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Facts and Events
| Name[1][2][3] |
Tollef Vesta |
| Alt Name[3] |
Thomas Vesta |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[4] |
27 Dec 1877 |
Vestå Farm at Morgedal in Brunkeberg Parish, Kviteseid, Telemark, Norway |
| Christening[4] |
20 Jan 1878 |
Brunkeberg Parish, Kviteseid, Telemark, Norway |
| Immigration[8] |
27 Aug 1883 |
Port of New York at Castle Garden, New York, New York, United Statesat age 4 with his parents on the SS Heimdal |
| Other[3][13] |
Bef 23 Jan 1915 |
Guernsey, , Saskatchewan, CanadaHe moved to Canada and resided Migration |
| Occupation[9] |
1930 |
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, United Statespainter |
| Residence[9] |
1930 |
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, United Stateswith his sister, Austa, and family |
| Natualization[3][14] |
23 May 1935 |
his Declaration of Intent was filed |
| Natualization[3] |
11 Oct 1937 |
Black River Falls, Jackson County, Wisconsin, United Statesafter immigrating from Canada. |
| Death[1][2] |
22 Jul 1960 |
York, Jackson County, Wisconsin, United StatesCause: a house fire |
| Other[10][11][15] |
22 Jul 1960 |
Death |
| Burial[5][2] |
25 Jul 1960 |
Pigeon Falls, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, United States |
| Other[6][4] |
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Morgedal in Brunkeberg Parish, Kviteseid, Telemark, NorwayHe was born at the farm called Vestå (aka Vestaa, now Versto) Birthplace |
| Other[7][2] |
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Pigeon Falls, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, United StatesSynod Lutheran Cemetery (the "Upper" church) Burial |
_TAG3:
Status: Never Married
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Personal knowledge of Sharon Lemley..
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Funeral Memorium.
with Newspaper article.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Wisconsin. Jackson County. Naturalization..
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Brunkeberg Kirke (Brunkeberg in Kviteseid, Telemark, Norway). Parish register located at Regional State Archives of Kongsberg, Norway. Digital images.. (The National Archives of Norway. \i Arkivverket DigitalArkivet\i0 . http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read.)
"Kviteseid 1859-1881," Births 1877 p166 #5, Tallef.
- ↑ Digital images. (1). (The US GenWeb Archives Project. \i WIGenWeb - Wisconsin, Trempealeau County (Town of Pigeon Falls) Pigeon Creek Cemetery Tombstone Photos\i0 . http://www.usgwarchives.net/wi/cemetery/trempealeau-pigeoncreek.html)
"Tombstone Photo of Tollef Vesta," \i WIGenWeb - Wisconsin, Trempealeau County (Town of Pigeon Falls) Pigeon Creek Cemetery Tombstone Photos\i0 (http://www.usgwarchives.net/wi/cemetery/trempealeau-pigeoncreek.html).
- ↑ Torjus Loupedalen. Kviteseid Bygdesoge, I. (Telemark, Norway: Eigi Forlag, 1956.)
Homme: page 241, VII & #67.
- ↑ Personal knowledge of Sharon Lemley.
I have seen the grave.
- ↑ Castle Garden, New York. "Port of New York Passenger List 8 Aug 1883 - 7 Sep 1883." LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City
74. Tollef; FHL microfilm 1,027,039, item # 71-76.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Minnesota, Hennepin. 1930 U.S. census, \i Ancestry.com\i0, Digital images. (http://www.ancestry.com/search/: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.)
T626, Minneapolis City, Ward 12 (District 235) (image 75 of 84), enumeration district (ED) 27-235, sheet 38A, p. 9520 (103), dwelling 529, family 550, Wright, Henry H.
- ↑ Personal knowledge of Sharon Lemley.
I remember it well; I went to both funerals.
- ↑ Funeral Memorium.
for Tollef Vesta and Emma Vesta Wilson.
- Torjus Loupedalen. Kviteseid Bygdesoge, I. (Telemark, Norway: Eigi Forlag, 1956.)
Homme: page 241, #67.
- ↑ Then he moved back to the USA on 23 Jan 1915 on the Canadian Pacific Railway. [This explains why he later became naturalized as an immigrant from Canada rather than Norway].
- ↑ He immigrated from Winnepeg, Canada to Noyes, Minnesota on 23 Jan 1915 under the name of Thomas Vesta. As an adult, Tollef resided in Guernsey, Saskatchewan, Canada until 1915.
- ↑ in a house fire one week after the death of his sister, Emma.
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