Iver E's Family in Norway

The first members of the Vangness Family to come to the US were Iver E. and his wife, Unni. I do not have much information right now on Unni, but I would like to start working on Iver's family.

Iver's parents

Father:  Endre Hansen, Lee, Nissestad Born 1783 - Died 1850 at age 67
Mother: Kari Wikingsdatter, Morkve Born 1780 - Died 1850 at age 64

I would be very interested to find out why both parents died in 1850.

They had 8 children:

1. John Endreson Born 1804 - Died ?, Married Ragnhild Hohannesdatter, Lee & later Ingeborg Torteindotter Hauglum
2. Hans Endreson, Nistad, Dale Born 1806 - Died 1878 at age 72, Married Ingeborg Vilhelmdotter, Dale
3. Synneve Endresdatter Born 1808 - Died 1861, Died at age 55
4. Wiking Endreson I  Born 1812 - Died 1812, Died as a baby
5. Wiking Endreson Born 1813 - Died ?*, Married Kari Olsdotter, Hopperstad
6. Ole Endreson I Born 1817 - Died 1817, Died as a baby
7. Iver Endreson, Nisstad Born 1819 - Died 1905 in US**at age 86, this is our Iver!, Married Unni Andersdatter
8. Ole Endreson Born 1823 - Died 1905* at age 82

*Often, if a child died in child birth or as a little baby, the parents would often name the next baby of the same sex with the same name.

**Click on the Iver E. Vangsness  under Topic to see other entries about Iver.

Of the 8 children,

• 2 died at birth or as little babies. 
• 3 lived to advanced old age: 72, 82 and 86!
• 1 to age 55
• 2 death unknown at this time, but as John Endreson had two wives, he most likely lived a long time and Wiking lived to marry, so she no doubt lived to adulthood.

It is also interesting to note that Wiking Endreson (#5 in the list above) is the main male sponsor in 1853 at the baptism of Iver and Unni's child, John, our Great grandfather. He is listed as Viking Endresen Nissestad in that document. See John E. Vangsness' Birth Records.

I do not have any information about other family members coming to the US. John G. Vangnsess, who did the original research on the family tree does not mention any other family members coming to the US, so I assume that they did not immigrate.