Tobias Knudson REISHUS

   Other names for Tobias were Tobias Knudson REISHUUS and Tobias Knudsen SKUDESNÆSHAVN.

  Death Notes:

There appear to be 2 death certificates - one from Lyon County and the other from Yellow Medicine County - both are the same day.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Baptism: residence Skudesnæshavn, 1843, Skudenes, Rogaland, Norway. Prot. ref. Page Serial no. Year Baptised Local parish/Church
278 Skudenes Mini A 2.1 1841 - 1846 30 79 1843 25.05 1843 Falnes kirke
Role Position Given name Last name Sex Residence Legit.(e)/illegit.(u)
2443 Barn Tobias M E
2444 Far Inderst / Arbeidsmand Knud Knudsen Skudesnæshavn
2445 Mor Hustru Berthe Thorgjersdatter !!
2446 Fadder Niels Nielssen M Skudesnæshavn
2447 Fadder Knud Thorgjerssen M Skudesnæshavn
2448 Fadder Even Olssen M Skudesnæshavn [father's 1/2 brother]
2449 Fadder Konen Laurenze Larsdatter K Skudesnæshavn
2450 Fadder Marie Jørgensdatter Melboe K Skudesnæshavn
2451 Fadder

• Reference: Rushford Settlers, 1848, Fillmore County, MN. Even Reishus also claimed land near Rushford in summer of 1853. Sondre and Even Reishus had heard good reports about the Root River Valley from Sondre's cousin, Tobias Reishus, who had been stationed there as an army officer by the new settlement in Minnesota, Sondre and Even set out for the Root River Valley to inspect the land.

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[History of Rushford: The First Decade, Volume 1, p46-47+]

• Immigration: from Norway, 1850, America. ^{5 6} leaving 3 Sep 1850...
Passport reg. from Ryfylke bailiff 1811-1859
925 Berthe Torgersdtr. Tinn 38 År Nord-Amerika Fogden i Ryfylke 3.9.1850
926 Berthe Berthesdtr. Tinn 10 År Nord-Amerika Fogden i Ryfylke 3.9.1850
927 Tobias Berthessøn Tinn 8 År Nord-Amerika Fogden i Ryfylke 3.9.1850
928 Berthe Karine Berthesdtr. 2 År Nord-Amerika Fogden i Ryfylke 3.9.1850

Arriving...
Arrival Date: 6 Nov 1850
Port of Departure: Newcastle On Tyne, England
Ship Name: Favoritea [Favoriten]
Port of Arrival: New York, New York

17 Bertha Torjerdotter 38 f Norway
18 Bertha " 10 f
19 Tobias " 8 m

• Residence, Abt 1850, Dane County, WI.

• Census: Township 104, Range 9 [Arendahl Township], 1857, Fillmore County, Minnesota, USA. Tobias is living with his uncle's father and mother-in-law.

HouseholdGenderAgeBirthplace
Athleck AndersonM54 Norway [Aslak]
Cornelia AndersonF70 Norway
Tobias KnudtsonM14 Norway

• Military Service: Rushford volunteer Civil War, 1862, Fillmore County, MN. Company D
8th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry

REISHUS, Tobias Knudsen
From Flatdal, Telemarken, Norway. Civil War: Private. Post war: Died in Cottonwood, Minnesota, in 1904. Sources: (Ulvestad p324)

[http://vesterheim.org/CivilWar/db/r/rei/009037.html]

• Census: Normania > District 297, 1880, Yellow Medicine County, MN. line 25

43 Reishuus Tobias 37
Annie L. 38
Aletia 12
Knudt 10
Berte M. 8
Lavries 5
Antoneta 2
Amelia A. 5M Dec
Foland Annie 60 mother
Foland Knudt 63 father

[page 7 of 9]

• Reference: History of the Minnesota Valley, 1882, Yellow Medicine County, MN. Yellow Medicine County
Tobias K. Reishus was born May 10, 1843, in Norway. When eight years old he went with his mother to Dane county, Wisconsin, and three years later to Fillmore county, Minnesota. Enlisted in Company D, Eighth infantry and served from August, 1862, till war closed. In 1868 he removed to Sandnes, but now lives on his farm in Normania. He has held town offices and was the first county sheriff. Married February 5, 1867, Anna Kolhei; the children are Alata, Knut, Maria, Laures, Anna T. and Ametia E.

[History of the Minnesota Valley, including the Explorers and pioneers of Minnesota, Chapter LXXXVIII
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mnyellow/82hist58.htm]

• Military: Civil War Pension, 1885, MN. Name: Tobias Knudson Or Reishus
Event Type: Pension
Event Date: 1885
Event Place: Minnesota, United States
Beneficiary's Name:Anna Knudson
Affiliate Publication Title: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934
Affiliate Publication Number: T288
GS Film number:541023
Digital Folder Number:005080641
Image Number: 00902

Name:Tobias Knudson
Military Rank:P.
Military Company:D
Military Regiment:8
State:Minnesota
Military Unit:Infantry
Event Date:12 Aug 1885
Affiliate Name:National Archives and Records Administration
Affiliate Record Type:Civil War Pensions
Affiliate Publication Number:T289, Affiliate Publication Title:Organization Index to Pension Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861 and 1900

• Census: Schedules Enumerating Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans of the Civil War, 1890, Yellow Medicine County, MN. Name:Tobias Knudson
Event Type:Census
Event Date:1890
Event Place:Normania, Yellow Medicine, Minnesota, United States

• Occupation: sheriff: Yellow Medicine County, MN. First Sheriff of Yellow Medicine County, MN.

• Cemetery: St. Lucas Lutheran Cemetery, Normania Township, 1904, Yellow Medicine County, MN. Reishus, Tobias K. May 10,1843 May 29,1904 B-133 Born in Norway; GAR Co. D 8th Minnesota Volunteer

[http://files.usgwarchives.org/mn/yellowmedicine/cemetery/stlucas.txt]

Tobias married Anna Larsdatter KOLHEI on 5 Feb 1867. (Anna Larsdatter KOLHEI was born on 21 Aug 1842 in Norway and died on 22 Nov 1922 in Yellow Medicine County, MN ⁷.)