Carl Olaf Enderud

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Carl Olaf Enderud

Birth
Norway
Death
10 Apr 1945 (aged 87)
Caldwell, Sumner County, Kansas, USA
Burial
Caldwell, Sumner County, Kansas, USA Add to Map
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Carl is my 2nd great grandfather

Carl Olaf Enderud was born 24 December 1857 on the Enderud farm at Fetsund, Norway, the son of Ole Simonsen and Oline Jansen Enderud. He came to the U.S. on 2 October 1880 and worked for six months in Republic Co., Kansas. In 1881 he worked as timekeeper for No. 3 coal mine in Back Springs, Wyoming. Carl's brother, Herman, settled at Fowler, Colorado and his brother, Ludvig, went to Wyoming and later to Portland, Oregon.
He married Annie Johanna Nordmark on 26 May 1887 at Scandia, Kansas. In 1890 they took a homestead at Freeport, Nebraska where they farmed and lived until 1898 when they moved back to Republic Co., Kansas. In 1913 they moved to their farm southwest of Caldwell, Kansas. They owned 426 acres in Sumner Co. There were several oil wells drilled on the property. On 22 August 1919 the biggest free flowing oil well in the state of Kansas which brought in on their property. They had nine children, Cora, Alma, Marie, Christian, Mary Amelia, Roy, Ernest, Frank and Elmer.

Annie died 7 Nov. 1923 and Carl died 10 April 1945, exactly 32 years to the day he came to Caldwell, both are buried at Caldwell cemetery.
***Relationship***
Carl is my 2nd great grandfather

Carl Olaf Enderud was born 24 December 1857 on the Enderud farm at Fetsund, Norway, the son of Ole Simonsen and Oline Jansen Enderud. He came to the U.S. on 2 October 1880 and worked for six months in Republic Co., Kansas. In 1881 he worked as timekeeper for No. 3 coal mine in Back Springs, Wyoming. Carl's brother, Herman, settled at Fowler, Colorado and his brother, Ludvig, went to Wyoming and later to Portland, Oregon.
He married Annie Johanna Nordmark on 26 May 1887 at Scandia, Kansas. In 1890 they took a homestead at Freeport, Nebraska where they farmed and lived until 1898 when they moved back to Republic Co., Kansas. In 1913 they moved to their farm southwest of Caldwell, Kansas. They owned 426 acres in Sumner Co. There were several oil wells drilled on the property. On 22 August 1919 the biggest free flowing oil well in the state of Kansas which brought in on their property. They had nine children, Cora, Alma, Marie, Christian, Mary Amelia, Roy, Ernest, Frank and Elmer.

Annie died 7 Nov. 1923 and Carl died 10 April 1945, exactly 32 years to the day he came to Caldwell, both are buried at Caldwell cemetery.