Person:Iver Odden (1)

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"My great grandfather was Iver E. Odden's stepson. His name was Jens Larson (Nordness or Nardness). Anna Larsdatter Texle (AKA Anna Nardness or Nordness) was Jens Larson's mother. She was born: Birth Date: Dec. 11 or 15, 1841 Birthplace: Mo, Telemark, Norway Father's Name: Laers Tostensen Texle Mother's Name: Margit Bjornsdatter Falland Christening: Jan. 16, 1842 Confirmed: Oct. 18, 1857 Died: March 4, 1902 Place of Death: Bricelyn, Faribault County, Minn. Age: 61 Buried: North Blue Earth Lutheran Cemetery, Bricelyn, Minn. Marriage Date: Jan. 21, 1870 Marriage Place: Home of Ole Peterson, Faribault County, Minn. Husband: Iver Eriksen Odden Birth Date: March 2 or 3, 1841 Birthplace: Skjak, Oppland, Norway Christening: Feb. 21, 1841, Skjak Confirmation: Sept. 21, 1856, Skjak Fatherâ's Name: Eric Solfestsen Braek Odden (b. 1808 in Luster, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway) Motherâ's Name: Anna Iversdatter Braek (b. 1811 in Braek farm, Skjak, Oppland, Norway) Emigrated: From Skjak in 1860 or 1861 Died: March or May 23, 1910; nephritis Place of Death: Brush Creek, Faribault County, Minn. Age: 69 Buried: North Blue Earth Lutheran Cemetery, Bricelyn, Minn.

Children: 10 (1) Joseph Andreas Larson born Sept. 14, 1861 or 1865, Wisconsin; died April 24, 1885, when the tenth child is named Joseph. Jens named his first son Joseph, too. (2) Jens (John) M. Larson born Oct. 1867; died Nov. 15, 1906 (3) Emma Andria Larson born June 15, 1869, Brush Creek Township, Faribault County, Minn.; died Oct. 4, 1880, Bricelyn, Faribault County, Minn., age 11; buried in Dell Cemetery, Emerald Township, Faribault County, Minn. (4) Anna Martina (Tena) Odden born May 1, 1871 (5) Elizabeth (Lisbet) Odden born April or Dec. 25, 1872, Brush Creek, Minn., Faribault County; died Oct. 11, 1880, age 8; buried in Dell Cemetery, Emerald Township, Faribault County, Minn. (6) Edward E. Odden born Jan. 11, 1875, Brush Creek, Faribault County, Minn. (7) Martin Odden born March 25, 1878, Brush Creek Township, Faribault County, Minn.; died Dec. 20, 1944, Bricelyn, Faribault County, Minn., buried Bricelyn Lutheran Cemetery, Bricelyn, Minn., age 66; never married Pallbearers were S. B. Thompson, J. J. Amundson, John Kvelland, Carl Seltun, Tobias Gunderson and Fred Goete. (8) Julius Odden born March 16, 1880, Brush Creek Township, Faribault County, Minn. Died Nov. 20, 1948, Turin, Alberta, Canada, age 68 (9) Emma Elizabeth Odden born Jan. 10, 1882, Brush Creek Township, Faribault County, Minn.; died March 19, 1883, Brush Creek Township, Faribault County, Minn., age 1 (10) Joseph Andrius Odden born Oct. 13, 1886"