Given Names: Gunhild Marie
Surname: Fossum
Also known as: Gunhild Marie Johnson
Married Name: Gunhild Marie Thompson
Died 65 years Hit Count: 216
Events of close relatives
Birth 26 February 1844 29 25 Fossum, Gjerpen, Skien, Telemark, Norge
Christening 26 May 1844 (Age 3 months) Gjerpen, Skien, Telemark, Norge
Source: Digitalarkivet - kirkebøker
Birth of sibling 30 April 1846 (Age 2) Fossum, Gjerpen, Skien, Telemark, Norge
Brother: Gunnar Fossum (I61531)
Death of father 26 September 1847 (Age 3) Fossum, Gjerpen, Skien, Telemark, Norge
Father: Engebret Gunnarsen Fossum (I61529) (Age 33)
Burial of father 3 October 1847 (Age 3) Gjerpen, Skien, Telemark, Norge
Father: Engebret Gunnarsen Fossum (I61529) (7 days after death)
Emigration April 1853 (Age 9) Wisconsin, USA
Source: Digitalarkivet - kirkebøker Note: Reiste med mora
Marriage of mother 2 March 1855 (Age 11) DeForest, Dane, Wisconsin, USA
Mother: Margit Andersdotter Dale (I61523) (Age 36) Step-Father: Gunnar Halvorsson Hegna (I17883) (Age 39) [View Family (F20717)]
Confirmation 6 March 1860 (Age 16) DeForest, Dane, Wisconsin, USA
Source: Ancestry.com Publication: Databaser
Citation Details: U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records, 1781-1969 Text: Name Gunhild Ingebrechtsdr Record Type Confirmation Birth Date 26 Feb 1844 Confirmation Date 6 Mar 1860 Father Ingebreht Gunders Mother Margit Andersdr Spring Prairie lutherske kirke, DeForest, Dane, WI
Marriage Torstein Torsteinsson Vegen - [View Family (F20723)]
1867 (Age 22) Otsego, Columbia, Wisconsin, USA
Birth of a child #1 1868 (Age 23) Otsego, Columbia, Wisconsin, USA
Son: Ingebret "Bert" Thompson (I61536)
Marriage of sibling 29 September 1869 (Age 25) DeForest, Dane, Wisconsin, USA
Brother: Gunnar Fossum (I61531) (Age 23) Sister-in-law: Aaste "Esther" Anderson (I61532) (Age 19) [View Family (F20720)]
Death of sibling 2 May 1895 (Age 51) Yellow Medicine, Minnesota, USA
Brother: Gunnar Fossum (I61531) (Age 49)
Death of mother 25 April 1906 (Age 62) Yellow Medicine, Minnesota, USA
Mother: Margit Andersdotter Dale (I61523) (Age 87)
Death 8 May 1909 (Age 65) Columbia, Wisconsin, USA
Burial May 1909 (Age 65) Rio, Columbia, Wisconsin, USA
Cemetery: Bonnet Praire Cemetery
Source: Find a Grave
Last Change 30 November 2025 by: Brian Langkaas
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