Individual Details
Tore Monssen Singsåsmo
(16 Dec 1849 - 12 Aug 1932)
His family is on Singsaasboka Bind II page 262
Singsaasboka bind II, page 280
In 1890 emigrated to America.
Took the name Thore Monsen Singsaas
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Documented by Eugene Singsaas:
Thore Monsen Singsaas was born in Singsås, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway on November 30, 1849, in the forest clad valley of the Gaula River about 50 miles southeast of the city of Trondheim. He was born on a cotter’s place called Thorehaugen, part of the Singsåsmoen farm, the son of Mons Thoresen Singsåsmo and Gollaug Pedersdatter Høen. Thore’s ancestors were well known for their blacksmithing skills, winning prizes from the science society for iron works of all kinds such as plows, screws, files, forges, drills, and waffle irons. The most well known were the plows and baking irons. Their plow worked especially well as it made a nicer furrow than any other. The whole plow was made of iron.
Thore’s wife, Kari Ingebrigtsdatter Singsåsmo, was born March 29, 1848, on a cotter’s place called Nordmoen, also part of the Singsåsmoen farm. Her parents were Ingebrigt Absalonsen Singsåsmo and Ingeborg Olsdatter Bogen. Ingebrigt was listed as a “husmand med jord” or cotter with land in the 1875 census of Norway. This meant that he was given the right to clear a small patch of land, usually less than 4 aces, and to build small houses for his family. The land itself belonged to the main farm, and in return for the use of the land, Ingebrigt had to perform labor for the farm owner. At the time of the census date, Ingebrigt owned 1 ox, 4 cows, 5 sheep, 3 goats, and 1 pig. He had grown ½ barrel of barley, ¼ barrel of oats, and 3 barrels of potatoes. A barrel equals about 4 bushels.
Thore and Kari were married in Norway at the Singsås church on June 26, 1871, and to this union nine children were born. Kari had a son, Absalon, before she married Thore. They helped farm the Nordmoen cotter’s place with Kari’s father, blacksmithed, and worked for the railroad until they emigrated to America. It is not hard to imagine how difficult life was for the cotters of this period. No matter what they did it was unlikely that they could win their economic independence and so, in the spring of 1890, they made the fateful decision to leave the home of their birth and travel thousands of miles to a foreign country for a chance at a better life. At 68 years of age, Ingebrigt, now a widower, decided to leave too. It must have been especially hard for him knowing that he would never see his homeland again.
Their leaving was recorded in the emigration records at Trondheim, stating that they registered on May 14, 1890, with their destination being Quebec, sailing on the Domino ship, Allan line, and their ticket was paid in America. The SS Domino departed Trondheim on May 15th, stopped at Kristiansund, Aalesund, and steamed across the North Sea arriving in Hull, England about three or four days later. The ship had a tonnage of 937 tons gross and was 225 feet by 28 feet in dimension.
From Hull they took a train to Liverpool. Based upon the available records of the Allan line, it is most likely that they left Liverpool on May 22nd aboard the SS Sardinian bound for Quebec, Canada. The Sardinian was a larger ship with a tonnage of 4,376 tons gross and dimensions of 400 feet by 42 feet. It could carry 120 first and 850 third class passengers. The Sardinian was scheduled to cross the Atlantic Ocean and arrive in Quebec, Canada on May 31st.
It is not known how the family traveled from Quebec to Canby, Minnesota, but Thore’s obituary states that he arrived in Canby on June 6th, 1890, a date important enough to be mentioned in his obituary. What is amazing is that they traveled over 5,000 miles with their family of five children, Kari’s father, and Kari pregnant with Inga, their only child to be born in America. The oldest son, Absalon, had preceded his parents to America in 1884, and three children had died in Norway either in childbirth or as young children.
The first year in their adopted country they resided with J.R. Ramlo, and the follow¬ing three years were spent working on a rented farm until they were able to save enough money to purchase 160 acres of land from the Winona & St. Peter Railroad Company. Their new home was located in Section 3, Township 112 North, Range 46 West of the 5th Principal Meridian (Hendricks Township), Lincoln County, about 4 miles northeast of the present-day town of Hendricks, Minnesota. Thore paid $1152.40 or $7.20 per acre for the land with its rich, deep prairie soil. An incredibly productive but flat, treeless, prairie landscape ironically compared to the rugged beauty of the wooded river valley but beggarly conditions of the cotter farm they left in Norway.
In 1914 Thore and Kari retired from farming and moved into town. Kari died a year later in 1915 at the age of 66 years and Thore in 1932 at the age of 82 years. Their children were:
1) Absalon Johnson (Nordløkkeggen) born 1867 in Norway and died 1938 in Butte, Montana, married Annie Jensen Hustaft in 1902; (father was Jon Johansen Nordløkkeggen)
2) Ingebrigt Singsaas born 1872 and died 1875 in Norway;
3) Gollaug Singsaas born 1874 in Norway and died 1939 in Yuba City, California, married Nels O. Nelson;
4) Ingeborg Singsaas born 1877 and died1884 in Norway;
5) Ingebrigt Singsaas born 1879 in Norway and died 1964 in Hendricks, Minnesota, married Marie C. Ramlo in 1902;
6) Stillborn Daughter 1881-1881 born and died in Norway;
7) Mons Singsaas born 1882 in Norway and died 1961 in Hendricks, Minnesota, married Karen Jorgina Hofland in 1907;
8) Iver Singsaas born 1885 in Norway and died 1963 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, married Kristine Hugos in 1909;
9) Ingeborg Singsaas born 1887 in Norway and died 1926 in Brookings County, South Dakota, married Martin B. Christianson in 1905; and
10) Inga Singsaas born 1890 in rural Hendricks Township and died 1978 in Hendricks, Minnesota, married Peter J. Aunoien in 1908 and Peter J. Ramlo in 1918.
From "Penny's Genes" blog 2012:
The obituary of my Thore M. Singsaas, my great-great-great grandfather, was originally published in the Hendricks Pioneer, Hendricks MN on Friday, August 9, 1932. The copy below was found in the "Sodbusters, Sunbonnets, & Singsaas Immigrants" family history booklet.
Tore M. Singaas was born in Singsaasmoe, Norway, on November 30, 1849, and passed away at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Peter J. Ramlo on August 12, 1932, being at the time of his death 82 years, eight months, and twelve days of age.
In the year 1870 he was united in marriage to Karrie Ingebrigtsdatter, and to this union were born ten children, three of whom died in Norway.
In the year 1890 he came to this country with his family, arriving at Canby, Minnesota, the 6th of June. The oldest son, Absalon, had preceded his parents here by about a year or so. The first year in their adopted country they resided with J. R. Ramlo and the following three years were spent on a farm near the place that latter became the family's farm home until 1914 when they moved to Hendricks, Minnesota.
Mrs. Singsaas passed away in February, 1915. A daughter, Ingeborg, (Mrs. Martin Christianson) died the 3rd of April, 1926. The children who mourn the loss of a father are Absalon of Buette, Montana; Gulaug, of Montana; Ingebregt, of Bonetrail, N.D.; Mons, of Hendricks; Iver, of Hendricks; Inga, Mrs. Peter J. Ramlo), of Hendricks, besides 36 grandchildren and seven great grand children.
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon. A short service was held at the home at two o'clock and at two-fifteen at the Lake Hendricks Lutheran Free church with Rev. Edw. L. Erickson conducting the last rights. Songs were sung by a quartette composed of Pete Hinsverk, Ingvald Hanson, Hans Hegstad, and Lewis Pederson. Several gifts were given to the Orphans' Home and the Missions in his memory. Interment was made in the East cemetery, the pallbearers being Mons Singsaas, Iver Singsaas, Peter J. Ramlo, I. O. Ramlo, Peter Hanson, and Martin Christianson.
Mr. Singsaas had been in ill health for the past several years.
Deepest sympathy is extended to the bereaved relatives in their hour of sorrow.
Singsaasboka bind II, page 280
In 1890 emigrated to America.
Took the name Thore Monsen Singsaas
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Documented by Eugene Singsaas:
Thore Monsen Singsaas was born in Singsås, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway on November 30, 1849, in the forest clad valley of the Gaula River about 50 miles southeast of the city of Trondheim. He was born on a cotter’s place called Thorehaugen, part of the Singsåsmoen farm, the son of Mons Thoresen Singsåsmo and Gollaug Pedersdatter Høen. Thore’s ancestors were well known for their blacksmithing skills, winning prizes from the science society for iron works of all kinds such as plows, screws, files, forges, drills, and waffle irons. The most well known were the plows and baking irons. Their plow worked especially well as it made a nicer furrow than any other. The whole plow was made of iron.
Thore’s wife, Kari Ingebrigtsdatter Singsåsmo, was born March 29, 1848, on a cotter’s place called Nordmoen, also part of the Singsåsmoen farm. Her parents were Ingebrigt Absalonsen Singsåsmo and Ingeborg Olsdatter Bogen. Ingebrigt was listed as a “husmand med jord” or cotter with land in the 1875 census of Norway. This meant that he was given the right to clear a small patch of land, usually less than 4 aces, and to build small houses for his family. The land itself belonged to the main farm, and in return for the use of the land, Ingebrigt had to perform labor for the farm owner. At the time of the census date, Ingebrigt owned 1 ox, 4 cows, 5 sheep, 3 goats, and 1 pig. He had grown ½ barrel of barley, ¼ barrel of oats, and 3 barrels of potatoes. A barrel equals about 4 bushels.
Thore and Kari were married in Norway at the Singsås church on June 26, 1871, and to this union nine children were born. Kari had a son, Absalon, before she married Thore. They helped farm the Nordmoen cotter’s place with Kari’s father, blacksmithed, and worked for the railroad until they emigrated to America. It is not hard to imagine how difficult life was for the cotters of this period. No matter what they did it was unlikely that they could win their economic independence and so, in the spring of 1890, they made the fateful decision to leave the home of their birth and travel thousands of miles to a foreign country for a chance at a better life. At 68 years of age, Ingebrigt, now a widower, decided to leave too. It must have been especially hard for him knowing that he would never see his homeland again.
Their leaving was recorded in the emigration records at Trondheim, stating that they registered on May 14, 1890, with their destination being Quebec, sailing on the Domino ship, Allan line, and their ticket was paid in America. The SS Domino departed Trondheim on May 15th, stopped at Kristiansund, Aalesund, and steamed across the North Sea arriving in Hull, England about three or four days later. The ship had a tonnage of 937 tons gross and was 225 feet by 28 feet in dimension.
From Hull they took a train to Liverpool. Based upon the available records of the Allan line, it is most likely that they left Liverpool on May 22nd aboard the SS Sardinian bound for Quebec, Canada. The Sardinian was a larger ship with a tonnage of 4,376 tons gross and dimensions of 400 feet by 42 feet. It could carry 120 first and 850 third class passengers. The Sardinian was scheduled to cross the Atlantic Ocean and arrive in Quebec, Canada on May 31st.
It is not known how the family traveled from Quebec to Canby, Minnesota, but Thore’s obituary states that he arrived in Canby on June 6th, 1890, a date important enough to be mentioned in his obituary. What is amazing is that they traveled over 5,000 miles with their family of five children, Kari’s father, and Kari pregnant with Inga, their only child to be born in America. The oldest son, Absalon, had preceded his parents to America in 1884, and three children had died in Norway either in childbirth or as young children.
The first year in their adopted country they resided with J.R. Ramlo, and the follow¬ing three years were spent working on a rented farm until they were able to save enough money to purchase 160 acres of land from the Winona & St. Peter Railroad Company. Their new home was located in Section 3, Township 112 North, Range 46 West of the 5th Principal Meridian (Hendricks Township), Lincoln County, about 4 miles northeast of the present-day town of Hendricks, Minnesota. Thore paid $1152.40 or $7.20 per acre for the land with its rich, deep prairie soil. An incredibly productive but flat, treeless, prairie landscape ironically compared to the rugged beauty of the wooded river valley but beggarly conditions of the cotter farm they left in Norway.
In 1914 Thore and Kari retired from farming and moved into town. Kari died a year later in 1915 at the age of 66 years and Thore in 1932 at the age of 82 years. Their children were:
1) Absalon Johnson (Nordløkkeggen) born 1867 in Norway and died 1938 in Butte, Montana, married Annie Jensen Hustaft in 1902; (father was Jon Johansen Nordløkkeggen)
2) Ingebrigt Singsaas born 1872 and died 1875 in Norway;
3) Gollaug Singsaas born 1874 in Norway and died 1939 in Yuba City, California, married Nels O. Nelson;
4) Ingeborg Singsaas born 1877 and died1884 in Norway;
5) Ingebrigt Singsaas born 1879 in Norway and died 1964 in Hendricks, Minnesota, married Marie C. Ramlo in 1902;
6) Stillborn Daughter 1881-1881 born and died in Norway;
7) Mons Singsaas born 1882 in Norway and died 1961 in Hendricks, Minnesota, married Karen Jorgina Hofland in 1907;
8) Iver Singsaas born 1885 in Norway and died 1963 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, married Kristine Hugos in 1909;
9) Ingeborg Singsaas born 1887 in Norway and died 1926 in Brookings County, South Dakota, married Martin B. Christianson in 1905; and
10) Inga Singsaas born 1890 in rural Hendricks Township and died 1978 in Hendricks, Minnesota, married Peter J. Aunoien in 1908 and Peter J. Ramlo in 1918.
From "Penny's Genes" blog 2012:
The obituary of my Thore M. Singsaas, my great-great-great grandfather, was originally published in the Hendricks Pioneer, Hendricks MN on Friday, August 9, 1932. The copy below was found in the "Sodbusters, Sunbonnets, & Singsaas Immigrants" family history booklet.
Tore M. Singaas was born in Singsaasmoe, Norway, on November 30, 1849, and passed away at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Peter J. Ramlo on August 12, 1932, being at the time of his death 82 years, eight months, and twelve days of age.
In the year 1870 he was united in marriage to Karrie Ingebrigtsdatter, and to this union were born ten children, three of whom died in Norway.
In the year 1890 he came to this country with his family, arriving at Canby, Minnesota, the 6th of June. The oldest son, Absalon, had preceded his parents here by about a year or so. The first year in their adopted country they resided with J. R. Ramlo and the following three years were spent on a farm near the place that latter became the family's farm home until 1914 when they moved to Hendricks, Minnesota.
Mrs. Singsaas passed away in February, 1915. A daughter, Ingeborg, (Mrs. Martin Christianson) died the 3rd of April, 1926. The children who mourn the loss of a father are Absalon of Buette, Montana; Gulaug, of Montana; Ingebregt, of Bonetrail, N.D.; Mons, of Hendricks; Iver, of Hendricks; Inga, Mrs. Peter J. Ramlo), of Hendricks, besides 36 grandchildren and seven great grand children.
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon. A short service was held at the home at two o'clock and at two-fifteen at the Lake Hendricks Lutheran Free church with Rev. Edw. L. Erickson conducting the last rights. Songs were sung by a quartette composed of Pete Hinsverk, Ingvald Hanson, Hans Hegstad, and Lewis Pederson. Several gifts were given to the Orphans' Home and the Missions in his memory. Interment was made in the East cemetery, the pallbearers being Mons Singsaas, Iver Singsaas, Peter J. Ramlo, I. O. Ramlo, Peter Hanson, and Martin Christianson.
Mr. Singsaas had been in ill health for the past several years.
Deepest sympathy is extended to the bereaved relatives in their hour of sorrow.
Events
| Birth | 16 Dec 1849 | Singsåsmo, Singsås, Singsås, Midtre Gauldal | |||
| Marriage | 26 Jun 1871 | Kari Ingebriktsdatter Singsåsmoen | |||
| Death | 12 Aug 1932 | Lincoln Co., MN | |||
| Alt name | Tore Monssen Singsaas |
Families
| Spouse | Kari Ingebriktsdatter Singsåsmoen (1848 - 1915) |
| Child | Iver Toresen Singsåsmo (1885 - 1963) |
| Child | Mons Toresen Singsåsmo (1882 - 1962) |
| Child | Inga Marie Singsaas (1890 - 1978) |
| Child | Ingeborg Toresdatter Singsåsmo (1887 - ) |
| Child | Gullag Toresdatter Singsåsmo (1874 - ) |
| Child | Ingebrikt Toresen Singsåsmo (1872 - 1875) |
| Child | Ingebrikt Toresen Singsåsmo (1879 - ) |
| Child | Ingeborg Toresdatter Singsåsmo (1877 - 1884) |
| Father | Mons Toresen Singsåsmo (1812 - 1870) |
| Mother | Gullaug Pedersdatter Forset (1810 - 1849) |
| Sibling | Per Monsen Singsåsmo (1844 - ) |
| Sibling | Berit Monsdatter Singsåsmo (1847 - 1847) |
| Sibling | Anne Monsdatter Singsåsmo (1836 - ) |
| Sibling | Kari Monsdatter Singsåsmo (1839 - 1897) |
| Sibling | Berit Monsdatter Singsåsmo (1842 - 1843) |