Tuesday, August 23, 2016

Treasure Chest Tuesday -- 1880 U.S. Census Record for the Sivert Leeland and Torger Leeland Families in Dane County, Wisconsin

Yes, I know it's supposed to be Treasure Chest Thursday, but I can't help it - I want to share some of the records that I (and others) have found in my/their repository and online searches for my ancestral families.

This week's Treasure is the 1880 United States Federal Census record for the Sivert T. Leeland and Torger S. Leeland families in Deerfield township, Dane County, Wisconsin:



The portion of the page with the two families is:



The extracted information for the two families is:

*  Sivert T. Leeland - white, male, age 75, married, farming, born Norway, parents born Norway/Norway
*  Britha O. Leeland - white, female, age 61, wife, married, keeping house, born Norway, parents born Norway/Norway

*  Anna M. Leeland - white, female, age 20, daughter, single, house work, born Wisconsin, parents born Norway/Norway

*  Torger S. Leeland - white, male, age 30, married, carpenter and farming, born Norway, parents born Norway/Norway
*  Anna Leeland - white, female, age 27, wife, married, keeping house, born Wisconsin, parents born Norway/Norway
*  Edwin A. Leeland - white, male, age 3, son, single, at house, born Wisconsin, parents born Norway/Norway
*  Sivert O. Leeland - white, male, age 1, son, single, at house, born Wisconsin, parents born Norway/Norway
*  Bertina Leeland - white, female, age 7/12 Oct, daughter, single, at house, born Wisconsin, parents born Norway/Norway

*  Ole S. Leeland - white, male, age 28, brother, single, carpenter and agriculture, born Norway, parents born Norway/Norway

The source citations for the two families are:

1880 United States Federal Census, Dane County, Wisconsin, Deerfield Township, Enumeration District 67, Page 21C (stamped), Dwelling #117, Family #120, Sivert T. Leeland household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 25 July 2009), citing National Archives Microfilm Publication T9, Roll 1421.

1880 United States Federal Census, Dane County, Wisconsin, Deerfield Township, Enumeration District 67, Page 21C (stamped), Dwelling #117, Family #121; online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 25 July 2009), citing National Archives Microfilm Publication T9, Roll 142.

These two families resided in the same house.  Torger S. Leeland (Torger Sjursen Leland) is the son of Sivert T. Leeland (Sjur Torgersen Leland) and Britha O. Leeland (Britha Olsdtr Leland).  The wife of Torger S. Leeland is Anna Leeland (Anna Ellingsdtr (Natvig) Leland), daughter of Elling Natvig and Anna Ellingsdtr Natvig.

Torger Sjursen Leland (1850-1933) and Anna Ellingsdtr (Natvig) Leland (1853-1911) are the great-grandparents of Linda (Leland) Seaver, and she is descended through their son Sivert O. Leland (1878-1940).

By 1880, most of the Norwegian families in Dane County had selected a permanent surname rather than the patronymics used until the 1870s.  In this case, the Lelands chose a farm name (anglicized from Liland farm) to the west of Voss in Hordaland in Norway.

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