The Birth of the Knaphus Family in Vats, Norway
 
Knaphus Farmland circa: 1913 Painting by T.S. Knaphus
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= History of Lar and Liva Knaphus by Marie James
 
 
Newspaper Article on Lars Knaphus
 
 
Knaphus Memorial in Norway Dedicated 2004
 
 
KFO Newsletter Summer 2008 Issue
 
  
   Descendant Chart
 
 
Torleif Timeline
 
 
Memories of Home on Redondo Way
 
 
“In the early 1860’s, before he was married, Lars Larsen Slottenaa cleared and cultivated the land known as “Knaphus” meaning “button or knoll – house”.  The farmhouse he built was on a little hill and could be seen from long distances away.”
Parents: Lars Larsen Slottenaa Knaphus (1843-1919) Liva Sakariasen Alfseike (1847-1914)
Circa: 1895