Résumé

Partner, Sylliaasen and [Magnus] Sando, Building Contractors, Seattle, WA, c. 1910.

Relocation

Sylliaasen was born in Ringsaker kommune, Hedmark fylke, Norway, on 11/26/1860. Ringsaker is a town 40 km. south of Lillehammer, on Mjøsa, Norway's largest lake. The family took the name of its census district of residence, Sylliaasen, Norway. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation: Riksarkivet: The National Archives of Norway; Norge; 1865 Norge Folketelling, accessed 03/11/2020.) This district encompassed the Ringsaker parish, Ringsaker local parish, Veldre local parish, Brøttum local parish, and Ås chapel parish.

The family resided in Yankton, SD, in 1900, where Christian worked as a carpenter. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Yankton, Yankton, South Dakota; Page: 23; Enumeration District: 0348; FHL microfilm: 1241555, accessed 03/11/2020.)

In 1910, Christian T. Sylliaasen resided at 15 Ward Street in Seattle. (See R.L. Polk and Company’s Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1910, p. 1523.) They continued to reside here in 1916. (See R.L. Polk and Company’s Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1916, p. 1490.)

He passed away in Seattle, WA, on 09/04/1933.

Parents

His parents were Torger Simensen Sylliaasen and Oline Knutsdatter.

His siblings, according to the 1865 Norwegian Census, were Simen Tørgersen, (born c,. 1858 in Norway), Mathias Tørgersen, (born c. 1862 in Norway) and Antonethe Tørgersdatter, (born c. 1855 in Norway)

Spouse

He wed Johanna Peterson Sylliaasen (born 09/1859 in Norway-d. .

Children

He and Johanna had five children: four sons, Oscar T. Sylliaasen, (born 12/1886 in SD), Clarence J. Sylliaasen, (born 09/1888 in SD), Melvin Sylliaasen (born 11/1890 in Yankton, SD), and Vincent Sylliaasen, (born 08/1895 in Yankton, SD) and a daughter, Olive J. Sylliaasen, (born 03/1893 in Yankton, SD).