Person:Eli Hermundsdatter (1)

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Eli Hermundsdatter
b.16 Jul 1847 Arnafjord, Vik, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway
d.20 Jul 1921 Allamakee, Iowa, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 1 Nov 1827
  1. Ingebright Hermundsdotter Frettheim1825 - 1854
  2. Jens HERMUNDSEN1827 -
  3. Ole Hermundson Frettheim1830 -
  4. Gro HERMUNDSDATTER1832 - 1907
  5. Gjertrud HERMUNDSDATTER1834 -
  6. Johannis Hermundson Frettheim - infant death1836 -
  7. Johan Hermundson Frettheim1840 - 1904
  8. Erik Hermundson - infant death1842 - 1843
  9. Christi HERMUNDSDATTER - infant death?1844 -
  10. Eli Hermundsdatter1847 - 1921
Spouse and Children
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m. 1 Nov 1867
  1. Nels Olai Opheim1868 -
  2. Henry Nels Ingeman Opheim1869 - 1938
  3. Alfred Sumner Opheim1872 - 1949
  4. Anna Alicia OPHEIM, Simenson1874 -
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Facts and Events
Name Eli Hermundsdatter
Gender Female
Birth? 16 Jul 1847 Arnafjord, Vik, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway Fretheim
Christening? 15 Aug 1847 Vik, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway Vik I Sogn
Immigration? 1854 age 7
Marriage 1 Nov 1867 Hanover, Allamakee, Iowa, United Statesto Niels Nielsen Opheim
Marriage to Ingebrit PEDERSON, Opheim
Death? 20 Jul 1921 Allamakee, Iowa, United StatesHanover

Eli Hermundsdatter FRETHEIM, daughter of Hermund Ingebrigtson and Anna Jensdatter ÅFET, was born 16 JUL 1847 in Fretheim, Arnafjord sokn, Vik prestegjeld, and died 20 JUL 1921 in Hanover, Winneshiek, Iowa. She immigrated to the US in 1854 at age 7 with her 8 siblings and parents. Upon disembarking, her father and brother and a neighbor were poisoned by bad water in upstate New York. Her mother Anna and children proceeded to Wisconsin and then Iowa to settle.

Eli Hermundsdatter Fretheim Opheim married twice: 4 children with 1st husband, Niels Nielsen Opheim who died at age 28 of appendicitis. Eli maintained the home farm with her children and hired help. She married Ingebrigt Pederson, who was working on the farm, in 1867 and had __ more children. The 2nd family kept the Opheim name.

(Family Bible of Lena Quandahl Opheim and recorded by her and her daughter Ellen Opheim Luehr; transcribed by Ellen's granddaughter, Ruth Ellen Luehr, 8-2005).

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