John Ostreim 1

Personal Data

Born 26 DEC 1840 Norway 2
Died 28 JAN 1919 Hardin Co, Iowa 2
Burial Stavanger Norwegian Cemetery, Garden City, IA 2

Parents

Father
Mother

Marriage

Ragnhild Fitje 1870 Norway

Children

Ingebord Johnson Ostrem 1877 Norway
Brita Ostrem 1879 Etne, Norway
Severie Laurenza Johansdatter Ostrem 2 JUN 1882 Etne, Norway
Swen Ostrem 4 MAY 1889 Iowa, USA 3

Notes

Physician in Norway and a farmer in the US. Left Etne, Norway on July
15, 1885. May have lived in Illinois briefly before moving to Hardin
County, Iowa. Never licensed in the US, but he did practice medicine
without charging for his services.
Family name comes a farm called Austrheim in Etne County, Norway.
1900 Census also lists immigration year as 1885. Census also lists 6 total children, only the 4 mentioned here living.
Farm is mortgaged.

Sources


1 1900 Census, p46a, Concord Twp, Hardin County
2 Jesse and Julia Braga, Stavanger Norwegian Cemetery Compilation
3 Jesse & Julia Braga, Radcliffe Cemetery Compilation


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