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tribalha
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Norway
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Posted - 07/04/2006 :  14:16:13  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Hei!
I am searching for info about my old uncle, Olaf Kjorstadmoen, born in 1910-1911, Sør-Fron in Gudbrandsdalen. His fathers name was Ole A. Stendalen b.1888. He had 7 sisters and 1 brother: Marit, Karen, Inga,Kari, Olga, Anne, Martha and Erling. Martha b.1925 was my mother, she passed away in 1990.
They are all passed away, so all I know about Olaf is that he went to America when my mother was a child, maybe in the 30`s.
And I think he visit Marit in Sør-Fron some years ago. I remember my mother talked about Minneapolis, so I guess he is living or have living there, at least in Minnesota.
If anyone have info about Olaf, please send me an e-mail.
And happy Easter to all of You!

Regards, Annelise

Jo Anne Sadler
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USA
1100 Posts

Posted - 08/04/2006 :  20:09:41  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
It would help if you knew his exact date of birth. With that, you might be able to find him in the free Rootsweb.com social security database that lists people who died after 1961 and whose death had been notified to the SSA.

www.rootsweb.com

Also, finding him in the police protocols to know his exact date of departure with destination would provide information. He most likely did not go by Kjorstadmoen in U.S. Our Federal census are not available after 1930.

click here

The Minnesota Historical Society has a free death index for the period 1904-2001:

MN Death Index

Edited by - Jo Anne Sadler on 08/04/2006 20:11:44
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tribalha
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Norway
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Posted - 21/12/2013 :  23:34:46  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Thank You, Jo Anne Sadler, for Your info about MN Death Index. I haven`t been here at this forum for some years now. But I did finally get my uncel date of birth. He was born in May,6,1906. Han he did change his last name to Olson after he came to the US. He died September, 14, 1997, in Hennepin; Minnesota.
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jkmarler
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USA
7790 Posts

Posted - 22/12/2013 :  02:23:44  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Things have changed since 2006. The 1940 US Federal census is available for free at many sites today. Here is one to try www.familysearch.org
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JaneC
Norway Heritage Veteran

USA
3020 Posts

Posted - 22/12/2013 :  03:34:03  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Minnesota Historical Society has his death record. Only a little information from the death record shows up in the online transcription below. You can order a copy of the death certificate to find out who was the informant. Usually the wife or a child of the deceased is an informant. Website: www.mnhs.org
Death Record
OLAF OLSON
Date of Birth: 06 MAY 1906
Place of Birth: NORWAY
Mother Maiden Name: NA
Date of Death: 14 SEP 1997
County of Death: HENNEPIN
Minnesota Death Certificate# 1997-MN-025779

Minneapolis is in Hennepin County, Minnesota.

The computer I"m on just now balks at opening the familysearch records. Maybe this is the record jkmarler posted:
1940 US Census
Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA
Olaf Olson 33 born in Norway about 1907
Lillian Olson 27 born about 1913 in Minnesota
Olaf Olson 7 born about 1933 in Minnesota


Edited by - JaneC on 22/12/2013 03:34:55
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jkmarler
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USA
7790 Posts

Posted - 22/12/2013 :  04:16:16  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Probably your uncle at findagrave:

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=olson&GSfn=olaf&GSbyrel=all&GSdy=1997&GSdyrel=in&GSst=25&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=58299025&df=all&
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peder
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USA
835 Posts

Posted - 06/01/2014 :  13:47:07  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
http://digitalarkivet.arkivverket.no/en-gb/ft/person/pf01036432001460
1910 census
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peder
Advanced member

USA
835 Posts

Posted - 06/01/2014 :  14:12:31  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
http://www.mundia.com/no/Search/Results?givenName=ole&surname=Stendalen&gender=Unknown&birthDay=&birthMonth=&birthYear=1888&birthPlace=Norway&deathDay=&deathMonth=&deathYear=&deathPlace=&motherGivenName=&fatherGivenName=&spouseGivenName=&showMembersOnly=false


http://digitalarkivet.no/cgi-win/webcens.exe?slag=visbase&filnamn=f00519&personpostnr=1546&merk=1546
1900 census

Olaf birth #19
Source information: Oppland county, Sør-Fron, Parish register copy nr. 4 (1896-1911), Birth and baptism records 1906, page 93.
Permanent pagelink: http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read?idx_kildeid=6083&idx_id=6083&uid=ny&idx_side=-98

Confirmationv #17
Source information: Oppland county, Sør-Fron, Parish register copy nr. 5 (1912-1930), Confirmation records 1921, page 167.
Permanent pagelink: http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read?idx_kildeid=3599&idx_id=3599&uid=ny&idx_side=-136


https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V4W5-R7V

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AntonH
Norway Heritage Veteran

USA
9301 Posts

Posted - 06/01/2014 :  17:23:13  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
There is a Family Tree on Ancestry.com that appears to contain this family.

Olaf Olson
Birth 6 MAY 1906 in Norway
Death 14 SEP 1997 in Hennepin County, Minnesota

and wife

Lllian Pauline Swanson
Birth 7 DEC 1912 in Minnesota, USA
Death 18 AUG 1987 in Anoka County Minnesota
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