descendants of Lars Evenson Sirirud"; report to Sharon Lemley ; descendants' report held by Sharon Lemley.
    p. page 1, #8 v.
  2. ↑ Robert "Bob" Gillespie. "Descendants of Lars Evenson Sirirud"; report to Sharon Lemley ; descendants' report held by Sharon Lemley.
    p. page 4, #8.
  3. ↑ Reutgen, Larissa, genealogist. Landingslaget Database, Larissa Reutgen
    Nørstebon Family Group.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Svein-Erik Ødegaard. Boka om Land VIII Nordsinni, Grend - Bosted - Familie, Volume VIII bygdebok. (Nordre Land Kommune (Township), Oppland, Norway: Nordre Land Kommune, 1997.)
    Nørstebøen: page 376, #13.6.
  5. ↑ Family Accounts
    The notes of Betty Thomley, "The Gulbrand Norstebon Family" which was the only place I've found the date; it wasn't in the final copy of the Thomley Family History, which her sister, Mary (Thomley) Nelson, completed from Betty's notes after Betty died.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Elizabeth (Betty) Thomley. "Thomley Family History"; report to Sharon Rosenthal Lemley,, 1983.
    p. page 21.
  7.   Elizabeth (Betty) Thomley. "Thomley Family History"; report to Sharon Rosenthal Lemley,, 1983.
    p. pages 13 & 21.
  8.   Robert "Bob" Gillespie. "Descendants of Lars Evenson Sirirud"; report to Sharon Lemley ; descendants' report held by Sharon Lemley.
    p. page 4-5, #8.
  9.   Wisconsin, Jackson. 1880 U.S. census, \i HeritageQuest\i0, Digital images (2). (http://persi.heritagequestonline.com/hqoweb/library/do/census/search/basic: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.)
    T9, roll 1448, Town of Hale, enumeration district (ED) 64, p. 79 [4D], dwelling 31, family 33, Ole.
  10. ↑ He lost his fortune in South Dakota playing cards. It was said that it was known that he had money, and he was deliberately lured there. He liked to drink and play cards, and they got him to gamble all his money away. He returned to LaCrosse penniless and became mentally confused before dieing of a stroke.
  11. ↑ He sold it at nice profit and started another one in Waukon, Iowa, but that one didn't do well.
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