Person:Ingeborg Christenson (1)

From Alf Dagfin Haukeli [email protected]: Ingeborg Karoline and Anne were cousins of Lars Haukeli (my grandfather). They were respectively 22 and 24 years older than he was, and I have never heard my grandfather telling of his family in USA. Probably because he did not know of them (they emigrated 6 years before he was born).

Ingeborg Caroline Christenson was born to poor farmers in Norway. She was orphaned and came to America with her uncle Anders Halvorson and sister Anne in 1882. Kåsa (the ring above the a means that it's pronounced something like the American a in 'war') isn't actually a farm, rather it's a cotter's place under the farm Haukelien.

Caroline Christenson was only 57 when she died of stomach cancer in 1919, but her poor health had aged her beyond her years. One of her last wishes was to see her son, Harry, who was on his way home from serving on the Russian front in World War I. While lying on her deathbed, Caroline called for him. her younger son, Chris, who bore a striking resemblance to Harry, entered the room. Onlookers said they thought Caroline believed he was Harry returning home from the war. Sadly, she died before Harry actually arrived.

Obituary: Manistee News Advocate 2 July 1919 Mrs. Engbore Christenson After a lingering illness, Mrs. Engbore Christenson died yesterday afternoon at her home, 326 Fifth Street of Cancer of the stomach. She was 57 years old. She is survivedby a husband and seven children, Mrs. Carrie Johnson, Racine, Wis., Chris, Cleveland, Harry who is on his way home from Russia, Mrs. Fred Nelson, Clay Street, Louis, Clay Street, and Grace and Irene Fifth Street. Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock from teh Scandinavian Methodist Church. Rev. David Helison officiating. Burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery.