Eli Svendsdatter Eldoen was born on 08 Jun3 18231 in Eldoen, Stord, Hordaland, Norway1 Svend Tharaldsen Eldoen and Mari Fridrichsdatter Watne.
She joined her older sister Ingebor (1820). Eli had two younger brothers: Tharald (1826) and Nils (1834) and a younger sister Friderika (1830).
Eli was baptized on 11 June 18231. Her sponsor were Ole Madssen Degernæs, Ole Jonssen Haverig, Else Gultrandatter Id and Britte Tollefsdatter Watne.
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She was confirmed on 18 Nov 18384 in Stord, Hordaland, Norway4.
When she was 24, on 23 April 1848, she married Johannes Knudsen Nes.3 Johannes and Eli had the following children:
1. Martha Johannesdatter Eldoen was born on 10 Jun 184810 in Hordaland, Norway10 (Eldoen, Stord10). She died on 18 Dec 192811,12 in Rose Valley, Saskatchewan, Canada11,12. She married Jorgen Halvorsen Degerness on 01 May 187313,14,11 in Stord, Hordaland, Norway13,14,11.
2. Mari Johannesdatter Valvatna was born on 21 Feb 185115 in Hordaland, Norway15 (Valvatna, Stord15).
3. Svend Johannessen Valvatna was born on 19 Feb 185416 in Hordaland, Norway16 (Valvatna, Stord16).
4. Ingeborg Johannesdatter Valvatna was born on 27 Sep 185617 in Hordaland, Norway17 (Valvatna, Stord17).
5. Kari Johannesdatter Valvatna was born on 31 May 185918 in Hordaland, Norway18 (Valvatna, Stord18). She died on 13 Sep 194419,20 in Elgin, Iowa, USA19,20. She married Carl Johan Olssen Blokus on 29 Dec 188621 in Hordaland, Norway21 (Stord, Hordaland, Norway21).
6. Abilene Johannesdatter Valvatna was born on 21 Dec 186222 in Hordaland, Norway22 (Valvatna, Stord22).
7. Eli Johannesdatter Valvatna was born on 19 Apr 186623 in Hordaland, Norway23 (Valvatna, Stord23).
8. Knud Johannessen Valvatna was born on 18 Dec 186824 in Hordaland, Norway24 (Valvatna, Stord24).
Eli continued living on the Valvatna farm with Johannes until her death on Christmas day 1902. She was buried on 03 Jan 1903 in Stord, Hordaland, Norway2.
Link to Eli Svendsdatter Eldoen in genealogy.
1 Baptisms. Norway, Stord, Hordaland. 11 June 1823. Svendsdatter, Eli. https://media.digitalarkivet.no/view/11674/120 : accessed 7 April 2019.
2 Burials. Norway, Stord, Hordaland. 3 January 1903. Valvatna, Eli Svendsdatter. https://www.digitalarkivet.no/kb20050808021007 : accessed 25 September 2020.
3 Marriages. Norway, Stord, Hordaland. 23 April 1848. KNUDSEN NES, Johannes and Svendsdatter ELDOEN, Eli. https://media.digitalarkivet.no/view/8303/223 : accessed 10 April 2019.
4 Confirmations. Norway, Stord, Hordaland. 18 November 1838. Svendsdatter ELDOEN, Eli. https://media.digitalarkivet.no/view/11675/48339/47 : accessed 8 March 2021.
5 Census, 1865. Norway. Valvatna, Stord, Hordaland. https://www.digitalarkivet.no/ft20090729310273 : accessed 25 September 2020.
6 Census, 1875. Norway. Valvatne, Stord, Hordaland. https://media.digitalarkivet.no/view/52269/554 : accessed 25 September 2020.
7 Census, 1891. Norway. Valvanta, Stord. https://media.digitalarkivet.no/view/52964/2067 : accessed 25 September 2020.
8 Census, 1900. Norway. Stord, Hordaland. 007 p 10. https://www.ancestry.ca : accessed 25 September 2020.
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10 Baptisms, Norway. Stord, Hordaland. Eldoen, Marthe Johannesdatter. 13 June 1848. https://media.digitalarkivet.no/view/8303/59 : accessed April 2019.
11 Rose Valley and District Historical Society (1981). A tribute to our Pioneers. Saskatchewan: Rose Valley & District Historical Society. Pp. 201-202.
12 Monumental Inscriptions. Rose Valley, Saskatchewan. 1933. Degerness, Jorgen.
13 Marriages. Norway. Stord, Hordaland. 01 May 1873. Digernes, Jorgen Halvorsen and ELDOEN, Martha Johannesdatter. https://media.digitalarkivet.no/view/8304/116 : accessed April 2019.
14 Marriages. Norway. Stord, Hordaland. Copy of parish records. 01 May 1873. Digernes, Jorgen Halvorsen and Eldoen, Martha Johannesdatter. https://media.digitalarkivet.no/view/11676/112 : accessed April 2019.
15 Baptisms. Norway, Valvatne, Stord, Hordaland. 2 March 1851. Johannesdatter, Mari. https://media.digitalarkivet.no/view/8303/76 : accessed 7 April 2019.
16 Baptisms. Norway, Valvatne, Stord, Hordaland. 26 February 1854. Johannessen, Svend. https://media.digitalarkivet.no/view/8303/99 : accessed 7 April 2019.
17 Baptisms. Norway, Valvatna, Stord, Hordaland. 26 October 1856. Johannesdatter, Ingeborg. https://media.digitalarkivet.no/view/8303/117 : accessed 7 April 2019.
18 Baptisms. Norway, Valvanta, Stord, Hordaland. 12 June 1859. Johannesdatter, Kari. https://media.digitalarkivet.no/view/8303/132 : accessed 7 April 2019.
19 Steele County Historical Society, Obituaries. 13 September 1844. Blockhus, Carrie Johnson (Walvatne) Mrs. Carl. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-67FW-7KN?i=382&cc=2281907&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AQVRM-L7B7
https://www.familysearch.org/das/v2/3:1:S3HY-67FW-7KN/dist.jpg?ctx=CrxCtxPublicAccess&header=Content-Disposition&headerValue=attachment%3B%20filename%3Drecord-image_undefined.jpg : accessed 17 September 2019.
20 Deaths (CR) USA, Rural near Elgid, Iowa. 13 September 1944. Blockhus (Johnson), Carrie. https://www.ancestry.ca : accessed 27 February 2021.
21 Marriages. Norway, Stord, Hordaland. 29 December 1886. Olssen, Karl Johan and Johannesdatter, Kari. https://www.digitalarkivet.no/kb20050808020948 : accessed 27 February 2021.
22 Baptisms. Norway, Valvalnta, Stord, Hordaland. 27 December 1862. Johannesdatter, Abeline. https://media.digitalarkivet.no/view/8304/8 : accessed 7 April 2019.
23 Baptisms. Norway, Valvanta, Stord, Hordaland. 13 May 1866. Johannesdatter, Eli. https://media.digitalarkivet.no/view/8304/21 : accessed 7 April 2019.
24 Baptisms. Norway, Valvanta, Stord, Hordaland. 17 January 1869. Johannessen, Knud. https://media.digitalarkivet.no/view/8304/33 : accessed 7 April 2019.
