{"id":195,"date":"2016-04-18T22:58:35","date_gmt":"2016-04-18T20:58:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trefall.com\/blog\/?page_id=195"},"modified":"2020-04-30T19:32:50","modified_gmt":"2020-04-30T17:32:50","slug":"emigration","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.trefall.com\/blog\/en\/history\/emigration\/","title":{"rendered":"Emigration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n
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A lot of people from the valley of Eksingedalen emigrated to America. From some of the farms almost whole families left. The second uppermost farm Ekse was one of those.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lars and Anna<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

One which left was Lars Jakobson Ekse, b. 1849. He left in 1871. Of 9 siblings 6 left. On the picture below you can see his house in 1881. A sodhouse. We are in Spring Lake outside Oldham, Kingsbury County, South Dakota. Lars and his wife Anna lived in this house for five years, from 1876 when they just married arrived with their properties and two children on a mule wagon westwards from Kasson Minnesota. In this house Anna gave birth to 3 children. Anna is sitting in the doorway holding John borne in 1881. Later this year they could move into a real house. Lars was back in Norway in 1908. He died in 1937. His brother Jakob b. 1860 became a pastor «over there». The picture and picture-text are from the 1930 Golden Anniversary edition of the De Smet newspaper The News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This as an example of the hard life meeting the immigrants in the «beloved land». When I started back in 2004 to publish articles about the emigration from Eksingedalen to America I did it on trefall.com\/emigration<\/a>. Those pages will continue to exist. But new articles will appear here. The goal is that all new articles will be both in Norwegian and English.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Lars Ekse sodhouse was located 3 miles east and 2 1\/4 north of Oldham (Dewey Menzel farm). In the foreground is Dora Ekse Nelson, sister of Lars Ekse, with the Ekse children, Thea and Nellie. In the doorway is the wife Anna, holding John. On the sod shanty is Jacob and Tina (Mrs. Andrew Lee), and Lars Ekse stands to the right of his sod shanty. This was built in 1876.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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\nWARNING: THE SITE-LANGUAGE SHIFTS TO NORWEGIAN WHEN BROWSING INTO PERSONS. USE TOP- OR LEFT- MENU TO GO BACK TO ENGLISH.
\nAncestors Lars<\/span>
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Nils Jonson Ekse<\/span><\/a>1800<\/span><\/span> - 1874<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/td><\/tr>
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Jakob Nilson Ekse<\/span><\/a>1820<\/span><\/span> - 1913<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/td>
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Ingebj\u00f8rg Jakobsdotter Trefall<\/span><\/a>1798<\/span><\/span> - 1896<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/td><\/tr>
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Lars Jakobson Ekse<\/span><\/a>1849<\/span><\/span> - 1937<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/td>
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Gjertrud Larsdotter Nesheim<\/span><\/a>1821<\/span><\/span> - 1906<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/td>
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 <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><\/section><\/div>\nDescendants Lars & Anna<\/span>
1 Lars Jakobson Ekse<\/span><\/a> b: 1849<\/span><\/span> d: 1937<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>
+ Anna Hanson<\/span><\/a> b: 1854<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>
2 Emma Larssotter Ekse<\/span><\/a> b: 1876<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>
2 Nellie Larsdotter Ekse<\/span><\/a> b: 1874<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>
2 Gertina Larsdotter Ekse<\/span><\/a> b: 1873<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>
+ Andrew Halvor Lee<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
2 Anna Larsdotter Ekse<\/span><\/a> b: 1877<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>
2 Jakob Larson Ekse<\/span><\/a> b: 1879<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>
+ Cornelia Carg<\/span><\/a> b: 1887<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>
3 Martin Ekse<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
+ Catheryne Jacobs<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
4 [Living] Ekse<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
+ Laurene Mae Nolet<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
5 [Living] Ekse<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
+ [Living] Svendsen<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
5 [Living] Ekse<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
5 [Living] Ekse<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
+ [Living] Apple<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
4 [Living] Ekse<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
+ Sandra Askew<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
5 [Living] Ekse<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
+ [Living] Theilke<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
5 [Living] Ekse<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
3 Orville Ekse<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
3 [Living] Ekse<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
+ Helen Berge<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
4 [Living] Ekse<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
2 Thea Larsdotter Ekse<\/span><\/a> b: 1875<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>
2 Mary Larsdotter Ekse<\/span><\/a> b: 1878<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>
2 John Larsson Ekse<\/span><\/a> b: 1880<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/section><\/div>\nDescendants Lars & siblings<\/span>
1 Jakob Nilson Ekse<\/span><\/a> b: 1820<\/span><\/span> d: 1913<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>
+ Gjertrud Larsdotter Nesheim<\/span><\/a> b: 1821<\/span><\/span> d: 1906<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>
2 Knut Jakobson Ekse<\/span><\/a> b: 1859<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>
+ Brita Hansdotter Skjervheim<\/span><\/a> b: 1865<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>
3 [Living] Ekse<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
3 Nils Knutson Ekse<\/span><\/a> b: 1898<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>
3 Clara B Knutsdotter Ekse<\/span><\/a> b: 1905<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>
+ Albert Hjelmstad<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
3 [Living] Ekse<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
3 [Living] Ekse<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
3 Ida Knutsdotter Ekse<\/span><\/a> b: 1895<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>
3 Jacob Knutson Ekse<\/span><\/a> b: 1896<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>
3 [Living] Ekse<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
3 Ingvald Ekse<\/span><\/a> b: 1901<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>
3 Louis Knutson Ekse<\/span><\/a> b: 1903<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>
3 Gjertina Knutsdotter Ekse<\/span><\/a> b: 1902<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>
+ Roland Halse<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
3 Ida C Knutsdotter Ekse<\/span><\/a> b: 1900<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>
+ Helmer Wibeto<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
4 [Living] Wibeto<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
4 [Living] Wibeto<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
4 [Living] Wibeto<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
4 [Living] Wibeto<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
3 Hans Knutson Ekse<\/span><\/a> b: 1897<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>
3 [Living] Ekse<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
+ Floyd Annis<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
3 [Living] Ekse<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
+ Harold Fransen<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
3 [Living] Ekse<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
+ Alfred Graeber<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
2 Ingeborg Jakobsdotter Ekse<\/span><\/a> b: 1846<\/span><\/span> d: 1878<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>
+ Olav Flatekv\u00e5l<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
3 Carrie Olavsdotter Flatekv\u00e5l<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
2 Dortea Jakobsdotter Ekse<\/span><\/a> b: 1857<\/span><\/span> d: 1941<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>
+ Kristian Nelson<\/span><\/a> b: 23 FEB 1859<\/span><\/span> d: 28 JUL 1944<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>
3 Edward Adolph Nelson<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
3 John G Nelson<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
3 Lewis E Nelson<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
3 Carl Alfred Nelson<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
3 Niels E Nelson<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
3 Anna Marie Nelson<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
3 Christine Nelson<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
3 Ida Nelson<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
3 Clara Malena Nelson<\/span><\/a> b: 1901<\/span><\/span> d: 1994<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>
+ Earl McKinly Wohlhueter<\/span><\/a> b: 1896<\/span><\/span> d: 1978<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>
4 [Living] Wohlhueter<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
4 [Living] Wohlhueter<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
+ Virginia Surtan<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
5 [Living] Wohlhueter<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
+ [Living] Beecroft<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
6 [Living] Wohlhueter<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
6 [Living] Wohlhueter<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
5 [Living] Wohlhueter<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
5 [Living] Wohlhueter<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
4 [Living] Wohlhueter<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
3 Jack N Nelson<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
2 Brita Jakobsdotter Ekse<\/span><\/a> b: 1853<\/span><\/span> d: 1853<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>
2 Ragnhild Jakobsdotter Ekse<\/span><\/a> b: 1850<\/span><\/span> d: 1931<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>
2 Nils Jakobson Ekse<\/span><\/a> b: 1847<\/span><\/span> d: 1870<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>
2 Lars Jakobson Ekse<\/span><\/a> b: 1849<\/span><\/span> d: 1937<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>
+ Anna Hanson<\/span><\/a> b: 1854<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>
3 Emma Larssotter Ekse<\/span><\/a> b: 1876<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>
3 Nellie Larsdotter Ekse<\/span><\/a> b: 1874<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>
3 Gertina Larsdotter Ekse<\/span><\/a> b: 1873<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>
+ Andrew Halvor Lee<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
3 Anna Larsdotter Ekse<\/span><\/a> b: 1877<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>
3 Jakob Larson Ekse<\/span><\/a> b: 1879<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>
+ Cornelia Carg<\/span><\/a> b: 1887<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>
4 Martin Ekse<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
+ Catheryne Jacobs<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
5 [Living] Ekse<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
+ Laurene Mae Nolet<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
6 [Living] Ekse<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
+ [Living] Svendsen<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
6 [Living] Ekse<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
6 [Living] Ekse<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
+ [Living] Apple<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
5 [Living] Ekse<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
+ Sandra Askew<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
6 [Living] Ekse<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
+ [Living] Theilke<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
6 [Living] Ekse<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
4 Orville Ekse<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
4 [Living] Ekse<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
+ Helen Berge<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
5 [Living] Ekse<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
3 Thea Larsdotter Ekse<\/span><\/a> b: 1875<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>
3 Mary Larsdotter Ekse<\/span><\/a> b: 1878<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>
3 John Larsson Ekse<\/span><\/a> b: 1880<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>
2 Jakob Jakobson Ekse<\/span><\/a> b: 1860<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>
+ Inger S\u00f8rum<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
3 Ida Ekse<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
3 Justin B Ekse<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
+ Rose Greseth<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
4 James G Ekse<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
4 Adeline Ekse<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
3 Ingvald Ekse<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
+ ?<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
4 Barbara Ekse<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
+ ukjend Carlson<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
4 Clarice Ekse<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
+ ukjend Lovas<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
4 Marelyn Ekse<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
+ ukjend Person<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
3 Josephine M Ekse<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
+ Martin Johnson<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
4 Marjorie Johnson<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
4 Irene Johnson<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
+ Joel Njus<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
2 Nils Jakobson Ekse<\/span><\/a> b: 1853<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>
+ Brita Herlaugsdotter Gullbr\u00e5<\/span><\/a> b: 1867<\/span><\/span> d: 1955<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>
3 Berta Nilsdotter Ekse<\/span><\/a> b: 2 AUG 1909<\/span><\/span> d: 17 FEB 1992<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>
+ Brita Johannesdotter Straume<\/span><\/a> b: 1864<\/span><\/span> d: 1888<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>
2 Brita Jakobsdotter Ekse<\/span><\/a> b: 1855<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>
+ Torkild Jonson Gullbr\u00e5<\/span><\/a> b: OCT 1846<\/span><\/span> d: 1 MAR 1929<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>
3 Gertina Torkelsdotter Gullbr\u00e5<\/span><\/a> b: 1889<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>
+ Charles Knoder<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
3 Johan Torkelson Gullbr\u00e5<\/span><\/a> b: 1893<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>
3 Louis (Lars) Torkelson Gullbr\u00e5<\/span><\/a> b: 1896<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>
3 Ragnhild Torkelsdotter Gullbr\u00e5<\/span><\/a> b: 1891<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>
+ Thomas Torgersen<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
3 Tilda Torkelsdotter Gullbr\u00e5<\/span><\/a> b: 1899<\/span><\/span> d: 1970<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>
+ Carl Gildseth<\/span><\/a> b: 4 MAY 1893<\/span><\/span> d: JUL 1966<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>
4 [Living] Gildseth<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
+ [Living] Seaver<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
5 [Living] Gildseth<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
5 [Living] Gilbertson<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
+ [Living] Gilbertson<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
6 [Living] Gilbertson<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
6 [Living] Gilbertson<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
+ [Living] Nueske<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
7 [Living] Nueske<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
7 [Living] Nueske<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
7 [Living] Nueske<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
6 [Living] Gilbertson<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
+ [Living] Billman<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
7 [Living] Gilbertson<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
5 [Living] Gildseth<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
5 [Living] Gildseth<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
+ [Living] Johnson<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
4 Leland Gildseth<\/span><\/a> b: 24 NOV 1924<\/span><\/span> d: 1 FEB 1998<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>
4 Elaine Gildseth<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
+ Ray Strunk<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
5 [Living] Strunk<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
+ [Living] Whittenberg<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
6 [Living] Whittenberg<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
6 [Living] Whittenberg<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
5 [Living] Strunk<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
5 [Living] Strunk<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
5 Carla Strunk<\/span><\/a> b: 1968<\/span><\/span> d: 1968<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\nMaps<\/span>
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\n\nSD = South Dakota.
Kartet viser og antall innvandrarar til kvar stat: \n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"image\"<\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\nSouth Dakota<\/span>
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Kingsbury County to the right in the middle:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"South<\/a>
South Dakota<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\nSpring Lake Township<\/span>
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Parts of Spring Lake Township in Kingsbury County from 1929.
Lars J Ekse in sector 7.
A sister of Lars, Dortea b. 1857 emigrated in 1882, married to Christian E. Nelson, was located in sector 18.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Parts<\/a>
Parts of Spring Lake<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\nGoogle<\/span>
\nGoogle satelite picture from todays Spring Lake.
\nThe Lars farm is in the square in the middle, surrounded by roads below and to the left.<\/p>\n

Use «full screen» and zoom and pan around:
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