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Minibizz
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Canada
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Posted - 24/10/2005 :  00:00:49  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Je suis une fille du québec et mon arrière grand-père est arrivé au Canada par bateau aux alentours de 1870. Son nom est Harry Robertsen. Je ne suis pas capable d'avoir d'autres information à son sujet et sur mes ancêtres. SVP, si vous avez des informations, aidez moi!

audrey R.

jwiborg
Norway Heritage Veteran

Norway
4961 Posts

Posted - 24/10/2005 :  01:46:00  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
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Originally posted by Minibizz

I am a girl from Quebec and my g grandfather arrived in Canada by boat around 1870. His name was Harry Robertsen. I am not able to give any other information about him or my ancestors. PLEASE, if you have any information, help me!

Hello Audrey,
this will not be easy...

First of all, "Harry" was not a common norwegian name in those days.
There is noone called "Harry Robertsen" in the norwegian 1865 census.

Dont' you know anything else? Approx. year of birth? Any other names (places, relatives...)? How sure are you about his emigration year?

Even names of his children could be a clue, since they could have been named after his parents.

I would guess that his name in Norway was Henrik, which is the norwegian equivalent to Henry (Harry, from french pronouncement).

You're saying that he arrived by boat around 1870, so the people below are probably not relevant, but still; here are 3 emigrants from the Trondheim Emigrant-database:
11.JUN.1907 Henrik J. Robertsen, married, born 1877 from Narvik, going to Boston, Mass
05.JAN.1910 Henrik L. Robertsen, married, born 1868 from Levanger/Skogn, going to Cobalt, Ontario
12.JUN.1912 Henry Marvel Robertsen, child, born 1906 from Levanger, going to Haileybury, Ontario with mother and siblings.


And finally; I guess you should try to post in English...

Jan Peter

Edited by - jwiborg on 24/10/2005 02:07:29
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Brining
Norway Heritage Veteran

USA
868 Posts

Posted - 24/10/2005 :  04:34:15  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Click on Forum Search at the top of the page and search on Robertsen. There has been several topics on this gentleman.
Carla
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stef
Junior member

Canada
73 Posts

Posted - 25/10/2005 :  19:53:07  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Bonjour a toi !
J'ai déja fait des recherches a propos d'un Harry Roberton/Robertsen .Tu n'as qu' a aller dans forum search sur ce site et tu demande pour Robertsen.Si c'est le meme Harry/Henrick tu n'a qu'a me contacter sur ce site,j'y suis regulierement.
bye
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stef
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Canada
73 Posts

Posted - 25/10/2005 :  20:00:11  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Tank you Carla !
You are the one who showed me the path to follow to find out about my ancestor.
You' ve been helpfull for me and you do a nice job by helping peoples to find their own roots.

tanks !
Stefan
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Minibizz
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Canada
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Posted - 28/10/2005 :  04:33:43  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I'l write this reply in french because my english is not very well. I'm really sorry!
Merci beaucoup Jan et tous les autres pour porter attention et l'aide que vous pouvez m'apporter.
J'ai regardé ce que dis stef à propos de Hendry Robertsen et je crois que nous parlons de la même personne. Comme vous pouvez le constater, un réel mystère entoure notre famille et nous voudrions y mettre fin. Toutes les informations que stef a apporté sont véridiques, puisque je ne le connais pas et que j'arrive exactement aux mêmes recherches de mon côté. Je crois que si vous voulez m'aider, fiez-vous sur ce que stef a écrit sur Hendry Robertsen. Il est vrai que Hendry aurait sauté du bateau et aurait été déclaré mort, ainsi que toute l'histoire qu'il décrit. SVP, aidez nous a trouver d'où nous venons.

Merci!!

audrey R.
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Minibizz
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Canada
3 Posts

Posted - 28/10/2005 :  04:43:41  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Je viens de me souvenir d'une information-peut-être pourrait-elle donner un piste, on sais jamais.
Ce n'est certes pas grand choses : mon père m'a indiqué que Hendry Robertsen maîtrisait cinq langue différentes dont le Norvégien, l'anglais, le français ainsi que deux autres. Celà pourrait peu-etre indiquer que c'était une personne très instruite qui aurait pu faire des études.

Si ca peut aider, tant mieux!

audrey R.
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stef
Junior member

Canada
73 Posts

Posted - 28/10/2005 :  17:42:27  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Hello Audrey !
If you take a closer look to all the corespondance I had on this forum,nobody here can help you anymore in regard to the information I already found with the help of gently peoples on this forum.
Si tu fait un regard complet de mes recherches,tu verras que personne ne peut plus t'aider sur ce forum en raison des informations qui sont déja disponible.
J'ai plusieurs autres détails que tu aimerais surement savoir sur ton ancetre,donc communique avec moi et je t'en ferrai part.
I have detail that you could have in interest to,so take contact with me and I will give you lots thing you will be glad to know.

spectra05@hotmail.com on MSN
OR stephanegagnon.almakia@cgocable.ca
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