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Paul Ofstedal
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Posted - 14/12/2005 :  00:24:52  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Seeking emigration information on Andreas Ofstedal, born in Voss/Evanger area Sept. 1, 1855, and emigrated apparently in 1871. Attended Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, and served first in Fertile, Minn. Died June 30, 1930. Help appreciated.
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Hopkins
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Posted - 14/12/2005 :  05:46:25  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
On Øfstedal farm, Evanger parish of Voss district in the 1865 census a young man by the name of Anders Andersson (with parents and several siblings). He is listed as 16 yrs old which probably indicates a birth year of about 1850.
http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/webcens.exe?slag=visbase&filnamn=f61235&gardpostnr=1165&sokefelt=skjul
Then in ships lists from Bergen -
http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/webcens.exe?slag=visbase&filnamn=Quebec65&gardpostnr=12354&sokefelt=skjul

The similiarity is too much to ignore.
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Hopkins
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Posted - 14/12/2005 :  05:52:54  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
1910 US census lists A.A. Ofstedal as living in Beltrami Co., Minn. Wife - Maria, children living at home - Clara, Ingebert, Annie, and Ingeborg (all born South Dakota.)
A.A. Ofstedal is listed as 60 years old in 1910.
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Trond
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Posted - 14/12/2005 :  21:33:29  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
His (Andris Anderssøn Øfstedal) mother, father, brother Johannes, sisters Dorthea and Anna followed in 1878. His brother Johannes Ofstedahl (Øfsterdahl) was a minister (1884) in Winchester, Wisconsin and later in Grafton, North Dakota.
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