Isabelle (Halvorson) and Lars Olson Jordal - burial

Lars Jordal, the eldest child born to Sigri Gunnersdatter and Ole Jordal passed away October 4, 1923 in Lee county, Illinois.

Lars was born August 17, 1849 in Jordal, Odda parish, Hordaland county, Norway.   Lars and Isabelle Halvorson married in Lee county on April 8, 1875.   Isabelle was born in August, 1851 in Illinois and died in April 1910.

Both Isabelle and Lars were buried at the First Lutheran Church Cemetery in Lee county, Illinois.   Here is a photo of the Jordal plot.

Here is a photo of the Jordal monument.

I wasn't able to locate a marker for Isabelle, but there was one for Lars to the left of the monument.

Isabelle (Halvorson) and Lars Olson Jordal - church marriage record

Here is the April 8, 1875 from First Lutheran Church of Lee, Illinois marriage record* for Isabelle (Halvorson) and Lars Olson Jordal.

*First Lutheran Church records provided by Pastor Steve Dow, Faith Lutheran Church, Rochelle, Illinois.

Isabelle (Halvorson) and Lars Olson Jordal - wedding photo

And going a little further back.....

Lars Olson Jordal, the eldest child of Sigri Gunnersdatter and Ole Larson was the first of their children to marry.

Here is a photo* of Isabelle Halvorson and Lars Olson Jordal taken on their wedding day,  April 8, 1875 in Lee County, Illinois.

Isabelle was 23 and Lars was 25 at the time they were married.

*Photo provided by Dave Jordal, the great grandson of Isabelle and Lars Jordal.