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- Hans Jakob hjälpte sin far med fiske och arbetet på garden. Vid 18-års ålder började han som smedlärling. Två år senare emigrerade han till USA och slog sig ner i Winesheik county, Iowa. Tillsammans med en äldre bror skaffade de sig mark 1885 i Edmonds county, South Dakota. Han stannade där till 1892 och återvände till Iowa. Efter att ha gift sig med Olena 9 mars 1897 flyttade de till Wood Lake I västra Minnesota och stannade där till 1917. Han etablerade sig som smed och arbetade med jordbruk. 1918 kom de till Oregon, Woodburn där de stannade live ut.
Hans J. Falnes Dies
Funeral services for Hans J. Falnes, 84, who died Saturday at his home in Woodburn, were conducted Wednesday afternoon at the Ringo chapel here. Interment was at Belle Passi cemetery. Mr. Falnes was born March 24, 1864, at Auste near Skuninishavn on the island of Karmoy in Norway. After his confirmation in 1878, he helped his father in farming and fishing. When 18 he learned the blacksmithing trade. Two years later he emigrated to the United States, settling in Winesheik county, Iowa. In company with an elder brother he took a land claim in Edmonds county, S. D. in 1885. He remained there until 1892 and then returned to Iowa. On March 9, 1897, he was married to Olena Flaskenid of Colmar, Iowa. Shortly thereafter they moved to Wood Lake in western Minnesota and remained there until 1917, establishing his business as blacksmith and also farming a few years. In 1918 they came to Oregon and settled in Woodburn where he lived until his death. Mrs. Falnes died here in 1921. In 1925, in company with Halvar Ashland of Woodburn, he attended the Norse Centennial in Minneapolis and then continued on to Norway where each visited his old home. Mr. Falnes was taken ill more than a year ago. His death came just 11 days before his 84th birthday. He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Earl Mathieson of Salem, and a son, Prof. Oscar J. Falnes of New York, and two sisters, Maria and Malena Falnes of Woodburn. He was a lifelong member of the Lutheran church.
- The Woodburn Independent Newspaper
Woodburn, Oregon
March 18, 1948, Page 2, Column 3
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