Iver Olsen NORDGÅRD

   Other names for Iver were Iver Olsen BRASET, Iver Olsen NORDGAARD and Iver Olsen UDGAARD.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Census: farm Nordgaard nordre, 1865, Stod, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway. District no. Page School distr. Local parish Parish Farm Remarks (farm) Title
319 5 93 5te Forr Stod Nordgaard nordre 109 2

Pers.no. Household Given name Last name Family pos. Occupation Marital status Age Sex Birth place Disease Horses Cattle Sheep Rye Barley Oat Potatoes
1875 21 1 Iver Ols. Husfader Gaardbruger og Selveier g 56 m Stod 2 4 6 1/8 1 4/8 10 12
1876 22 Marta Staalsd. hans Kone g 51 k Stod
1877 23 Henrik Ivers. deres Søn hjælper Faderen med Gaardsbruget ug 26 m Stod
1878 24 Staal Ivers. deres Søn hjælper Faderen med Gaardsbruget ug 23 m Stod
1879 25 Ole Ivers. deres Søn ug 12 m Stod
1880 26 Olianna Iversd. deres Datter ug 18 k Stod
1881 27 Jensine Iversd. deres Datter ug 8 k Stod

• Immigration: from Norway, 1866, America. ⁴ Leaving Stod in April or May...

21. Gmd Iver Olsen Norgaard 56 America
22. of Martha Staalsd 51
barn
23. Henrik 26
24. Staal 23
25. Ole Rambech 12
26. Olinne 17
27. Jensing Marie 8
28. Isak Storkersen Udgaard 24
29. Olava Serine Iversd 28

• Land, 1873, Fillmore County, Minnesota, USA. MN2470__.263Patentee NORDGARD, IVER O12/30/18732854MN5th PM103N - 008WS½SE¼34Fillmore

• Census: Norway Township, 1875, Fillmore County, Minnesota, USA. line 24

99 Iver O. Nordgoed 66 Norway
Martha " 60
Staal " 30
Ole " 21
Jensine " 17 "

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• Census: Norway Township, 1895, Fillmore County, Minnesota, USA. Iversen Staal 52 Norway
Iverson Johann 36 Norway
Iversen Ole 41 Norway
Iversen Olga 13 MN
Iversen Ida 11 MN
Iversen Albert 6 MN
Iversen Leonard 3 MN
Elstad Ella 23 MN
Nordgaarder Iver 85 Norway [Staal's dad]
Nordgaarder Margrete 80 Norway [Staal's mom]
Halvorsen Ole 85 Norway [Johanna's maternal grandpa]

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• Cemetery: Highland Prairie Lutheran Cemetery, 1896, Highland Prairie, Norway Township, Fillmore County, MN. 1896Iver Olsen Nordgaard86 AarStod 7 Juni
[Highland Prairie Death Records, no stones, page 588, #8]

• Reference: History of Fillmore County 1984, 1984, Fillmore County, Minnesota, USA. Iver & Martha Nordgaard

Iver Olson Nordgaard was born in 1810 in Stod parish, Nor Trondelag county, Norway, son of Ole Olson Brassedplads and his wife Anne Iversdatter Utgaard. On 4 February 1838 he married Marsta (Martha) Staalsdatter Nordgaard. She was born in Stod in 1815, the daughter of Staal Olson Nordgaard and his wife, Hellen Olsdatter Kaelboplads.

Iver and Marsta had seven children, all born in Norway: Olava Serina, born 13 March 1838, married Isaac Storkerson Udgaard; Henrik Mathis Iverson, born 27 September 1839; Staal and his twin sister, Andrianne, born 30 December 1842; Oliane, born 18 August 1848; Ole Rambech born 22 January 1854; and Jensine Marianna born 22 January 1858.

Iver sold his share of the Nordgaard farm to his youngest brother, Andreas, and in 1866 the entire family, including Isaac and Olava Udgaard, emigrated to America. They settled in Norway Township near Choice. Isaac and Olava Udgaard had a daughter, Mina, who married Christopher Johnson. Hendrik M., who used Iverson as a family name, married Sigrid Olsdatter Ferden, farmed in the area for several years, had nine children and then they moved to Clay County, Minnesota. Staal Nordgaard married Johanna Ingelson and had five children - Mrs. Oscar (Olga Maria) Peterson, Mrs. Gerhard (Ida Malinda) Eiken, Albert (m. Sylvia Hauge) Nordgaard, Leonard Nordgaard and Lawrence Irwin Nordgaard. Andrianna Norgaard married Andrew Hatling and she had seven children Martin (m. Gena Gilbertson) Hatling, Petra Julia Hatling, Andrew Hatling, Marriana Hatling, Andrew Hatling, Mrs. Mandius (Olga Anna) Johnson, and Stella Johanna Hatling. Olianne Nordgaard married Peter Quam/Kvam and had six children - Mrs. August (Inga Mathile) Hestness, Mrs. Bert (Jensine Oline) Harkness, Mrs. Olaf (Nora/Josephine Benora) Hanson, Mrs. Theodore (Olga) Larson, and two who died young - Peter Oscar Quam and Alma Quam. Ole Rambech Nordgaard did not marry. Jensine Marianna married Peter Paulson - (see their entry).

Iver died 7 June 1896, and Martha died 3 January 1897. Most of the family is buried at the Highland Prairie Church. The farm remains in the family, Clifford and lone (Eiken) Larson being the current owners. Submitted by: Delone Dahl Carpenter

Iver married Martha Staalsdatter NORDGÅRD, daughter of Stål Olsen KLÆBU and Hellena Olesdatter LOB, on 4 Feb 1838 in Stod, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway.¹ (Martha Staalsdatter NORDGÅRD was born on 2 Jun 1816 in Stod, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway ⁵, baptized on 7 Jul 1816 in Forr, Stod, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway, died on 5 Jan 1897 in Fillmore County, Minnesota, USA and was buried in Highland Prairie, Norway Township, Fillmore County, MN.)