Good find Toire, got to be him. Record on Ancestry gives the father as Hans Martin.
Hans Thorsen in the Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Immigration Cards, 1900-1965 Name Hans Thorsen Gender Male Marital Status Single Birth Date 15 de jan de 1925 (15 Jan 1925) Birth Place Oslo Arrival Date 1949 Arrival Place Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Father Hans Martin Mother Anna Thorsen Traveling With Children No FHL Film Number 004914338
Here is a travel document. Looks like him as the birth date is the same. His employer at the time of his arrival is 3M Company, St Paul, Minnesota. A bit of wow when I saw that, as I worked for 3M at their Research Center in Saint Paul rom 1961 to 1967!
Hans Thorsen in the New York State, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1917-1967 Name Hans Thorsen Nationality Norwegian Arrival Age 37 Birth Date 15 Jan 1925 Birth Place Oslo Arrival Date 15 May 1962 Arrival Place New York, New York, USA Destination New York Flight Number SK 911
The flight document states that he is living in Cophenhagen at the time
Birgit Bach Thorsen in the Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Immigration Cards, 1900-1965 Name Birgit Bach Thorsen Gender Female Marital Status Married Birth Date 20 de jul de 1924 (20 Jul 1924) Birth Place Bedsted Dinamarca Arrival Date 1954 Arrival Place Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Father Anton Kristian Bach Mother Alvilda Bach Traveling With Children No FHL Film Number 004921454
Well this baptism record from Ancestry.com matches the info from the Tree on the family tree that Tore found in Family Search
Bertine Alvilde Johansen in the Denmark, Church Records, 1812-1924 Name Bertine Alvilde Johansen Gender Kvinde (Female) Baptism Age 0 Event Type dåb (Baptism) Birth Date 17. okt. 1893 (17 Oct 1893) Birth Place as It Appears N Nebel Sogn, V Herred Baptism Date 3. dec. 1893 (3 Dec 1893) Baptism Place Nørre Nebel, Ribe, Danmark (Denmark) Father Niels Klausen Johansen Mother Ane Kristine Mathilde Nielsen
Thank you all this I am going to join WW Ancestry because at the moment I just have Europe - this will enable me to see these documents. Many thanks Jean
MACHINERY OF ATLANTIC STEAMSHIPS - This article is a collage of edited cutaways from contemporary sources. It focuses on the development of the machinery used in the transatlantic steamships up till about 1910.
Elsa and Hans Thorsen
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