arrow arrow arrow arrow
Hans Bergersen Knepperud
(1786-1847)
Marthe Syversdatter
(1787-1838)
Lars Austen Syversen
(1785-1858)
Gunhild Olsdatter Klanderud
(1789-1865)
Syver Hansen
(1815-Between 1867/1870)
Sigri Larsdatter Almenningen
(1823-1911)
Lena Syversdatter Hanson
(1853-1947)

 

Family Links

Spouses/Children:
1. James H. Gannon

2. Phillip Sidney Arbenger

Lena Syversdatter Hanson 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

  • Born: 6 January 1853, Eidskog, Hedmark, Norway 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
  • Baptized: 27 February 1853, Vinger, Hedmark, Norway 2
  • Marriage (1): James H. Gannon in 1879
  • Marriage (2): Phillip Sidney Arbenger on 27 March 1888 in Las Animas, Bent, Colorado, United States 1
  • Died: 31 December 1947, Glendale, Los Angeles, California, United States at age 94 11
  • Buried: 6 January 1948, Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Los Angeles, California, United States 11

bullet   Cause of her death was Cerebral Hemorrhage.

picture

bullet  General Notes:


City Clerk W. J. Arbenger yesterday sent greetings to his mother, Mrs. Lena Arbenger, who today will note her 94th birthday.

She is residing with her daughter, Mrs. O. M. Nord, the former Buelah Arbenger, at Harlinger Field, Texas.

Mrs. Arbenger, born in Oslo, Norway, in 1851, came to America as a child. She moved to Plattsburgh in 1894, accompanying her husband, the late Philip Arbenger, who was with the Q.M. unit of the 21st U. S. Infantry.

On Dec. 7, 1941, Mrs. Arbenger was at Pearl Harbor, where her son-in-law Chief W. O. Nord, was stationed. She accompanied him and her daughter to St. Paul and later moved to Texas. She is enjoying good health.


(Source: Plattsburgh Press Republican, Plattsburgh, NY, 6 Jan 1945)
------------------------------------------

bullet  Medical Notes:

Arteriosclerosis and hypertension; senility

bullet  Birth Notes:


Klanderudtangen, Eidskog, Hedmark County, NORWAY
----------------------------------------------------------

bullet  Baptism Notes:


Name: Lena Syversdatter
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 06 Jan 1853
Christening Date: 27 Feb 1853
Christening Place: Vinger, Hedmark, Norway
Father's Name: Syver Hansen
Mother's Name: Sigri Larsdatter
Reference ID: B33 P156 E58
System Origin: Norway-EASy
GS Film Number: 307233
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C01994-8

Citing this Record:
"Norway Baptisms, 1634-1927," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NWNV-LVG : accessed 17 May 2016), Syver Hansen in entry for Lena Syversdatter, 06 Jan 1853; citing ; FHL microfilm 307,233.
---------------------------------------

bullet  Burial Notes:


Find A Grave Memorial 69245550
-------------------------------------

picture

bullet  Noted events in her life were:

1. 1865 Norway Census, 1 January 1865, Eidskog, Hedmark, Norway. 3 1865 Norway Census
District 001 Syver Nilsen, Family 01, House 0088
Farm Number: 7aI, 7cI, 7aIIII, 7cIIII
Eidskog, Hedmark, Norway
Lena Syversdatter..Daughter..13..Eidskogs

(Living with parents.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 6 Jan 1853, then her age should have been 12 instead of 13.

2. Immigration, 1867. 9 Christiania (Oslo) Norway to Quebec, Canada
Aboard the sailing vessel Caroline
Departed Christiania, Norway: May 1, 1867
Arrived Quebec, Canada: June 22, 1867

Syver H. Klanderudtangen and wife and 9 children
79F Lena Syversdatter Klanderudtangen Female 13 Age 1-14, Daughter

On her 1920 US Census, she indicated that she immigrated in 1867.
------------------------------------------------------------

3. 1870 US Census, 14 June 1870, Trempealeau, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States. 4 1870 US Census
Page 22, Family 175, Roll 1703
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
Lena Hanson..17..NORWAY..Domestic Servant

NOTE - Along with 20 other people, she was living at what was described on the census form as a "Tavern". The "innkeeper" was O. E. and Martha Batcheller.

4. 1880 US Census, 1 June 1880, Trempealeau, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States. 5 1880 US Census
Page 29A, District 72, Family 295, Roll 1448
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
Lena Gannon..Daughter..27..NOR..At Home..Married

(Living with her son at home of widowed mother.)

5. 1900 US Census, 7 June 1900, Plattsburgh Township, Clinton, New York, United States. 6 1900 US Census
Sheet 8A, District 26, Family 158
Plattsburgh Township, Clinton County, New York
37 South Platt Street; home rented
Lina Arbinger..Head..Jan 1853..47..NOR..Laundress ..4/4..Widowed
Walter Arbinger..Son..Nov 1889..11..ND..At School
Beulah Arbinger..Daughter..Jun 1893..7..NE

(Lena was widowed and living with 2 children.)

6. 1905 New York State Census, June 1905, Plattsburgh, Clinton, New York, United States. 7 1905 New York State Census
Page 27, Line 32, District 6
Plattsburgh, Clinton County, New York
Johnson Avenue
Lena Arbenger..Head..52..NOR..Alien..38 yrs in the US..House work
Walter Arbenger..Son..16..US
Beulah Arbenger..Daughter..12..US..School

(Lena was widowed and living with her 2 children.)

7. 1910 US Census, 21 April 1910, Plattsburgh, Clinton, New York, United States. 8 1910 US Census
Sheet 11A, District 35, Family 230, Roll 932
Plattsburgh, Clinton County, New York
12 Johnson Avenue; Home rented
Lena Arbinger..Head..57..NOR..Widowed..4/4..Laundress, At home
Walter Arbinger..Son..21..ND..Salesman, Retail Groceries
Beula Nord..Daughter..17..NE..Married 0 years..0/0
Olaf Nord..Son-in-Law...24..NOR..Married 0 years..0/0..Sergeant, US Army

(Lena was widowed and living with her single son, and her married daughter and her husband.)

NOTE - The surname is sometime indexed as Arkinger instead of Arbinger due to poor handwriting.

8. Residence: 82 Johnson Avenue, 1913, Plattsburgh, Clinton, New York, United States. 1913 City Directory Plattsburgh, New York
Lena Arbenger...widow of Philip, h 82 Johnson Ave.
Walter Arbenger...Clerk, res 82 Johnson Ave
Olof Nord...Musician, U.S.A., res 82 Johnson Ave.

9. 1920 US Census, 2 January 1920, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States. 9 1920 US Census
Sheet 1B, District 492, Family 25, Roll 1157
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
515 - 88th Street; Home rented
Lena Arbenger..Mother..66..Widowed..NOR..Immig. 1867

(Living at the home of her married daughter, Beulah and her family, and Lena's unmarried son, Walter.)

10. Residence, 7 April 1935, Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, United States. Fort Snelling, Saint Paul, Hennepin County, Minnesota
(per obituary of Louis Hanson)

11. 1940 US Census, 1 April 1940, Fort Ruger Military Reservation, Honolulu, Oahu, Territory of Hawaii, United States. 10 1940 US Census
Sheet 14A, District 2-66, Family 31, Roll 4585
Fort Ruger Military Reservation, Honolulu County, Oahu, Territory of Hawaii
57B & 57C Diamond Head Road; House rented, $65
Lena Arbenger..Mother-in-Law..87..Norway..8th grade..Widowed

(Living with married daughter, Beulah, her husband, and her daughter.)

12. Residence, January 1945, Harlinger Airfield, Cameron, Texas, United States.

13. Obituary: Glendale News Press, 3 January 1948, Glendale, Los Angeles, California, United States. ARBENGER - Lena; beloved mother of Beulah S. Nord, Thomas S. and Joseph L. Gannon, Walter J. Arbenger; grandmother of Lena Gorden, Elsie Nord, Doris and Joan Arbenger, Walter M. and Harold Wesley Nord, Richard Arbenger and Robert Gannon; also survived by seven great-grandchildren. Services Tuesday, 2:30 PM in the Wee Kirk, (Chapel) Forest Lawn Mortuary in charge.

(Source: Glendale News Press, Glendale, California, 3 Jan 1948)
-----------------------------------------------------


picture

Lena married James H. Gannon in 1879. (James H. Gannon was born in 1848 in Illinois, United States and died on 16 December 1919 in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States.)

bullet  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. 1880 US Census, 1 June 1880, Trempealeau, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States. 5 1880 US Census
Page 29A, Roll 1448, District 72, Family 295
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
Sarah Hanson..Head..57..NOR..Keeping House..Widowed
Lewis Hanson..Son..24..NOR..Shoe Maker
Anna Hanson..Daughter..21..NOR..At Home
Sarah Hanson..Daughter..19..NOR..At Home
Lena Gannon..Daughter..27..NOR..At Home..Married
Thomas Gannon..GrandSon..7m..WI
Martha Halvorson..Daughter..31..NOR..At Home..Married
Hildah Halvorson..GrandDaughter..8..WI
Wilhelm Halvorson..GrandSon..4..DAKOTA
Celia Halvorson..GrandDaughter..2..WI

(Lena and her son were living with her widowed mother. The whereabouts of her husband, James Gannon, are not yet known.)


bullet  Marriage Notes:

Lena was living with her son, Thomas, in the home of her widowed mother according to the 1880 census. She was shown as married but the husband, James Gannon, was not listed. After Lena and her husband were divorced sometime after 1880, the youngest son, Thomas S. Gannon, continued to live with the grandmother (Sarah Hanson). He is shown with the grandmother in the 1900 US Census and the 1905 Wisconsin State Census. His mother, Lena Hanson, was remarried in 1888 in Colorado and moved to New York with her new husband, Phillip Arbenger.
--------------------------------------------

picture

Lena next married Phillip Sidney Arbenger on 27 March 1888 in Las Animas, Bent, Colorado, United States.1 (Phillip Sidney Arbenger was born in 1848 in Jamaica, Queens, New York, United States,12 died on 22 July 1899 in Plattsburgh, Clinton, New York, United States 12 and was buried after 22 July 1899 in Plattsburgh Barracks Post Cemetery, Plattsburgh, Clinton, New York, United States 12.)

bullet  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. Marriage Image, 27 March 1888, Las Animas, Bent, Colorado, United States. 1


bullet  Marriage Notes:


Name: Philip Arbenger
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 27 Mar 1888
Event Place: Las Animas, Bent, Colorado, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 38
Birth Year (Estimated): 1850
Spouse's Name: Lena Gannon
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Age: 34
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1854
Page: 9

Citing this Record
"Colorado Statewide Marriage Index, 1853-2006," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KN3R-832 : 10 December 2017), Philip Arbenger and Lena Gannon, 27 Mar 1888, Las Animas, Bent, Colorado, United States; citing no. 9, State Archives, Denver; FHL microfilm 1,690,049.
-------------------------------------------

picture

Sources


1 "Colorado Statewide Marriage Index, 1853-2006," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1932434 : accessed 11 November 2020); (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KN3R-832 : 10 December 2017), Philip Arbenger and Lena Gannon, 27 Mar 1888, Las Animas, Bent, Colorado, United States; citing no. 9, State Archives, Denver; FHL microfilm 1,690,049.

2 "Norway Baptisms, 1634-1927," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1467014 : accessed 27 Apr 2015), Name: Lena Syversdatter; Birth Date: 06 Jan 1853.

3 of Norway, Eidskog, Hedmark, Norway: "1865 Norway Census," dwelling 0088, family 01.

4 1870 U.S. census, population schedule, Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, p. 22, dwelling 175, family 175, Lena Syversdatter Hanson; database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/collection/1438024 : accessed 11 Sep 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M593, roll 1703.

5 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, enumeration district (ED) 72, p. 29A, dwelling 287, family 295, Sigri "Sarah" Larsdatter; database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/collection/1417683 : accessed 9 Oct 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 1448.

6 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Plattsburgh Township, Clinton County, New York, enumeration district (ED) 26, sheet 8A, dwelling 137, family 158, Lena Syversdatter Hanson; database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/collection/1325221 : accessed 22 Apr 2015); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623.

7 1905 New York State Census, Plattsburgh, Clinton County, New York, p. 27, line 32, Lena Syversdatter Hanson; digital images, FamilySearch (accessed 21 Sep 2012).

8 1910 U.S. census, population schedule, Plattsburg, Clinton County, New York, enumeration district (ED) 35, sheet 11A, family 230, Lena Syversdatter Hanson; database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/collection/1727033 : accessed 3 Jan 2016); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T624, roll 932.

9 1920 U.S. census, population schedule, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, enumeration district (ED) 492, sheet 1B, family 25, Olaf Marinius Nord and Beulah Salma Arbenger; database with images, Family Search (https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/collection/1488411 : accessed 9 Feb 2016); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625, roll 1157.

10 1940 U.S. census, population schedule, Fort Ruger Military Reservation, Honolulu County, Oahu, Territory of Hawaii, enumeration district (ED) 2-66, sheet 14A, household 31, Olaf Marinium Nord and Beulah Selma Arbenger; database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/collection/2000219 : accessed 22 Sep 2012); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T627, roll 4585.

11 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ ); accessed 23 March 2018), memorial page for Lena Syversdatter Hanson Arbenger (6 Jan 1853\endash 31 Dec 1947), Find A Grave Memorial no. 69245550, citing Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale), Glendale, Los Angeles County, California, USA ;

12 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ ); accessed 23 March 2018), memorial page for Phillip Arbenger (1848'9622 Jul 1899), Find A Grave Memorial no. 37957797, citing Plattsburg Barracks Post Cemetery, Plattsburgh, Clinton County, New York, USA


Home | Table of Contents | Surnames | Name List

This website was created 14 October 2026 with Legacy 10.0, a division of MyHeritage.com; content copyrighted and maintained by brian@the-lightfoots.com