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svenovebakke
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Norway
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 Posted - 20/03/2008 : 21:05:44
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Sigurd Svendsen, born 01.01.1890, from Åsta in Aamot, Hedmark arrived at Ellis Island with Carmania from Liverpool on February 02, 1913. His homeplace was spelled Aarsta on the passenger record.
Anybody able to find out where he went next, where he settled etc? Have found two Sigurd Svendsen's in Illinois, but the birth dates don't match.
More info on Sigurd:
Sigurd was son of Svend Olsen Brænden (from Tørberget, Trysil, d. 1915), and was the third of 11 children.
In the Norwegian Digitalarkivet's emigrant records, he's found on link number: 214392 |
Sven Ove Bakke
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jwiborg
Norway Heritage Veteran
Norway
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Posted - 20/03/2008 : 22:11:46
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Sigurds final destination was a friend in Finley, Steele County, North Dakota.
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dianefranco
Junior member
USA
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Posted - 20/03/2008 : 23:59:08
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Hello Sven Ove!
He's on the World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 as SIGURD SWENSON in Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota. Birth date matches. I'll e-mail you the image from Ancestry.com.
Best,
Diane
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svenovebakke
Starting member
Norway
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Posted - 21/03/2008 : 22:47:52
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| Thank you so far for excellent information. As a novice to transatlantic genealogy, there are so many sources and databases I don't know about. Keep 'em coming! |
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jwiborg
Norway Heritage Veteran
Norway
4961 Posts |
Posted - 21/03/2008 : 23:23:42
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I have not found him in the 1920 census, so maybe he died in WWI??
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svenovebakke
Starting member
Norway
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Posted - 22/03/2008 : 22:41:34
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If he fell in WWI, would there be US military records of, like where and when he eventually got wounded or died?
I guess the amercianization of his name makes it harder to trace him in this aspect as well. A curious detail I noticed from the draft card Diane found, was that he had signed it "Sigurd Svendsen" even though it was spelled "Swenson" on top of the card.
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Hopkins
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
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Posted - 23/03/2008 : 13:29:41
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US Military records can usually be found -- perhaps rarely online - but still possible.
A favorite website to use to learn about such varied topics is Cyndi's List -- here's her list of web links concerning World War I -
http://www.cyndislist.com/worldwar1.htm
One of the most important repositories for US military records would be in the National Archives - specifically the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis, Missouri. They have a helpful website that explains how records can be requested.
http://www.archives.gov/st-louis/military-personnel/index.html
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svenovebakke
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Norway
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Posted - 23/03/2008 : 18:01:50
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Thanks, Hopkins - I'll check it out.
This is a follow-up question to the veterans in here: Svendsen can be americanized in quite a few ways, the Swenson/Swanson variety seems to be the most common. But: can a person theoretically live a long life in the US from 1913 an onwards spelling his surname differently from one register to another? And when started the practice with social security numbers? |
Edited by - svenovebakke on 23/03/2008 18:28:08 |
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dianefranco
Junior member
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Posted - 31/03/2008 : 06:49:47
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I can't imagine why he would change his surname from register to register. Perhaps he Americanized his first name?
The Social Security Act was signed in 1935 . . . |
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svenovebakke
Starting member
Norway
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Posted - 03/04/2008 : 22:15:47
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| Yeah, that he eventually changed Sigurd into something else is one option if he came out of the war alive. None of the Sigurd Svendsen's og Sigurd Swenson's I have found is the right one, birth year or birth place won't match. But thanks to everyone who has helped out so far, and especially Diane for finding the WWI draft card in the first place, and Jan Peter for finding his first destination. |
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olaf hansen
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Norway
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Posted - 14/10/2009 : 10:37:15
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| I am now doing som work for a decendant of Borghild, Sigurd's sister. Do any of you now have information about Sigurd's army service or if he survived the war ? |
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AntonH
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
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Posted - 14/10/2009 : 22:56:15
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Here is I think his passage to America, in spite of the identificatin as Swedish, the original manifest clearly states he is from Norway, Aorsta, The Aorsta is difficult to read.
Name: Sigurd Svendsen
Arrival Date: 3 Feb 1913
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1890
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England
Ethnicity/Race/Nationality: Scandinavian
Ship Name: Carmania
Search Ship Database: View the Carmania in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
NATIVITY: Sweden
The original manifest lists the following:
Father as Svend Olsen
Travelling to Findley North Dakota
From Ancestry.com |
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AntonH
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
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Posted - 14/10/2009 : 23:19:23
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One thing to remember about the World War I Draft Registraion Cards is that not all of the men who registered actually were inducted into the Armed Forces. Here is a good article that gives some information about the cards. It is very possible that your Sigurd Svendsen never entered the army.
http://www.jewishgen.org/infofiles/wwidraft.htm |
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AntonH
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
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Posted - 16/10/2009 : 03:04:54
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I noticed on the World War I Draft Registration Card that Sigurd worked as a woodsman for the Trout Lake Lumber Company. A good description of life in the logging industry is described in this book from Google Books. The pictures are worth a look.
Google Books |
Edited by - AntonH on 16/10/2009 03:06:14 |
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jkmarler
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
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Posted - 16/10/2009 : 18:53:30
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Hi,
At www.genealogybank.com there are three mentions of a "Sigurd Svendson" in the historical newspapers section of which two are from notices concerning men enlisted at Duluth which would make it appear Sigurd actually went into the service during WWI. The brief snippet also mentions his address as the Brandon (Brendon?) Hotel in Tacoma, Wash.
The site is a subscription site--the look is free but subscription required for a view of the entire article + download.
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