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Carrie B
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 Posted - 19/08/2013 : 17:05:20
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Hello, I'm looking for information on my great-great-grandfather, Iver F. Iverson.
He immigrated to Chicago (Illinois, USA) from Norway and was living in Chicago by 1874. His profession was a sailor or seaman.
I am not able to find any record of "Iver F Iverson" on passenger lists.
The only person that is close is Halver Iverson Flaa, somand (sailor), emigrated to Chicago in 1874. http://digitalarkivet.no/cgi-win/webcens.exe?slag=visbase&filnamn=EMITROND&personpostnr=13638&merk=13638
Could Halver change his name to Iver?
Any other ideas?
Thank you. :-) |
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AntonH
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
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Posted - 19/08/2013 : 17:41:50
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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 |
Edited by - AntonH on 19/08/2013 17:46:57 |
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Carrie B
Medium member
USA
80 Posts |
Posted - 19/08/2013 : 17:50:51
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Hm, that's interesting. Thank you.
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. |
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AntonH
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
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Posted - 19/08/2013 : 18:17:31
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The usual passage from Norway involved taking a feeder ship to the UK and a different ship to America.
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Edited by - AntonH on 19/08/2013 18:32:14 |
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jkmarler
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
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Posted - 19/08/2013 : 19:12:42
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| 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. |
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Carrie B
Medium member
USA
80 Posts |
Posted - 19/08/2013 : 19:31:49
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| 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! |
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jkmarler
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
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Carrie B
Medium member
USA
80 Posts |
Posted - 21/08/2013 : 16:56:07
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| 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! |
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jwiborg
Norway Heritage Veteran
Norway
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Posted - 21/08/2013 : 17:30:55
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Originally posted by jkmarler
He is in some kind of institution of children--a foundling home, orphanage? or what.
Yes, it is an orphanage.
Jan Peter |
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jkmarler
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
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Posted - 21/08/2013 : 17:35:51
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takk for hjelpa!
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:
http://digitalarkivet.no/cgi-win/webcens.exe?slag=visbase&sidenr=15&filnamn=emikra1&gardpostnr=62130&merk=62130#ovre
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. |
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jkmarler
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
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Posted - 21/08/2013 : 18:26:45
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| 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. |
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Carrie B
Medium member
USA
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Posted - 22/08/2013 : 01:21:14
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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.
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AntonH
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
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Posted - 22/08/2013 : 02:26:11
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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
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Carrie B
Medium member
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Posted - 22/08/2013 : 02:37:53
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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
