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Jakob Henrik Rasmussen Daviknes

Jakob Henrik Rasmussen Daviknes[1, 2]

Male 1877 - 1969  (92 years)

Person ID: I7041  "Hessevaag-Bakke"  |  Last Modified: 25 Mar 2022

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  • Name Jakob Henrik Rasmussen Daviknes 
    Gender Male 
    Birth 24 Feb 1877  98/1-Perbruket, Daviknes, Davik, Bremanger, Vestland, Norge Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Christening 30 Mar 1877  [3] 
    Died 8 Jun 1969  Clinton, Big Stone County, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Buried Clinton Cemetery, Clinton, Big Stone County, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 

  • Parents

    Family ID: F2251 Group Sheet  |  Family Chart  
    Father Rasmus Pedersen Daviknes (ID:I7035)
              b. 26 Sep 1839, 98/1-Perbruket, Daviknes, Davik, Bremanger, Vestland, Norge Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 1 Apr 1896, Woonsocket, Sanborn County, South Dakota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years) 
    Mother Kari Abrahamsdatter Lien (ID:I6733)
              b. 17 Dec 1837, 101/1-Lien, Lida, Davik, Bremanger, Vestland, Norge Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 16 May 1893, Woonsocket, Sanborn County, South Dakota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years) 
    Marriage 25 Nov 1863 
    Siblings 4 brothers and 2 sisters 

  • Family 1

    Family ID: F2420   -:|:-  Group Sheet  -:|:-  Family Chart  -:|:-  Last Modified: 27 Mar 2022  
    Wife 1 Anna Lyng (ID:I7515)
              b. 1881, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 1962, Clinton, Big Stone County, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years) 
    Marriage 1902 
    Age at Marriage Jakob : ~ 24 years - Anna : ~ 21 years. (Were Married ~ 60 years). 
    Children 
    + 1. FemaleMargaret Christene Davick (ID:I7516)
              b. 22 Nov 1910  
              d. 8 May 1992 (Age 81 years)
    ▻ Gilbert Leroy Swenson  m. 8 Aug 1931
    + 2. FemaleAdeline J. Davick (ID:I7517)
              b. 1913, Hartland, Ward County, North Dakota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. Yes, date unknown
    ▻ Robert Downing Watkins  m. 24 Jan 1936;   Maurice E Fox  m. 19 Nov 1948;   Woolworth
    + 3. FemaleGertrude Naomi Davick (ID:I7518)
              b. 20 Dec 1916, Hartland, Ward County, North Dakota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 1990, Clinton, Big Stone County, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
    ▻ John Russell Finberg  m. 9 Dec 1933;   William Gristle

    Family 2

    Family ID: F2446   -:|:-  Group Sheet  -:|:-  Family Chart  -:|:-  Last Modified: 28 Mar 2022  
    Wife 2 Mina Lyseng (ID:I7575)
              b. 5 Jan 1885, Clinton, Big Stone County, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 28 Apr 1981, Surrey, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 96 years) 
    Marriage 1963 
    Age at Marriage Jakob : ~ 85 years - Mina : ~ 77 years. (Were Married ~ 6 years). 

  • Other Personal Events

    Emigrated 12 Apr 1886  Bergen, Bergen, Vestland, Norge Find all individuals with events at this location 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 24 Feb 1877 - 98/1-Perbruket, Daviknes, Davik, Bremanger, Vestland, Norge Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsEmigrated - 12 Apr 1886 - Bergen, Bergen, Vestland, Norge Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 8 Jun 1969 - Clinton, Big Stone County, Minnesota, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Clinton Cemetery, Clinton, Big Stone County, Minnesota, USA Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 
     : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Source Citations

    1. [BB-SF-Bremanger] Årstein Svihus, BB - Sogn og Fjordane - Bremanger, Bind 4, Page 93.

    2. [S4] https://solvberg.org/, https://solvberg.org/bok/nordfjordingernes_historie_i_amerika.pdf.
      JACOB DAVIK var født i Davik i 1877 av forældrene Rasmus P.. Daviknes og hustru Kari, født Lien. Kom med sine
      forældre til Syd Dakota i 1886. I 1895 kom han til Bigstone
      co., Minn. I 1903 reiste han til N. Dak. og tok sig homestead i
      nærheten av Coulee. Han blev dog ikke længe farmer, idet han
      snart begyndte forretning i lumber. Han har været i
      lumberforretning paa følgende steder: Palermo og Kenaston, N.
      Dak. ; Medicine Lake, Mont., og Ivanhoe, Minn. Siden 1930
      har han bodd i Clinton, Minn., hvor han eier og driver en
      gasolin station. Han blev i 1909 gift med Anna Lyng fra Fergus
      Falls, hvis forældre er fra Trøndelagen. De har 3 døtre, som
      alle er gifte: Margaret og Adeline bor i Alaska, og Gertrude,
      Mrs. Finberg, Clinton, Minn.

    3. [DA-001] Digital Arkivet, (Arkivverket), https://www.digitalarkivet.no/view/255/pd00000014339970.

    4. [FIND-A-GRAVE] Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43640810/jacob-henry-davick.
      Jacob Henry Rasmusson Davick was the fifth child of Rasmus Pederson Davick(1839 - 1896) and Kari Abrahamsdatter Lien (1837 -1893). He was born in Davik, Norway. On April 12, 1886 he emigrated from Bergen, Norway to NYC on the Tingvalla Line (ship) with his parents and two other siblings. In 1909 Jacob married Anna Lyng (1881-1962).

      Jacob and Anna had three daughters all of whom moved west.

      Jacob homesteaded in Mountrail County near Coulee, ND where he owned a quarter of land near his brother, Peder Davick's, homestead. He farmed for a while, but then moved back to Clinton. There he helped get the country school started and was perhaps a teacher. He is buried in Clinton, MN

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