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Person ID: I15691 | Last Modified: 3 Mar 2025

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Name	Brita Louise Strand
Nickname	Bertha
Gender	Female
Birth	10 Mar 1881	Swift County, Minnesota, USA
Died	11 Jul 1969	Benson, Swift County, Minnesota, USA
Buried	Saint Pauli Lutheran Cemetery, Camp Lake Township, Swift County, Minnesota, USA [1]

Parents

Family ID: F5134 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Father Rasmus Isaksen Strand (ID:I15680)
b. 6 May 1838, Loen, Stryn, Vestland, Norge
d. 12 Oct 1901, Swift County, Minnesota, USA (Age 63 years)

Mother Jøde Jørgensdatter Skarstein (ID:I387)
b. 19 Jul 1846, Olden, Stryn, Vestland, Norge
d. 4 Oct 1937, Swift County, Minnesota, USA (Age 91 years)

Marriage 14 Jun 1874

Siblings 2 brothers and 6 sisters

	1. Brite Strand b. 20 Feb 1874 d. 21 Apr 1879, Swift County, Minnesota, USA (Age 5 years)
	2. Lisabet Strand b. 21 Feb 1874 d. 16 Apr 1879, Swift County, Minnesota, USA (Age 5 years)
	3. Gjertru Strand b. 26 Nov 1876 d. 29 Dec 1878, Swift County, Minnesota, USA (Age 2 years)
	4. Brite Strand b. 15 Oct 1879, Swift County, Minnesota, USA d. 26 May 1880, Swift County, Minnesota, USA (Age 0 years)
+	5. Gertrude Josephine Strand b. 13 May 1883, Swift County, Minnesota, USA d. 26 Dec 1971, Swift County, Minnesota, USA (Age 88 years) ▻ Andrew Severin Rasmus Loen , m. 1907
+	6. Isaac Bertinus Strand b. 26 Dec 1886, Swift County, Minnesota, USA d. 28 Sep 1947, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA (Age 60 years) ▻ Martha Bertina Johnson
	7. George Bentine Strand b. 20 Aug 1889, Swift County, Minnesota, USA d. 3 May 1953, Benson, Swift County, Minnesota, USA (Age 63 years)
	8. Rasmine Marie Strand b. 30 Jun 1892, Swift County, Minnesota, USA d. 15 Sep 1894, Swift County, Minnesota, USA (Age 2 years)

Family

Family ID: F5136 -:|:- Group Sheet -:|:- Family Chart -:|:- Last Modified: 3 Mar 2025

Husband Robert R. Knutson (ID:I15695)
b. 23 Sep 1876, Swift County, Minnesota, USA
d. 2 Jul 1941, Swift County, Minnesota, USA (Age 64 years)

Marriage 20 Oct 1905

Age at Marriage Brita : 24 years - Robert : 29 years. (Were Married 35 years).

Children

+	1. Rose Gertine Knutson (ID:I15696) b. 8 Dec 1906, Camp Lake Township, Swift County, Minnesota, USA d. 14 Mar 2000, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA (Age 93 years) ▻ Christian K Skarsten m. 1925
	2. Alma R Knutson (ID:I15697) b. 1910, Swift County, Minnesota, USA d. 1981, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota, USA (Age 71 years)
+	3. Ruth Bernice Rosella Knutson (ID:I15698) b. 22 Dec 1914, Swift County, Minnesota, USA d. 2 Nov 1987, Stevens County, Minnesota, USA (Age 72 years) ▻ Albert Ernest Svor m. 23 Oct 1943; Sanford Harold Lundquist
	4. Bennie R Knutson (ID:I15699) b. 19 Jun 1918, Swift County, Minnesota, USA d. 28 May 2008, Benson, Swift County, Minnesota, USA (Age 89 years)
	5. Rudolph Knutson (ID:I15700) b. 19 Jun 1918, Swift County, Minnesota, USA d. 16 Dec 2010, Benson, Swift County, Minnesota, USA (Age 92 years)
	6. Living (ID:I15701)
	7. Living (ID:I15702)

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	Birth - 10 Mar 1881 - Swift County, Minnesota, USA
	Died - 11 Jul 1969 - Benson, Swift County, Minnesota, USA
	Buried - - Saint Pauli Lutheran Cemetery, Camp Lake Township, Swift County, Minnesota, USA

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Source Citations

[FIND-A-GRAVE] Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/118186379/brita_(bertha)_louise-knutson.