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jkmarler
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Posted - 08/09/2008 :  01:48:49  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Hi,

I think Harry (prob = Hans?) is theirs also, this from Google--tried to load but it was taking too long and freezing up my machine! It looks like his parents are also mentioned in the text but there is a typo on the birth year it appears! (I finally got a look at the actual page and I think this typo is a text bridge problem. The font used in the original has 9s that hang below the line, so this entry for Harry Christian Olseng does say 17 July 1889 for his birthdate--parents as surmised and that he married Violet Caroline Erickson date is another volume as 22 June 1916. Now this makes more sense as a Violet Olseng is in the death index for 1916-1950 at the Illinois state archives site) If interested, a further search in the book search at google will also find the brother Arthur Olseng, mechanical engineer graduate of Yale.



Web Books Results 1 - 10 of about 11,600 for harry olseng. (0.08 sec

The Semi-centennial Alumni Record of the University of Illinois: ... - Google Books Resultby University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign ... - 1918 - 1147 pages
HARRY CHRISTIAN OLSENG Clerk; BS in Agr.; b. Jl 17, 1880, Chica- i: i. Christian W. (b. N 10, 1853, Norway) id Helen (Christiansen) Olseng (b. ...
books.google.com/books?id=HAgTAAAAIAAJ...


Hilsen,
Jackie


Edited by - jkmarler on 08/09/2008 04:59:24
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Berta
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Posted - 08/09/2008 :  23:49:54  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Thank you everybody! So nice of you to engage in this person.

Jackie: So much information. Thank you! And I think that Helene lived/worked at Christian Ursin parent's farm before they departed to America. So they woild have known each other a long time. In the 1875 Norwegian census they are living at this farm..

Kċreto: My theory is that he was working for some local manufactures. In Fredrikstad, which is near Skjeberg, there were stores who sold guns and pistols. And there were some local maunfactures too who sold through these stores. And there are two other cities nearby Skjeberg. So he could made a living of this. Thank you for your information regarding gunmaking!

Jan Peter: Thank you for the census-records. I would say that it is very possible that this is Ursin and Helen and their family.

Berta
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Kċarto
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Norway
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Posted - 09/09/2008 :  00:47:15  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Hi, good guess; Fredrikstad town.

We can assume Fredrikstad was a perfect place for a "Bĝssemager" for two reasons.
Stores selling guns and pistols and the Infantry Regiment stayed at Kongsten Fortress at Fredrikstad so the town was "full" of guns.
If he moved out from Skjkeberg temporary before he emigrated he shall be listed in the church book.

Kċre
Edited by - Kċarto on 09/09/2008 09:59:12
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