Groves & Matson Norwegian Forefathers...

Today is Syttende Mai:

The 17th of May (Syttende Mai) is Norway's Constitution Day, a wonderful spring holiday celebrated with red, white and blue ribbons and flags, national costumes and big smiles as Norwegians everywhere mark the historic signing of their Constitution (Grunnloven) in 1814. That year marked the beginning of Norway's gaining her independence from Sweden, fully realized in 1905.

Both my Father and Mother are the children of a fully Norwegian parent.  They are each half Norwegian so I am half Norwegian also.  

My parents were raised in a strongly Norwegian region of Wisconsin.  That region is around Viroqua, WI which is in Vernon County.  They lived and were farming my Great-Grandmother Minnie Cox Groves' farm when I and 3 of my siblings were born.  

According to Bob Berndt's Ancestry.com research, we have the names and dates of our Norwegian forefathers and foremothers.  I will list them here starting with our mother's paternal side:

Ludvick, Marit, Linda, Edna

1. Great-Great-Great Grandpa Mads Larsen Revsnes (unknown date of birth, but was baptized January 1, 1793, so you could assume he was born somewhere close to that date), married Madsie Olsdaughter Ullebust on January 6, 1818.  
2. Their son is: Great-Great Grandpa Ludvig Madsen Ullebust,1828 to 1875;              Birth 22 NOV 1828; Sunnfjord, Norway          Death 1875 • Vernon Co.,  Harmony Township 
3. His son is:  Great-Grandpa Mathias Matson; Born in 1859 in Norway;                      Died in 1925 in Vernon County;                      Buried in Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Town of Newton, Vernon County, USA
4.  His son is:Grandpa Ludvick Henry Matson, born in Vernon County, WI.  on October 13, 1888 



Matson Homestead Farm on Hwy 56 West of Viroqua



Edna Virginia Matson

5. His daughter is: Mother Edna Virginia Matson Groves; Vernon County, USA, on July 23, 1919 

 Our father's Maternal side started in Norway:

John Isaacson

1. Great- Grandfather John Isaacson 1840–1919
   Birth 12 MARCH 1840 • Aurdal, Norway
   Death 2 NOV 1919 • Forest City, Winnebago County, Iowa, USA 
2.  His daughter:  Grandmother Amanda Isaacs Groves       1881-1976;                             Birth 15 NOVEMBER 1881   Forest City, IA:                       Death 27 DECEMBER 1976  Viroqua, WI, Vernon County



James, Amanda, Edna

3. Her son is Father James Burton Groves Birth: 26 OCTOBER 1913; near Ryegate, MT;               Death: 26 August 2006 Viroqua, WI;  Vernon County 

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