John's Family

While using the records found on DigitalArkivet,
a free website with Norwegian census records and parish records,
I have gathered these basic facts about John's family.

John's roots are in the area of Hedmark, Norway.

John's parents were

Christian Johnsen
(born 1811 in Stange, Hedmark Norway)

and Olia Mikkelsdatter
(I am still looking for her birth date but it was around 1813).

They were married in Stange, Hedmark, Norway on 5 Nov 1841.

At this time in Norway the surnames were created from the names of the father
thus the endings of "sen" and "datter".

The children of Christian and Olia that I have found are the following -
(all were born in the Stange Hammerstad area of Hedmark, Norway)

Johan Christiansen -born 9 Nov 1841
Ann Christiandatter - born 15 Dec 1843
Mickel Christiansen - born 6 Oct 1846
Kari "Carrie Christiandatter- born 26 Jan 1849
John Christianson- born 10 Feb 1853
Martinus Christianson- 25 Feb 1855
Syverin Christianson- born 13 May 1858

Currently I am only aware of Carrie coming to the United States.
She married Brede Mikkelson and lived in Big Stone County, Minnesota.

The spelling of names at this time was flexible because it was based on phonetics. So occasionally Christian is spelled Kristian. Christianson was sometimes spelled as Christensen or Kristiansen.