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Thomas Goodletson 1816 - 1897

Thomas Goodletson was born on June 15, 1816 at Smørbekk, Holt, Aust-Agder, Norway. Thomas was baptized on June 23, 1816 at Holt, Aust-Agder in Norway. He was in a relationship with Khjisten Avoldsen (Pedersdatter) Goodletson, and had a child Cornelius Thomas Goodlett. Thomas Goodletson died at age 80 years old on January 16, 1897 in Ephraim, Wisconsin United States, and was buried circa January 16, 1897 at Lutheran Cemetery in Fish Creek, Door County.

Thomas Goodletson

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June 15, 1816

Smørbekk, Holt, Aust-Agder, Norway

January 16, 1897

Ephraim, Wisconsin, United States

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06/15

1816

Birthday

June 15, 1816

Birthdate

Smørbekk, Holt, Aust-Agder, Norway

Birthplace

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Nationality & Locations

Thomas was born in Smørbekk, Holt, Aust-Agder, Norway to Gundlek Thomassen (1784-1865) of Vegaarshei, Aust-Agder, Norway, and Ranej Knudsdatter (1792-1829) of Holt, Aust-Agder, Norway. He married Khjisten Avoldsen Pedersdatter on 4 Sept 1942, and sometime between 1848 and 1855, he and Khjisten and their children immigrated to the United States.
06/23

1816

Baptism

June 23, 1816
Baptism date
Holt, Aust-Agder in Norway
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Professional Career

The 1860 U.S. Census lists his occupation as Mill Man; by 1870 and in 1880, the U.S. Census lists his occupation as farmer.
01/16

1897

Death

January 16, 1897

Death date

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Cause of death

Ephraim, Wisconsin United States
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01/16

1897

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Gravesite & Burial

circa January 16, 1897

Funeral date
Lutheran Cemetery in Fish Creek, Door County, Wisconsin 54212, United States
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Thomas Goodletson lived 16 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 80.

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In 1816, in the year that Thomas Goodletson was born, in July, Lord Byron, Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, Percy Bysshe Shelley and John Polidori were vacationing in Switzerland, talking about the occult. They challenged each other to write the best horror story they could. Mary (Godwin) Shelley wrote "Frankenstein" - which came to her in a dream. Polidori wrote the short story The Vampyre.

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In 1823, by the time he was merely 7 years old, on February 20th, British explorer James Weddell's expedition to Antarctica traveled 532 miles south of the Antarctic Circle - the southernmost position any ship had reached before. It would be more than 80 years before anyone sailed farther. The region of the Southern Ocean that he explored was later named the Weddell Sea.

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Thomas Goodletson's Family Tree & Friends

Thomas Goodletson's Family Tree

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Thomas Goodletson Jun 15, 1816 - Jan 16, 1897

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Khjisten Avoldsen (Pedersdatter) Goodletson