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Submitted by: Mary Ann (Hendrickson) Dunkin
Email address: maryadunkin@yahoo.com
Husband: Gunner HENDRICKSON
Birthdate: 19 Apr 1828
Birthplace: Fister Parish, Norway, emigrated to USA, 23 Apr 1858,
with his wife and three children
and with his brother Henrick and his family, to LaSalle Co., Illinois
Deathdate: 14 Jul 1920
, age 92, bu Lawn Ridge Cemetery, Rochelle, DeKalb Co., Illinois
Place of death: Malta, DeKalb Co., Illinois
Father: Henrik GUDMUNDSON
Mother: Kristi LARSDATTER
Marriage date: 31 Oct 1851
Marriage place: Ardal Parish, Norway
Wife: Brita HENRIKSDATTER
Birthdate: 10 Nov 1822
Birthplace: Ardal Parish, Norway
Deathdate: Apr 1866
, age 44
Place of death: LaSalle Co., Illinois
Father: Henrik JONSEN
Mother: Helvig SJURSDATTER
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CHILDREN
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Child No. 1: Henry O. AGE
aka: Hendrik Olaus Gunnerson, Eige in Norway
Sex: M
Birthdate: 6 Apr 1852, emigrated to the USA , age 5 with his parents 23 Apr 1858
Birthplace: Fister Parish, Norway
Death date: 8 Mar 1916, age 64
Place of death: Muscatine, Muscatine Co., Iowa, bu Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa
Marriage date: 1/m, date unknown, 2/m, ca 1880, 3/m, ca 1887
Marriage place: probably all three marriages in Iowa
Spouse's name: Mary Amanda Unknown, Hannah Maria MILLER, Fannie McLAIN
Child No. 2: Christine HENDRICKSON
aka: Christine Gunnersdatter, Eige in Norway
Sex: F
Birthdate: 20 Jan 1854, emigrated to the USA, 23 Apr 1858, age 3, with her parents,
Birthplace: Fister Parish, Norway
Death date: 1875, age 21
Place of death: LaSalle Co., Illinois, bu in the woods near Norway, LaSalle Co., Illinois
Marriage date: 17 May 1873
Marriage place: DeKalb Co., Illinois
Spouse's name: Christ N. CHRISTIANSON
Child No. 3: Martha Karina GUNNERSDATTER, Eige,
Sex: F Birthdate: 14 May 1856
Birthplace: Fister Parish, Norway
Death date: Jun 1858, at age 2, two days before arriving at Toronta, Canada
Place of death: Aboard Ship, Atlantic Ocean, probably bu at sea
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Marriage place:
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Child No. 4: Bertha Atlanta HENDRICKSON
Sex: F
Birthdate: 11 Jun 1858
Birthplace: aboard ship on the Atlantic Ocean enroute to the USA
Death date: unknown
Place of death: probably Sterling, Whiteside Co., Illinois
Marriage date: Unknown
Marriage place: Illinois
Spouse's name: Forman (Firm) SHEPARD
Child No. 5: Martha L.R. HENDRICKSON
Sex: F
Birthdate: 5 Mar 1860
Birthplace: Illinois
Death date: unknown, infancy
Place of death: Illinois
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
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Child No. 6: Lewis Gabriel HENDRICKSON
Sex: M Birthdate: 3 Aug 1862
Birthplace: LaSalle Co., Illinois
Death date: 23 May 1917, age 54
Place of death: Lee Co., Illinois
Marriage date: 25 Jan 1872
Marriage place: Illinois
Spouse's name: Matilda T.O. BERG
Child No. 7: Nellie Belle HENDRICKSON
Sex: F
Birthdate: 23 Aug 1864
Birthplace: Malta, DeKalb Co., Illinois
Death date: 25 Sep 1926
Place of death: Muscatine, Muscatine Co., Iowa
Marriage date: 27 Jan 1880
Marriage place: Ottawa, LaSalle Co., Illinois
Spouse's name: Henry Meyers IREY
Child No. 8: Martha C. (Mattie) HENDRICKSON
Sex: F
Birthdate: 3 May 1865
Birthplace: Ilinois
Death date: 1 Nov 1952
Place of death: Moose Jaw, Sask, Canada
Marriage date: 25 Oct 1888
Marriage place: DeKalb Co., Illinois
Spouse's name: Steven SCHWEITZBERGERp
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Documentation:
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Compiled by Mary Ann (Hendrickson) Dunkin (1996) from the
information of Lillian (Hendrickson) Gjerde's 1956 Hendrickson family
history, Statsarkevet i Stavanger, Ardal II Bygdebok by Sigurd Eikeland, Federal Census Records,
Percy (Vernon) Hendrickson, Ruth (Jones) Gorda, Henrietta (Sibley) and Herb Shaul, Lila
(Henrickson) Heuerman, Grant Hendrickson, Luella (Hendrixon) Petermann, Rose (Hendrickson)
Way and other family members.