Kari Larsdatter Bange (1801-84)

G5 (ff-f-m) Kari Larsdatter (Place names: Bagne, Kvåle, Osa)
Birth: 22 May 1801, Bagnsnøstet, Bagne, Ulvik
Death: 1884, Osa
Parents: Lars Olsson Sandvin & Ingebjørg Nilsdatter Bagne
Half-siblings:
— via Ingebjørg (with Ola Jonsson): Herbjørg (1810-95), John (1813-99), Nils (1816-49), Sjur (1818), Brita (1822-22)
— via Lars (with Ingebjørg Hansdatter): Åsa (1817-49), Cecilia (1824), Ole (1829-79)
Husband: David Rasmusson (1801-58)

FamilySearch ID: LHGC-8PG

Birth: Kari was born on 22 May 1801 at Bagnsnøstet. Her parents were not married.

 Døbt uægte Barn Kari fød  d. 22de Maji ved(?) Bagnsnøstet  af forældre ugift Mandsperson  Lars Olsson Sandven fra Kindservig Kald og ugift Qvindeperson Ingeborg Nielsd= Bagnsnøste...

Marriage to David Rasmusson Kvåle on  27 April 1825, Ulvik

Children

  1. 1825 – Herborg Davidsdatter, born 20 Oct. 1825, Torblå – died 7 Aug 1911
    • Married on 3 June 1844 to Sven/Svein Svendsen (12/1/1806 – 11/11/1861) – Children:
      1. Helge Svendson (1846 – ~1904) It’s possible he went to the USA
      2. *David Svendsen (1849 – ?) Went to Bergen where he married Oline M Eriksdatter (1845 – 1903). They had 6 children
      3. Marta Svendsdatter (1852 – 1927). Married in 1881 to Torger Hallsteinsen (1855 – ?) and had 10 children
      4. Svend Svendsen (1855 – 1891) Married in 1878 to Maria Olsdatter (1847 – 1932) and had 5 children
      5. *Kari Svendsdatter (1858 – 1952) married Knut Knutsen Lekve (1860 – 1953) in 1881. They had 10 children, the oldest Anna went to USA and then to Canada.
      6. Anna Svendsdatter (1860 – 1864)
    • Married on 29/03/1873 to Ole Mikkelsen 58 år (widower) No children.
  2. 1827 – Ingebjørg (Engeborg/Ingeborg) Davidsdatter, born 10 Sep 1827, Lekve / Haugen, Ulvik.
    • No further information is available in the farm books but it is possible that she is the same Ingeborg who in 1855 married Stefan Olsen (1818 – 1906). They had a son Ole and the family went to the US in about 1866, where they had several more children.
  3. 1829 – Lars Davidsson, born 8 Oct 1829, Lekve, Ulvik – died 1907 Wisconsin, USA.
    • He married Jorund Jonsdatter Kvåle (1826 – 1908) in 1857. They had one son, David Larson who became David L Davidson when the family emigrated to Wisconsin, USA just before 1870
  4. 1832 – Marit (Marta) Davidsdatter, born 17 Sept 1832, Lekve, Ulvik – died 1918
    • She had an illegitimate daughter, Marta Sjursdatter (1860 – 1883) with Sjur Johnsen
    • She married Endre Mikkelsen Lekve (~1813 – 1892) on 2 Jul 1836 – They had 5 Children:
      1. Lars Endreseen (1863 -1914) married in 1887 to Ingebjørg Torkjellsdatter (1860 – 1935). They had 5 children
      2. David Endresen Lekve (1864 – 1954) married in 1893 to Gjertrud Ellingsdatter (1866 – 1940). They had 2 sons and all emigrated to North Dakota, USA in 1906.
      3. Mekjell/Mikkel Endresen Skaar (1866 – 1955), married in 1888 to Helena Torgersdatter (1863 – after 1920). They had 4 children.
      4. Kari /Karen Endresdatter (1871 – 1909). In 1897 she married Gjert Johannesen (1866 – 1950) and moved to Bergen. They had 8 children.
      5. Marta Endresdatter (1876 – 1954). She married Lars Gjermundsen Skaar (1877 – 1923) in 1902 and they had 9 children.
  5. 1835 – Rasmus (25 Jan to 10 Feb 1835)
  6. 1836 – Rasmus Davidsson Quale, born 5 Feb 1836, Torblå, Ulvik – died 9 Jan 1908, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, USA
    • Married Anna Johannesdatter (1845 – 1925) on 22 Nov. 1865. They emigrated to the US in about 1874. They had the following children:
      1. Kari (= Carrie Davis), (1866, Ulvik – 1945 Wisconsin). Married to Karl Edward Engebretson (1867 Oslo – 1933 La Crosse). They had 4 children
      2. Brita (1871 Ulvik, died around 1875 on the way to the US)
      3. Johannes (= John R Davis) (1874 Rogaland – 1956 Wisconsin), married in 1902, to Tena Ervald (880 Germany – 1977 Wisconsin). They had 2 children.
      4. Brita (= Betsy Davis) (1876 – 1923 Wisconsin), married in 1894 to Paul Olson Nordhus (1859 Norway – 1937 Wisconsin). They had 7 children.
      5. Dina Mary Davis* (1879 – 1956), married to married Joseph Alphonsius Crowley (1873 – 1950). They had one daughter.
      6. David Cornelius Davis (1882 – 1961), married in 1910 to Thea Marie Twesme (1882-1964). They had 3 children
      7. Emma Davis Quale ( born about 1885 and died after March 1961), married Arthur Gosselin (1880 – 1949)
      8. Ella Josephine Quale (1891 – 1893)
  7. 1838 – Ole Davidsen, born 19 Dec 1838, Torblå – died 19 Aug 1929, Øksnes Nordland.
    • Married 1 Dec 1863 to Mikkelina Jonsdatter (1834 – ~1917). They had the following children:
      1. David Christian Olsen (1864 – 1956), married to Anna Kaspara Larsdtr (1872 – 1951). They had 12 children.
      2. Johan Mathias Olsen / Davidsen (1867 – ?), married to Karoline Hansine Jakobsdatter (1878 – 1968). They had 4 children.
      3. Mathea Oline Olsdatter / Davidsen (1873 – 1966), married Jentoft Ebenhardt Rafaelsen (1867 – ?). They probably didn’t have any children, but fostered.
  8. 1841 – Nils Davidsson Osa, born 21 May 1841, Torblå, Ulvik – died 17 Jan 1910 Osa. See his page.
  9. 1844 – David Davidsson, born 13 Jan 1844, Torblå, Ulvik – died 10 Dec 1919, Båtsfjord, Finnmark. He was a fisherman.
    • Married Anna Wilhelmine Paulsdatter (1847 – ?) on 27 Aug 1866 in Vardø, Finmark, Norway
    • They did not have any children but fostered several according to census data.
  10. 1846 – Sjur Davidsson Kvale, born 3 March 1846, Kvale, Ulvik – died July 08, 1933 (aged 87), Cannon Falls, Goodhue, Minnesota, United States
    • Married Martha Malena Johannesdatter (1844 – 1930) on 19 Nov 1867 in Avaldsnes, Rogaland, Norway. They had the following children:
      1. 1868 – Anna Malene Sjursdatter Kvale (1868, Ulvik – 1888 Minnesota)
      2. 1869 – Kari (= Carrie) Sjursdatter Kvale (1869, Ulvik -1963, Minnesota ), married in 1885 to Frank Baker (1846 – 1894). They had 3 sons. After his death she remarried in 1897 to Oscar Henry Hanson (1866 – 1925) with whom she had another 5 children.
      3. 1871 – Lars Sjursson Kvale (1871 Ulvik – 1932 Minnesota), married Mary A Riley (1870 – 1958) in 1918. They did not have children.
      4. 1873 – Ingeborg (= Emma) Sjursdatter Kvale* (1873, Ulvik – 1953 Minnesota), married in 1893 to Oscar Swanson (1869 – 1923). They had 6 children.
      5. 1875 – Johanne (= Hanna) Sjursdatter Kvale (1875 Ulvik – 1920 Minnesota). She never married.
      6. 1877 – Katrina Sjursdatter (1877 Ulvik – 1895 Minnesota)
      7. 1879 – Helena Sjursdatter Kvale* (1879, Ulvik – 1945 Minnesota). She married in 1898 to Lawrence H Lawson (1868 – 1950) and they had 11 children.
      8. 1882 – David Sjursson Kvale (1882, Ulvik – 1960 Minnesota). He never married.
      9. 1885 – Johan (= John) Sjursson Kvale (1885 Minnesota – 1917 Minnesota). He never married.
      10. Martha Serine Kvale (1888 Minnesota – 1969 Minnesota). She married in 1908 to Carl Magnus Anderson (1878 – 1920). They had 4 children. After Carl’s death, she married in 1842 to his brother Frank Oscar Anderson (1874 – 1956). They had no children.
    • Took over the croft at Kvåle but it was to small to support his big family
    • Emigrated to USA in 1881 and lived in Wanamingo, Goodhue, Minnesota, United States
    • He was a stonemason

After her husband died Kari took over the farm with help from her son Nils. Later Sjur joined them and he took over the farm in Kvåle when Kari and Nils moved to Osa.

Census data

  • 1865 — Ulvik, Læqve district, Daakken : (this must have been the croft at Kvåle) living there were:
    • Kari Larsdatter – the main person
      • Niels Davidsen – her son (my great-grandfather), a day labourer
    • Ingeborg Nielsdatter – her 85 year old mother, a welfare recipient
    • Herborg Olsdatter – an unmarried 56-year-old cripple receiving support (could it be her half-sister?)
  • 1875 — Ulvik, Brakøine : (Homesteads in Osa) [Record]
    • Niels Davidsen – Kari’s son (my great-grandfather), a farmer with two cows and five sheep
    • Anna Andersdatter – his wife (my great-grandmother)
      • Kari Nielsdatter – their daughter and Kari’s granddaughter
    • Kari Larsdatter – lodging with her son’s family, she owned a sheep

Death

According to the farm books she died in 1884.

Notes

Children of children taken from FamilySearch Family tree and not all researched independently.
* indicates I have a DNA match with this person’s descendants