Lars Kristoffersen SANDSNÆS

   Other names for Lars were Lewis CHRISTOFFERSON, Lars CHRISTOPHERSON, Lars KRISTOFFERSEN and Lars LARSON.

  Burial Notes:

Church Name:Bethel
Church Location:Porter, Minnesota

  Noted events in his life were:

• Migration: from Nannestad, 1848, Eidsvoll, Akershus, Norway. ⁵ 22 Apr 1848

3. Lars Christophersen Sandsnes, 30, til Eidsvold 22 Apr 1845
4. Anne Dorthea Tostensdatter, 25

• Immigration: from Norway, Between 1857 and 1864, America.

• Census: Hart, 1865, Winona County, Minnesota, USA.
Lewis ChristophersonM
Anna ChristophersonF
Christoph ChristophersonM
Martin ChristophersonM
Mary ChristophersonF
Hannah ChristophersonF

Family Number: 84 , Line Number: 44 , GS Film number: 565716 , Digital Folder Number: 004539664 ,Image Number: 00746

• Census: Hart, 1870, Winona County, Minnesota, USA. HouseholdRoleGenderAgeBirthplace
Lars ChristophersonM52 [1818]Norway
Anna ChristophersonF30 [1840]Norway [third wife]
Christopher LarsonF21 [1849]Norway
Martin Larson M18 [1852]Norway
Mary Larson F14 [1856]Norway
Anna Larson F6 [1864 - Hanna?]Minnesota
Hans Larson M4 [1866]Norway [hers]
Andrew Larson M0 Jul 1869Minnesota
Anna Larson F0 Dec 1869Minnesota [hers]

Household ID: 34 , Line Number: 11 , Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) , Affiliate Publication Number: M593 , GS Film number: 000830432 , Digital Folder Number: 004257587, Image Number: 00010

• Census: Hart, 1875, Winona County, Minnesota, USA. line 14

138 Louis Christopherson 54 Norway [1820]
Anna " 30 Norway [1845]
Hans " 9 MN [1866]
Andrew " 5 [1870]
Anton " 4 [1871]
Martin " 1 [1874]

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• Census: Lake Shore > 129, 1880, Lac Qui Parle County, Minnesota, USA. line 11 86 91 Christopherson Lars, 60, married [alone], farmer, Norway

• Census, 1885, Lincoln County, Minnesota, USA. p44 of 60
46 Isaac Peterson 46 norway [1839]
Mary 30 Norway [1855]
Carrie 11 MN [1874]
Charles 30 Norway
Christ Larson 36
Lewis Christofferson 66

• Cemetery: Bethel Lutheran Cemetery, Porter, 1889, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, USA. ⁴

Lars married Anne Dorthea Tostensdatter HEGERLID, daughter of Tosten Jonsen SANDSNÆS and Mari Gullichsdatter SANDSNÆS, on 15 Mar 1848 in Nannestad, Akershus, Norway.¹ (Anne Dorthea Tostensdatter HEGERLID was born on 24 Sep 1823 in Nannestad, Akershus, Norway, baptized on 19 Oct 1823 in Nannestad, Akershus, Norway and died between 1865 and 1868 in Minnesota, USA.)

Lars next married Anna Louisa HANSON on 13 Mar 1868 in Fillmore County, Minnesota, USA.² (Anna Louisa HANSON was born ca 1830 in <Norway>.)

Lars next married Anne Christofersdatter RINDEL. (Anne Christofersdatter RINDEL was born on 22 Mar 1837 in Sør-Fron, Oppland, Norway and was baptized on 2 Apr 1837 in Sør-Fron, Oppland, Norway.)

  Marriage Notes:

It is likely that Anna in the 1870 census was not married to Lars, but was helping him after his second wife left.