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hp011b5562_2
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Posted - 22/02/2005 :  17:45:39  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
is there some way i would find out my grandfathers merchant service as a master seaman in Norway,a Master i believe is a Captain,his name was Olaf Pederson and he eventually emigrated to Scotland

Borge
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Posted - 25/02/2005 :  23:58:30  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
It might be possible if you know or can find out where in Norway he lived.
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hp011b5562_2
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Posted - 01/03/2005 :  19:28:29  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
he was from Onso ,i believe thats part of Fredrikstad,he was born 1856 and was a seaman when he came to Scotland at the age of 31
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