Amund ("Amos") Olsen Opheim-Børsheim was the son of Ole Olsen Børsheim and Brita Åmundsdatter Haugsnes. Norwegian surnames were based on the farm of residence at any given time. The Opheim name is on Amund's baptismal record due to the fact that his father was working on the Opheim farm (uncle's farm) when Amund was born. However, his father's family farm was Børsheim, and that was the surname of Amund's family when they immigrated to America in 1850 when he was two years old.
Amund and his older brother, Ole, lost their mother shortly after the immigration voyage. Their father was remarried two years later to a widow with five children, Seborg Tostensdatter (Jørstad) Skildeim. The family lived in Dane County, Wisconsin, for a few years and later moved to Winneshiek County, Iowa.
Amund married Martha Hansdatter in 1866. They had three children: (1) Olaus ('Oliver') Bursheim, (2) Berthe Maria Bursheim, and (3) Amund Christoffer Bursheim. Amund was widowed when Martha died between 1876 and 1880. In 1882, Amund married his second wife, Ragnhild 'Christine' Nelson, and they had eight children: (1) Martin, (2) Nels Peter, (3) Martha, (4) Emma, (5) Anna, (6) Severt, (7) Ida, and (8) Edward.
Amund was widowed a second time when Christine died in 1895. Amund was unable to care for his eight minor children, and they were all placed in the Children's Home Society of Sioux Falls. They were all adopted (or taken in as household servants/farmhands) by different families. After long and hard research by Ken Hofstad and me, we found all the children except the youngest, Edward. Actually, we discovered the family who adopted Edward, but he is not listed with that family in the 1900 census. It appears that Edward died young. (His adoptive family moved from state to state, which makes it difficult to find out what happened.) Amund kept in touch with his adopted son, Severt Hofstad, and was even a boarder in the Hofstad home in 1900. Amund worked as a laborer and farm hand.
Amund has many descendants; although, none now carry the Bursheim name. Many have the surnames Hofstad, Arvidson, and Buie.
Research/Biography by:
Martha Jane (Schliesser) Hicks
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Amund and his older brother, Ole, lost their mother shortly after the immigration voyage. Their father was remarried two years later to a widow with five children, Seborg Tostensdatter (Jørstad) Skildeim. The family lived in Dane County, Wisconsin, for a few years and later moved to Winneshiek County, Iowa.
Amund married Martha Hansdatter in 1866. They had three children: (1) Olaus ('Oliver') Bursheim, (2) Berthe Maria Bursheim, and (3) Amund Christoffer Bursheim. Amund was widowed when Martha died between 1876 and 1880. In 1882, Amund married his second wife, Ragnhild 'Christine' Nelson, and they had eight children: (1) Martin, (2) Nels Peter, (3) Martha, (4) Emma, (5) Anna, (6) Severt, (7) Ida, and (8) Edward.
Amund was widowed a second time when Christine died in 1895. Amund was unable to care for his eight minor children, and they were all placed in the Children's Home Society of Sioux Falls. They were all adopted (or taken in as household servants/farmhands) by different families. After long and hard research by Ken Hofstad and me, we found all the children except the youngest, Edward. Actually, we discovered the family who adopted Edward, but he is not listed with that family in the 1900 census. It appears that Edward died young. (His adoptive family moved from state to state, which makes it difficult to find out what happened.) Amund kept in touch with his adopted son, Severt Hofstad, and was even a boarder in the Hofstad home in 1900. Amund worked as a laborer and farm hand.
Amund has many descendants; although, none now carry the Bursheim name. Many have the surnames Hofstad, Arvidson, and Buie.
Research/Biography by:
Martha Jane (Schliesser) Hicks
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Amund ("Amos") Olsen Opheim-Børsheim was the son of Ole Olsen Børsheim and Brita Åmundsdatter Haugsnes. Norwegian surnames were based on the farm of residence at any given time. The Opheim name is on Amund's baptismal record due to the fact that his father was working on the Opheim farm (uncle's farm) when Amund was born. However, his father's family farm was Børsheim, and that was the surname of Amund's family when they immigrated to America in 1850 when he was two years old.
Amund and his older brother, Ole, lost their mother shortly after the immigration voyage. Their father was remarried two years later to a widow with five children, Seborg Tostensdatter (Jørstad) Skildeim. The family lived in Dane County, Wisconsin, for a few years and later moved to Winneshiek County, Iowa.
Amund married Martha Hansdatter in 1866. They had three children: (1) Olaus ('Oliver') Bursheim, (2) Berthe Maria Bursheim, and (3) Amund Christoffer Bursheim. Amund was widowed when Martha died between 1876 and 1880. In 1882, Amund married his second wife, Ragnhild 'Christine' Nelson, and they had eight children: (1) Martin, (2) Nels Peter, (3) Martha, (4) Emma, (5) Anna, (6) Severt, (7) Ida, and (8) Edward.
Amund was widowed a second time when Christine died in 1895. Amund was unable to care for his eight minor children, and they were all placed in the Children's Home Society of Sioux Falls. They were all adopted (or taken in as household servants/farmhands) by different families. After long and hard research by Ken Hofstad and me, we found all the children except the youngest, Edward. Actually, we discovered the family who adopted Edward, but he is not listed with that family in the 1900 census. It appears that Edward died young. (His adoptive family moved from state to state, which makes it difficult to find out what happened.) Amund kept in touch with his adopted son, Severt Hofstad, and was even a boarder in the Hofstad home in 1900. Amund worked as a laborer and farm hand.
Amund has many descendants; although, none now carry the Bursheim name. Many have the surnames Hofstad, Arvidson, and Buie.
Research/Biography by:
Martha Jane (Schliesser) Hicks
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Amund and his older brother, Ole, lost their mother shortly after the immigration voyage. Their father was remarried two years later to a widow with five children, Seborg Tostensdatter (Jørstad) Skildeim. The family lived in Dane County, Wisconsin, for a few years and later moved to Winneshiek County, Iowa.
Amund married Martha Hansdatter in 1866. They had three children: (1) Olaus ('Oliver') Bursheim, (2) Berthe Maria Bursheim, and (3) Amund Christoffer Bursheim. Amund was widowed when Martha died between 1876 and 1880. In 1882, Amund married his second wife, Ragnhild 'Christine' Nelson, and they had eight children: (1) Martin, (2) Nels Peter, (3) Martha, (4) Emma, (5) Anna, (6) Severt, (7) Ida, and (8) Edward.
Amund was widowed a second time when Christine died in 1895. Amund was unable to care for his eight minor children, and they were all placed in the Children's Home Society of Sioux Falls. They were all adopted (or taken in as household servants/farmhands) by different families. After long and hard research by Ken Hofstad and me, we found all the children except the youngest, Edward. Actually, we discovered the family who adopted Edward, but he is not listed with that family in the 1900 census. It appears that Edward died young. (His adoptive family moved from state to state, which makes it difficult to find out what happened.) Amund kept in touch with his adopted son, Severt Hofstad, and was even a boarder in the Hofstad home in 1900. Amund worked as a laborer and farm hand.
Amund has many descendants; although, none now carry the Bursheim name. Many have the surnames Hofstad, Arvidson, and Buie.
Research/Biography by:
Martha Jane (Schliesser) Hicks
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