Ole ARNESON^[1]

1829 - 1917  (87 years)

• Name	Ole ARNESON
  Birth	27 Sep 1829	Kollerøen, Lom, Oppland, Norway
  Christening	29 Sep 1829	Kollerøen, Lom, Oppland, Norway
  Gender	Male
  Death	15 Sep 1917	Spring Green, Sauk Co., WI, USA
  Burial	West Norden Cemetery, Hayti, Hamlin Co., SD, USA
  	two miles south of Hayti
  Notes	He was shown as a husmann (cottager), and called Marsteen when he was married. Marsteen and Aukrust are neighbouring farms. The Wisconsin farms of Ole, Elif, Christopher, Christ and Leva had been settled earlier by others. Ole and Mary homesteaded in 1883 four miles west of Hayti, SD, about a half mile from where his son Alef had homesteaded two years earlier. After Mary’s death, Ole returned to Wisconsin to live with relatives until his death in 1917. [2]
  Person ID	I205	Ancestors
  Last Modified	27 Jul 2005

  
  

  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	Maria HANSDTR AUKRUSTBAKKEN,   b. 29 Aug 1834, Norway d. 4 Dec 1909, Hayti, Hamlin Co., SD, USA (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	23 Mar 1858	Norway
  Children	1. Elef “Alef” Ole ARNESON,   b. 26 Dec 1855, Marsteein-Eie, Lom, Oppland, Norway d. 27 Jun 1938, Mission, TX, USA (Age 82 years)   2. Julia ARNESON,   b. 6 Jun 1858, Lom, Oppland, Norway d. 26 Nov 1932 (Age 74 years)   3. Anne ARNESON,   b. 13 Oct 1860, Sletten, Lom, Oppland, Norway d. 21 Sep 1937, Modesto, Stanislaus Co., CA, USA (Age 76 years)   4. Arne ARNESEN,   b. 19 Dec 1862, Aukrust-Bakken, Lom, Oppland, Norway d. 27 Sep 1930, TX, USA (Age 67 years)   5. Martin Orlando ARNESEN,   b. 23 Dec 1864, Lom, Gudbrandsdalen, Oppland, Norway d. 13 Dec 1951, Livelong, SK, Canada (Age 86 years)   6. Lena ARNESON,   b. 30 Jan 1867, WI, USA d. 20 Jan 1931, Arena, Iowa Co., WI, USA (Age 63 years)   7. Maria ARNESON,   b. 20 Aug 1868, WI, USA d. 9 May 1896 (Age 27 years)   8. Emma Serine ARNESEN,   b. 20 Feb 1871   d. 24 Dec 1953, Minneapolis, Hennepin Co., MN, USA (Age 82 years)   9. Sophia ARNESON,   b. 10 Sep 1872, Spring Green, Sauk Co., WI, USA d. 8 Aug 1946 (Age 73 years)   10. Mina ARNESON,   b. 30 Nov 1874   d. 8 Mar 1952 (Age 77 years)   11. Henry ARNESON,   b. 16 Nov 1876, WI, USA d. 10 Nov 1894, Hayti, Hamlin Co., SD, USA (Age 17 years)
  Family ID	F64	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Mar 2025

  
  

• Event Map		Death - 15 Sep 1917 - Spring Green, Sauk Co., WI, USA Burial - - West Norden Cemetery, Hayti, Hamlin Co., SD, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Ole and Mary Arneson
  		Arneson Siblings Top row left to right: Bertha, Christ, Elef, Elef (Ole's son) Bottom row left to right: Leva, Ole and Christopher
  		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.
  		Ole with Lena Arneson-Pfanku Ole with Lena Arneson-Pfanku, the little child is Idella Pfanku and the older child is Mabel Pfanku. Scanned photo provided by Irene Freelain

  
  

  Histories

  Ole and Marie Arneson notes taken from the “History of the Arneson Family” booklet by Lila Hendrickson and Mabel Nelson, assisted by Tena Williams, Julia Hanson and Arne Arneson

  
  

• Sources

  [S239] . [S163] .