Born "Karine Olesdatter" at Askvik, Hjelmeland, Norway [Toen Ojehavn #165]. Territorial lines appear to have changed since her birth. 1st daughter of Ole Olsen Toen & his 2nd wife Brita Johnsdatter. She had a twin sister, "Berta", who also immigrated to America and was commonly known thereafter as Bertha. Another set of twins, a boy and a girl, were born to their parents in 1889. 2 additional brothers and another sister were to follow by 1897. She also had several half siblings from her father's first marriage. Corinne came to Canton, South Dakota, in 1912, eventually finding work as a waitress. She married 1st: a man considerably older than herself, William Henry Jeffress, at Richmond, California. This marriage produced 1 son, William Thomas "Bill" Jeffress, born January 10, 1922, at the Brookside Hospital. Bill died January 7, 1996. Married 2nd: a Scot named Alexander Yuill Armour, who was her age. She died in a Berkeley hospital, having been widowed twice.
Born "Karine Olesdatter" at Askvik, Hjelmeland, Norway [Toen Ojehavn #165]. Territorial lines appear to have changed since her birth. 1st daughter of Ole Olsen Toen & his 2nd wife Brita Johnsdatter. She had a twin sister, "Berta", who also immigrated to America and was commonly known thereafter as Bertha. Another set of twins, a boy and a girl, were born to their parents in 1889. 2 additional brothers and another sister were to follow by 1897. She also had several half siblings from her father's first marriage. Corinne came to Canton, South Dakota, in 1912, eventually finding work as a waitress. She married 1st: a man considerably older than herself, William Henry Jeffress, at Richmond, California. This marriage produced 1 son, William Thomas "Bill" Jeffress, born January 10, 1922, at the Brookside Hospital. Bill died January 7, 1996. Married 2nd: a Scot named Alexander Yuill Armour, who was her age. She died in a Berkeley hospital, having been widowed twice.
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