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Johannes "John" Halvors. Bly
1844 - 1925 (80 years)
Generation: 1
1. Johannes "John" Halvors. Bly was born on 30 Jan 1844 in Ytre Bleie, Ullensvang; was christened on 10 Mar 1844 in Ullensvang (son of Haldor Johannes. Måge and Marita Jakobsdtr. Bleie); died on 27 Jan 1925 in Boyceville, Dunn County, Wisconsin, USA; was buried in Tiffany Cemetery, Boyceville, Dunn County, WI. Notes:
Til Am. 1868. Gift med Sarah Folkedahl (1845-1895, Ventura, Iowa), f. Hardanger. 2g. m norske Annie f. 1877.
Daughter May f. 1886 m. Adolph Olson. Sonen Henry Halvorson ble født 9. juni 1882 i Clear Lake.
Son nr. 2, Herman Kana Halvorson, proprietor and editor of the Boyceville Press, was born in Ventura, Iowa, Aug. 17, 1890, son of John Halvorson Bly and Sarah Halvorson Bly. Both parents were born in Norway. Each settling at Decorah, Iowa where they met and were married in 1874. His father was in the grain business, and he engaged in farming at Ventura, Iowa, where they remained many years and where his wife died in 1895.
Johannes married Sigrid "Sarah" Halvorsdtr. Folkedal in 1874 in Decorah, Winneshiek, Iowa, USA. Sigrid was born in 1845 in Folkedal, Ulvik; died in 1895 in Ventura, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
2. Haldor Johannes. Måge was born in 1806 in Ytre Bleie, Ullensvang; died in 1891 in Ytre Bleie, Ullensvang. Haldor married Marita Jakobsdtr. Bleie on 14 Jun 1832 in Ullensvang. Marita was born in 1809 in Ytre Bleie, Ullensvang; died in 1894 in Ytre Bleie, Ullensvang. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Marita Jakobsdtr. Bleie was born in 1809 in Ytre Bleie, Ullensvang; died in 1894 in Ytre Bleie, Ullensvang. Children:
- Anna Halldors. Bleie was born in 1833 in Ytre Bleie, Ullensvang; died in 1924 in Midtre Bleie, Ullensvang.
- Sigrid Halldorsdtr. Bleie was born on 13 Jan 1836 in Ytre Bleie, Ullensvang; was christened on 24 Jan 1836 in Ullensvang; died on 8 Jun 1918 in Colton, Minnehaha, South Dakota.
- Jakob Halldors. Bleie was born in 1838 in Ytre Bleie, Ullensvang; was christened on 26 Aug 1838 in Ullensvang; died in 1885 in Ytre Bleie, Ullensvang.
- Margreta Halldorsdtr. Bleie was born in 1841 in Ytre Bleie, Ullensvang; was christened on 25 Apr 1841 in Ullensvang; died on 5 Nov 1925 in Colton, Minnehaha, South Dakota.
- 1. Johannes "John" Halvors. Bly was born on 30 Jan 1844 in Ytre Bleie, Ullensvang; was christened on 10 Mar 1844 in Ullensvang; died on 27 Jan 1925 in Boyceville, Dunn County, Wisconsin, USA; was buried in Tiffany Cemetery, Boyceville, Dunn County, WI.
- Julia Halverson Bly was born on 27 Jul 1846 in Ytre Bleie, Ullensvang; was christened on 9 Aug 1846 in Ullensvang; died on 31 Jan 1921 in Clear Lake, Cerro Gordo, Iowa; was buried in Clear Lake cemetery.
- Haldor "Henry" Haldorsen Bleie was born on 22 Mar 1849 in Ytre Bleie, Ullensvang; was christened on 9 Apr 1849 in Ullensvang; died in 1922 in Colton, Minnehaha, South Dakota.
- Marita Halldorsdtr. Bleie was born on 14 Jan 1852 in Ytre Bleie, Ullensvang; was christened on 5 Mar 1852 in Ullensvang; died in 1941 in Ytre Bleie, Ullensvang.