Hans Larson of Odegaarden (Gordon)

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FAMILY TREE (GENEALOGY) START HERE. 1821-1911: Hans Larson and Kiersti/Christi/Chresti. Documents and Biography.

WHERE.  The GORDON name derives from a farm, Odegaarden, north of Moelv and 2 kilometers southeast from the Brottum train station on a hillside facing southwest above Lake Mjosa.  (two a's written in Norwegian is an a with a little "o" over it; pronounced long o, or in other words, Gordon, and means "garden" or farm).

Google Earth KMZ file of ODEGAARDEN (Click to go there) N 60 59.891 E 10 35.606

The Senstad Farm is where Hans Larson married his wife Kjersti and their first child was born:

Google Earth KMZ file of the SENSTAD farm (Click to go there) N 60 48.204 E 10 44.566

Movie clips (MPEG-1, 320x240 resolution)

• Odegaarden Farm. Driving up to the farm now owned by Johannes Granum. Introduction by Jim Gordon. Walk around the farm. Panoramic sweep of Lake Mjosa, the house, and more narration by Jim Gordon. 221 seconds, 89 megabytes (Yes, it is real big and very good quality so you want high speed internet for this one!) July 1988.

• Odegaarden Farm. Explore the front yard, shed and a big ancient tree. Hay drying on racks. Size: 17 megabytes. Time: 42 seconds.

SEE THE ODEGAARDEN FARM IN NORWAY Narrated by James Gilbert Gordon

The Gordon Clansman (Annual Issues) >>>>> (Private; requires password. Opens an index of issues)

Table of Gordon Reunions: When, where, who; Clansman Editors.

2004 Gordon Reunion at Beaver Lake, The Alice and Thurman Creager Homestead.

Description and downloads of EMBLEM

Shevlin, Minnesota, Cemetary headstone photographs . Photographed June 21 by Michael G. Gordon.  Nearly all headstones photographed in high quality double-vga (1280x960) with a Nikon 5000.  Images available in tiny thumbs (1/3 vga) for rapid selection, vga for slide-show stepping through the whole collection, and zoomed to maximum size to inspect detail, download, save and print as desired.

Concordia Cemetary headstone photographs , Norman County, Minnesota. Photographed June 20 by Michael G. Gordon. Nearly all headstones photographed in high quality double-vga (1280x960) with a Nikon 5000. Images available in tiny thumbs (quarter-vga) for rapid selection, vga for slide-show stepping through the whole collection, and zoomed to maximum size to inspect detail, download, save and print as desired.

Archive of Gordon images at Clearwater Historical Society Museum , Shevlin, Minnesota. 22 June 2002.

Clearwater Historical Society Museum , Shevlin, Minnesota. 22 June 2002.

Abbreviated Family Tree . < This is a list of ALL descendents of Hans Larson (Gordon or Odegaarden)) 

Graphical List of descendents (links point to web pages with more detailed information, maps, photographs).

1. Lars H. Gordon

2. Charles (Nels) L. Gordon

3. Anna Gordon (Died in Norway leaving no descendents)

4. Andrew L. Gordon

   1. Hans Ludvig Gordon

      1. Hans S. and Ethel Gordon

         1. Bruce Gordon

         2. Jan Kittleson

      2. Andrew L. and Inez Gordon

         1. Suzi Gordon Yasi

         2. Linda Hutchins

      3. Alice Jane Gordon Creager (died 2002)

         1. Warren Gordon Creager

            1. Kimberly (Creager) Whelan

         2. Robert (Bob Sr.) Leroy Creager

            1. Bob Creager

               1. Emily

            2. David Creager

            3. Kim Whelan

               1. Brendan Whelan

         3. Myron Henry Creager

         4. Thurman (Tom) Creager

         5. Andrew Emory Creager

   2. John L. Gordon

      1. Allen Gordon

         1. Beverly Degen

            1. Rick Degen

            2. Rob Degen

               1. Julia Degen

               2. Charlie Degen

               3. Joy Degen

      2. Laurene Teague

5. Karen Gordon Morgan

6. Hans Gordon (died, left no children)

7. Gilbert Gordon and Olava Evanstad

   1. Lloyd Chester Gordon and Myrtle Caroline Jensen

      1. Lloyd Chester Gordon

         1. Kathryn Elizabeth Gordon

         2. Michael Greig Gordon

            1. Ellen Elizabeth Gordon

         3. Wyatt William Gordon

8. Martin Gordon

9. Clara Gordon Hetland Foster

10. Anthon H. Gordon

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1. Michael Gordon via "responder" on front page. (Hans Larson > Gilbert Gordon > Lloyd Gordon Sr. > Lloyd Gordon Jr. > Michael Gordon)

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