Margreta Monsdatter Lunde, b. 1801; emigrated 1836

Margreta Monsdatter Lunde was born in 1801 and baptized on 13 Sep 1801 at the Voss Church at Vangen. She was the daughter of Mons Torsteinson Lunde (1761 – ) and Brita Davidsdatter (1769 – ). Brita’s mother is from the well documented Mosafinn family in Voss. She was married on 22 May 1833 to Paal Iverson Dale. Paal was born 28 Mar 1806 in Ulvik, Granvin, Hordaland and was the son of Ivar Nilssen Dale (1772 – 1826) and Guri Helgesdatter Espeland (1778 – 1840). Margreta lived in Ulvik in Granvin after her marriage. She and Paal had two children born at Dale: Iver b. 6 Dec 1860 and Torstein b. 6 Dec 1835. In 1836 the family, along with Paal’s sister Ingebjørg went to America. They settled in Adams Twp., in LaSalle County, Illinois where they had two more children: Nelson (Nels) b. 1838 and Betsey (Brita) b. 1843. Paal died sometime between 1843 and 1850 as Margreta is a widow in 1850. She is farming with her 4 children and her real estate is valued at $800. I have not located her after this date so perhaps she also passed on. Her son Torstein (Thomas) is farming in the same community in 1860 and the value of his real estate is recorded as $3000. He had personal assets of $50. There is a possible candidate for Iver who is married to a Rosina, but without a marriage certificate, etc. it is not possible to say for certain if this is him. The other children I have not located. The family went by Everson and in 1860 Thomas was using Iverson.