Ole, born 17 April 1869 in Ringebu parish, Oppland County, Norway, was the youngest of seven children born to Lars Jacobsen Vigen and Ambjør Christensdatter Seielstadløkken. He was baptized 4 July 1869 at the Ringebu stave church, with godparents Ahne and Jens Randklev, Mari E. Palsveen, John A. Saalfrit, and Haldor J. Thulibakken. Lars and Ambjør separated by the time Ole was six and two-thirds. Ole was born on a farm called Nysveen or Randklevsveen, and lived on Gunderstuen when he was confirmed, 18 May 1884. These are all tenant farms in Ringebu parish.
After Ole's marriage to Anne Ellefsdatter Mosebakken, 21 Nov 1887 in Ringebu, they lived on a farm in Ringebu parish called Rottåshagen (61.49002 10.14280). Ole and Anne and their first three children emigrated in 1893, aboard the Thingvalla Line's steamship Amerika, sailing from Oslo to New York. They used the name Rottåshagen when they were processed at Ellis Island, 12 June 1893. They went directly to Tanberg Township, Wilkin County, Minnesota, near Rothsay, where Ole had a brother and a sister living, Edward Randklev and Martha Strandlien. Ole and Anne had shortened Rottåshagen to Hagen by the time their fourth child, Alma, was born, 29 Aug 1893. They lived in Tanberg twp 10 years.
In 1903, Ole and Anne and five of their children (all of those who survived infancy except the oldest, Anna, who had married and stayed in Tanberg twp) moved to northwestern North Dakota, where Ole homesteaded the east half of the northwest quarter and the west half of the northeast quarter of section 1, Coalfield twp, Divide Co. (see Anne's memorial for a picture of their house). They shared this sod house with Peder Dahle, who homesteaded the farm to the east of theirs (half in Divide and half in Burke Co.), hence the two smokestacks. In 1911 or 1913, they moved a half mile or so to the east, to a farm (48.87671 -102.93627) in Keller twp, Burke Co.
Ole's sister Ahne (married to Johannes Myhre) also came to Minnesota, and had a daughter Amanda who moved to Burke County, ND. Ole's mitochondrial haplogroup was H1i.
Ole, born 17 April 1869 in Ringebu parish, Oppland County, Norway, was the youngest of seven children born to Lars Jacobsen Vigen and Ambjør Christensdatter Seielstadløkken. He was baptized 4 July 1869 at the Ringebu stave church, with godparents Ahne and Jens Randklev, Mari E. Palsveen, John A. Saalfrit, and Haldor J. Thulibakken. Lars and Ambjør separated by the time Ole was six and two-thirds. Ole was born on a farm called Nysveen or Randklevsveen, and lived on Gunderstuen when he was confirmed, 18 May 1884. These are all tenant farms in Ringebu parish.
After Ole's marriage to Anne Ellefsdatter Mosebakken, 21 Nov 1887 in Ringebu, they lived on a farm in Ringebu parish called Rottåshagen (61.49002 10.14280). Ole and Anne and their first three children emigrated in 1893, aboard the Thingvalla Line's steamship Amerika, sailing from Oslo to New York. They used the name Rottåshagen when they were processed at Ellis Island, 12 June 1893. They went directly to Tanberg Township, Wilkin County, Minnesota, near Rothsay, where Ole had a brother and a sister living, Edward Randklev and Martha Strandlien. Ole and Anne had shortened Rottåshagen to Hagen by the time their fourth child, Alma, was born, 29 Aug 1893. They lived in Tanberg twp 10 years.
In 1903, Ole and Anne and five of their children (all of those who survived infancy except the oldest, Anna, who had married and stayed in Tanberg twp) moved to northwestern North Dakota, where Ole homesteaded the east half of the northwest quarter and the west half of the northeast quarter of section 1, Coalfield twp, Divide Co. (see Anne's memorial for a picture of their house). They shared this sod house with Peder Dahle, who homesteaded the farm to the east of theirs (half in Divide and half in Burke Co.), hence the two smokestacks. In 1911 or 1913, they moved a half mile or so to the east, to a farm (48.87671 -102.93627) in Keller twp, Burke Co.
Ole's sister Ahne (married to Johannes Myhre) also came to Minnesota, and had a daughter Amanda who moved to Burke County, ND. Ole's mitochondrial haplogroup was H1i.
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