Borghild Dahl, 1908-1914

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Birth: 14 March 1908, Seabeck, Kitsap County, Washington

Death:17 December 1914, Seabeck, Kitsap County, Washington

Relatives in Seabeck Cemetery: Anna Dahl

American Revolutionary War Patriots*: None.

Disclaimer: These lines have not been officially proven by NSDAR standards.

Borghild Alice Dahl was born on March 14, 1908, in Seabeck, Kitsap County, Washington, the fourth child of Daniel Brent Haldorsen Dahl and his wife, Didrikke Malene Jakobsdatter Reifvik. Daniel was a Norwegian immigrant who had originally emigrated in 1897, spent time working as a fisherman in Vancouver, British Columbia, and by 1901 had established a homestead in the Seabeck area after returning briefly to Norway to marry Didrikke.

Tragically, Borghild’s life was short. After being ill for two weeks with tuberculosis, she died on December 17, 1914, at just six years old. She was buried in Seabeck Cemetery. Four years later, her aunt Anna Dahl also died from tuberculosis and was buried next to her. 

Special note: The Dahl family was very likely connected to the Myre/Myhre and Nelson families in Seabeck through their mother, Ingeborg Larssine Andersdatter Myre, named for the family farm in Norway. Supporting this connection, Anders (Andrew) Nelson—son of Nils Myhre of Seabeck—served as a witness on Daniel Dahl’s naturalization papers.