Husband: Thor [Thaulow] ORSTAD
Birthdate: 12 Feb 1862
Birthplace: Malde, Norway, near Stavanger, to the USA, 4 Apr 1882
Death date: 31 Mar 1931
Place of death: Strand, Adams Co., Iowa
Burial: Strand Cemetery
Father: Peder Thoresen AARSTAD
Mother: Grethe Olsatter, Malde

Marriage date: 5 Mar 1891
Marriage place: Corning, Adams Co., Iowa

Wife: Marie Bertha HOKENSON
Birthdate: 17 Feb 1869
Birthplace: Sweden
Death date: 19 Feb 1927
Place of death: Strand, Adams Co., Iowa
Burial: Strand Cemetery
Father: unknown
Mother: unknown

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Hallene Minnie ORSTAD
Sex: F
Birthdate: 7 Apr 1892
Birthplace: Strand, Adams Co., Iowa
Death date: 19 Mar 1983
Place of death: probably Cresco, Nebraska
Marriage date: 26 Jan 1916
Marriage place: unknown
Spouse's name: Victor ANDERSON

Child No. 2: Porter Bardinis ORSTAD
Sex: M
Birthdate: 18 Jul 1893
Birthplace: Strand, Adams Co., Iowa
Death date: 14 Dec 1965
Place of death: Adams Co., Iowa
Marriage date: 2 May 1917
Marriage place: unknown
Spouse's name: Emelia JOHNSON

Child No. 3: Esther Nellie ORSTAD
Sex: F
Birthdate: 10 Dec 1895
Birthplace: Strand, Adams Co., Iowa
Death date: 5 Oct 1973
Burial: Strand Cemetery, Adams Co., Iowa
Place of death: probably Villisca, Montgomery Co., Iowa
Marriage date: 14 Feb 1917
Marriage place: unknown
Spouse's name: Arthur Chester ANDERSON
 (Larson) Anderson

Child No. 4: Harry Arthur ORSTAD
Sex: M
Birthdate: 24 Jan 1898
Birthplace: Strand, Adams Co., Iowa
Death date: 11 Mar 1977
Place of death: probably Worthing, South Dakota
Marriage date: 25 Feb 1942
Marriage place: unknown
Spouse's name: Mary ABBAS

Child No. 5: Hazel Marie ORSTAD
Sex: F
Birthdate: 14 Oct 1899
Birthplace: Strand, Adams Co., Iowa
Death date:
Place of death:
Marriage date: 14 Feb 1934
Marriage place: unknown
Spouse's name: Harold GRAYSON

Child No. 6: Francis Leonard ORSTAD
Sex: M
Birthdate: 11 Feb 1901
Birthplace: Strand, Adams Co., Iowa
Death date: 7 Oct 1994
Burial: Strand Cemetery, Adams Co., Iowa
Place of death: Montgomery or Adams Co., Iowa
Marriage date: 8 Aug 1923
Marriage place: Strand, Adams Co., Iowa
Spouse's name: Gladys HENRICKSON
Hendrickson

Child No. 7: Matilda Mae ORSTAD
Sex: F
Birthdate: 16 May 1903
Birthplace: Strand, Adams Co., Iowa
Death date: unknown
Place of death: probably Worthing, South Dakota
Marriage date: 3 Oct 1923
Marriage place: unknown
Spouse's name: George ABBAS

Child No. 8: Gaylord Leslie ORSTAD
Sex: M
Birthdate: 18 Sep 1904
Birthplace: Strand, Adams Co., Iowa
Death date: unknown
Place of death: unknown
Marriage date: 8 Dec 1940
Marriage place: unknown
Spouse's name: Iva Marie NELSON

Child No. 9: Bessie Amanda ORSTAD
Sex: F
Birthdate: 10 Jan 1906
Birthplace: Strand, Adams Co., Iowa
Death date: unknown
Place of death: unknown
Marriage date: 8 Dec 1940
Marriage place: unknown
Spouse's name: Lester Earl NELSON

Child No. 10: Melvin Thaulow ORSTAD
Sex: M
Birthdate: 28 Nov 1910
Birthplace: Strand, Adams Co., Iowa
Death date: 10 Oct 1944
Place of death: in Europe, WW-II
Marriage date: 7 Jun 1942
Marriage place: unknown
Spouse's name: Helen ENGLISH
 
 
Documentation:
* Orstad family,
* Census records,
* Cemetery records.