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Erik Carsten
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 Posted - 17/02/2008 : 23:23:39
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we need more information. another thing that has been bothering me.....she would have gave birth to Oluf when she was 40 years old. and to have only one child....and then to come over to America just like that without knowing anybody seems improbable and unwise with a 2 year old child....
There has to have been someone in Goodhue County where it has been stated was her destination.... and this name Thomson also bugs me.....
....also, A rhetorical question....how did we lose contact with the family remaining in Norway?
when I get more information I will post it.
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Erik Carsten
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Posted - 19/02/2008 : 17:02:58
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Dear Jan Peter.
I called the County Recorder's Office this morning to see if they could verify the spelling of Margaret's fathers name. She still felt it was Terger but I think we should stay with the Teigen idea.
I think I'm going to have to send my father into town to actually look at the documents as they never copy the orginal and send them.
Oh, very important. I asked if Margaret
s Date of Birth was listed and she said it was June 14, 1830. They neglected to put that on the death certificate they transcribed for me. |
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jwiborg
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Posted - 19/02/2008 : 20:05:43
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I don't want to leave this Margit Mikkelsdatter from Hemsedal, Buskerud...
Her parents were Mikkel Olsen & Birgit Halvorsdatter. They married in Hemsedal (Nes parish), Buskerud on 31 May 1829, and they lived on the Fauske farm when their 4 girls were born.
Teigen is a neighbouring farm to Fuske, and take a look at this:
#5, Birgit Halvorsdatter (66), dead 08-Jun-1868.
Place of death: Teigen (!)
#21, Mikkel Olsen (76), dead 23-Aug-1872.
Place of death: Teigen (!)
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jwiborg
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Posted - 19/02/2008 : 20:10:14
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And I just found the reason why I couldn't find them in the 1865-census:
The records from Gol parish, Buskerud are completly lost. A total of 4162 persons from that parish are missing in the 1865-census.
Could maybe post a candidate for Christofer Solberg as well:
Kristoffer Kaspersen (45), living on the Solberg farm in Eker, Buskerud in census-1865.
He is unmarried, running the farm, and lives with his mother Pernille Knutsdatter (67) and brother Kristian Kaspersen (34). Johanne Kaspersdatter (45) is listed as a servant, but could be a sister of him.
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Edited by - jwiborg on 19/02/2008 20:31:39 |
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Erik Carsten
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Posted - 19/02/2008 : 20:31:03
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Dear Jan Peter,
O.K. This is getting very exciting. I think you are on to something because it fits. First, according to the information I have Margit's husband died before she emigrated to America. Also, both her parents are deceased by August 1872 so she may not have had any family left in Norway. Thus the impetus to emigrate in ......1872.
Can you find a Christofer or Christian on a Solberg Farm close to the area where this family lived.....? |
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jwiborg
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Posted - 19/02/2008 : 20:48:31
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According to the 1865-census, this Solberg farm where Kristoffer Kaspersen is living, is located in Nedre Eiker (lower Eker), Buskerud. Mariet Michalsd was found in Eker (upper Eker?), census-1865.
You can go here: http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read
Select county: Buskerud
Select parish: Nedre Eiker
And search through the Birth and baptism records for the period, in Nedre Eiker: 1853-1877, Parish register (official)
Although you have his dob, you should look around that period, sometimes the birthyear is wrong... So maybe 1870 +-2 years ?
Jan Peter
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jwiborg
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Posted - 19/02/2008 : 23:45:20
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Actually, this Kristoffer Kaspersen is still alive in the 1900-census, living with his sister Johanne Kaspersdatter on the farm Viltilpladsen in Nedre Eiker, Buskerud.... 
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Erik Carsten
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Posted - 20/02/2008 : 00:50:49
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[quote]Originally posted by jwiborg
Actually, this Kristoffer Kaspersen is still alive in the 1900-census, living with his sister Johanne Kaspersdatter on the farm Viltilpladsen in Nedre Eiker, Buskerud....
Dear Jan Peter,
I noticed in this family group there was a Kristoffer AND a Kristian Kaspersen..... |
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Erik Carsten
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Posted - 20/02/2008 : 01:03:55
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Dear Jan Peter, thank you for the link to the birth records. I did look several times and although there were several Olufs I couldn't easily make out the name of the parents, which I am assuming is the column to the right of the child's name.
Erik.
p.s. The Douglas County Historical Society confirms that Theodore WAS a half brother. He was the 21 year old living with Oluf and Margrit in the 1880 census.
ALSO, they have the obituary for Margrit and are forwarding it to me. Perhaps there will be some important clues to follow! |
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Erik Carsten
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Posted - 20/02/2008 : 20:56:27
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quote:
Originally posted by jwiborg
I don't want to leave this Margit Mikkelsdatter from Hemsedal, Buskerud...
Her parents were Mikkel Olsen & Birgit Halvorsdatter. They married in Hemsedal (Nes parish), Buskerud on 31 May 1829, and they lived on the Fauske farm when their 4 girls were born.
Teigen is a neighbouring farm to Fuske, and take a look at this:
#5, Birgit Halvorsdatter (66), dead 08-Jun-1868.
Place of death: Teigen (!)
#21, Mikkel Olsen (76), dead 23-Aug-1872.
Place of death: Teigen (!)
Jan Peter
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Dear Jan Peter.
I think you are really onto something here. I received an email from the Douglas County Historical Society today and they are forwarding information today. But I will copy and paste a comment the researcher made that I think will mean something to you.
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I did do a little looking in Norway on the digital archive site www.digitalarkivet.uib. found a farm #173 named Teigen where the residents in 1900 were Ole Mikkelsen, born in 1844 and his wife, their son Mikkel Olsen, born 1864 with wife and a widow Margit Evensdtr born 1827. That farm was in Hemsedal in Buskerud Fylke. It will probably make more sense to you when you see the information I’m sending, as some of the names of places might not be familiar to you. I wonder if Ole Mikkelsen could have been a brother to Margaret, as she was born about 1840. It might be worth trying to get the bygdebok for that parish to see what you can find there". |
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jwiborg
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Posted - 20/02/2008 : 23:06:52
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Interesting!
Ole Mikkelsen is indeed a brother to Margaret!
Ole Mikkelsen
Born 29(?) APR 1843
Christening: 28 MAY 1843, Hemsedal, Buskerud
Parents: Mikkel Olsen Fuske & Birgit Halvorsdr
One thing to be aware of when researching this family:
From the research I've done on this so far, it looks like Birgit Halvorsdatter had a sister named Barbro Halvorsdatter. And this Barbro married a "Mikkel Olsen" in Hemsedal as well! 
This is a different Mikkel Olsen. He is 3-4 years older, and lived all his life on the Grøndalen farm in Hemsedal.
Barbro Halvorsdatter, christening 22 MAR 1807, Løken, Hemsedal, Buskerud. Parents: Halvor Svendsen & Kari Bjørnsen
Mikkel Olsen, christening 27 JUL 1794, Grøndalen, Hemsedal, Buskerud
Marriage: 02 OCT 1831, Hemsedal, Buskerud
This is the Mikkel Olsen who married Birgit, and thus the father to Margaret:
Mikkel Olsen, christening 12 FEB 1797, parents Ole & Margit Fuske
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Erik Carsten
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Posted - 21/02/2008 : 00:13:04
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| Wow!. I'm going to just soak this up for a little bit and take it all in. This is very, very exciting. Thank you so much for this information. I cannot believe how far we have come to understand the family tree with so little information you had to go by initially. |
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eibache
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Posted - 21/02/2008 : 10:16:28
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I have not seen the baptismal record for Birgit Halvorsdatter in this string so assuming there is an interest she is #100
christened June 14 1801 and parents being Halvor Svendsen (as in the marriage record) and Kari Bjørnsdatter at the Løken farm.
In 1801 they are here
Birgits age (25) in the marriage record seeems to be 3 years off.
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Erik Carsten
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Posted - 21/02/2008 : 16:21:13
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thank you eibache!
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Erik Carsten
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Posted - 25/02/2008 : 20:03:17
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Hi Jan Peter.
I have received some additional information from the Douglas County Historical Society. This is regarding Theodore Thompson.
According to the information, he was born September 16,1856 as TOR ASLAKSON on the FAUSKE-TEIGEN farm about 5 kilometers north of Hemsedal. (note in his obituary they name this place as Hallingdahl)
He came to America in 1870 WITH his mother Margit and his brother OLAF! (Although in his obituary they state he came to America in 1872)
In Oluf Burros' obituary it states that Theodore was a "half-brother".
My questions are now who was Oluf's father? And we still have not found Margrit in Norway. But with this information we must be getting close. |
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Information on Margaret (Mickelstadther) Solberg
