Person ID: I5857880098
Peder Tobias OKSENDAL or LARSON
1 Feb 1850 – 22 May 1938
Male
Events
- Born
- 1 Feb 1850 — Øksendal, Bakken Sogn, Vest Agder, Norway
- Christened
- 17 Feb 1850 — Øksendal, Bakken Sogn, Vest Agder, Norway
- Died
- 22 May 1938 — Parkland, Pierce, Washington, United States
Parents
Family group sheet →- FatherLars PEDERSON Oksendal4 Nov 1821 – 30 Oct 1903
- MotherValborg Torgrimsdatter Seland1 Nov 1820 – 16 Apr 1851
- ChildPeder Tobias OKSENDAL or LARSON1 Feb 1850 – 22 May 1938
Family
Family group sheet →Married: 20 Mar 1878 — Burr Oak, Winneshiek, Iowa, United States
- FatherPeder Tobias OKSENDAL or LARSON1 Feb 1850 – 22 May 1938
- MotherInger Sophie Ommundsdatter Oksendal20 Sep 1852 – 1942
- ChildValborg Martine Larson6 Oct 1878 – 8 Nov 1969
- ChildLudvig Larson15 Feb 1880 – 15 Mar 1965
- ChildMathilde [Ted] Larson22 Oct 1881 – Sep 1980
- ChildOline Larson16 Aug 1883 – 13 Aug 1892
- ChildAnne Tonette Larson17 Sep 1885 – 12 Jan 1979
- ChildThea Sophia Larson12 Apr 1888 – 18 May 1980
- ChildOscar Andreas Larson1 Jul 1890 – Feb 1973
- ChildLeonard Gerhard Larson3 Dec 1892 – 15 Feb 1950
Notes
- !SO: D-016. and D-003 (Paul Larson's AC and DC sent by Paul and Nina Larson.) SO: D-009, a three page auto biography by P. T. Larson. NOTES: D-031 and D-055 by Nina Larson lists name Peder Tobias Larson (Per Tobias Larsen Oksendal). PROBLEM: D-009 shows marr. date as Feb 20, 1878 and D-003 shows Mar 20, 1878. BIRTH: Oksendal (Oxendal) is near Flekkefjord, Norway. (D-008) Place from D-055. BAPTISM: Probably at Oxendal. SO:(D-009) Confirmed at BAKKE Church Oct 2, 1864 by Provost A. Dahle. EDUCATION: Attended the common school at Oxendal until confirmation. Then after coming to the United States, attended Luther College for about three years, beginning in the fall of 1874. (D-009) MARRIAGE: Married by Rev. Tobias Larson. (D-009) Prior document lists date as Feb 20, 1878 but D-055 list MAR 20,1878. OCCUPATION: Hardware merchant (22 years)aand first Postmaster (10 yrs) of the newly established town of Harmony, Minnesota, on the town council, the school board, Justice of the Peace, and after moving to Parkland, Washington in 1908 was the manager of Parkland Lutheran Children's Home and manager of Josephine Old People's in Stanwood, WA. He served on the Board of Trustees of Parkland Luth. Children's home and Pacific Lutheran College. (D-009) RELIGION: Lutheran. A lifetime of service as Saturday school and Sunday school teacher and superintendent, treasurer, secretary, deacon, council cantor, choir director, president of the congregation, etc. He has had several articles published in the Pacific Lutheran Herald and lists two songs in Norwegian and two prayers that he wrote in addition to translating several other songs from Norwegian into English. (D-009) NOTES: Left Norway for the U.S.A. with his uncle Tonnes Andreas Dahl-1294 and family 1n 1868. They left Oxendal Friday, April 17, 1868 and departed from Flekkenfjord Monday the 29th and arrived at Stavanger Tuesday morning the 21st where they stayed for six days before setting out to cross the Atlantic on the sailship "Hero", April 27th, with Capt. Olson in charge. The ship arrived in Quebec June 1st and on Jun 4th they landed and departed the same day for the home of another uncle, Nils Tobias Dahl-1293 who lived at Eighteen mile creek, Dunn Co., Wisconsin, traveling by rail and boat via Detroit, Grand Haven, Milwakee, Read's Landing, LaCross and Eau Claire arriving there June 13, 1868. He worked as a farm hand in Wiscconsin and also spent two winters hauling timber to to the river to be floated to the saw mills. In 1873 helped his uncle Nils T. Dahl-1293 move his goods to Cottonwood, Minn. where Nils had bought land and was to establish his home. P.T. was the owner of two span of oxen and with them he hauled a "Curby Reaper" for his uncle. After arriving in Cottonwood, he broke up 20 acres of land for his cousin, P.H. Dahl (Peder H. Dahl-487?) who later beacame Pastor P. H. Dahl. The job being finished he went to Medo, Blue Earth Co., Minn. where his uncle Tonnes A. Dahl-1294 had bought land there in 1870. He married Inger Sophia Torgerson in 1878 and began a hardware business at Harmony, Minn. in 1880. See Occupation notes above. (D-009)