Ellef "Elif" ARNESON^[1]

1842 - 1927  (85 years)

• Name	Ellef "Elif" ARNESON
  Birth	27 Jan 1842	Marsteinstrædet, Lom, Oppland, Norway
  	also shown as Marsteein-eie, Lom, Oppland
  Christening	25 Mar 1842	Marsteein-Eie, Lom, Oppland, Norway
  Gender	Male
  Census	1880	Ridgeway Twp., Iowa Co., WI, USA
  	Ellef and family listed in 1880 U.S Census
  Death	8 Nov 1927	Brigham Twp., Iowa Co., WI, USA
  	Church records and death certificate show death in 1927
  Burial	Hyde Chapel Cemetery, Ridgeway Twp., Iowa Co., WI, USA
  Notes	Ellef Arneson, age 25, sailed on a ship named Norden, which departed from Bergen, Norway, on May 10, 1867, and arrived in Quebec, Canada on June 19, 1867. At the age of fifteen, Elef went to Christiana, now Oslo, to become an apprentice to a shoemaker. After coming to America, he practiced the shoemaker trade for some time. Emma Johnson, the girl he had been engaged to in Norway, came to meet him here. She worked in Springdale until she and Elef were married. They then moved to Hayward, near Arena, WI, where he had a shoemaker shop, and in 1878 moved to his farm on Trout Creek. His wife died in 1882, leaving six children.[“History of the Arneson Family” booklet] Hayward is where Elif and the others first came. Elif had a cobbler shop there. It was located about three miles west of the present village of Arena, WI, and north about three miles on Hayward Crossing Rd. Hayward was close to the Wisconsin River and there had been a mill, a ferry and assorted businesses there for a few years. As per research done by Lonna: He owned a farm (80 acres) on Bryn Gywen (this is the correct spelling, meaning high hill or something similar), north of Barneveld WI. In about 1891 Elif sold the property which was purchased by a farmer who lived next door. He then moved to the village of Barneveld where he had a cobbler shop on Jones Street. A fire destroyed the building a year later. [2]
  Person ID	I155	Ancestors
  Last Modified	27 May 2007

  
  

  Father	Arne CHRISTOPHERSON,   b. Abt Dec 1795, Rustahaugen, Norway d. Bef 1865, Norway (Age < 69 years)
  Mother	Gunnhild ELLEFSDTR,   b. 10 Jul 1808, Kollerøen, Lom, Oppland, Norway d. 5 Feb 1899, Arena, Iowa Co., WI, USA (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	18 Mar 1830	Norway
  Family ID	F174	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Emma JOHNSON,   b. Abt 1845, Norway d. 3 Jun 1882, Brigham Twp., Iowa Co., WI, USA (Age 37 years)
  Marriage	13 Sep 1869	Springdale Twp., Dane Co., WI, USA   [3]
  Children	1. John A. ARNESON,   b. 1870, WI, USA d. 13 Apr 1952, SD, USA (Age 82 years)   2. Julianna “Julia” ARNESON,   b. 7 Mar 1872, Iowa Co., WI, USA d. 17 Sep 1934 (Age 62 years)   3. Magdalena “Lena” Sophia ARNESON,   b. 28 Mar 1874, WI, USA d. 13 Mar 1968, Dane Co., WI, USA (Age 93 years)   4. Anne Marie “Annie” ARNESON,   b. 28 Nov 1875, Spring Green, Sauk Co., WI, USA d. 1945 (Age 69 years)   5. Emil Albert ARNESON,   b. 13 May 1878, Brigham Twp., Iowa Co., WI, USA   6. George ARNESON,   b. Abt 1872, WI, USA d. Chicago, Cook Co., IL, USA
  Family ID	F52	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Mar 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Olena (PAULSDTR -->) OLSON,   b. 11 Nov 1861, Vågå, Gudbrandsdalen, Oppland, Norway d. 6 Mar 1932 (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	Jun 1883
  Children	1. Ingeborg ARNESON,   b. 17 Apr 1884   d. 5 May 1884 (Age 0 years)   2. Josephine “Josie” ARNESON,   b. 13 Jan 1889   d. 1973 (Age 83 years)   3. Lillian Elizabeth “Lillie” ARNESON,   b. 8 Feb 1892, Barneveld, Brigham Twp., Iowa Co., WI, USA d. 22 May 1969, Verona, Dane Co., WI, USA (Age 77 years)   4. Ernest Benjamin ARNESON,   b. 8 Jan 1894   d. 1902 (Age 7 years)   5. Paul Edward “Eddie” ARNESON,   b. 14 Sep 1895   d. ?   6. Adolph Lewis ARNESON,   b. 7 Jun 1899   d. 22 Nov 1943 (Age 44 years)   7. Adeline ARNESON,   b. 16 Dec 1901, Wisconsin, USA d. 29 Mar 1995, Verona, Dane Co., WI, USA (Age 93 years)   8. Eddie ARNESON   d. ?   9. Emma ARNESON   d. ?
  Family ID	F53	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Mar 2025

  
  

• Event Map		Death - 8 Nov 1927 - Brigham Twp., Iowa Co., WI, USA Burial - - Hyde Chapel Cemetery, Ridgeway Twp., Iowa Co., WI, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Elif Arneson's log cabin on Bryn Gywen (meaning high hill or something similar), and HWY T, north of Barneveld WI. Elif and wife Emma moved to this location in 1878 from Hayward, near Arena, WI, where he had a shoemaker shop. Provided by Sharon "Shay" Kiely Christensen, Great granddaughter of Elif and Oline
  		Arneson Siblings Top row left to right: Bertha, Christ, Elef, Elef (Ole's son) Bottom row left to right: Leva, Ole and Christopher
  		Elif Arneson's log house Front view of the log cabin. Photo taken in the summer of 2004.
  		Elif's log cabin home The rear view of cabin, Barneveld, WI. Photo taken summer 2004.
  		Arneson siblings and their mother Taken in approximately 1897. Scan of photo provided by Irene Freelain. Left to right - Top Row: Ole, Christopher, Elef and Christ Front Row Leva Arneson Olson, (child unknown) and Julia Arneson. Facial features and appropriate age suggest the child may be William/Wilhelm, youngest child of Christ and Julia.
  		Elif and Oline (Olson) Arneson His second marriage, Trout Creek Farm, Barneveld, WI. photo provided by Wini Knudson Christensen.

  
  

• Sources

  [S239] . [S8] Lila Hendrickson and Mabel Nelson, assisted by Tena Williams, Julia Hanson and Arne Arneson, History of the Arneson Family 1803 - 1942, (Atlas Printing Company, 11 East Hubbard Street, Chicago, Illinois, ca 1944). [S163] .