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computerwolf
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USA
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 Posted - 14/09/2004 : 07:57:28
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I am looking for the name of the ship which Halvord, his wife Birte Thorgeirsdatter and their children Kristian, Marie, Jørgen and Hanna rode when they emigrated. Information provided to me indicates they left Oslo 26 august 1870, but I can find no record of it. Supposedly their final destination was Milwaukee, Wisconsin, but I don't know if they came through New York or Quebec.
Other information I have is that they're listed on the 1865 Census, Municipality: Skoger, Municipality number: 0712,
Name of domicile: Unelsrød, Number of persons in this domicile: 9. So in 1870 Halvord would have been about 68 years old (b. 1812) and Birte would have been 59 years old (b. 1821) and their children's ages would have ranged from 32 to 3 years old.
Any help in this matter would be greatly appreciated.
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computerwolf
New on board
USA
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Posted - 14/09/2004 : 09:35:44
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Sorry, Subtract 10 years off both Father and Mother for their correct age when they migrated. They are listed in the 1880 census for Douglas, Saunders County, Nebraska. Sometime between 1865 and 1880, probably once they were in the USA, they changed their surname to SCOW. One theory is that the area he was born and grew up in was named Skoger, "and people said scauer, and that could be Scow."
Any thoughts about that theory?
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jwiborg
Norway Heritage Veteran
Norway
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Posted - 14/09/2004 : 12:33:28
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Hi,
census 1865 Skoger, Vestfold, Norway
census 1880 Douglas, Saunders Co., Nebraska
Aug. 26th, 1870 Emigration from Christiania, Norway
They went by the ship S/S Hero (2), which took them from Christiania [ie. Oslo] to Christiansand (Norway), and then to Hull, England. From Hull prob. with train to Liverpool, Glasgow or Southampton, and then by a new ship to America (probably New York, Quebec or Boston).
Here are the most likely corresponding ships they used to cross the Atlantic....
I would guess the most likely journey would be Liverpool-Quebec or Liverpool-New York.... Happy searching!! 
Maybe you'll find them on the passenger list for S/S Nestorian from Allan Line, which departured from Liverpool on 1870-09-01, arriving Quebec on 1870-09-11...? 
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Edited by - jwiborg on 14/09/2004 16:02:58 |
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