Mankell Family History
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GENEALOGY
I am now adding genealogical charts to the web pages with the following explanation regarding the charts.
The primary charts in these web pages will be Descendant Charts. Due to the large number of names in my database I cannot print out one large chart for readers to look at. Therefore I am breaking apart the larger family tree into separate branches. To make reading the charts easy for the reader, each Descendant Chart will take up only one page. Each chart will usually include 3 generations.
As you read the charts, if I am in error of a name or date, please let me know. I try to be accurate, but I may have made mistakes. There are gaps in these charts too, such as marriages, children, birth or death dates. So please let me know the correct information via the email link at the bottom of the page; then I can make the changes or additions. Please note that most of the descendant charts will not include names of people born in the last 30 years to so. Adding this generation of people to all the extended family would be too much of a task for this project.
Below is a list of the Descendant Charts currently included in the web site and are in .pdf files.
Niederasphe Germany
- Oldest Manckel/Mankel/Mankell name documented in the family tree:
- Other Mankel Families in Niederasphe
Johan Mankell and his wife, Johanna Keyser
- Carl Abraham (1802-1868)
- Wilhelm August (1803-1872)
- Louise Amalia (1806-1806)
- Friedrich Ferdinand (1807-1807)
- Georg Andreas (1809-??)
- Gustav Adolph (1812-1880)
- Friederica Amalia (1814-1889)
Johan Mankell and his second wife, Helena Svedman
- Johann August (1825-1868)
- Viktor Alfred (1827-1831)
- Herman Ludvig Ferdinand (1829-1836)
- Sven Gustav George (1832-1860)
- Emil Theodore (1834-1899)
Children of HW and Elizabeth Mankell
- Jenny (1854-1948) m. Andrew Gordhamer
- Mary (1860-1887) m. Johnny Young
- Anna (1862-1917) m. Nels Quam
- Amanda (1864-1947) m. Julius Landquist
- Hulda (1866-1931) m. Hans Melgaard
- Oscar (1868-1936) m. Minnie Swenson (1875-1959)
- Otto H. (1872-1839)
- Sophia (1870-1894) m John Quam
- Esther (1874-?)m. Gustav Erickson
Children of Oscar and Minnie Mankell
- Herman (1896-1985) m. Cora Christopherson
- Edna (1889-1987) m. Alvin Halvorson
- Alice (1903-1991) m. George Alvig
SWENSON FAMILIES
Sven Gunderson Borgen (1810-1904) m. Margit Syvertsdatter (1812-1891)
Gunder Swenson (1845-1934) m. Gemine Negaard (1854-1927)
Ancestor Chart of Gunder Swenson (Norway)
Children of Gunder and Gemine Swenson
- Swen Swenson (1872-1942) m. Guri Hande (1875-1954)
- Henry (died as infant)
- Minnie Swenson (1875-1959) m. Oscar Mankell (1868-1936)
- Henry Swenson (1877-1948) m. Nellie Larson
- George Swenson (1879-1960)
- Clara Swenson (1880-1982) m. O.M. Berg
- Anna Swenson (1883-1971) m. Axel Quale
- Otto Swenson (1885-1943)
- Melvin Swenson (1887-1965) m. Clara Thorson
- Gerhard Swenson (1889-1977) m. Manda Boe
- Mable Swenson (1891-1917)
- Lydia Swenson (1893-1957) m. Charles Brace
- Helen Swenson (1895-1979) m. Fred Lamphere
- William Swenson (1900-1954) m. Lillian Larson
Christofferson (grandfather of August)
August and Bastina Christopherson and their children:
- Otto (1890-1971), m. Ella Negaard
- Anphia (1892-1974) , m. Elmer Myhre
- Julius (1894-1953)
- Edward (Eddie)(1897-1984) , m. Olive.
- Ellen (1899-1972) m. Herman Landquist
- Millie (1901-1994) m. Eugene Bergan
- Cornelia (Cora) (1903-1963), m. Herman Mankell (1896-1895)
HJELLE FAMILY (updated 8/8/08)
All the Hjelle family descendant charts have been updated (8/8/08). Thanks to Mason Hjelle (grandson of Engebret Hjelle) for providing much of the genealogical information about the Hjelle families who settled in the Marshall County area of Minnesota.
Ole Hjelle and his second wife, Kjersti, and 13 of the 14 Hjelle children came to the USA at different times over a span of 20 years. The parents came to US after several of their grown children were already in the US. Ole and Kjersti and most of the Hjelle children (Engrebret--son of Ole's first wife Marte, Hans, Gilbert, Christian, Oline, Mattias, Anna, Clara, Randine, Ole) settled in the Marshall County area of northern Minnesota. Some later moved from Marshall County: Clara to Ottertail County, Ole to Kittson County; Christian to Pennington County.
Bastina immigrated to Kandiyohi County in 1887, and was one of the last in her family to leave Norway. Sister Martha and half-sister Marie also settled in Kandiyohi County. One brother, Hans, remained in Fåvang, Norway. Hans then moved to his grandparents farm, took the farm name as his last name and became Hans Hjelstuen.
Ole Hjelle
Children of Ole Hjelle (1818-1910) with first wife, Marte Engebritdatter Hjelstuen (1831-1856)
- Engebret Hjelle (1851-1938) m. Karen Smidesang
- Marie Hjelle (1853-1927) m. Edward Hauge; her Norwegian name was Mari
- Hans Hjelstuen(1855-1951), who remained in Fåvang Norway, m. Berit Brastadlokken
Children of Ole Hjelle (1818-1920) with second wife, Kjersti Prestangen (1833-1905)
- Hans Hjelle (1857-1942) m. Oline Brostadlakken
- Martha Hjelle<1860-1929) m. Ole Hjelle; her Norwegian name was Marte
- Christian Hjelle (1863-1887)
- Olina Hjelle m. Hans Bjorsness; also spelled Oline
- Gilbert Hjelle(1868-1920) m. Ingeborg Kolstad; his Norwegian name was Gudbrand
- Mattias Hjelle(1868-1950) m. Gladys Johnson
- Bastina Hjelle (1868-1950) m. August Christopherson (1863-1906); her Norwegian name was Bastine
- Anna Hjelle(1873-1925) m. Hans Krogh
- Clara Hjelle (1875-1949) m. Torger Thompson; her Norwegian name was Kjerste
- Randine Hjelle (1879-1923); also spelled Rondine
- Ole O. Hjelle (1881-1958)
Children of Herman and Cora Mankell:
- Orlynn (1928-1999) m. Vivian Jordin (1931-1994)
Jordin Family (Sweden)
Because of the changes in the surnames from generation to generation in the Norwegian and Swedish cultures, the charts for the Jordin and Johnson families will include Ancestor Charts. With these charts the reader will follow the generations with greater ease.
Johnson Family (Norway)
- Marjorie m. Bill Larimer
- Sherman m. Bette Mattson
- Mary Ann (1937-2004) m./d. James Petteway (1926-1984)
- Douglas m. DeAnn Olson
- Dale (1945-1946)
- Marlys (1947-2001) m. Gerald Schilz (1926-2002)