Elev ERIKSEN b. 20 Aug 1828 *Sterb, Aurland, Sogn Og Fjordane, Norway d. 25 Jan 1909 Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa, USA: An Armstrong & A Heffernan

1828 - 1909 (80 years)

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Name	Elev ERIKSEN [1]
Born	20 Aug 1828	*Sterb, Aurland, Sogn Og Fjordane, Norway [2]
Gender	Male
Immigration	1861
	From Norway
Census	7 Jul 1870	Snoqualmie, King, Washington, USA
pg 30, f/d 238/313
Squak and Snoqualmie E Erickson M 40 Norway Mary Erickson F 33 Norway Anne Erickson F 20 Norway Elev is a corn laborer.
Census	1880	, Woodbury, Iowa, USA
ED 239, pg 8 (332D)
Lakeport Township Eleve Erickson Self M 51 Norway Mary Erickson Wife F 49 Norway Erick Erickson Son M 22 Norway Unnie Erickson Dau F 16 Norway Bottle Erickson Son M 15 Norway Isabell Erickson Dau F 12 Minnesota Marria Erickson Dau F 7 Minnesota Ella Erickson Dau F 6 Iowa The next household is Bottle Irveson Other M 86 Norway Is this Mari's father?
Census	1885	, Woodbury, Iowa, USA
pg 14 (526)
West Fork Township Elev Erickson M 56 Norway Mary Erickson F 54 Norway Anna Erickson F 33 Norway
Census	1895	Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa, USA
pg 946, fam #35
Ward 8 Elev Erickson M 66 Norway laborer Lutheran Mary Erickson F 64 Norway Lutheran Jennie Erickson F 32 Minnesota Lutheran
Census	14 Jun 1900	Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa, USA
ED 175, pg 114
5th Ward, 2910 Seech Street Dorum, Aaron head W M Apr 1855 45 M 13 Nor Nor Nor 1871 RR laborer Owns Nellie wife W F May 1861 40 M 13 Nor Nor Nor 1861 2/1 Ivor M son W M May 1894 6 S IA Nor Nor Erickson, Elev FiL W M Aug 1828 71 M 49 Nor Nor Nor 1861 Mary MiL W F Mar 1831 69 M 49 Nor Nor Nor 1861 1/1
Name	Eilef Eriksen [3]
Died	25 Jan 1909	Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa, USA
Buried	26 Jan 1909	Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa, USA
Person ID	I4837	An Armstrong & A Heffernan
Last Modified	10 Jun 2022

Father	Erik EILEVSEN, b. 16 Jul 1781, Sterbo, Aurland, Sogn Og Fjordane, Norway , d. 20 Jul 1852, Sterbo, Aurland, Sogn Og Fjordane, Norway (Age 71 years)
Mother	Kari KNUTSDATTER, b. 1796, Teigen, Aurland, Sogn Og Fjordane, Norway , d. 1867, Teigen, Aurland, Sogn Og Fjordane, Norway (Age 71 years)
Married	8 Sep 1827	*Sterbo, Aurland, Sogn Og Fjordane, Norway
Family ID	F2122	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Mari BOTOLVSDATTER, b. 8 Mar 1831, *Sterb, Aurland, Sogn Og Fjordane, Norway , d. 2 May 1902, Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa, USA (Age 71 years)

Married 5 Jun 1851 *Sterb, Aurland, Sogn Og Fjordane, Norway [4]

Children

	1. Anna ERIKSEN, b. 18 Mar 1852, *Soga, Aurland, Sogn Og Fjordane, Norway , d. 13 Jan 1938, Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa, USA (Age 85 years)
	2. Kari ERIKSEN, b. 1854, *Sterb, Aurland, Sogn Og Fjordane, Norway , d. 8 Sep 1888, Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa, USA (Age 34 years)
	3. Erik ERICKSON, b. 8 Nov 1857, *Sterb, Aurland, Sogn Og Fjordane, Norway , d. 17 Apr 1896, Moville, Woodbury, Iowa, USA (Age 38 years)
	4. Nellie E ERIKSEN, b. 6 May 1860, *Sterb, Aurland, Sogn Og Fjordane, Norway , d. 27 Nov 1939, Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, USA (Age 79 years)
	5. Unni ERIKSEN, b. 1864, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA , d. 17 Aug 1897, Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa, USA (Age 33 years)
	6. Botolf ERIKSEN, b. 1865, , , Minnesota, USA , d. 23 Jul 1887, Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa, USA (Age 22 years)
	7. Isabella ERIKSEN, b. 13 Apr 1868, , , Minnesota, USA , d. 21 Nov 1927, Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa, USA (Age 59 years)
	8. Ellen Marie ERIKSEN, b. 29 Sep 1872, Sloan, Woodbury, Iowa, USA , d. 13 May 1952, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA (Age 79 years)
	9. Ella ERIKSEN, b. 1874, , , Iowa, USA , d. Deceased

Last Modified 15 Jun 2016

Family ID F2120 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Notes

I have no idea where all these children were for the 1870 Census. It's possible that we have mixed two families or that Elev had more than one wife. Almost every record that gives a surname for Mari, gives a different one. I can only be sure of the 1880 census that includes Erik. It wouldn't make sense for them to have one child, jump to 6 children and then back to one. The 1880 adds in Bottle Iversen in the next household. Is this Mari's father? If so, it ties the two families together.
If there are two families, Elev, Mary Botolvsdatter/Iverson and Anna are the first family with Elev, Mari Berg/Berkan and the rest of the children as the second family. Unfortunately, this is what happens when you don't record sources and/or accept help from other researchers who don't supply sources.

I believe the proper way to display the places in Norway would be similar to Sterb, Aurland, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. Aurland is a kommune, a municipality, similar to a township. Sogn og Fjordane is a fylke and is similar to a county. Sterb would be a village or maybe a farm. The places marked with an asterisk * do not exist in my database of places spelled as they are in my locations. Some of them may be in a different kommune or fylke.

The historical Norwegian naming pattern is pretty straight-forward. The child has a given name and surname that is made up of his/her father's name with the suffix sen (for boys) or datter/dtr (for girls). Therefore, our Elev (or Eilef) is the son of Erik (the son of Eilef) and our Mari is the daughter of Botolv (the son of Ivar). When these families came to America, they had to settle on one surname for the entire family. In some cases, siblings used different surnames. Too, their names were "Americanized" sen became son - Erickson - and datters became the sons of their grandfathers - Mari Iverson. [For my Norwegian friends: I know very little of your customs so I have made this as simple as possible for the folks who know nothing.]

Sources

[S805] 1900 Woodbury, IA, ED 175, pg 14B.
Elev Erickson
[S805] 1900 Woodbury, IA, ED 175, pg 14B.
age 71, Aug 1828, Norway
[S2049] Norway Baptisms, 1634-1927, (FamilySearch.org), Ellefsen, Anna.
Eilef Eriksen
[S805] 1900 Woodbury, IA, ED 175, pg 14B.
married 49 years