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Originally posted by lyndal40

Some times the hardest names we have to figure out come from the Passengers Lists. Here are the arrivals of Sivert Brustad and Anna Brustad.

Anna Rustar
in the New York, Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957
Name: Anna Rustar
Arrival Date: 20 Sep 1892
Birth Date: abt 1839
Age: 53
Gender: Female
Ethnicity/ Nationality: Norwegian
Port of Departure: Kristiania, Norway
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Ship Name: Norge

Sivert Rustar
in the New York, Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957
Name: Sivert Rustar
Arrival Date: 20 Sep 1892
Birth Date: abt 1838
Age: 54
Gender: Male
Ethnicity/ Nationality: Norwegian
Port of Departure: Kristiania, Norway
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Ship Name: Norge

Photo of Norge posted below.

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Here's a link to the image of the page Sivert and Anna are on.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-G1D7-DF5?i=443&cc=1368704&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AJ6RQ-8YW

abstract: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J6RQ-8YW

Anton is so right about the legibility of passenger lists, they are a difficult read and interpretation. I wouldn't have searched for Rustar as a spelling of their name. But the original is clearly written as beginning with R rather than B. I would dispute the interpretation of the last letter as r even though in cursive it can be rendered in at least two ways. The last letter is taller more reminiscent of a d than an r.

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I know, I have had trouble finding our much about her and her association to other family members. I read that she married Edward Johnson and left for America, but I have never found anything showing that they came together.
Nancy

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In the 1900 census there is a daughter named Ethel. Here is a link to the image of a marriage record of Ethel Johnson daughter of Ed Johnson and Gurine Berg:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99WY-9Z7D?i=1214&cc=1534448

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And another time she used Berg.

Gurine Berg
in the Washington, Marriage Records, 1854-2013
Name: Gurine Berg
Gender: Female
Spouse: Ed Johnson
Child: Ethel E Johnson

Here is a Gurine Berg leaving Trondheim, Norway in 1881.

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/view/8/pe00000000067393

lyndal40,
Yes it is very interesting...especially since she used it when she left Trondheim in 1881 and when her daughter, my great grandmother Ethel Edwina Johnson, got married in 1905! I don't it and since I started this journey not even knowing her name, the marriage certificate of Ethel Johnson was the first document I found so I went about my search starting there and so I kept looking for Gurin, Gurina, and Gurine Berg. I am wondered if it was a marriage name but did not find any documentation for it. I have not found a marriage certificate for Gurine and Edward Johnson either. I have read they married in Norway then went to America. I did not see that she came with anyone but alone and no notes on how it was paid for. I also have wondered, since I have not found a lot for her that her name might not be right. I have thought it at times has been Gurine J Brustad, but not sure and do not know where she was born, and I guess the J might be Jonsdatter?
I will continue to search for my Mom and I truly appreciate all the information that you all have provided for me and will continue to as I go along...
Nancy

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I know, I have had trouble finding our much about her and her association to other family members. I read that she married Edward Johnson and left for America, but I have never found anything showing that they came together.
Nancy

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The emigration record from Norway indicates that she is not married. She is referred to as a Pige ie unmarried girl. She is probably traveling alone as the passenger listed before her a Jens Hofsagen and Jon Boyd do not seem to have any connection with her.

She likely arrived on the ship named Ontario. I found what is likely Jens Hofsagen on that ship but the manifest is very hard to read.

This is likely Jens Hofsagen as best as I can guess

Jens Bofiagen
in the Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1935
Name: Jens Bofiagen
Gender: Male
Arrival Age: 32
Birth Year: abt 1849
Departure Port: Belfast, Ireland; Liverpool, England
Arrival Date: 25 May 1881
Arrival Port: Quebec, Quebec, Canada
Vessel: Ontario

Documents I see say under the vessel it says 'dampskib tasso' what does that mean? I know it is a vessel but what does it mean and why is the name of the vessel not written instead?
Nancy

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