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jrher
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Posted - 12/08/2017 :  21:09:01  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Sarah M. Jasperson Johnson was born in Norway.
Can anyone help find her birth in the church records?

Born: March 30th 1864.
Don´t know where, but the area of Stavanger has been told by the family.

Father: Terus Jasperson
Mother: ??

The emigration from Norway could have been in 1881.
Don't know the ship.

Lived in Aurora, Illinois.
Died January 17th 1926

https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=110253958

Edited by - jrher on 12/08/2017 21:12:56

AntonH
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USA
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Posted - 12/08/2017 :  22:19:02  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Maybe this one

Sille Margrethe Jespersen
in the Norway, Select Baptisms, 1634-1927
Name: Sille Margrethe Jespersen
[Sille Margrethe Torresen]
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 30 mar 1864
Birth Place: Varhaug,Rogaland,Norway
Father: Jesper Torresen
Mother: Ingeborg Kirstine Olsd
FHL Film Number: 948.31HE V26E PT 2

Baptism is April 11, Original record

#28

The family in the 1865 Norwegian Census

1865

And in the 1875 Norwegian Census

1875

Edited by - AntonH on 13/08/2017 02:17:43
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AntonH
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Posted - 12/08/2017 :  22:35:33  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
In America

Sarah Margrethe Jesperson
in the Cook County, Illinois, Marriages Index, 1871-1920
Name: Sarah Margrethe Jesperson
Age: 23
Gender: Female
Birth Year: abt 1864
Marriage Type: Marriage
Marriage Date: 3 Sep 1887
Marriage Place: Cook, Illinois
Spouse Name: David Johnson
Spouse Age: 28
Spouse Gender: Male
FHL Film Number: 1030166
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AntonH
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Posted - 13/08/2017 :  02:22:26  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Arrival in 1881. Listed as traveling to Wisconsin.

Selle Jespersen
in the Baltimore, Passenger Lists, 1820-1964
Name: Selle Jespersen
Gender: Female
Race: Norwegian
Birthdate: 1864
Age: 17
Arrival Date: 9 Jul 1881
Port of Departure: Bremen, Germany
Ship Name: Strassburg
Port of Arrival: Baltimore, Maryland
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JaneC
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Posted - 13/08/2017 :  05:16:56  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Sille's parents and brother Tørres Jespersen b 1851 lived in Stavanger in
1885

...and in 1900

Edited by - JaneC on 13/08/2017 05:37:13
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jrher
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Posted - 13/08/2017 :  10:06:20  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Very, very useful!!!
Thank you both SO much lyndal40 og JaneC
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eibache
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Posted - 13/08/2017 :  11:25:33  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Sille Margretes father, Jesper Tørrisen was baptized April 16 1806, see #13.
His parents were Tørris Jespersen and Taletha Torgiersdatter.

Einar
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eibache
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Posted - 13/08/2017 :  11:29:38  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Sille Margretes mother is most likely Ingebor Kistine born Oct 16 1817, see #16.
Her parents were Ole Johannesen and Sibille Mathisdatter.

Einar

Edited by - eibache on 13/08/2017 13:44:23
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eibache
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Posted - 13/08/2017 :  13:54:23  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Taletha Torgiersdatter was baptized Talette Christine Febr 20 1785, see left page. She was born at the Schurve farm and her parents were Torgier Olsen and Martha Phanuelsdatter. The parents and siblings in 1801.

Einar
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jrher
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Posted - 13/08/2017 :  14:11:55  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by eibache

Sille Margretes mother is most likely Ingebor Kistine born Oct 16 1817, see #16.
Her parents were Ole Johannesen and Sibille Mathisdatter.





In most records she is born 1819...
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eibache
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Posted - 13/08/2017 :  14:21:05  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Tørres Jespersen born in 1777 with his parents and siblings in 1801.
Tørres Jespersen and Talette Christine Torgiersdatter were married June 17 1804, see #5.

Einar
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eibache
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Posted - 13/08/2017 :  15:07:39  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
In most records she is born 1819...

I know, that's why I say "most likely".
The wedding record for Jesper and Ingeborg Kristine could give her father for a possible confirmation of the bapt record.

Einar
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AntonH
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Posted - 13/08/2017 :  18:20:50  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Jesper and a Anne Kristine were married March 22, 1835.

#2

Her father is named Ole Olsen in this record and she is 28 years old

He was married to Ingeborg Kirstine by the time of first child Anna Kirstine in 1842.

#3

Edited by - AntonH on 13/08/2017 18:53:59
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eibache
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Posted - 13/08/2017 :  19:38:17  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Jespers 1st wife Anne Kirstine died Jan 25 1839, see #2.
Jesper and Anne Kirstine had a son Ole Andreas, born 23 Oct 1836.

Einar
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eibache
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Posted - 13/08/2017 :  19:46:13  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Jesper and his 2nd wife Ingeborg Kirstine had the following children:
Anna Kirstina, b. 30 Jun 1842
Teodor b 13 Sep 1844
Taletta Kristine, b 29 Jul 1847
Sibilla Margrethe b 06 Feb 1850
Tørres, b 11 Mar 1851
Ingeborg, b. 11 Aug 1854
Ole, b. 20 Mar 1860
Sille Margrete, b 30 Mar 1864
Ole Andreas, b 23 Oct 1836


Einar
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eibache
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Posted - 13/08/2017 :  20:12:10  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Jesper and Ingeborg Kirstine were married Oct 31 1841, see #3.
Kirstine was 23 years old.
Unfortunately only witnesses are given.

Einar

Edited by - eibache on 13/08/2017 20:14:36
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