Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Walter Mondale - Late 1120's to 1857

Here is a quick Family Chart for Walter Mondale...from his Great Grandparents, Brita and Fredrik on up to the late 1120's for his earliest ancestor, Harald Gillekrist, as well as Harald's father, King Magnús Berfœttr III and Harald's grandfather, King Olaf Haraldsson III.

I input all of his family from the previous article and output this chart. The dates were added by reading the article and estimating the dates. Some have no dates because there were none in the article.



You can see the whole Family Tree HERE.

Walter Mondale - From Vangsnes in Sogn

Here is an old article written about Walter F. Mondale, when he was a presidential candidate in 1983. His ancestors come from the same part of Norway as the Vangsness Family. I have been told that he and I are distantly related and I hope to document this in the future.

I thought it would be interesting for everyone to read this interesting story. It tells of his Norwegian family background in Vangsnes in Sogn.  Gjertrud married Hans Person Mundal. It was Gjertrud who got the deed to the Mundal farm, which seems to be King Bele's farm. Their daughter, Brita, took over the farm, but later left for America in 1857 with her husband, Fredrik Person Vangsness when her parents died.....

Here is the whole article:
Walter F. Mondale - a descendant of the old Viking Kings
by Herman Raunehaug


"The article is written by an energetic young man who is interested in genealogy and in helping anyone who may need help from Norway in tracing their background. He is presently president of the Board of Directors of the Cleng Peerson Memorial Institute, headquartered in Stavanger, Norway. "
You may write to him at:
Herman Raunehaug
Telemarkvingen #7
4030 Stavanger, Norway


This note was added at the bottom of the copy I received, so I am not sure if it is still accurate. 
I will write about Cleng Peerson later.... 

Monday, October 17, 2011

Iver Endreson's Pedigree Chart

In this chart, you can see the family line, going from son to mother & father, starting at Iver, our GG Grandfather, to Kristoffer Kristenson, our GGGGGGG Grandfather.

Pedigree Chart
Click here to see an enlargeable version.

The Great Grandfathers

If you go to the Family Tree site, A Beginning - The Vangsness Family HERE you will see Kristoffer Kristenson born in 1610. But where do you go from there?

It is hard to know who to click to see the next link. I can not control the color of the names nor can I add some indication of who is next in our line, because this site is produced automatically by the software I use. So I want to add a Grandfather List, like the one that Shelley did when we first started out studying the Family Tree made by John G. Vangsness.


  • Kristoffer Kristenson, 1610 - 1701 Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great Grandfather
  • Hans Kristofferson, Le  1665 - 1745 Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great Grandfather
  • Kristoffer Hansson, Le  1711 - 1762 Great, Great, Great, Great, Great Grandfather
  • Hans Kristofferson, Le  1744 - 1823 Great, Great, Great, Great Grandfather
  • Endre Hansen, Le, Nissestad  1783-1850 Great, Great, Great Grandfather
  • Ivar Enderson, Nistad (Ivar Vangsness)  1819-1905 Great, Great Grandfather
Now, depending on which of the sons your line is from here on (John E., Anders, Carl, Andrew or Cornelius), the names will be a little different.
  • John Endereson Vangsness  1852-1938 Great Grandfather
  • Paul Connor Sylvester  1895-1963 Grandfather

Monday, October 3, 2011

Some Photos of Alfred and Sally Vangsness at Family Functions

Alfred and Sally's Wedding Photo

Alfred and Sally attend Adolph & Mabel's Wedding
Alfred and Sally with their children: John, Stanley and David.


Alfred and Sally at Lydia and Reuben's Wedding

Sally, Lydia, Reuben and Alfred at Lydia's 50th Wedding Anniversary