Ole Olsen (Kjerland) Børsheim/Bursem
1842-1885
Bio. by Martha Jane (Schliesser) Hicks:
Ole was the oldest son of his parents, Ole Olsen Børsheim and Brita Åmundsdatter Haugsnes. His baptismal record shows that he was born Aug. 20, 1842, on the Kjerland farm in Ulvik. According to Norwegian naming conventions, at the time of his birth, Kjerland was considered his last name and for a short time thereafter until the family moved to the Børsheim farm, which was his father's family's farm. Ole then used variations of the Børsheim name.
Ole immigrated to the U.S.A. with his parents and younger brother in 1850, just as he was turning eight years old. His mother died shortly after arrival. In 1852, his father was remarried to a widow with five children, and had two more children.
The family lived in Dane County, Wisconsin, for a few years and then moved to Canoe Township, Winneshiek County, Iowa.
During the Civil War, 1862 to 1865, Ole served in the 6th Minnesota Infantry, Company K, Union Army, and attained the rank of Corporal.
After the war, Ole returned to farming in Winneshiek County, Iowa. In 1869, he married a widow who had been a neighbor of his family for many years. By 1884, Ole was living in Brownsville, Houston County, Minnesota, and was no longer with his wife.
Ole was ill with tuberculosis and spent the last five months of his life at the Veterans Affairs National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, in Milwaukee, where he passed away at age 42.
Bursem is an anglicized spelling of the family's Norwegian surname/farm name, the latter being standardized as Børsheim. Some of the spelling variations seen in old Norwegian church records include Bórsem, Börsem, and Börsheim.
- Research/Biography by:
Martha Jane (Schliesser) Hicks
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1842-1885
Bio. by Martha Jane (Schliesser) Hicks:
Ole was the oldest son of his parents, Ole Olsen Børsheim and Brita Åmundsdatter Haugsnes. His baptismal record shows that he was born Aug. 20, 1842, on the Kjerland farm in Ulvik. According to Norwegian naming conventions, at the time of his birth, Kjerland was considered his last name and for a short time thereafter until the family moved to the Børsheim farm, which was his father's family's farm. Ole then used variations of the Børsheim name.
Ole immigrated to the U.S.A. with his parents and younger brother in 1850, just as he was turning eight years old. His mother died shortly after arrival. In 1852, his father was remarried to a widow with five children, and had two more children.
The family lived in Dane County, Wisconsin, for a few years and then moved to Canoe Township, Winneshiek County, Iowa.
During the Civil War, 1862 to 1865, Ole served in the 6th Minnesota Infantry, Company K, Union Army, and attained the rank of Corporal.
After the war, Ole returned to farming in Winneshiek County, Iowa. In 1869, he married a widow who had been a neighbor of his family for many years. By 1884, Ole was living in Brownsville, Houston County, Minnesota, and was no longer with his wife.
Ole was ill with tuberculosis and spent the last five months of his life at the Veterans Affairs National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, in Milwaukee, where he passed away at age 42.
Bursem is an anglicized spelling of the family's Norwegian surname/farm name, the latter being standardized as Børsheim. Some of the spelling variations seen in old Norwegian church records include Bórsem, Börsem, and Börsheim.
- Research/Biography by:
Martha Jane (Schliesser) Hicks
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Ole Olsen (Kjerland) Børsheim/Bursem
1842-1885
Bio. by Martha Jane (Schliesser) Hicks:
Ole was the oldest son of his parents, Ole Olsen Børsheim and Brita Åmundsdatter Haugsnes. His baptismal record shows that he was born Aug. 20, 1842, on the Kjerland farm in Ulvik. According to Norwegian naming conventions, at the time of his birth, Kjerland was considered his last name and for a short time thereafter until the family moved to the Børsheim farm, which was his father's family's farm. Ole then used variations of the Børsheim name.
Ole immigrated to the U.S.A. with his parents and younger brother in 1850, just as he was turning eight years old. His mother died shortly after arrival. In 1852, his father was remarried to a widow with five children, and had two more children.
The family lived in Dane County, Wisconsin, for a few years and then moved to Canoe Township, Winneshiek County, Iowa.
During the Civil War, 1862 to 1865, Ole served in the 6th Minnesota Infantry, Company K, Union Army, and attained the rank of Corporal.
After the war, Ole returned to farming in Winneshiek County, Iowa. In 1869, he married a widow who had been a neighbor of his family for many years. By 1884, Ole was living in Brownsville, Houston County, Minnesota, and was no longer with his wife.
Ole was ill with tuberculosis and spent the last five months of his life at the Veterans Affairs National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, in Milwaukee, where he passed away at age 42.
Bursem is an anglicized spelling of the family's Norwegian surname/farm name, the latter being standardized as Børsheim. Some of the spelling variations seen in old Norwegian church records include Bórsem, Börsem, and Börsheim.
- Research/Biography by:
Martha Jane (Schliesser) Hicks
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1842-1885
Bio. by Martha Jane (Schliesser) Hicks:
Ole was the oldest son of his parents, Ole Olsen Børsheim and Brita Åmundsdatter Haugsnes. His baptismal record shows that he was born Aug. 20, 1842, on the Kjerland farm in Ulvik. According to Norwegian naming conventions, at the time of his birth, Kjerland was considered his last name and for a short time thereafter until the family moved to the Børsheim farm, which was his father's family's farm. Ole then used variations of the Børsheim name.
Ole immigrated to the U.S.A. with his parents and younger brother in 1850, just as he was turning eight years old. His mother died shortly after arrival. In 1852, his father was remarried to a widow with five children, and had two more children.
The family lived in Dane County, Wisconsin, for a few years and then moved to Canoe Township, Winneshiek County, Iowa.
During the Civil War, 1862 to 1865, Ole served in the 6th Minnesota Infantry, Company K, Union Army, and attained the rank of Corporal.
After the war, Ole returned to farming in Winneshiek County, Iowa. In 1869, he married a widow who had been a neighbor of his family for many years. By 1884, Ole was living in Brownsville, Houston County, Minnesota, and was no longer with his wife.
Ole was ill with tuberculosis and spent the last five months of his life at the Veterans Affairs National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, in Milwaukee, where he passed away at age 42.
Bursem is an anglicized spelling of the family's Norwegian surname/farm name, the latter being standardized as Børsheim. Some of the spelling variations seen in old Norwegian church records include Bórsem, Börsem, and Börsheim.
- Research/Biography by:
Martha Jane (Schliesser) Hicks
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