In Norse mythology, Thor is a hammer-wielding god associated with thunder, lightning, storms, oak trees, strength, the protection of mankind, and also hallowing, healing and fertility. ….and he is part of the Avengers….In our genealogy Thor is THOR 6th great grandfather of us all! Found weird grandparents names but nothing as cool as THOR! Kind of loses it on the last name though …Torkildsen….Just doesn’t have a ring to it. I have visions of the family making fun of him ….oh lookie, here comes TORK god of the ballpeen hammer…. So Jankowski’s, Boyum’s and Abraham’s meet THOR TORKILDSEN our 6th great grandfather, his wife and our 6th great grandmother GUNILD GUULSDATTER and their daughter and our 5th great grandmother JORAN THORSDATTER. Joran was born in 1743. Thor and Gunild in the early 1700’s. Photo is the baptism record of Joran. Her record is next to the last on the left page. Joran is the great grandmother of Kristi Haugen Thompson. John Thompson’s wife. John is why we were all in Sioux Falls. John was the first Norwegian settler in Minnehaha County (1867) after the Indian uprising. His daughter Berthine was the first white child born in Minnehaha county. Her husband, Thomas Fersdahl, inherited the log cabin that sits at the Sioux Empire fair grounds. You can see this record and others on Ancestry.com. Send me your email and I will give you access to it if you want to see the rest of the tree.
Kildeinformasjon: Oppland fylke, Aurdal, Ministerialbok nr. 4 (1730-1762), Fødte og døpte 1743, side 248-249. http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:NBN:no-a1450-kb20070603900679.jpg
