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babynoeight
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USA
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Posted - 23/04/2002 :  05:09:05  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I am looking for help--think 1886 from Trondheim
Edvard and Emily Overaas with children Sigurd (2) and other son called Sam in America---what ship--when? any information

askeroi
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Norway
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Posted - 23/04/2002 :  09:04:52  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Are you sure they travelled together after marrying in Norway? Here's (the only) Edvard Øveraas who travelled from Trondheim at that time according to Digitalarkivet. He is a batchelor and a laborer...

http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/webcens.exe?slag=visbase&filnamn=arkivverket/EMITROND&variabel=0&postnr=48996&fulle=true&spraak=F

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askeroi
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Norway
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Posted - 23/04/2002 :  09:19:31  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
PS

There is absolutely no married Edvard with a wife called anything like Emily and a child Sigurd in the same database for the years 1885-87 (in case he used his patronymicon)... So it looks like he married in the US...?

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askeroi
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Norway
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Posted - 23/04/2002 :  09:23:14  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Na - He's probably only listed wrong as unmarried, as here's his wife and children:

http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/webcens.exe?slag=visbase&filnamn=arkivverket/EMITROND&variabel=0&postnr=54589&fulle=true&spraak=F

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babynoeight
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Posted - 23/04/2002 :  21:40:06  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
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Are you sure they travelled together after marrying in Norway? Here's (the only) Edvard Øveraas who travelled from Trondheim at that time according to Digitalarkivet. He is a batchelor and a laborer...

http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/webcens.exe?slag=visbase&filnamn=arkivverket/EMITROND&variabel=0&postnr=48996&fulle=true&spraak=F

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askeroi
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Norway
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Posted - 23/04/2002 :  21:56:15  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I don't understand this "quote" thing? But they travelled seperately, he first and she and the children came after, probably when he had settled.

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