Windh/Freise/Maurstad genealogy - Person Sheet
Windh/Freise/Maurstad genealogy - Person Sheet
NameJohannes Cristian (Osvåg) OSWOOD
Death25 Nov 1931, Tacoma, WA
Birth20 Nov 1862, Osvåg, Etne, Hordaland, Norway
FatherChristian Haldorson (Osvag) OSWOOD (1820-1885)
MotherSiri ABRAHAMSDOTTER (1820-1888)
Misc. Notes
May have arrived in 1882 in South Dakota. But records also say he was married in 1886 in Norway.
Moved from Marshall County, SD, and Day County, SD, to Tacoma, Washington, about 1929, along with others in the family. Their daughter Sena and her four youngest children, then living in Aylesbury, Saskatchewan, visited them there in 1932. Sena Windh and her family then moved to Tacoma in June of 1937.
Moved from Marshall County, SD, and Day County, SD, to Tacoma, Washington, about 1929, along with others in the family. Their daughter Sena and her four youngest children, then living in Aylesbury, Saskatchewan, visited them there in 1932. Sena Windh and her family then moved to Tacoma in June of 1937.
Spouses
Death21 Feb 1954, Tacoma, WA
Birth19 Aug 1864, Olen (Hordaland) Norway
FatherTorres (Thoris) UNTERHAUGEN (HAUGEN) (1815-1911)
MotherEli JOHANNESDATTER BERKENESS (1821-1882)
Misc. Notes
Came from a well-to-do family, import and export, and owned big ships.
She is identified in ancestry.com as Malinda Torresdotter Haugen aka Christianson. Her birthplace there is Underhaugen, Fjelberg, Hordaland, Norway. Her surname Haugen is likely derived from her place name, Unterhaugen.
Ancestry.com is totally inaccurate in that her husband in one place is shown as Christian Haldorson (Osvag) Oswood who is, in fact, her father-in-law.
She is identified in ancestry.com as Malinda Torresdotter Haugen aka Christianson. Her birthplace there is Underhaugen, Fjelberg, Hordaland, Norway. Her surname Haugen is likely derived from her place name, Unterhaugen.
Ancestry.com is totally inaccurate in that her husband in one place is shown as Christian Haldorson (Osvag) Oswood who is, in fact, her father-in-law.
Marriage1886, Norway
ChildrenElina Christense (1887-1961)
Serena (Sena) Ingevalla (1888-1964)
Theresa (Therisa) (1890-1890)
Thorris Johann (1892-1974)
Christian (1893-1987)
Josephine (Josie) Ceciie (1895-1983)
Johannes Martin (1897-1960)
Anna Cecilia (Sicilia) (1899-1990)
Henry Abraham (Twin) (1900-1978)
Enger Yertine (Twin) (1900-1900)
Leonard Engerlund (1902-1951)
Gerhardt (Gary) Joseph (1903-1994)
Esther Gerture (Gertina) (1904-1990)
Lester Oliver (1906-1983)
Unknown (1910-)