Lexvold name geneology
Started by oaklexvold · 2025-07-21
oaklexvold · 2025-07-21#1
Hello,
My name is Oak Lexvold, I'm the sixth generation of my family in Minnesota, USA. Thanks to family records and oral tradition, we know that my ancestor Anders Severson Lexvold immigrated from Norway by way of Quebec in 1866, and eventually settled in Goodhue County, Minnesota. Previous posts have confidently located records of Anders/Andrew/Arne as being born in Norway on Nov. 22. 1829 to parents Syver Olsen and Tarand Olsdatter Quammen.
Here is a link to a previous thread that has done much of that work:
/forum/anders-andrew-severson/
However, this thread is ten years old, and there was much conjecture on the geneological origins of the Lexvold name. It was suggested that Lexvold/Lekvold/Leksvol family farms can be found in Nord-Trøndelag, or perhaps Ål. One user even claimed that "Lexvold is a very old name and it comes from mans name Leikr and vold means a kind of embankment.
In 1310 the name was written Leicksuall."
Please, any confirmation or information would be most helpful. I want to know where my family originates, and why we are named so. Ideally, I will eventually be able to confidently point to our origins and someday visit. Please let me know if you have any questions.