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djbarr
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 Posted - 17/01/2005 : 20:31:32
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I am a graduate student looking for any and all information I can on Belle Gunness, a Norwegian immigrant who later is believed to have murdered a number of people in LaPorte, IN in 1908.
I understand she was born Brynhild Paulsdatter Storset in Selbu on Nov 11, 1859 and emigrated to the US in 1881 on the steamship "Tasso".
Any help or information will be appreciated. Thank you. |
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Jo Anne Sadler
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
1100 Posts |
Posted - 18/01/2005 : 18:55:53
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Imagine you have already seen this:
http://www.alco.org/libraries/lcpl/belle.html
Are you looking for information in Norway or U.S. or both? I could not find a record of her immigrating from Trondheim in 1881, do you have a link to her immigration record. |
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Brining
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
868 Posts |
Posted - 19/01/2005 : 02:07:32
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This is probably her in the emigrants from Trondeim list Click Here Brønhild Pauls
Click Here for her in the 1865 census
Click here in the 1875 census
and possibly her in the 1875 census visiting her brother it says "Peder Paulsen tilreisende Søster" which I think means Peder Paulsen visiting Sister so maybe she was listed at home and at this location
Click Here
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djbarr
New on board
USA
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Posted - 21/01/2005 : 16:01:49
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| Thank you both for your help. |
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Jo Anne Sadler
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
1100 Posts |
Posted - 21/01/2005 : 19:44:59
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Per the information on this site, in 1881 the American Line operated from Liverpool to Philadelphia. A good possibility is that she traveled on the S/S/ Lord Gough, arriving in Philadelphia on August 21, 1881. Philadelphia passenger list microfilms can be rented from a local Family History Center. |
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ninakarls
Senior member
Norway
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Posted - 21/01/2005 : 21:31:42
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And here are references to books about the lady, who emigrated from Selbu to US in 1881:
Shepherd, Sylvia Elizabeth
The mistress of Murder Hill : the serial killings of Belle Gunness / by Sylvia Elizabeth Shepherd. - [Bloomington, Ind.] : 1st Books Library , cop. 2001 - VI, 258 s. : ill.
ISBN 0-7596-0665-x
Hinton, Paula K.
Come prepared to stay forever : the tale of a murderess in turn-of-the century America / by Paula K. Hinton. - Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI , 2002 - VI, 208 s. - Reprint of the author's dissertation (Ph.D.) - Miami University, 2001.
Rowe, Therese
Red on the Hoosier Moon / by Therese Rowe. - Bloomington, Ind. : 1stBooks Library , cop. 1998 - 395 s.
ISBN 1-58500-239-9 (h.)
Langlois, Janet L.
Belle Gunness : the Lady Bluebeard / Janet L. Langlois. - Bloomington : Indiana University Press , cop. 1985 - XI, [1], 174 s. : ill.
ISBN 0-253-31157-8 (ib.)
The Gunness story . - [La Porte, Ind.] : La Porte County Historical Society , 1984 - 16 s.
Poe, Harold W.
Gnista : a three act drama / by Harold W. Poe. - [S.l.] : [s.n.] , 1963 - 82 bl. - Script for theatre
De La Torre, Lillian
The truth about Belle Gunness / by Lillian de la Torre. - New York : Fawcett Publications , 1955 - 175 s. - (Gold medal books ; 487)
Melien, Hans, (f.4.juli 1935)
Belle Gunness - massemordersken fra Selbu / Hans Melien. - Oslo : Grøndahl , 1978 - 143 s. : ill.
ISBN 82-504-0309-6
Stenholt, L.A., (f. 1850)
Mrs. Gunness : Nutidens største Forbryderkvinde : en sandfærdig Beskrivelse af hendes mange Mord i La Porte / L.A. Stenholt. - Minneapolis, Minn. : Waldemar Kriedt , 1908 - 188 s. : port.
Books containing info about Belle Gunness:
Robbins, Trina
Tender murderers : women who kill / by Trina Robbins ; foreword by Max Allan Collins. - York Beach, Me. : Conari Press , cop. 2003 - XII, 193 s. : ill. Quinby, Ione
Murder for love / by Ione Quinby. - New York : Covici, Friede , cop. 1931 - 324 s. ISBN 1-57324-821-5 (h.)
Quinby, Ione
Murder for love / by Ione Quinby. - New York : Covici, Friede , cop. 1931 - 324 s. |
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torgesto@online.no
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Norway
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Posted - 22/02/2005 : 03:06:22
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My name is Torger Størseth. I am a history teacher, a local historian, though now my main profession is to be the principal of a junior high-school. I have done, and still do a lot of research and lectures about on Belle Gunness. She was born close to where I was born, in Innbygda, Selbu.
You may also contact me by my emailaddress: torgesto@online.no
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Nath
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Canada
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Posted - 11/05/2005 : 19:42:21
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| Hi, I am a student in criminoly in Quebec, Canada and I try to find information about the sociology, culture, and economy of Norway between 1850 and 1900. Specially around the county where Belle Gunness was born. I make a university work on this subject and I don't found many information here about that. Thank you for helping me. |
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jwiborg
Norway Heritage Veteran
Norway
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djbarr
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