Born Karen Gurine Olsdatter at the Hesthagen farm, she was the mother of at least twelve children. She and her husband and their younger children came to America in 1857.
Her parents were Ole Andersen and Aavedt Sondresdatter. Her name in Norway was Karen Gurine Olsdatter Hesthagen.
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Amordokken-Hesthagen Genealogy by researcher and compiler Carolyn A. Johnson is available at the Norwegian American Genealogical Center and Naeseth Library, Madison, WI.
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She married Peder 27th July, 1886 in Norway.
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1880 census, Peder/Peder and Karen/Caroline were living with their son Halvor. His name is Holver on his gravestone.
In America, on the census records, her name as Caroline Anderson and it is also noted on her burial stone.
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DEAR ANCESTOR:
Your tombstone stands among the rest;
Neglected and alone.
The name and date are chiseled out
On polished marble stone.
It reaches out to all who care
It is to late to mourn.
You did not know that I exist
You died and I was born
Yet each of us are cells of you
In flesh, in blood, and bone.
Our blood contracts and beats a pulse
Entirely not our own.
Dear Ancestor, the place you filled
One hundred years ago
Spreads out among the ones you left
Who would have loved you so.
I wonder if you lived and loved,
I wonder if you knew
That someday I would find the spot,
And come to visit you.
Born Karen Gurine Olsdatter at the Hesthagen farm, she was the mother of at least twelve children. She and her husband and their younger children came to America in 1857.
Her parents were Ole Andersen and Aavedt Sondresdatter. Her name in Norway was Karen Gurine Olsdatter Hesthagen.
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Amordokken-Hesthagen Genealogy by researcher and compiler Carolyn A. Johnson is available at the Norwegian American Genealogical Center and Naeseth Library, Madison, WI.
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She married Peder 27th July, 1886 in Norway.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1880 census, Peder/Peder and Karen/Caroline were living with their son Halvor. His name is Holver on his gravestone.
In America, on the census records, her name as Caroline Anderson and it is also noted on her burial stone.
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DEAR ANCESTOR:
Your tombstone stands among the rest;
Neglected and alone.
The name and date are chiseled out
On polished marble stone.
It reaches out to all who care
It is to late to mourn.
You did not know that I exist
You died and I was born
Yet each of us are cells of you
In flesh, in blood, and bone.
Our blood contracts and beats a pulse
Entirely not our own.
Dear Ancestor, the place you filled
One hundred years ago
Spreads out among the ones you left
Who would have loved you so.
I wonder if you lived and loved,
I wonder if you knew
That someday I would find the spot,
And come to visit you.
Family Members
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Karen Dorthea Pedersdatter Amordokken
1830–1852
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Christine Pedersdatter Johnson
1833–1907
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Andrew Peterson
1835–1916
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Ole Peterson
1838–1920
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Isaac Peterson
1841–1863
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Peter Peterson
1844–1916
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Adaline Andrea Olava Pederson Monis
1847–1904
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Anna Kirstine Pederson Halverson
1847–1930
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Karen Dorthea "Carrie" Pedersdatter Baland
1851–1891
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Holvor Peterson
1857–1934
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