AKA: Ingrid Olsdatter Hårstad

Ingrid Olsdatter Tøfte was born on Sunday, 20 March 1825 in Sunndal, Møre og Romsdal County, Norway, the daughter of Ole Pedersen Tøfte (1787-1878), AKA: Ole "Gammel-Tøftin" Pedersen, and Synnøve Olsdatter (Bjørnhjell) Tøfte (1791-1871), and she was christened at Romfo Kirke in the upper Sunndal valley on Maundy Thursday, 31 March 1825. She was married to Nils Olsen Haarstad (1825-1900), the son of Ole Nilsen Haarstad (1801-1880) and Magnhild Olsdatter (Tredal) Haarstad (1807-1889), in April 1863 at Hov Kirke in Sunndalsøra, and they had two children:
1) Ole Nilsen Haarstad (1852-1935), married Eli Ingebrigtsdatter (Ødegård) Haarstad (1858-1944) on 4 July 1881 at Hov Kirke in Sunndalsøra, and they had the following children:
i) Nils Olsen Haarstad (1881-1926), who became farmer at Mele farm, buried at Hov Kirke in Sunndalsøra;
ii) Ingebrigt Olsen Haarstad (1883- emigrated to America in 1904);
iii) Ole Olsen Haarstad (1885-1894), drowned in 1894 in large pond by Tredal;
iv) Magnhild Olsdatter Haarstad (b.1887);
v) Elen Olsdatter Haarstad (1889-1975), who took over Haarstad farm after her parents, buried at Hov Kirke in Sunndalsøra;
vi) Martinus Olsen Haarstad (1891-1977), buried at Hov Kirke in Sunndalsøra;
vii) Ole Olsen Haarstad (1895-1936), died at Opdøl asylum, buried at Hov Kirke in Sunndalsøra;
viii) Nikoline Olsdatter (Haarstad) Simonhjell (1897-1982), married Jakob O Simonhjell and became farmer's wife at Simonhjell Farm in Øksendal, buried at Øksendal Kirke cemetery in Øksendalsøra in Sunndal;
ix) Olga Elida (Haarstad) Halvorsen (1899-1992), married John Halvorsen (1882-1948) in 1936 in Sunndalsøra, buried at Hov Kirke in Sunndalsøra;
Ole died on 1 August 1935 and his wife, Eli, died on 26 April 1944 and they are buried at Hov Kirke in Sunndalsøra;
2) Synnøve Nilsdatter (Haarstad) Tøfte (1869-1951), married Ole Iversen Tøfte (1862-1929), son of Iver Olsen Tredal or Lillengen (b.1841) and Kari Olsdatter Hoaas Tøfte (b.1829) on 18 January 1890 at Hov Kirke in Sunndalsøra, and had the following children:
i) Oline Inga Tøfte (1887-1918), died of flu during Spanish flu epidemic;
ii) Nils Olsen Tøfte (b. 24 September 1890);
iii) Kristian (Christian) Tøfte (b. 27 March 1892);
iv) Oscar Tøfte (b. May 1902);
v) Clara Mathild (Tøfte) Battig DeBolt (20 May 1903-29 August 1996);
vi) Ida Marie Tøfte (1904-1911), died of diphtheria;
vii) Odin Sverre Tøfte (1906-1911), died of diphtheria;
viii) Alpha Constance Tøfte (1909-1911), died of diphtheria;
Synnøve emigrated to America in 1901 with her children, joining her husband who had settled near Perth, North Dakota. The family later settled near Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada. Ole died in 1929, and Synnøve in 1951. They are buried at Emmaville Cemetery, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Ingrid was farmer's wife at Hårstad Farm in Lilledalen, Sunndal, Norway. Nils Olsen Haarstad died on Monday, 12 November 1900 and his wife, Ingrid, died on Friday, 3 March 1905 and they both were laid to rest at Hov Kirke in Sunndalsøra in Sunndal, Norway.