Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameJacob Johannes Torkelsen Vikse 
Birth11 May 1850, Haugesund kommune, Rogaland fylke, Norway
Death28 Dec 1942, Stettler, Wainwright Census Division, Alberta, Canada
BurialBethany Lutheran Church Cem, Donalda, Stettler, Alberta, Canada
Spouses
Birth13 Jun 1862, Haugesund kommune, Rogaland fylke, Norway
Death26 Dec 1935, Donalda, Stettler, Alberta, Canada
BurialBethany Lutheran Church Cem, Donalda, Stettler, Alberta, Canada
Occupationmidwife
FatherJakob Johannes Mikkelsen Støle (1836-1912)
MotherKnutianna Brynjolvsdatter Røvær (1840-1910)
Misc. Notes
(Information from "Nerison and Bergene Roots and Branches" by Laurence Edward Nerison, 2003)
Aasa Kirstina Stolee was born 1862 in Norway. She married Jacob T. Vikse and in the spring of 1886, they emigrated to America on the Cunard Steamship Line landing in Boston, then traveling to North Dakota to join the rest of Aasa's family and the Røværs. In 1889 when they all left the Red River Valley for the central Dakota Territory, Jacob and Aasa homesteaded a mile or two south of the present North Dakota/South Dakota state line. This was near Herreid and Pollock South Dakota. Aasa was known in the community for her cakes and cookies, a baking craft she had learned while working in Haugesund, Norway. She also was a midwife. In 1903 Aasa and Jacob moved to Alberta, Canada. Aasa died in 1935.
Children: Torkel (January 22, 1888-1961); Rosenberg (July 9, 1889); B. August (1891-1972); O. Michael (1892-1965); Conrad (1894-1974); Alfred J. (1902); Annie (1904)
Aasa Kirstina Stolee was born 1862 in Norway. She married Jacob T. Vikse and in the spring of 1886, they emigrated to America on the Cunard Steamship Line landing in Boston, then traveling to North Dakota to join the rest of Aasa's family and the Røværs. In 1889 when they all left the Red River Valley for the central Dakota Territory, Jacob and Aasa homesteaded a mile or two south of the present North Dakota/South Dakota state line. This was near Herreid and Pollock South Dakota. Aasa was known in the community for her cakes and cookies, a baking craft she had learned while working in Haugesund, Norway. She also was a midwife. In 1903 Aasa and Jacob moved to Alberta, Canada. Aasa died in 1935.
Children: Torkel (January 22, 1888-1961); Rosenberg (July 9, 1889); B. August (1891-1972); O. Michael (1892-1965); Conrad (1894-1974); Alfred J. (1902); Annie (1904)
Marriage1 Apr 1885, Skåre, Norway