Carl and Elizabeth Vangsness

Here is one more photo from Sue. She does not know who this is, but Shelley thinks it is Carl and Elizabeth. And I have to agree.

The Carl Vangsness and his wife, Elizabeth

Compare to another photo we have:

Which do you think was taken first???

Carl E. Vangsness' Descendant's

Iver and Unni came to the States with their son, John E. Vangsness in 1854. John was two at the time. Their third son, Carl E., was born in Wisconsin on October 14, 1860.

Here is some information I found about Carl and his family:

From the book - HISTORY OF GOODHUE COUNTY, MN. published in 1909.

Carl E. Vangsness was born in Wisconsin, October 14, 1860, son of Iver and Unni Vangsness,natives of Norway, who came to America in 1854 and located in Wisconsin, where the father engaged in general labor until 1862, when they came to Belle Creek township and purchased 130 acres of wild land on Section 31, which the father broke and cleared, improved the land and built a home and other buildings necessary to carry on successful farming. Here Iver died on May 2, 1905, Unni having passed away in 1868. 

He received his education in Belle Creek, and worked on the farm with his father until he was twenty-eight years of age, when he purchased eighty acres of land in Section 29; he also rents 160 acres and follows a general line of farming and stock raising. Mr. Vangsness was married March 2, 1888, to Elizabeth Iverson, daughter of Iver and Berit (Romo) Iverson, natives of Norway. They came to America and located in Wanamingo township, where they have since been engaged in farming. Mr. and Mrs. Vangsness have ten children: Ingmar, who is a student at the State University; Iver, Bella, Henry, Rudolph, George, Ida, Florence, Luella and Clarence. Mr. Vangsness is a Republican in his politics and has been road overseer and director of the school board for several years. He and his family are members of the Norwegian Lutheran church. 

Here are some photos that I have.

Carl and Elizabeth

Carl's grave stone

Back: Rudolph, Ingmar, Iver, Ida, Henry
Front: George Luella, Florence, Celia, Bella, Clarence

Back: Ingmar, Rudolph, Henry, Clarence, Iver
Front: Florence, Bella, Luella, Celia

I don't know the dates that the above two photos were taken.

Here is link to the Carl's Relative Chart.
You can see their children and their children's children.

Here are some links to the Find a Grave Site that has some moe links:
Carl
Elizabeth

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.