Descendants of Iver Endreson & Unni Vangsness

Iver E. was born 1819 and died 1905 at the age of 86. Unni was born 1823 and died 1868 at the age of 45. She died almost 40 years before her husband. While in Norway, they lived in or around the town of Vik, perhaps on the fjord called Sognafjorden. That has to be checked. But they worked on a farm called the Lee Farm. Generations of their for bearers had worked on that farm.

Iver and Unni's Five, possibly six Children

Iver Endreson and his wife Unni Andersdatter, had five children.
There may have been a 6th child that died in infancy which is mentioned in John E.'s obituary dated 1938. We have no name or dates for this child.

1. John E. Vangsness -born in Norway and came with them to United States in 1854 when he was two. Born 1852 Died 1938
2. Anders Vangsness - Born 1858 Died Possibly 1923
3. Carl E. Vangsness -Born 1860 Died 1928
4. Andrew Vangsness -Born 1863 Died 1945
5. Cornelias A. Vangsness -Born 1864 Died 1945

There is a very interesting site called Find A Grave. There we have found many of the graves of our relatives. Here are some of the earliest ones.:

The father

    Iver Endreson Vangsness 

Two of his sons:

    John E. Vangsness
    Carl E. Vangsness
You can find other relatives linked to these people.

John E. Vangsness's surviving children

In earlier entries I have shown photos of John E. Vangsness's surviving children: Alfred, Adolph, Unni, Nellie, Olga, Ida and Lydia.

Anders Vangsness

Little is known about Anders at this time.

Carl E. Vangsness's children

I hope to get some photos of Carl's children. Carl and his wife, Elizabeth Iverson, had 13 children. Ingmar U., Iver B., Bella, Henery A., Rudulph J., George L., Ida Louise, Clarence J., Luella, Snella C., Florence E., Chester G., Celia G.

Elizabeth must have been a busy Mom!

Andrew Vangsness's children

Andrew and his wife, Anna Johnson, had three children: Unni A., Ingvald, Baby Vangsness who lived less than a year and Julius.

Cornelias A. Vangsness

Cornelias had no children as far as we know, nor did he get married according to the Family Tree. In a 1920 US Census report, Cornelias is listed as living with Carl, his brother, at the age of 56.