Kirsti Tollefsdatter Benson (1829-1878)

Kirsti Tollefsdatter Benson

Birth

24 Oct 1829

Ulnes, Nord-Aurdal kommune, Oppland fylke, Norway

Death

5 Jul 1878 (aged 48)

Boscobel, Grant County, Wisconsin, USA

Burial

Rock Church Cemetery

Livingston, Grant County, Wisconsin, USA Add to Map

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Kirsti was the daughter of Tollef Halversen Stokke and Ingri Halvorsdatter Rudland.

Kirsti and her husband Bjorn Knutsen Rye (Ben Benson) immigrated from Norway in 1870 and settled in Clifton Township, Grant County, Wisconsin.

After Kirsti's death in 1878 her husband married Kari Gulbrandsatter Andersen 30 June 1880 in Castle Rock, Grant County, Wisconsin.

Ben and Kirsti Benson had 5 sons and one daughter.

Knut Benson
Iver (Ever) Benson
Ole Benson
Theodore (Tollef) Benson
Albert (Halver) Benson
Christie (Kristi) Benson

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Ben Benson

1829–1916 (m. 1856)

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Kirsti Tollefsdatter Benson

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Ben Benson

Knut Benson

Theodore Benson

Halvor Benson

Ever Benson

Christie Benson Courtney

Ole Benson

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