Dear Jan Peter i can not scan it but the death certificate clearly states her fathers name as Mikel Terger.....it soes not provide her mother's name.... and in her son's (Oluf) death certficate it states his mother's maiden name as Margrit Terger. However, in the marriage certficate between her and Josias it states her name as Marit Mikelsen....... what do you think?
Dear Jan Pete. Thr death certificate and marriage certificate i received I now understand are not the originals they have been transribed from the originals on file. we will need to have access to view the originals and will phone the recorders office on Tuesday...Monday is President's Day. in looking at Oluf's death certificate, which is the original,#I'm thinking the farm name might be Tergen, or Tiegen. This is disappointing. Best Regards Erik
Teigen IS a common Norwegian farm name. In 1865 census there are a large number of farms called Teigen in at least 15 of the different Norwegian fylker.
In reading Oluf's death certificate I can now see where his mother's maiden name could be Teigen.
We also know that we have seen her first name in various derivations of Marit, Margit, Margrit, and Margaret.
We know that her father's name was Mikel Teigen...although the transcribed certificate was spelled out Tergen, which we now know is not possible.
We know that on her marriage certificate she listed herself as Marit Mikelsen.....but why not Mikelsdatter?
We also now know that she died January 17, 1901 and was 70 years, 7 months, and 1 day old. So that means she must have been born on June16, 1830 right?
Can you locate a M.....Teigen born on June 16, 1830?
This is all I have to go by until I can verify the certificates and receive additional information from the Historical Society.
Margit Michelsdatter Born 16 xxx 1830 Christening: 25 JUL 1830, Nes i Hallingdal, Buskerud Parents: Mikkel Olsen & Birgit Halvorsdr #68. Source: Buskerud county, Gol, Parish register (official) nr. I 1 (1821-1837), Birth and baptism records 1830, page 90.
One thing that has made this woman interesting, is that there are Solberg farms in Eker, Buskerud.
Could she really be the Margaret Mickelstadther Solberg we're searching for?
I should also add that there are Teigen farms in the area where she is born. I couldn't see any farm listed in her christening record, so the christening records of her siblings should be checked, to see if they are born on any Teigen farm.
Dear Jan Peter I was thinking another way to approach this might be to try and find C. Solberg in Norway. All I know is that he must have died sometime betwwen 1869-1872. is this too broad a range of dates to search. I have seen his name as Christian but on Oluf's death certificate he is listed as Christofer. erik
I am so STUPID! Oluf's death certificate clearly lists his date of birth as April 17, 1870. can you find him in the birth records and thus his parents as a result?
I am so STUPID! Oluf's death certificate clearly lists his date of birth as April 17, 1870. can you find him in the birth records and thus his parents as a result?
Don't you think we have been looking for that since January 26th? And for Christian/Christofer Solberg? And for Margaret Mikkelsdatter born about 1930?
But to look for a boy named Oluf, although we know his date of birth, you need to know where to look. There are 11000 churchbooks to search, containing 2.25 million images. If you don't know which book to look into, it will take some time...
was there any trace of Oluf's parents in the 1830 cencus? was there a cencus between then and 1865? regarding the date of birth. finding Margit's date of birth seemed to imply some sort of break through that allowed you to find A certain Person that might be THEE one. if you have to look region by region may i ask why you choose Gol Buskerud?
FREE PASSAGE TO NORTH-AMERICA - On the S/S Manchester Shipper in 1902 - In 1902 several thousand people were witnesses to the departure of one of the most spectacular crowds of emigrants ever to have left the port of Kristiania. This happened when almost 500 young Norwegians boarded the S/S Manchester Shipper at Vippetangen for a free passage to Canada