This is likely the Halver that left Trondheim in 1874 arriving in New York. Is he the same person you are seeking? Hard to know without more information. Was your Iver F Iverson born around 1842? The passenger above him on this Ancestry.com manifest is Ole I Falstad, same as on your Trondheim passenger list.
New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 Name: Haber Iversen Arrival Date: 16 Jul 1874 Birth Date: abt 1842 Age: 32 Gender: Male Ethnicity/ Nationality: Norwegian Place of Origin: Norway Port of Departure: Glasgow, Scotland Destination: United States of America Port of Arrival: New York, New York Ship Name: Utopia
The emigration list from Norway also indicates he was born around 1842, but it says the ship was the Anchor Tasso, not the Utopia. I'll dig around some more with your new lead.
The 1900 census and Iver's marriage record seem fairly consistent with his birth year as 1857. Also the 1900 census gives his migration as 1879 not 1874.
Yes, that is strange about the age and immigration year listed in the census. I have the original marriage document and there is no mention of their age on that document, so I'm not sure how the Ancestry.com marriage record included Iver's birth year. In looking through the city directories 1874 and onward, there is an Iver F. Iverson who was a sailor (which we know from family stories that he was), so that's why I thought he'd immigrated to Chicago by 1874. There are errors in the census, but a 5 year immigration difference is probably too big to dismiss. I guess I don't have a good answer right now!
Here is an Ivar Ivers. b 1857 living in Oslo (Kristiania) in the 1865 census. He is in some kind of institution of children--a foundling home, orphanage? or what. There is a Johanne Ivers. a widow as one of the principal managers.:
Another great find! Thank you. Once I get a copy of the coroner's report for Johanna I hope that will shed some light on whether these could be the right people!
Here is a Johanne Ivers. age 60 headed to Chicago from and through Oslo in 1883. This was in Jan 1883 so might before after little Arthur was baptized, so possibly her who was godmother to Arthur:
There are a couple of Claus Clausen who might be the Claus Sophus Clausen on Arthur's baptismal record. They claim Denmark, Holstein or Schleswig as point of origin through various censuses.
Iver in the 1900 census is also listed as "naturalized" so his record of that could be searched. The early naturalizations don't contain a lot of information but you might find the port and date he came into US.
Good find regarding Johanne. The Johanna who died in 1899 was age 79 at the time of death. In 1883 she would have been 62 or 63, similar to the Johanne you have found. I will let everyone know once I get the coroner's report from IRAD! Also, the more I think about this, the more likely it is that Iver came from Oslo. We have a family photograph that is stamped with "Christiana" on the back.
Here is Johanne Ivers. arrival in America. The name has been transcribed incorrectly. Looking at the original mainfest it is clearly Johanne Iversen. I could not find her in my original search for obvious reasons. So I looked for Albert Holmboe and he was much easier to find. As in the manifest for leaving Oslo found by Jackie he is one person removed from Johanne Iversen.
New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 Name: Johanne Joersen Arrival Date: 15 Feb 1883 Birth Date: abt 1823 Age: 60 Gender: Female Ethnicity/ Nationality: Norwegian Place of Origin: Norway Port of Departure: Copenhagen, Denmark and Christiania, Norway Destination: United States of America Port of Arrival: New York, New York Ship Name: Geiser
New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 Name: Albert B Holmboe Arrival Date: 15 Feb 1883 Birth Date: abt 1863 Age: 20 Gender: Male Ethnicity/ Nationality: Norwegian Place of Origin: Norway Port of Departure: Copenhagen, Denmark and Christiania, Norway Destination: United States of America Port of Arrival: New York, New York Ship Name: Geiser
Thank you, lyndal. Excellent work! I need to work on improving my patience. Searching these records is so tedious, but I'm too likely to make mistakes and miss things by going quickly. I'm hoping this is the same Johanne that will appear in the coroner's report when the copy arrives. At the very least it would give a clue as to Iver's relative.
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Looking for Iver F. Iverson
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