1940 US Census - Silas Jordal & Kinnie Jordal, Susanna (Jordal) Johnson, Anna Winterton

The 1940 US Census for Silas Jordal and his brother Kinnie Jordal are contained on the same page.    Both were the sons of Ingebor (Haldorsdatter Mæland) and Omund Olson Jordal and grandson of Sigri Gunnersdatter and Ole Larson.

1940 US Census

Kinnie and family can be found on lines 3 - 7.  Living with Kinnie were wife Ethel (Johnson) and their children, Keith, Marilyn and Marcia.    Kinnie was employed as a farmer.

Silas and family can be found on lines 18 - 10.  Living with Silas were wife Margaret (Hall) and their son Robert.   Silas was also employed as a farmer.

Living next to Silas was their aunt, lines 15 - 16, Anna (Larsdatter Jossendal) living with her second husband, Elling Winterton.   Anna married Elling after the death of her husband, Gunder Olson Jordal.

Susanna (Jordal) Johnson, daughter of Isabelle (Sigursdatter) and Lars Olson Jordal and granddaughter of Sigri Gunnersdatter and Ole Larson is listed on line 13 - 14.  Susanna (also known as Annie) was living with her husband, Arthur.   Arthur was also employed as a farmer. 

All these families were living in Milan township, DeKalb county, Illinois at the time the census was taken in 1940.

Silas O Jordal - baptism

Here is the baptism record for Silas O Jordal (#10), grandson of of Sigri Gunnersdatter and Ole Larson.

Witnesses (below) included Arthur Johnson who may have been the husband of Silas' cousin, Susanna (Jordal) Johnson, (illegible) Maland aka Mæland most likely a relative of Ingeborg (Haldorsdatter Mæland) Jordal, and Alma Jordal, daughter of Lars Halstenson Jordal and wife Ingeborg Helgesdatter Jordal.

Silas was the  seventh child born to child born to Ingeborg (Haldorsdatter Mæland) and Omund Jordal.   He was born April 26, 1907 and baptized June 23, 1907.

Silas O Jordal - burial

Silas O Jordal, grandson of Sigri Gunnersdatter and Ole Larson was born April 26, 1907 in Milan township, DeKalb, county, Illinois to Ingeborg (Haldorsdatter Mæland) and Omund Jordal.


Silas married Margaret Josephine Hall on March 27, 1937 in Hinckley, DeKalb county, Illinois.  Margaret was born in Illinois on June 25, 1914 to Hulda Sophia (Dalhquist) and Anders (Andrew) August Hall.  


Margaret  passed away February 12, 1996 in DeKalb, DeKalb county, Illinois.  Silas passed away February 9, 1994 in Shabbona, DeKalb county, Illinois.   The Jordals were buried at the Elmwood Cemetery in Sycamore, DeKalb county, Illinois.

Here is a photo of the entrance to Elmwood Cemetery.

Here is a photo of Margaret and Silas' marker.

Here is a closeup of Margaret's inscription.

Here is a close up of Silas' inscription.

1930 US Census - Omund Jordal

Omund Jordal, the youngest child of Sigri Gunnersdatter and Ole Larson was living in Milan township, DeKalb county, Illinois during the 1930 US Census.

Living with Omund was wife Ingeborg (Malland) and their children, Harvey, Gordon, Lillian (my grandmother) and Evelyn.

A few of Ingeborg and Omund's sons were living nearby in different households, also seen on this census page.   

Silas was living with the Coefield family as a laborer.   

Omer was living with wife Mabel (Berg) and their son Owen and Omer's brother, Olai.