Hello,
I saw your message that you had posted on ancestry.com about the Kvaale family and was very interested in it. I live about 5 miles south of Roseni cemetery of rural Beresford, South Dakota. I went to the cemetery this morning to find dates of the people you had mentioned in your message.
The way the grave stones are in the cemetery, it looks like Gertrude married John R Buum, Sr not Joe Buum.
Gertrude Birth: 03/20/1849
Death: 07/06/1914
John R Buum, Sr Birth: 05/26/1847
Death: 05/14/1920
Jon (Son) Birth: 1884
Death: 1931
Bernt "Ben" (Son) Birth: 1878-1962 He married Inga H Hansen (1885-1971)
Martin J Buum (Son) Birth: 07/29/1875
Death: 09/15/1910
Ole (stone has last name as Qvaale) 1842-1912
Marit 1850-1942
Their son Peder (stone has Peter) was born on 03/04/1887; died 08/05/1859; South Dakota SGT US Marine Corps WW I. He married Effie (last name unknown) 1891-1911
Olava Birth: 02/10/1853
Death: 06/20/1930
Johan Jamtgaard Birth: 06/30/1849
Death: 07/29/1935
I haven't located Eli and Ole's yet in the cemetery, but I will keep looking and let you know what I find if you want. There is also a Lars Qvaale, Beret Qvaale, another Peter Qvaale, Dina Quall, and a Knud Quall at the cemetery that I haven't found but I will find them too. I don't know if they fit in somewhere, but I'm guessing that they do.
If you have in information that would be helpful, I would greatly appreciate it. Also, if you have any questions or anything to add to this family tree, I would love to hear from you. Feel free to email me at
tonya6@dtgnet.com anytime.
Thanks and I hope this helps to fill in some missing pieces.