Ole A Canuteson
Submitted by: Christine Neal
Mr. Ole A. Canuteson, who first saw light of day on April
29,1834, near Rochester, New York and who had been slowly declining for the last
few years, Quietly passed away on January 16,1920, at the ripe old age of 86
years, 8 months and 18 days. On Sunday afternoon his remains were interred in
the Norse Lutheran Cemetery, Rev. J.K. Rystad pronouncing the last sad rites in
the presence of a large concourse of sorrowing relatives and friends. Deceased
leaves on daughter, four sons, 15 grand children, and four great grand children,
besides a host of friends to mourn his loss. Mr. O.A. Canuteson was naturally
of a kind hearted, benevolent, modest, and unassuming disposition, an honest,
upright and conscientious man; a faithful and devoted husband; a kind father; a
fine neighbor and a good man. His parents were among the old pioneers who
blazed the way in the wilderness, and came on the sloop, being the first
immigrants from Norway who arrived in 1825, settling near Rochester, New York,
where the subject was born. His parents and the infant, Ole, soon moved to La
Salle County, Illinois, where they helped establish the "Fox River Settlement",
the first permanent Norwegian Settlement in America. Mr. O.A. Canuteson and
family moved to Bosque County, Texas, in the spring of 1859 and helped establish
the Norse Norwegian Settlement. He, thus, endured the drawbacks and hardships of
a frontier, pioneer life both in Illinois and Texas. Mr. O.A. Canuteson was a
true and conscientious liberal until within two years of his death when he was
baptized and, practically, joined the Lutheran Church, evidently for
satisfaction and his soul's salvation. Another old pioneer gone to his eternal
abode and reward. Peace to his ashes. May his memory ever remain fresh. His
surviving children were: Daughter: Cora Olivia Canuteson Aulie; Sons: Halvar,
Andrew, Albert L., Alferd Severin; Deceased Children: Daughters: Mary Ann (Anna
Marie) Canuteson Christenson, Julie Helen, Elisabeth; Son: Canute; Wives:
Ingeborg (1870), Christina (1891), Martha (1919)
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