Where the extended Rasmus Lavik Famly Lived
The public domain map above covers many of the Upper Midwest locations where the Extended Rasmus Lavik Family lived - as described in the information posted on this web page. At the south of the map is Aberdeen, South Dakota. Just above it is Ellendale, North Dakota. To the east is Oakes, Forman, and Wahpeton - the location of many of the photos. The Rasmus Lavik home of Milnor is just east of Forman. At the top of the map is Grafton and Pembina, North Dakota. To the middle in the east is Crookston, where southeast of there is Fertile and Rindal. To the west from Grand Fork is Devils Lake. And just east of Fargo is Moorhead. These locations, and many smaller cities nearby are where many of the photos in the Lavik Collection were taken.
The Extended Rasmus Lavik Family - Who They Were And Where They Lived
Many of the Lavik photos had identifying studio and studio location listings. I concluded that it would be helpful to research each member of Rasmus’ family, and where and when they have lived places during their lives. By identifying each member of the family of Rasmus’ children, it might help identify families by knowing what gender and age order each child was, to see if that matched unidentified children in a photo.
The same is true for the families of people related to the Lavik family. For example, there are a number of photos here of Antonette’s family from Devils Lake, and information on those family members is included below. It is possible that some of the photos are of the Tuff family, with Ingeborg Tuff being Rasmus’ first wife. There were also a few photos of Ofstedahls, and it took one descendant to identify the one of Andrew Ofstedahl here. There also is a likely photo of someone who was in an in-law family (the Steinbergs took the one known photo that was of Sophie Bergh Lavik’s family – which was what motivated their initial interest in these photos). Some of Rasmus’ siblings immigrated, and it is possible that there are photographs of them or their children.
Therefore, in addition to Rasmus and his immediate family, I have included a listing of Ingeborg and Antonette’s families, of the initial Ofstedahls, and of Rasmus’ siblings – to make sure they are added to the locations listed below. Any one of them could be a subject of one of the photos in the Lavik batch – and with the help of others I have already identified different members of the Ofstedahl family, and one photo of Rasmus’ brother Knut.
It should be noted that the latest photos in the Lavik collection were in the 1930’s – so paying too close attention to locations of family members after 1940 isn’t particularly relevant to the photos.
I will begin with a complete listing for Rasmus and his children and their families, as well as his siblings and those families that have intermarried. I know this is a lot of text, but it is a comprehensive listing of who was in the Lavik orbit, and I place the individual names in bold:
Rasmus Lavik and his Family
Rasmus Lavik (Oct 15, 1841-April 6, 1927)
m. (1) Dec 30, 1873 - Ingeborg Tuff (May 23, 1853-Oct 7, 1886),
1-Andrew (Andreas) Lavik (June 6, 1874-July 4, 1900) – no issue
2-Marie Lavik (Feb 4, 1876-Oct 1902) – no issue
3-Peter Lavik (Oct 10, 1877-Nov 11, 1910) – no issue
4-Dora Lavik (Aug 13, 1879-May 29, 1934) m. Carl Grimsrud
5-John R. Lavik (Jan 31, 1881-Mar 7, 1969) m Sophie B. Bergh
6-Hannah M. Lavik (Dec 20, 1882-1908) – no issue
m. (2) Dec, 1889 – Antonette Hagen (May 26, 1869-Dec 6, 1940)
7-Ingvald Anton Lavik (Feb 1, 1891-Aug 2, 1961) m. Clara Gronhovd
8-Rudolph Halbert Lavik (Apr 30, 1892-Sept 29, 1979) m. Ethel Charlotte Larsen
9-Anton Nikolai Lavik (Jan 28, 1895-Sept 1975) m. Borghild Eid – no known issue
10-Theodore Lavik (Jan 12, 1897-Jan 28, 1920) – no issue
Dora Lavik (Aug 13, 1879-June 1934)
m. Aug 1904 - Carl Grimsrud (May 29, 1877 – Dec 11, 1945)
1- Gudrun Grimsrud (b Jan 15 1906 – Aug 22 2001) m Edward Erickson
2- Agnes O. Grimsrud (Aug 3 1907 – Jun 20 2003) m. Robert Kerr
3- Bertha Marie Grimsrud (b May 19 1909 – Nov 9 1982) m. Joseph Langemo
4- Dorothea Grimsrud (b Mar 23, 1911 – March 24 1924)
5- Valborg Grimsrud (b May 6 1914 – July 8, 1977) m. Jerome Skeim
6- Carl Grimsrud (b March 14 1917 – Aug 25, 1984) m. Betty Wagner
John R. Lavik (Jan 31, 1881-Mar 7, 1969)
m. Sophie Bertina Bergh (July 10, 1877 – July 26, 1969)
1- Rolf Johan (John) Lavik (Jun 20, 1907 – June 6, 1987) m. Aimee Peterson
2- Valborg Berliot Lavik (Aug 4, 1909 – Aug 21, 2006) m. Robert J. Bancroft
3- Norma Marguerite Lavik (Nov 18, 1911 – Nov 6, 1997) m. John Carl Bennewitz
4- Paul Sophus Lavik, MD (Feb 11, 1915 – Oct 20, 2010) m. Ethel Ingebrigtsen
Ingvald Anton Lavik (Feb 1, 1891-Aug 2, 1961)
m. 1922 – Clara Gronhovd (May 28, 1897 – April 24, 1975)
1. Agnes Marie Lavik (March 27, 1923 – Aug 28, 1998) m. Donald E. Iverson
2. Harold “Harry” Ingvald Lavik (Jan 19, 1927 – Nov 7, 2017) m. Marilyn Iverson
3. Melvin Theodore Lavik (May 7, 1929 - ) m. Norma Lewis
4. Robert Andrew Lavik (Dec 26, 1932 - ) m. Celestine Gugel
Rudolph Halbert (Tobe) Lavik (Apr 30, 1892-Sept 29, 1979)
m. Aug 24, 1922 Ethel Charlotte Larsen (Aug 27, 1899 – Nov 15, 1987)
1. Ruth Charlotte Lavik (Aug 29, 1923 – March 30, 1982) m. Campbell Funk
Anton Nikolai Lavik (Jan 28, 1895-Sept 23, 1975)
m. Jan 28, 1933 Borghild Eid (Oct 19, 1899 - Oct 19, 1980) – no known issue
The Siblings of Rasmus and Their Families
The Simon and Agatha Lavik Ofstedahl Family
Anders Simonson (Flatekval) Ofstedal married Agate Lavik (Rasmus Lavik’s oldest sister in 1844, probably in Eksingedalen, Norway. They had eleven children, seven of whom lived to adulthood and all seven emigrated to the United States:
Simon Anderson Ofstedal – March 30, 1848 – May 7, 1892 (Polk Co., MN) m. Kari Tuff (sister of Rasmus’ first wife Ingeborg) – Oct 11, 1859 – April 29, 1916 (Polk Co., MN) – Twelve children
Anders (Andrew) Ofstedal – Feb 9, 1850 – Jan 13, 1937 m. Mower Co MN 1875 - Maria Johnson Ofstedal - Nov 1853 – Feb 13, 1938 (Brown Co., SD) – Thirteen Children
Nils Anderson Ofstedahl – Jul 30, 1854 – Jun 14, 1892 (Rice Co MN) m. Jun 20, 1885 Mathilde Lunde (Sep 28, 1862 – Jul 28, 1925), Four Children
Andreas Oefstedal – Sept 1, 1855 – June 30, 1930 (Chicago, Cook Co., IL) m. 1881 (1) Dinah Mathilde Bronson – May 25, 1862 – Aug 24, 1886 (Polk Co., MN), Three Children; m. Jan 3, 1888 (2) Mathilde Markuson 1866 – Oct 17, 1959 (Chicago, Cook Co., IL), Seven Children
John A. Ofstedahl – Sept 6, 1857 – Nov 12 1911 (Grafton, Walsh Co., ND) m. Aug 21 1884 Anna Markuson – Oct 14, 1860 (Goodhue Co., MN) – Aug 15, 1948 (Glendale, Los Angeles Co., CA) – Ten Children
Dorothea Ofstedal – Mar 9, 1860 – Mar 9, 1889 (King, Polk Co., MN) – m. Jun 7, 1881 Gullik Moen – Feb 3, 1852 – Mar 10, 1929 (Polk Co., MN) – Six Children
Anna Ofstedal – Jun 16, 1864 – Dec 10, 1931(Crookston, Polk Co., MN) m. Dec 13, 1894 in Polk Co., MN Matthias Gronvold – May 2, 1872 (Thorpstuen, Hedmark, Norway) – April 21, 1941 (Edmonton, Canada) – Five Children
Torbjorg Lavik, Sister of Rasmus
Torbjorg Lavik – 1832-1896 (?) – never married; no issue; immigrated to the United States in 1878 with the Ofstedahls; She was enumerated with Rasmus Lavik and family in 1880 in Goodhue County; she was with the Ofstedahls in the 1895 Minnesota state census in Polk County; While her death is listed in one record as 1906, the Norwegian bygdebok entry for her family lists her death year as 1896. I have found no public record of her after 1895, either census, death, or cemetery, although the photograph of Simon’s family earlier in this section has her name written on the back, and was taken about 1897. Rudy Lavik wrote a letter to his child and grandchildren in 1965 mentioning family history - and describes how Torbjorg stayed with them for a year “near the turn of the century” and “spoiled” his youngest brother Ted, who was not born until January 1897. She appears to have lived past the 1896 death date some researchers have used.
Knut Lavik Flatekval (Flakolls)
Knut Lavik (Flatekval) – the third child of Andres and Dordei, the first of two Knut Laviks that appear to be sons of Andres and Dordei – born in 1824 in Lavik, and died in 1896 in America. He married Agate Knutsdatter Lavik (who died in 1879). Basically, he was from one Lavik farm (Bruk One), Agate was of another (Bruk Five), and he bought a farm in the adjoining area of Flatekval – Bruk 5, which he bought in 1854 for 350 spd. It states he and Agate had eleven children, two of whom died in Norway at a young age; two of whom remained in Norway, and he left for America in 1884, the remaining seven came to the United States (Paul Lavik’s records said nine children – the bygdebok states either eleven or twelve – but in each case just seven came alive to America):
1) Dordi, born in 1852 and died in 1910, one of two who remained in Norway;
2) Anna – who would have been the second oldest child, born in 1852 and died in 1854 – not shown in Paul Lavik’s records, one of two extras listed in the bygdebok records;
3) Andrea, born 1854 and died in 1910, married Nils Hovik, and listed as the other child who remained in Norway;
4) Anders, shown below, born on March 16, 1856 and died on January 23, 1903; he was known in the United States as Anders Flakoll; He immigrated in 1882, Teacher, Goodhue Co., Minn., 1884-86. Attended Northfield Sem., 1889-90; Augsburg Sem., 1890-92 (C. T.). Pastor, Aberdeen, Brown County, S. D., 1892-97; Bristol, Day County, S. D. 1897-03. *[married] Kristiane Helland, 1882. Died Jan. 23, 1903. The 1900 census shows six living children, with two others having died before 1900. Ole Teiten married Kristiane in 1909, and she died in 1941. [NOTE: There is an Anders Knutson shown with Rasmus Lavik in the 1880 census - age 24, born in Norway. That fits this Anders, but the listing for him in the 1928 pastor book indicates an immigration year of 1882, and his 1900 census entry indicates he immigrated in 1884 - the year his father is believed to have immigrated.]
5) Knute, the bygdebok shows two Knuts not in Paul’s records, born in 1857 and died in 1869 and the second one born in 1863 and died in 1870;
6) Anna K. Flakoll, born 1859, died in 1941 and married ca 1889 Clarence Horatio Fulton, born 1851; they had five children; she appears to have lived in Brown County until her death;
7) Johannes Lavik, born 1861, unknown death date; he appears to have witnessed his sister Anna’s wedding in 1889 in Brown County; There is a Johannes K. Flatekval who homesteaded near other family members in Brown County in 1885. In ordering deeds for Andrew Ofstedal from the Brown County recorder in the fall of 2020, I asked for any references to Johannes K. Flatkeval, and I was surprised to receive six different documents from deed books that references him. They all were from the 1880’s and 1890’s, although one of the transactions from the 1890’s was recorded after 1900. I have not found a reference for him in the 1900 census, so I don’t know what happened to him - the evidence seems to indicate he might have died during this period.
8) Maria K. Flakoll, born 1865, died 1916, married first Peter Helland and married second Severt Strand;
9) Gjertina Flatekval, born 1868 and died in 1940, married Torris (Tom) Jacobson;
10) Kristina K. Flatekval, born May 20, 1869, died February 12, 1914, married Adolph Kabrud, born October 4, 1860 and died July 25, 1914; and
11) Agatha Lavik, born 1874, died 1956 and married James Christian Anderson.
Maria Lavik (Flatekval), sister of Rasmus
Maria Lavik, born in 1828, died in 1864, married Johannes Halvardson Flatekval in 1858. Two children, Maria, born 1859, remained in Norway; Halvord (or Halvor), born 1861. Halvor J. Flatekval filed for land in Dakota Territory near the Ofstedahls and Anna K. Flatekval in April 1886, but did not prove out his claim. A bygdebok states he went to America, married, and had children. I cannot find a further record for him.
Families Who Intermarried with the Laviks
The Ingeborg Tuff Lavik (first wife of Rasmus) Family
Peder Johnson Tuff - April 17, 1829 (Vestre Slidre, Oppland, Norway), married (1) Marit Evensdatter on August 31, 1853 (Vestre Slidre, Oppland, Norway) and they had five children together. Marit – February 16, 1829 (Vestre Slidre, Oppland, Norway) – 1877 (Kenyon, Goodhue, Minnesota). Peder married (2) Gunhild Torgerdatter Reime and they had two children – died December 10, 1912 (Clearwater, Minnesota). Children of Peder and Marit, all born in Vestre Slidre, Norway:
Ingeborg Tuff (shown above with Rasmus Lavik) – 1853-1886
Barbara P. Tuff – May 2, 1855 – 1937 m Simon Rice 1883 (Simon – 1856-1940); Barbara and Simon are buried in Hibbing, Minnesota;
Even P. Tuff – 1855 – aft 1895
Kari P. Tuff – 1859 – 1916 (shown above with Simon Ofstedal)
John P. Tuff – May 3, 1866 – 1918
The Antonette Haugen Lavik (second wife of Rasmus) Family
Parents: Halvor O. Hagen
Immigrated from Norway to Devils Lake (Ramsey County) ND in 1886; died by 1900;
Anna Hagen (Feb 1825 – after 1900)
Shown in 1900 census in Ramsey County, died by 1910;
Children:
John Hagen – born 1854 – died 1934; – appears to have been no issue
Ole Hagen – born 1855 – died 1936 – appears to have been no issue
Anders (Andrew) Hagen – born 1858 – died 1933 – appears to have been no issue [John, Ole, and Anders all appear to have lived their lives in Ramsey County, ND after they immigrated – all are buried in the Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery in Devils Lake.]
Antonette Hagen m. Rasmus Lavik Dec 3, 1889 – (May 26, 1869-Dec 6, 1940) – four children listed above
Karen Hagen (June 19, 1871 – October 7, 1933) married Peter Matson (1863 – Aug 10, 1920) about 1892. Two children –
Antonette (Nettie) Matson – (Oct 19, 1893 – Sept 28, 1971) m. Carl Nelson (Aug 26, 1887 – Nov 6, 1950) ca 1912; Two children;
Howard Nelson – (Dec 23, 1913 – 1979)
Dorothy Nelson – (Sept 19, 1916 – Apr 13, 2010) on Jan 1, 1940 m Allwin Monson (May 21, 1917 – Feb 27, 2015) – two children, Joyce Monson Tsongas and Arthur Monson.
Hilda Matilda Matson (Dec 11, 1894 – June 12, 1975) m. Helge Carlson (April 8, 1886 – Sept 11, 1948) ca 1920. Three children:
Raymond Carlson – July 1, 1921 – Oct 6 1985 – Hennepin MN
Duane Carlson – Aug 5, 1923 – May 27, 1986 – Becker MN
Glen Carlson – Apr 15, 1927 - Dec 13, 1985 – Hennepin MN
Where Rasmus Lavik and family, Rasmus’ siblings who immigrated to America, the Haugens, and the Ofstedahls lived during their lives
Rasmus Lavik -- October 15, 1841 (Lavik, Norway) - April 6, 1927 (Milnor, North Dakota)
Norway - 1841-1871 - Norway, studied at Stord Normal School
- Teacher, Lardal in Sogn, Norway – left for USA 1871
Zumbrota, Goodhue County Minnesota - 1871-1887 - Farmer, Student
Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota 1887-1889 - Student, St. Olaf College
Devils Lake, Ramsey County, North Dakota – 1889 Ordained, serves parish
Red Lake Falls, Red Lake County, Minnesota – 1889 – 1892, Pastor
Forman, North Dakota - 1892-1893 - Rasmus lived here the first year he was pastor in the area.
Milnor, Sargent County, North Dakota - 1893-1916; Pastor; 1916-1927, Retired
Locations of Rasmus’ Children and Families
1) Andrew Lavik (June 6, 1874 – July 4, 1900)
Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota – Abt 1892 – 1896, Attended St. Olaf College;
Moorhead, Clay County, Minnesota – 1896-97, Teacher, Concordia College;
St. Paul, Hennepin County, Minnesota – 1897-1900, Luther Theological Seminary;
2) Marie Lavik (Feb 4, 1876-Nov 9, 1902)
Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota – late 1890’s, attended St. Olaf.
Milnor, Sargent County, North Dakota – 1901, was a teacher in this period, John Lavik states “for a number of years”. The Minneapolis Journal of Monday, November 10, 1902 states Marie Lavik died of consumption the previous night and “was a prominent teacher”.
3) Peter R. Lavik (Oct 10, 1877-Nov 13, 1910)
Spanish-American War Veteran – 1898, Sargent County, North Dakota company, Georgia and Philippine Islands
Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota – 1896?-98, and possibly after his military service, attended as a student.
Minneapolis, Hennepin County Minnesota – University of Minnesota – for a few years through 1906, studied law;
Polk County, Minnesota – 1908, ran for County attorney
4) Dora Lavik Grimsrud (Aug 13 1879-May 29, 1934) and Carl Grimsrud (May 29, 1877 – Dec 11, 1945)
St. Angsar Seminary (Iowa?) –1891-93, Carl attended;
Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota – 1895-99, Carl attended St. Olaf College;
Chicago, Cook, Illinois – 1899-1902, Carl attended the University of Chicago Seminary;
Aberdeen, Brown County, South Dakota – 1902-08, following ordination in 1902, he was a pastor here - Dora and Carl were married 1904.
Bagley, Clearwater County, Minnesota, 1908-12, pastor;
Moscow, Latah County, Idaho – 1912-1918, pastor;
St. Hilaire, Pennington County Minnesota – 1918-26 (St. Hilaire is in northwest Minnesota in Pennington County just outside of Thief River Falls);
Hoople, Walsh County, North Dakota - 1926-29 (in Walsh County, northwest of Grafton);
Hitterdal, Clay County, Minnesota – 1929-38 (in Clay County not far from Hawley and Moorhead, Minnesota). Dora Lavik Grimsrud died in the middle of this period.
Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minnesota – from 1938 until near his death. He was listed in the Fergus Falls City directory for 1941-42 living at 119 E. Bancroft with his daughter and son-in-law, Jerome M. and Valborg Skeim.
5) John R. Lavik (Jan 31, 1881-Mar 7, 1969) and Sophie Bertina Bergh (July 10, 1877 – July 26, 1969)
Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota – 1898-1903, Attended St. Olaf College;
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota – 1903-06, attended United Church Seminary;
Vermilion, Clay County, South Dakota – 1906-10 – teacher at the university, and pastor.
Camrose, Alberta, Canada – 1911-23, in three jobs: 1911-13, pastor; 1913-17 – president of Camrose College; 1917-23 president Canada District (Lutheran Church?);
Perry, Dane County, Wisconsin – 1923-26; pastor, Perry, Wisconsin;
Longmont, Boulder County, Colorado – 1926-30;
Bricelyn, Faribault County, Minnesota – 1931-39, was in the Bricelyn Parish
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada – 1939-1953, was President of the Luther Theological Seminary, then he retired.
6) Hannah M. Lavik (Dec 20, 1882-1908)
Spokane Area Washington; North Dakota; One year at St. Olaf; none of these places has a time attached to it.
7) Ingvald Anton Lavik (Feb 1, 1891-Aug 2, 1961)
Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota – 1910-11; St. Olaf Academy; Moorhead, Clay County, Minnesota – 1912-13; Concordia Academy; 1913-17; Concordia College;
St. Paul, Hennepin Co., Minnesota – Luther Seminary, 1917-18, 1919-21;
France – U. S. Army, 1918-19;
Colorado – 1921-31; Colorado College, 1925-27; Fowler (Otero County) and Colorado Springs (El Paso County), 1921-24; pastor, Colorado Springs, 1924-31;
Mt. Horeb, Dane County, Wisconsin – pastor, 1932-50;
Oconomowoc, Waukesha County, Wisconsin – pastor, 1951-1954;
Clear Lake, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa – pastor, Jan 1955 – his death in 1961;
8) Rudolph Halbert (Tobe – Rudy) Lavik (Apr 30, 1892-Sept 29, 1979)
Moorhead, Clay County, Minnesota – 1913-17; Concordia College, student;
France – A. E. F., 1918-19.
Springfield, Massachusetts - 1919-20, received B. P. E. at Springfield College;
Moorhead, Clay County, Minn., Concordia College coach, 1920-22;
Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, teacher, 1922-25;
Fort Collins, Otero County, Colorado – 1925-27, Colorado Agriculture College;
Flagstaff, Coconino County, Arizona – 1927-33; Arizona State College, teacher/coach;
Tempe, Maricopa, Arizona – 1933-1966; Arizona State University,
Rudy Died Tempe 1979; Charlotte died Tempe, 1987;
9) Anton Nikolai Lavik (Jan 28, 1895-Sept 1975) m. Borghild Eid (Oct 19, 1899 – Oct 19, 1980)
Milnor, Sargent County, North Dakota – 1895-1944; native, was there until 1944, although he served in the legislature in Bismarck.
Bismarck, Burleigh County, North Dakota – 1945-1975; served as a state government department head and died here. His widow Borghild was shown as died in the Bismarck area in 1980, so she presumably lived there after his death.
10) Theodore Lavik (Jan 12, 1897-Jan 28, 1920)
Moorhead, Clay County, Minnesota – ca 1919-1920 – died while a student at Concordia.
Lavik Family and Extended Family Locations – Alphabetically by Location: County, State, and City
Canada –
Camrose, Alberta, Canada – (John Lavik) 1911-23, in three jobs: 1911-13, pastor; 1913-17 – president of Camrose College; 1917-23 president Canada District (Lutheran Church?);
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada – (John Lavik) 1939-1953, was President of the Luther Theological Seminary, then he retired.
Norway - 1841-1871 – (Rasmus Lavik) Norway, studied at Stord Normal School - Teacher, Lardal in Sogn, Norway – left for USA 1871;
Prior to 1886 – the Haugen family immigrated in 1886, likely from Lillehammer, Norway;
Prior to ca 1870 – the Tuff family lived in Vestre Slidre, Oppland, Norway.
Various family members were in Eksingadalen before and after others immigrated to America.
Foreign War Service - Spanish-American War Veteran – 1898, (Peter Lavik) Sargent County, North Dakota company, Georgia and Philippine Islands
France –
- A. E. F., 1918-19. (Rudolph Lavik)
- U. S. Army, 1918-19, (Ingvald Lavik)
States. Arizona –
Flagstaff, Coconino County, Arizona – (Rudolph Lavik) 1927-33; Arizona State College, teacher/coach;
Tempe, Maricopa, Arizona – (Rudolph Lavik) 1933-1966; Arizona State University, Died Tempe 1975; Charlotte died Tempe, 1987;
Colorado –
Colorado – 1921-31; Colorado College, 1925-27; Fowler (Otero County) and Colorado Springs (El Paso County), 1921-24; pastor, Colorado Springs, 1924-31; (Ingvald Lavik)
Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, (Rudolph Lavik) teacher, 1922-25;
Fort Collins, Otero County, Colorado – (Rudolph Lavik) 1925-27, Colorado Agriculture College;
Longmont, Boulder County, Colorado – (John Lavik) 1926-30;
Idaho –
Moscow, Latah County, Idaho – (Carl Grimsrud) 1912-1918, pastor;
Illinois –
Chicago, Cook, Illinois – 1899-1902, (Carl Grimsrud) attended University of Chicago Seminary; Andreas Oefstedal, 1897-1900; 1912-1925; 1928 to death in 1930; Matilda, Andreas’ widow to 1959;
Iowa –
St. Angsar Seminary –1891-93, Carl Grimsrud attended;
Clear Lake, Cerro Gordo County – 1955-1961 – Ingvald Lavik was pastor here;
Decorah, Iowa – Luther College – Andreas Oefstedal, 1874-1878; Nils Ofstedahl, 1875-1878;
Massachusetts –
Springfield, Massachusetts - 1919-20,(Rudolph Lavik) received B. P. E. at Springfield College;
Minnesota –
Bagley, Clearwater County, Minnesota – (Carl Grimsrud) 1908-12, pastor;
Beltrami County, Minnesota – Andrew Ofstedahl was here ca 1900-1905;
Bricelyn, Faribault County, Minnesota – (John Lavik) 1931-39, was in the Bricelyn Parish
Crookston, Polk County, Minnesota – Rasmus Lavik was pastor here 1890-92.
- Mathias Gronvold and Anna Ofstedal Gronvold lived here until her death in 1931;
Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minnesota – (Carl Grimsrud) from 1938 until near his death. He was listed in the Fergus Falls City directory for 1941-42 living at 119 E. Bancroft with his daughter and son-in-law, Jerome M. and Valborg Skeim.
Fertile, MN – Rev. Andreas Oefstedal, 1881-1892; again 1900-1910; Simon Ofstedal lived nearby;
Fillmore, MN – Matilda Ofstedahl, widow of Nils, here ca 1900;
Goodhue County, Minnesota –
- Many of the Ofstedahls – Anders the father, Andrew, Andreas, Simon, John, and Nils – were here from immigration in the 1870’s until the early 1880’s when they moved to Polk County. Simon married the sister of Rasmus Lavik’s first wife – Kari Tuff.
- Nils Ofstedahl returned to the area, when he was the pastor at the Vang congregation from 1889 until his death in 1892. His widow and children left for a few years, but returned to Zumbrota by 1900 – and she lived there until her death in 1925.
- Anna Markuson Ofstedahl was shown in a photo from this collection taken in Red Wing in the mid-1880’s. Her parents, Knute Markuson and Martha Reppen, were in Goodhue County before 1860 and left for Polk County, Minnesota by the mid-1880’s.
- Rasmus Lavik was shown in Zumbrota, Goodhue County Minnesota - 1871-1887
- Rasmus’ in-laws the Tuffs were here. Peder is shown in the 1885 Minnesota census in Goodhue County, and was in Polk County sometime before 1895 – when he was shown in the Polk County census.
Hitterdal, Clay County, Minnesota – (Carl Grimsrud) 1929-38 (in Clay County not far from Hawley and Moorhead, Minnesota). Dora Lavik Grimsrud died in the middle of this period.
Minneapolis, Hennepin County Minnesota
– (Peter Lavik) University of Minnesota – for a few years through 1906, studied law, Peter died in Hennepin Co in 1910;
– 1903-06, (John Lavik) attended United Church Seminary;
- The Rev. John Ofstedahl family was here in the 1920’s and 1930’s
Moorhead, Clay County, Minnesota
- 1892-1897 – Rev. Andreas Oefstedal;
– 1896-97, (Andrew Lavik) Teacher, Concordia College;
- ca 1919-1920 – (Theodore Lavik) died when a student at Concordia.
– 1912-13; (Ingvald Lavik) Concordia Academy; 1913-17; Concordia College;
– 1913-17; (Rudolph “Tobe” Lavik) Concordia College, student; Concordia College coach, 1920-22;
Mower County, Minnesota
- Andrew Ofstedahl lived here in the 1870’s, and married Maria Johnson Ofstedal of another Ofstedal branch here. The other Ofstedal branch remained, and one of them is in a Lavik photo with Andrew Ofstedal.
Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota
– 1887-1889 (Rasmus Lavik) Student, St. Olaf College
– Abt 1892 – 1896, (Andrew Lavik) Attended St. Olaf College;
– 1895-99, Carl Grimsrud attended St. Olaf College;
– late 1890’s, (Marie Lavik) attended St. Olaf.
- 1896?-98, (Peter Lavik) and possibly after his military service, attended as a student.
- ca 1900, Hannah Lavik had one year here, no date attached.
- 1898-1903, (John Lavik) Attended St. Olaf College;
– 1910-11; (Ingvald Lavik) St. Olaf Academy;
Polk County, Minnesota – (Peter Lavik) 1908, ran for County attorney;
- Simon and Kari (Tuff) Ofstedahl lived here in Garden Township, subjects of one of the photos, from the early 1880’s until Kari’s death in 1916 and Simon’s death in 1922.
- See Crookston above – Rasmus Lavik and Anna Ofstedal Gronvold.
- Garden Township – Anders and Agate Lavik Ofstedal lived here from about 1880 until his death here in 1892 and her death in 1906;
- Andreas Oefstedal was a minister in Fertile from 1881-92, and 1900-1910;
- King Twp., (McIntosh) Dorothy Ofstedal and Gullik Moen lived here – 1880’s to her death in 1889; Gullik lived with their five children here after he married a second time, and lived there until his death in 1929;
- Godfrey Twp. Anna Ofstedal and Mathia Gronvold lived here from the 1880’s until they moved to Crookston shortly after 1900.
Red Lake Falls, Red Lake County, Minnesota – 1889 – 1892, (Rasmus Lavik) Pastor
Rice County, Minnesota – Nils Ofstedahl was a pastor in Nerstrand from 1889-92.
St. Hilaire, Pennington County Minnesota – (Carl Grimsrud) 1918-26 (St. Hilaire is in northwest Minnesota in Pennington County just outside of Thief River Falls);
St. Paul, Hennepin County, Minnesota
– 1897-1900, (Andrew Lavik) Luther Theological Seminary;
– Luther Seminary, 1917-18, 1919-21; (Ingvald Lavik)
Zumbrota, Goodhue County Minnesota (also shown above under Goodhue County) - 1871-1887 – (Rasmus Lavik) Farmer, Student
North Dakota –
Bismarck, Burleigh County, North Dakota – 1945-1975; (Anton Lavik) served as a department head and died here.
Devils Lake (and Lawton), Ramsey County, North Dakota – 1889 (Rasmus Lavik) Ordained, serves parish; additionally in Devils Lake was the family of Antonette Hagen [Haugen] Lavik, John, Ole, and Anders Haugen, from immigration to their deaths in the 1930’s; Karen and Peter Mattson until her death in 1933; and Helge and Nettie Carlson, until they moved to Minnesota in the late 1930’s.
Dickey County (Ellendale and Forbes) – Andrew Ofstedal, his wife Maria, and some family members lived here from the early 1900’s most of the time until his death in 1937 and Maria’s death in 1938.
Grafton, Walsh County, North Dakota – John Ofstedahl pastor here 1889-1911;
Hoople, Walsh County, North Dakota – (Carl Grimsrud) 1926-29 (in Walsh County, northwest of Grafton);
Milnor, Sargent County, North Dakota (and one year - 1892-1893 - in Forman, North Dakota)
– (Rasmus Lavik) 1892-1916; Pastor; 1916-1927, Retired – Antonette here until she died in 1940.
– 1901, (Marie Lavik) was a teacher in this period, John Lavik states “for a number of years”.
- 1895-1944; (Anton Lavik) native, was there until 1944, although he served in the legislature in Bismarck.
Oregon – Bend, Andreas Oefstedal, 1926-1928;
South Dakota –
Aberdeen, Brown County, South Dakota – 1902-08, following ordination in 1902, Carl Grimsrud was a pastor here.
-Nils Ofstedahl was a pastor here in 1883-86.
-Anders Flakoll was a pastor here in the 1890’s.
Day County. Anders Flakoll was in Bristol, Day County, from 1897 to his death in 1903.
Palmyra, Brown County, South Dakota – Andrew Ofstedal was here with his family in the 1880’s and 1890’s. This is where the Knut Lavik children were also. When he returned to Dickey County, North Dakota ten years later, living there until he and his wife’s deaths in the 1930’s – they were across the state line not far from Palmyra.
Vermilion, Clay County, South Dakota – 1906-10 – (John Lavik) teacher at the university, and pastor.
Washington –
Spokane Area Washington – Hannah Lavik, who died in 1908 was here with no time attached to her life there.
Wisconsin –
Madison – Luther Seminary - Andreas Oefstedal, 1878-1881; Nils Ofstedahl, 1880-1883;
Mt. Horeb, Dane County, Wisconsin – (Ingvald Lavik) pastor, 1932-50;
Oconomowoc, Waukesha County, Wisconsin – (Ingvald Lavik) pastor, 1951- ;
Perry, Dane County, Wisconsin – (John Lavik) 1923-26; pastor, Perry, Wisconsin;
Winchester, Winnebago County, Wisconsin – John Ofstedahl pastor 1884-1889;