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peacefield
New on board
Norway
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 Posted - 11/05/2007 : 14:40:46
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Hello everyone from a newbie :)
I'm searching for pre-emigration information on my gr-grandfather Julius Peter Stockstad (aka Julius Pederson Stokstad). I've been able to determine that he was born in about 1855 in Akershus and came to the US in 1880 aboard the Scythia (according to the Castle Garden website). I do not know though who his parents were and where in Akershus he was born. I believe that Stokstad is a farm name but don't know much beyond that. Can anyone offer advice?
Thanks very much,
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jwiborg
Norway Heritage Veteran
Norway
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Posted - 11/05/2007 : 15:38:48
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This one?
Carl Julius Pettersen
Birth: 14 Aug 1855, Oslo, Akershus
Christening: 21 Oct 1855
Parents: Petter Olsen & Helene Peersdr
Collection Details: Aker, Gamle Aker
This boy is a foster child on a Stokstad farm in Ullensaker, Akershus in census-1865.
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Hopkins
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
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peacefield
New on board
Norway
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Posted - 11/05/2007 : 19:15:03
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Thanks so much everyone for the replies so far. I'm obviously very new to this and don't know the customs of Norwegian names, but do we know why his name would have changed from Carl Julius Petterson to Julius Peter Stockstad? Was it because Stock (or Stok) was the name of a farm? What would the name Petterson or Carl represent?
Thanks again-
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hasto
Senior member
Norway
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Posted - 11/05/2007 : 21:04:27
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Carl Julius were his given names. Probably he in dayly speech later on was called Julius. Then he also omitted Carl in his written name. Pedersen/Pettersen was his patronymic surname, a fact he would keep all his life: he was a "son of Petter". The spelling might vary: Pedersen/Petersen/Pettersen, or shortened to Peders./Peters.
Stokstad was his "address surname", he lived on Stokstad farm. That might change -.
Most Norwegians at that time used individual patronymic surnames. In 1923 a new law said that all Norwegian should take a permanent family surname. Some chose to use a patronymic surname, in rural areas most chose to use the farm name. Emmigrants from Norway to US also had to choose one of their surnames, they were expected to use one permanent family surname in US.
Julius P. Stokstad would mean in Norway: Julius, son of Peter, coming from Stokstad farm. |
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Hopkins
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
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Posted - 11/05/2007 : 23:07:28
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quote:
Thanks so much everyone for the replies so far. I'm obviously very new to this and don't know the customs of Norwegian names, but do we know why his name would have changed from Carl Julius Petterson to Julius Peter Stockstad? Was it because Stock (or Stok) was the name of a farm? What would the name Petterson or Carl represent?
You'll also get help from that same group of 'how-to' articles that I recommended earlier. Lots of online advice is available online, especially concerning Norwegian naming practices and patterns - start studying and you'll do well. |
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Jo Anne Sadler
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
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Posted - 12/05/2007 : 01:29:53
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| I recommend you read the article on this site - Those Norwegian Names. |
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Searching for Stockstad
