Tofterå Slettemoen genealogy

Esten Knudsen

Esten Knudsen

Male 1837 - 1905  (68 years)

Personal Information    |    Notes    |    All    |    PDF

  • Name Esten Knudsen 
    Born 19 Feb 1837  Liabergstølen, Hovet, Hol, Hallingdal Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Name Osten 
    Name Øystein 
    Died 3 Jul 1905  Colfax, Dunn, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 4 Aug 1905  Holden Lutheran Church Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I45529  Tofterå Slettemoen
    Last Modified 16 Jan 2026 

    Father Knud Larsen,   b. Aug 1803, Rud, Kvinnegardslien, Ål Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 May 1894, Trondheim Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 90 years) 
    Mother Margit Øysteinsdtr. Grogard,   b. 6 Aug 1815, Grogard, Hovet, Hol, Hallingdal Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1891, Trondheim Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Married 27 Nov 1836  Ål, Hallingdal Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F12850  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Anne Olsdtr. Hammer,   b. 17 Oct 1840, Hammerløkken, Buvik, Sør-Trøndelag Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Nov 1913, Colfax, Dunn, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Married 28 Dec 1876  Buvik, Sør-Trøndelag Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Mons Estensen Hammer,   b. 22 Oct 1865, Hammerløkken, Buvik, Sør-Trøndelag Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 May 1956, Wild Rice, Norman, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years)
     2. Ole Hammer,   b. 29 Nov 1880, Hauser, Buvik, Sør-Trøndelag Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Sep 1959, Menomonie, Dunn, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
     3. Martin Kristian Knutson,   b. 12 Oct 1882, Hammerløkken, Buvik, Sør-Trøndelag Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 16 Jan 2026 
    Family ID F15332  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Esten (Øystein) var garver da han i 1876 giftet seg til Hammerløkken, Byneset/Buvik i Sør-Trøndelag. Garvar på Saltnesstranden, Buvika ved Trondheim
      I 1885 reiste også Osten, Anne og søner Ole og Christian til Colfax, Dunn, Wisconsin.

      I 1895 sikret Esten seg et homestead rett utenfor Colfax: "the south west quarter of the south west quarter of section twenty two in Township twenty nine north of range eleven west of the fourth principal meridian in Wisconsin containing forty acres."