Individual Details
Jens Svendsen Winsnes
(1892 - 1961)
Sponsored by Jens Winsness, his uncle, he came to the US in 1910.
Ellis Island records shows he traveled on the Mauretania, port of departure is Liverpool, line on manifest is 009, money at time of arrival is $25.00, age at arrival is 17, and date of arrival is April 8, 1910.
Closest relative in native country was shown as mother Oline Winsness. Closest relative and person he was going to see in the US was shown as Uncle, J. Winsness, P.O. Box 62, RD Route, Cathay ND.
In 1930 census for Minneapolis , county of Hampshire, Remuneration district 27-225 shows him with wife Inga, one daughter and 2 sons - having trouble reading names of daughters.
[Grande_Winsness.FTW]
Went to America in 1910. (Singsåsboka, vol.3, p.324)
Ellis Island records shows he traveled on the Mauretania, port of departure is Liverpool, line on manifest is 009, money at time of arrival is $25.00, age at arrival is 17, and date of arrival is April 8, 1910.
Closest relative in native country was shown as mother Oline Winsness. Closest relative and person he was going to see in the US was shown as Uncle, J. Winsness, P.O. Box 62, RD Route, Cathay ND.
In 1930 census for Minneapolis , county of Hampshire, Remuneration district 27-225 shows him with wife Inga, one daughter and 2 sons - having trouble reading names of daughters.
[Grande_Winsness.FTW]
Went to America in 1910. (Singsåsboka, vol.3, p.324)
Events
| Birth | 1892 | Singsaas Norway |  | ||
| Birth | 1892 | Vinsnes Litjstu'u, Singsås, Sør-Trøndelag | | ||
| Death | 1961 | Minneapolis, Hennepin Co, MN |  |
Families
| Spouse | Inga Helga Loberg (1894 - ) |
| Child | Bernice Winsness |
| Child | Stanley Winsness (1916 - 2000) |
| Child | Kenneth Winsness |
| Spouse | Berthe Botton ( - 1922) |
| Child | Kenneth Elmer Winsness |
| Child | Bernice Winsness |
| Child | Stanley Winsness (1916 - 2000) |
| Father | Sven Jenssen Winsnes (1868 - 1895) |
| Mother | Oline Johannesdatter Landrø (1868 - 1966) |
| Sibling | Johannes Svensen Winsnes (1894 - 1895) |
Notes
Death
Buried in Christ Luthern Halvorson Cemetery, Menomonie, Dunn County, Wisconsin, USA and is on findagrave.Headstone says born 1892
Endnotes
1. Footnote: Singsåsboka, bind III, side 324, Litjstu'u under Nordgården Vinsnes..
2. Grande_Winsness.FTW.
3. Singsåsboka, volume 3, p.323.
4. Enge Larsdt Forosen from dag.FTW.