The Genealogy of David L. Moody & Yvonne L. La Pointe. - Person Sheet
Birth24 Jul 1848, Gjerpen Parish, Skien, Telemark, Norge ®9517
Death19 Sep 1933, Harvey, Cook County, Illinois, USA ®9517
Burial22 Sep 1933, Ashland, Ashland County, Wisconsin, USA
MemoMt. Hope Cemetery
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"Edwin Ellickson" is the Americanized name and was changed by him through the court processes of Cook County, Illinois about 1881-82. His Norwegian name was Evinid Aslakson Grini, which means Evinid, son of Aslak from Grini Farm. He was married four times, but had children only with his first wife, Inger Halvorsdatter. Together they had 10 children but only five lived to adulthood. Inger died in childbirth with the last baby.
®5404 Evinid emigrated to the United States in 1871. In 1888-89 and 1900 he lived at 1100 West Second Street, Ashland, Wisconsin and was in business as B. E. Peterson & Company with Beck E. Peterson and John A. Paulson, selling logs, railroad ties, posts and pilings. By 1916 he had moved to Harvey, Illinois where he died in 1933.
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Birth21 Jun 1847, Brennekasa Farm, Heddal, Telemark County, Norge ®9660, ®9661
Death5 Jun 1886, Ashland, Ashland County, Wisconsin, USA ®9517
Burialaft 5 Jun 1886, Ashland, Ashland County, Wisconsin, USA ®9517
MemoMt. Hope Cemetery
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She was born on Brennekasa Farm in the parish of Heddal, Telemark County, Norway. She met Edwin when she moved from that farm with her parents (Halvor Kittelson and Bergit Stubbend) and her four sisters to become a domestic servant at Grini Farm just north of Skien, Norway. They all immigrated to America.
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Family ID10700
Marriage14 Nov 1868, Gjerpen Parish, Skien, Telemark, Norge ®9517