Jorandby

Descendants of Elias Christian Jorandby

Generation No. 1

1. ELIAS CHRISTIAN1 JORANDBY was born August 05, 1862 in Strongs Prairie Twp, Adams, Wisconsin, and died April 26, 1933 in Necedah Twp, Juneau, Wisconsin. He married OLGA JULIANA JOHNSON June 24, 1908 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. She was born November 04, 1889 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, and died September 03, 1968 in Tomah, Monroe, Wisconsin.

Notes for ELIAS CHRISTIAN JORANDBY:

"If you borrow an ax, return it sharper than it was when you borrowed it."

Elias's dates of birth and christening dates cannot be confirmed from original church records, because the records were lost when the Roche-a-Cree log church, built in 1853, burned in 1866. According to the church records which do still exist, Elias was confirmed on 27 Jun 1880. His confirmation record lists a birth date of 5 Aug 1863, and a baptismal date of 9 Nov 1863. It should be 1862.

In the 1880s, Elias and his brother Peder, encouraged by their father C. A. Jorandby, homesteaded 240 acres of Sec. 22, Twp 18N, Range 4E, in what is now Juneau County, on the east bank of the Wisconsin River. This is the Fish Lake homestead. (A note on the Wisconsin River ferry in the 1860s.) Elias (then in his 20s) and Peder (still a teenager) built a house on the top of the bluff, and occupied it in order to comply with the residency requirements of the Homestead Act of 1862.

In 1892, they moved the house to where it has been ever since. Peder died of TB in 1892 while all this was going on.

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A note by Jeanette: "Lot 6 & 7 to Peter Jorandby Oct 13, 1886 91 92/100 acres; NE 1/2, W 1/2, & Lot 5 153 25/100 acres to E. C. Jorandby 1897=Oct 5"

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Many weddings and baptisms have taken place in the front room of that house. Elias kept his desk in that front room.

About the same time that Elias and Peder disassembled and moved the two-story house off the bluff in 1892, Elias's younger sister Rosanna (b. 1864) married Martin Slohahn (an emigrant from Norway to Chicago), and set up housekeeping in the 3900 block of West Erie St.

The Olof Johnson family, which had started out on Fry St. in Chicago, near some Chicago & Northwestern RR yards, moved into one of the row houses in this block, which is just across the street from what were major C&NW yards. On one of his trips to Chicago to visit his sister Rosanna and brother-in-law Martin, Elias met a young Olga Johnson on Erie St., and vowed to marry her when she came of age. He did, in 1908, and carried her to the Fish Lake homestead to set up housekeeping and to start a family.

Elias was, in many ways, a Renaissance man: he was a farmer who grew crops to feed his dairy cattle, his horses, his pigs, and his chickens, housed in a barn he built, which still stands; he of course established vegetable and fruit gardens; he planted white pine trees as a windbreak; he grew sorghum, and processed it in his home-made sorghum press; from the frozen lake in the winter, he harvested and stored the ice in (again) his home-made ice-house; he harvested fish from the lake; he was a phrenologist; he was an avid student and reader, and kept abreast of current world events; he was an experimental photographer, subscribing to periodicals so that he could perfect his art; he was a motorist, buying a 1911 Black auomobile; he experimented with steam engines and gas engines to cut lumber and firewood and thresh grain; he established a picnic grounds at Fish Lake where people could relax; he operated a launch and took visitors on excursions on the lake; he was a farrier, having built a shop from logs in which he created iron tools and fixtures and horseshoes at his home-made forge; he was a woodworker who built his own treadle lathe; and he was a wonderful husband and father and midwife who assisted Olga when she delivered their four children. At one point, he was a Justice of the Peace in Necedah Township [cite the record for this].

Elias died of heart disease in 1933, and was buried in the West Cemetery, a mile west of Arkdale, Wisconsin, with many other Jorandbys.

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Some records:

In the 1870 US Federal census, when he was 8, Elias is listed with his parents and his brothers and sisters:

Christopher Jorandby Strongs Prairie, Adams, WI abt 1824 Norway
Karen Jorandby Strongs Prairie, Adams, WI abt 1829 Norway
Matta Jorandby Strongs Prairie, Adams, WI abt 1857 Wisconsin
Elias Jorandby Strongs Prairie, Adams, WI abt 1862 Wisconsin
Rosanna JorandbyStrongs Prairie, Adams, WI abt 1864 Wisconsin
Peter JorandbyStrongs Prairie, Adams, WI abt 1864 Wisconsin
Olivia JorandbyStrongs Prairie, Adams, WI abt 1867 Wisconsin

In the 1880 US Federal census, he is again listed with his parents and his brothers and sisters:

C.A. JORANDBY Strongs Prairie, Adams, WI <1824> NORWAY Head
Caroline JORANDBYStrongs Prairie, Adams, WI <1832> NORWAY Wife
Juliana JORANDBY Strongs Prairie, Adams, WI <1858> Wisc Daughter
Ellias JORANDBY Strongs Prairie, Adams, WI <1863> Wisc Son
Rosanna JORANDBY Strongs Prairie, Adams, WI <1865> Wisc Daughter
Olia JORANDBY Strongs Prairie, Adams, WI <1868> Wisc Daughter
Peter JORANDBY Strongs Prairie, Adams, WI <1871> Wisc Son
Gideon JORANDBY Strongs Prairie, Adams, WI <1874> Wisc Son

In the 1930 US Federal census, Elias is listed with his wife Olga and three of their children (Clarence had gone to Chicago to seek work, and was living at 3945 Erie St. with Hannah (Sl orahn) Johnson, Helen Johnson, and George Johnson.):

Jorandby, Elias CHead67WisconsinNorwayNorwayFarmer
Jorandby, Olga JWife40IllinoisSwedenSweden
Jorandby, Oliver ASon18WisconsinWisconsinIllinois
Jorandby, Jeanette KDaughter15WisconsinWisconsinIllinois
Jorandby, Elsie ODaughter11WisconsinWisconsinIllinois

More About ELIAS CHRISTIAN JORANDBY:

Burial: West Cemetery, Arkdale, Adams, Wisconsin

Notes for OLGA JULIANA JOHNSON:

Olga is the first-born of Olaf and Juliana - try to find birth/christening/confirmation records

Her father Olof - Orvillle's tales
Her mother Juliana - Orville's tales
Her sister Anna and her brother Oscar - picture
Her step-mother Hannah - Slorahn family history
Her step-sister Helen and her step-brother George and their offspring

Burial: September 06, 1968, West Cemetery, Arkdale, Adams, Wisconsin

Children of ELIAS JORANDBY and OLGA JOHNSON are:

2. i. CLARENCE ELIOT2 JORANDBY, b. July 27, 1909, Necedah Twp, Juneau, Wisconsin; d. February 05, 2000, Mauston, Juneau, Wisconsin.

3. ii. OLIVER ANDREW JORANDBY, b. July 06, 1911, Necedah Twp, Juneau, Wisconsin; d. May 14, 2000, Tomah, Monroe, Wisconsin.

iii. JEANETTE KATE JORANDBY, b. November 30, 1914, Necedah Twp, Juneau, Wisconsin; d. September 30, 2004, Tomah, Wisconsin; m. RUSSELL EMANUEL LUNDEEN, December 11, 1952, Necedah Twp, Juneau, Wisconsin; b. March 20, 1906, Chicago, Cook, Illinois; d. July 12, 1979, Necedah Twp, Juneau, Wisconsin1.

Notes for JEANETTE KATE JORANDBY:

Individual Record FamilySearchØ U.S. Social Security Death Index

Jeanette LUNDEEN Birth Date: 30 Nov 1914

Death Date: 30 Sep 2004

Burial: West Arkdale Cemetery, Adams Co., Wisconsin

Notes for RUSSELL EMANUEL LUNDEEN:

Individual Record FamilySearchØ U.S. Social Security Death Index

Russell LUNDEEN Birth Date: 22 Mar 1906

Death Date: Jul 1979

4. iv. ELSIE OLIVE JORANDBY, b. March 27, 1919, Necedah Twp, Juneau, Wisconsin.

Generation No. 2

2. CLARENCE ELIOT2 JORANDBY (ELIAS CHRISTIAN1) was born July 27, 1909 in Necedah Twp, Juneau, Wisconsin, and died February 05, 2000 in Mauston, Juneau, Wisconsin. He married PEARL LOUISE ADELINE OLSON November 20, 1937 in Arkdale, Adams, Wisconsin. She was born March 09, 1909 in Arkdale, Adams, Wisconsin, and died November 29, 1994 in Mauston, Juneau, Wisconsin.

Burial: February 08, 2000, West Cemetery, Arkdale, Adams, Wisconsin

More About PEARL LOUISE ADELINE OLSON:

Burial: December 02, 1994, West Cemetery, Arkdale, Adams, Wisconsin

Child of CLARENCE JORANDBY and PEARL OLSON is:

5. i. EUGENE CLARENCE3 JORANDBY

3. OLIVER ANDREW2 JORANDBY (ELIAS CHRISTIAN1) was born July 06, 1911 in Necedah Twp, Juneau, Wisconsin, and died May 14, 2000 in Tomah, Monroe, Wisconsin. He married MILDRED RUTH DUSKE August 08, 1939 in Necedah Twp, Juneau, Wisconsin. She was born July 14, 1919 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois.

Burial: May 17, 2000, West Cemetery, Arkdale, Adams, Wisconsin

Children of OLIVER JORANDBY and MILDRED DUSKE are:

6. i. ROBERT JAMES3 JORANDBY

7. ii. SANDRA ELAINE JORANDBY

4. ELSIE OLIVE2 JORANDBY (ELIAS CHRISTIAN1) was born March 27, 1919 in Necedah Twp, Juneau, Wisconsin. She married WALTER BITTNER February 01, 1941 in Necedah Twp, Juneau, Wisconsin. He was born May 31, 1909 in Mari©Lnsk©b Hory, Ostrava, Moravia, and died April 24, 1971 in Freeport, Stephenson, Illinois1.

Notes for WALTER BITTNER:

A history of Ostrava, with photos, is at http://www.eostrava.cz/view.php?cisloclanku=2003070504#zidHistory
Information for tourists is at http://www.eostrava.cz/view.php?cisloclanku=2003070601

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Data according to "Rodni a krestni list," dated 27 cervena 1946, signed by P. Bucek: zdejsi rodni a krestni knihy, svatek VII list 37 . . . ze v Moravske Ostrave - Marianskych Horach, dne prvniho cerneva, tisic devet set devet (cislecemi)

1.VI.1909, se narodil a dne 10.VI.1909

(krestni a rodne jmeno) Ladislav Bittnar

Otec: Bittnar Konrad, hornik v Mar. Horach, syn Ondreje Bittnara z Otic u Opavy a jeho manzelky Barbory. Rim. katol.

Matka: Anezka, dcera Josefa Dyby z Dobratic a jeho manzelky Apolonie Rim. katol.

Kmotri: Vrona Jan, havir v Mar. Horach, Zophie jeho manzelka

Krtil: Alois Proslik, kooperator

Porodni asistentka: Marie Kohutova v Mar. Horach

Data according to records at the Ellis Island website:

Wadislaw Bittner arrived at Ellis Island on the ship Rotterdam on 5 Mar 1916, along with hi s mother, Agneca (Agnezka) Bittner, and his brother Antonin (Anton) (Anthony) Bittner, and hi s sister Franzesca (Frances) Bittner. They were on their way to join Konrad Bittner, who wa s living and working in Fulton Co., Illinois, having immigrated to the USA in November, 1912.

More About WALTER BITTNER:

Burial: April 27, 1971, Chapel Hill Cemetery, Freeport, Illinois

Cause of Death: heart attack

Census: 1930, Necedah Twp, Juneau, Wisconsin; Census: Walter Bittner, age 212

Description: 6' tall, 190 lbs

Emigration: 1916, Rotterdam to New York, arr. 5 Mar 19163

Occupation: 1955, Freeport, Stephenson, Illinois; Occupation: Soil Conservation Agent, USDA

Children of ELSIE JORANDBY and WALTER BITTNER are:

8. i. JANE EDITH3 BITTNER

9. ii. JAMES WARREN BITTNER

10. iii. NANCY LOIS BITTNER

Endnotes

1. US Social Security Death Index, www.familysearch.org.

2. 1930 US Federal Census.

3. Ellis Island Passenger Arrivals, www.ellisisland.org.

Contributed by James Bittner