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ann quimby
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 Posted - 03/10/2010 : 16:55:56
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thank you i guess it is hard when you want to contact just one living relative some day, that would make it complete :)
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jwiborg
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Norway
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Posted - 02/12/2010 : 00:27:25
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Torkild Aavaldsen aka "charles furgerson" was born July 1 1856, by parents carpenter Aavald Therkildsen and Aase Olette Guttormsdatter. An interesting observation about Torkilds sister Gustine Gurine Aavaldsdtr, born 18-Oct-1859:
She married seaman Klaus Edvard Ellefsen on 17-Aug-1884.
Their children:
Olga Olette
Born 13-Apr-1885, Kragerø, Telemark
Parents: Steward Edvard Klausen, born 1857 & wife Gustine Gurine Terkelsdtr, born 1859
(E.K. should be Klaus Edvard Ellefsen)
Elvira Helene
Born 10-Aug-1893
Parents: Seaman Klaus Edvard Ellefsen & wife Gustine Gurine Terkelsen, Øen
Census-1900
Census-1910
Interesting that they had a daughter Olga(!) I was wondering if she could be the one you're seeking, but...
Census-1910 for farm Solberg in Skaatø, Telemark:
Gunnar Mikalsen 1849.04.01 Drangedal Worker at logging place
Johanne Mikalsen 1857.12.16 Skaatø wife
Anthon Gunnarsen 1888.02.03 Skaatø miner
Kristian Gunnarsen 1889.09.02 Skaatø sailor at sailing ship
Ole Gunnarsen 1891.09.27 Skaatø miner
Karen Gunnarsen 1898.03.28 Skaatø daughter
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ann quimby
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Posted - 20/12/2010 : 18:27:13
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this may be the answer on the name he called my sister, did you find any more on John father??? |
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ann quimby
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Posted - 29/01/2011 : 21:13:42
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Originally posted by eibache
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I think I found him!
- a modest statement Jan Peter, but John Martin must have been an inventive person - father millwright Charles Furgerson = sailor Therkild Aavaldsen, (July 1 1856) - parents master carpenter Aavald Therkildsen and Aase Olette Guttormsdatter.
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ann quimby
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Posted - 29/01/2011 : 21:16:11
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Still looking for more on Torlk torklidsen can not find anything after my grandfather john birth. Any ideas out there would be great. |
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jwiborg
Norway Heritage Veteran
Norway
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Posted - 30/01/2011 : 21:42:04
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Hi,I'll try to summarize what is known so far:
Johan Martinius Torkildsen, born 20-Feb-1883 in Skaatø, Telemark.
Parents: Girl Johanne Gurine Gundersdr Hampemyr b. 1856 & Bachelor seaman Torkild Aavaldsen b.1855, Kragerø
Census-1900: Johan Gundersen (16), Muldfjeld in Skaatø, Telemark. Temp. residence: Buenos Aires, Argentina. (sailor)
Census-1930: John Ferguson (43), Danforth, Washington, Maine. Wife: Hilda Ferguson (29). Children: Welma (1) & John M (8)
Johan's half-siblings (Their father is Gunder Mikalsen, born 1849, mother is Johanne Gundersdr Hampemyr):
Gunder Severin b 17-Jan-1886
Anton Ingvard b 03-Feb-1888
Hans Kristian b 02-Sep-1889
Ole Markus b 27-Sep-1891
Ingeborg Andrea b 16-Aug-1893
Karen Tomine b 28-Mar-1897
Gunda Jørgine b 25-Sep-1900
US history:
Known as John Martin Furgerson
Came by ship to New york at about age 16 (ab. 1900) according to census.
Unmarried for many years, unknown residence in the US
Later came to East Machias, Washington, Maine, where he married Hulda Holmes on 28 FEB 1926, at the age of 39
Moved to Danforth, Washington, Maine.
Was a pulp wood cutter in the woods all the time.
Marriage certicate says his father was millwright Charles Furgerson born in Kragero, Norway and mother was house wife Hannah Gunderson born in Kragero, Norway.
John had a sister named Olga and a sister named Ann Marie (or Marita Lousia?)
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Edited by - jwiborg on 30/01/2011 22:48:20 |
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jwiborg
Norway Heritage Veteran
Norway
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Posted - 30/01/2011 : 21:48:33
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Originally posted by ann quimby
Still looking for more on Torlk torklidsen can not find anything after my grandfather john birth. Any ideas out there would be great.
You're asking what happened to Johan's father.... His father was Torkild Aavaldsen b.1855. The marriage certificate from 1926 calls him Charles Furgerson.
Have you looked for him in the Skåtøy/Kragerø death-records for 1882-1900?
He does not look to appear in the 1900-census. If he's not dead, could he also have emigrated to the US? Could that explain why he is called "Charles", and not Torkild in the marriage record? Maybe he changed his name to Charles Furgerson, and settled in America? And could the daughters Olga and Ann Marie (or Marita Lousia?) have been born in the US? What are your sources for their existence?
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Edited by - jwiborg on 30/01/2011 21:52:06 |
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