Family: Lars Halvarsen, Tesdahl / Martha Larsdatter, Berge (F35144)
m. 6 Apr 1854
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Male
Lars Halvarsen, Tesdahl
Birth 10 Oct 1828 Tesdal G 
Christening 12 Oct 1828 Tesdal G Death 28 Apr 1888 Palestine Twp, Story Co, Iowa, USA Burial Marriage 6 Apr 1854 [1] Etne, Hordaland, Norway [1] Father Mother
Female
Martha Larsdatter, Berge
Birth 29 Jul 1826 Berge Christening 30 Jul 1826 Berge Death 25 Jan 1893 Palestine Twp, Story Co, Iowa, USA Burial Father Lars Persson, Berge | F35146 Group Sheet Mother Ingeborg Svensdatter, Fitja | F35146 Group Sheet
Male
Oliver L Tesdahl
Birth 15 Sep 1855 Union Twp, Story Co, Iowa, USA Death Aug 1927 Burial Spouse Martha C Johnson | F35211 Marriage 12 Mar 1879 Story Co, Iowa, USA
Male
Lars L Tesdahl
Birth 9 Sep 1857 Union Twp, Story Co, Iowa, USA Death 7 Feb 1942 Burial Spouse Anna Elizabeth Maland | F35212 Marriage 4 Oct 1882
Female
Isabelle Karoline Tesdahl
Birth 29 Dec 1859 Union Twp, Story Co, Iowa, USA Death 4 Jan 1944 Burial Spouse Absalom H (Abe) Sheldahl | F35176 Marriage 23 May 1881
Male
Andrew Tesdahl
Birth 21 May 1861 Union Twp, Story Co, Iowa, USA Death 6 Feb 1934 Burial Spouse Anna Louise Lewis | F35213 Marriage 24 Aug 1892
Female
Caroline (Carrie) Tesdahl
Birth 24 Jun 1862 Union Twp, Story Co, Iowa, USA Death 10 Nov 1944 Burial Spouse George S Nelson | F35214 Marriage 17 Mar 1885
Female
Anna Tesdahl
Birth 24 Jun 1864 Union Twp, Story Co, Iowa, USA Death 8 Dec 1917 Burial Spouse Cornelius Raynes | F35215 Marriage Aug 1889
Female
Helen (Nellie) Tesdahl
Birth 16 Jun 1865 Cambridge, Story Co, Iowa, USA Death 18 Jan 1925 Stuart, Guthrie Co, Iowa, USA Burial Spouse Ole C Christopher | F35145 Marriage 30 Mar 1886 Story Co, Iowa, USA
Female
Martha (Mattie) Tesdahl
Birth 26 May 1867 Union Twp, Story Co, Iowa, USA Death Yes, date unknown Burial Spouse Ed G Raynes | F35216 Marriage 13 Oct 1891
Female
Inger Ida Tesdahl
Birth 8 Oct 1869 Union Twp, Story Co, Iowa, USA Death 11 Mar 1950 Burial Spouse Carl John Waldon, (Welden/Wolden)) | F35217 Marriage 17 Dec 1891
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Notes Married:
- Lars and Martha were married in the spring of 1854; that summer they
sailed for the United States of America. Lars had lived on a small
farm. He had been instructed in the Lutheran faith, but his schooling
was limited. He could read and figure well, but as a child he could
not write. Martha's schooling was also limited; but she had become
skilled as a seamstress, tailoring men's clothing.
In the summer of 1854, they arrived in Lisbon, Illinois. That fall
they made arrangements to purchase a tract of land in central Iowa. On
May 17, 1855, in company with 104 persons of the Lisbon community,
they started across the prairie with their belongings. There were 21
families, a widow and five young men. Personal belongings were packed
into covered wagons drawn by 18 span of oxen and six teams of horses;
and a single horse was hitched to a spring wagon. A herd of cattle
completed the group. They reached their destination on June 7, 1855,
spending the first night in the open, about one-half mile north of
where the Palestine Lutheran Church now stands. The following Sunday
morning they formed a circle with their wagons to give thanks for a
successful journey over a strange trail of some 300 miles.
The first building in the colony was a temporary church; an open
hayshed. The eighty acres which our grandparents had purchased from
the government for $1.25 an acre is located about two miles southwest
of Cambridge, Iowa; South
- Lars and Martha were married in the spring of 1854; that summer they
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Sources - [S1842] Personal Communication, The Lars and Martha Tesdahl Clan (Reliability: 3).
: this edition, edited and compiled by Vern A Panzer, was collated from the original first history and supplements issued after that. Some additional material was also received and incorporated into this edition. Additional material and corrections can be sent to the editor at 318 N Russell, Ames, IA 50010.
- [S1842] Personal Communication, The Lars and Martha Tesdahl Clan (Reliability: 3).