Reisfield / Orthun Family Tree

Axness: Oldest entry is my 12th great grandfather, Bendik Nilson Hollien whose descendents immigrated from Norway and settled in Dane, Wisconsin and Sisseton, SD. See the report section below for additional lines that have been left off of "My Family Tree".

Barnett: Dates back to my Great grandfather James Franklin Barnett.

Berko: Oldest entry is my husbands great-grandfather Morris Berko, the family was from Hungary and immigrated to the US in the 1920s.

Eliason: Oldest entry is Elias Knutson Brelskalleiet, my 3rd great grandfather born 1820 in Vardal, Norway.

Holland: Dates back to my 3nd great grandfather, Ole Johnsen, his son Halvor Olsson Holland immigrated from Rogaland Norway to Iowa with several family members.

Jobe, Job: This one goes back to my 7th great Grandfather Andrew Jobe, Jr who was born at sea on the way to the US in 1650.

Muskal, Muszkal: Oldest entry is my husbands 2nd great grandfather Dov Beryl Muszkal who was born in Hungary in 1834.

Orthun: Oldest entry is my 2nd great-grandfather Knudt Arthun, his son Knute Jergen Orthun came to the US via Canada with his wife and children in 1902.

Reisfield, Rajsfeld: Oldest entry is my husbands 2nd great grandfather Jonah Rajsfeld who was born in Russia/Poland in 1848. I have not included all of the Reisfield lines in my tree. See the report section below for details on additional branches.

Stevanus: To my 5th great grandfather, Johannes Stephannes.

Wilcox: To my 5th great grandfather Stephen Wilcox

I can’t take credit for most of this research, thank you to Eleanor Orthun (Jobe, Stevanus, Barnett, Wilcox), Margaret mtwolf@swetland.net , Charlotte and Kathryn (Axness), Mirium Posner (Reisfield) and Nora Banner (Muskal).

Please let me know if you have any additions or corrections. Thanks

My Family History

• Surname List


• Index of Individuals


• InterneTree


• Sources

Family Photos

• The family photos have been moved (28 KB)
  Click on the link for Reisfield.com in the section below. Some of the photos are still on this site attached to the Index of Individuals in the My Family History Section,

Family Tree Maker Reports and Trees

• Genealogy Report: Ancestors of David Leland Reisfield


• Genealogy Report: Descendants of Jonah Rajsfeld


• Genealogy Report: Ancestors of Kirsten Anne Orthun


• Genealogy Report: Descendants of Knud Pedersen Axness

Related Files

• Ingri Meniningen - 1825-1914 (7 KB)
  From Kirkeberg’s “Minder fra Valdres”
• Jobe Bios (26 KB)
  "Biography of The Jobe's" "Jacob W. Job - Branch of the Job Family" "Biography of the Cougher Family" (Three narratives by Haines Job and by Wm. T. Jobe, of Pennsylvania)
• Gustav Eliason Bio (3 KB)
  as it appeared in History of Chippewa and Lac qui Parle Counties, written by Moyer and Dale in 1916. The text contains a misspelling of the Axness name that I have left unchanged.
• Fridrich Bogislav Von Tauentzien Statue (10 KB)
  Fridrich is the nephew of my 7th gg on the Simley (Axness) tree. This is the history of a statue erected in his honor.

Related Links

• Want to help? Rootsweb is a good place to start.
• The next step Cyndi's List contains 10,000 links
• David Muskal's site with additional details on this family
• Jobe family sites
• New site for Photos from ALL families listed above
• The descendants of Nathan and Bertha Solomon