Husband: Odd ODSON - Odd Hadelsen in Norway
Birthdate: 9 Jun 1814
Birthplace: Meland Farm, Suldal, Rogaland, Norway [to LaSalle Co., Illinois in 1872, to Strand, Adams Co., Iowa in 1880]
Death date: 13 Jul 1906 - age 92
Place of death: Strand, Adams Co., Iowa
Burial: Strand Cemetery, Hadelsen is the name on the cemetery marker
Father: unknown
Mother: unknown

Marriage date: 23 Jun 1843
Marriage place: Suldal, Norway

Wife: Carry KNUDSON - Kari Knutsdatter, Naerheim in Norway
Birthdate: Dec 1820
Birthplace: Naerheim Farm, Norway,
Death date: 24 Apr 1884 - age 63
Place of death: Strand, Adams Co., Iowa,
Burial: Strand Cemetery
Father: unknown
Mother: unknown

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Hadle ODSON
Sex: M
Birthdate: 31 Oct 1843
Birthplace: Meland, Sudal, Rogaland, Norway
Death date: unknown
Place of death: unknown
Marriage date: unknown
Marriage place: unknown
Spouse's name: Ione CHARLSON

Child No. 2: Anne (Annie) ODSON
Sex: F
Birthdate: 26 Sep 1845
Birthplace: Norway
Death date: 28 Feb 1886, age 40y 5m 2d
Place of death: Strand, Adams Co., Iowa,
Burial: Strand Cemetery, Adams Co., Iowa
Marriage date: unknown
Marriage place: unknown
Spouse's name: Lars L. RETLAND

Child No. 3: Ranvdeg ODSON
Sex: F
Birthdate: 1848
Birthplace: Sand Farm, Tysvaer, Norway
Death date: unknown
Place of death: unknown
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouse's name: no record of marriage

Child No. 4: Knut (Newt) ODSON
Sex: M
Birthdate: 15 Dec 1849
Birthplace: Sand Farm, Tysvaer, Norway [to USA 1871]
Death date: 16 Jun 1939, age 98
Place of death: Canton, Lincoln Co., South Dakota
Marriage date: 9 May 1873
Marriage place: Norway, LaSalle, Co., Illinois
Spouse's name: Carina (Carry) LARSDATTER

Child No. 5: Daniel ODSON
Sex: M
Birthdate: 17 Feb 1853
Birthplace: Sudal, Norway [to USA Jun 1872]
Death date: 18 Aug 1923, age 70y 6m 11d
Place of death: Canton, Lincoln Co., South Dakota,
Burial: Forrest Hill Cemetery, Canton, South Dakota
Marriage date: 15 Nov 1879
Marriage place: Pontiac, Livingston Co., Illinois
Spouse's name: Olene (Lina) GUNDERSON

Child No. 6: Odd ODSON
Sex: M
Birthdate: b 1856
Birthplace: probably Sudal, Norway
Death date: d young
Place of death: unknown
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouse's name:

Child No. 7: Edward (Ed) ODSON, listed as Odd
in Tysvaer bygdebok #2 pg 121
Sex: M
Birthdate: 1857
Birthplace: crofters place Myrane, Arvig Farm, Tysvaer, Norway
Death date: 1937
Place of death: Strand, Adams Co., Iowa
Marriage date: 1/m, 25 Jun 1883
Marriage place: Adams Co., Iowa
Spouse's name: m/1, Elizabeth (Lizzie) HETLAND; 2/m to Nellie

Child No. 8: Jacob ODSON
Sex: M
Birthdate: 1860
Birthplace: crofters place Myrane, Arvig Farm, Tysvaer, Norway
Death date: unknown
Place of death: unknown
Marriage date: unknown
Marriage place: unknown
Spouse's name: Violet unknown

Child No. 9: Corneious ODSON
Sex: M
Birthdate: 21 Jul 1864
Birthplace: crofters place Myrane, Arvig Farm, Tysvaer, Norway [to USA with his parents in 1873, Pontiac, Livingston Co., Illinois, to Adams Co., Iowa in 1879]
Death date: 11 Feb 1915, age 50y 6m 21d
Place of death: Strand, Adams Co., Iowa,
Burial: Strand Cemetery, Adams Co., Iowa
Marriage date: 11 Jul 1885
Marriage place: Adams Co., Iowa
Spouse's name: Elizabeth RETLAND
 
 
Documentation:
* Information from Deloris Nelson, Paul Odson, Bjarne Jormeland, Tanager, Norway, Russell Askland,
* Strand Cemetery records,
* 1985 Adams County History Books,
* Odson family members,
* Hetland, Hendrickson and Anderson family histories.