Kristiana Lefdal
1861 - 1923 (61 years)Person ID: I7043 "Hessevaag-Bakke" |  Last Modified: 25 Mar 2022
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Name Kristiana Lefdal Alternate Spellings Christina Lefdahl Davick Gender Female Birth 17 Aug 1861 Lefdal, Stad, Vestland, Norge Died 31 Jul 1923 Coulee, Mountrail County, North Dakota, USA [1] Buried Bethlehem Lutheran Cemetery, Coulee, Mountrail County, North Dakota, USA Christina Lefdahl Davick -
Family
Husband Peder Valdemar Rasmussen Daviknes (ID:I7036)
b. 5 Feb 1864, Daviknes nr.1, Daviknes, Davik, Bremanger, Vestland, Norge
d. 12 Apr 1947, Stanley, Mountrail County, North Dakota, USA (Age 83 years)Marriage Aug 1886 Nebraska, USA Children + 1. Clara Rasmine Davick (ID:I7044)
b. 6 Sep 1887, Woonsocket, Sanborn County, South Dakota, USA
d. 17 Apr 1910, Coulee, Mountrail County, North Dakota, USA (Age 22 years)+ 2. Walter Andreas Davick (ID:I7045)
b. 29 Apr 1889, Woonsocket, Sanborn County, South Dakota, USA
d. 25 Jun 1965, Seattle, King County, Washington, USA (Age 76 years)+ 3. Rasmus Sivert Mathias Davick (ID:I7046)
b. 30 Sep 1891, Woonsocket, Sanborn County, South Dakota, USA
d. 12 Feb 1962, Minot, Ward County, North Dakota, USA (Age 70 years)+ 4. Maria Albertina Davick (ID:I7047)
b. 5 Nov 1893, Woonsocket, Sanborn County, South Dakota, USA
d. 22 May 1988, Mandan, Morton County, North Dakota, USA (Age 94 years)+ 5. Steffelina Amelia Davick (ID:I7048)
b. 1 Sep 1896, Woonsocket, Sanborn County, South Dakota, USA
d. 4 Dec 1974, Stanley, Mountrail County, North Dakota, USA (Age 78 years)+ 6. Peter Andrew Davick (ID:I7049)
b. 26 Feb 1899, Woonsocket, Sanborn County, South Dakota, USA
d. 20 Jun 1952, Stanley, Mountrail County, North Dakota, USA (Age 53 years)+ 7. Alfred Bernhard Davick (ID:I7050)
b. 6 Apr 1902, Clinton, Big Stone County, Minnesota, USA
d. 26 Aug 1941, Coulee, Mountrail County, North Dakota, USA (Age 39 years)8. Christine Davick (ID:I7051)
b. 15 Aug 1905, Coulee, Mountrail County, North Dakota, USA
d. 19 Mar 1908, Coulee, Mountrail County, North Dakota, USA (Age 2 years) -
Event Map
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Source Citations
- [FIND-A-GRAVE] Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7999117/christina-davick.
Christiana was born August 17, 1861 daughter of Stefan and Marie Leffdahl in Nordfjord, Norway.
Christiana and Peter came from the Nordfjord area of Norway and were engaged to he married before they left.
On Aug. 1866 in Nebraska, she married Peter Valdemar Rassmuson Davik son of Kari Abrahamsdatter Lein and Rasmus Pedersen Davick. He was born Feb. 5, 1864 in Davick, Norway. After their marriage they settled on a rented farm near Woonsocket, SD and lived there 12 years.
About 1899,they moved to Clinton, MN with six of their children: Clara 11; Walmer 9; Rasmus 7; Marie 5; Steffelina (Lena) 3; and Peter 1. Their youngest son, Alfred, was born in Clinton, MN where the family rented a farm for 3 years.
After the North Dakota territory opened for homesteading, Peder and several other men from that area went to North Dakota. Peder filed on 160 acres of land in Crowfoot Township, Montrail County, ND. He built a homestead shack and in the Fall of 1902 he brought his family, the cattle, and the other livestock via train to Kenmare, ND.
Peter and Christiana had 8 children:
1. Clara Rasmine Davick b. Sep 6, 1887 Woonsocket, Sanborn, SD d. Apr 1910
2. Walter Andreas Davick b. Ap. 1889 Woonsocket, Sanborn, SD d. June 1965
3. Rasmus Sivert Mathias Davick b. Sept. 30, 1891 Woonsocket, Sanborn, SD d.Feb 1962 in Minot, ND m. Clara Petrina NORE on June 23, 1917 Stanley, Montrail, ND
4. Maria Albertina Davick b. Nov 5, 1893 Woonsocket, Sanborn, SD d. Mandan, ND m. Walter Christensen, buried Lakeview Cemetery, Kenmare, ND
5. Steffelina Emilia Davick b. Sep 1, 1896 Woonsocket, Sanborn, SD d. Dec. 1974
6. Peter A. Davick b. Feb. 1899 Woonsocket, Sanborn County SD d. June 1952 m. May 22, 1926 to Selma Gunhilda Hallan
7. Albert Bernhard Davick b. Ap. 1902 Clinton, MN d. Aug. 1941
8. Christine Davick b. Aug. 15, 1905 Coulee, Montrail County, ND d. 19 Mar 1908 died of TB.
Christiana died July 23, 1923 on their homestead in Crowfoot Township, Mountrail County, near Coulee, ND She is buried in Bethlehem Lutheran Cemetery, Coulee, ND . Christiana was survived by her husband, Peder. He had immigrated to America in 1882 at the age of 18 and settled first in South Dakota . Peder died Ap. 12, 1947 at the home of his son Peter A. Davick in Stanley, ND and is buried in Bethlehem Lutheran, Coulee, ND