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cdahl
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 Posted - 13/08/2010 : 18:02:27
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| I am researching more information on my husband's family from Årdal. We have family that will be visiting the area next summer and are interested in visiting the farms from which our ancestors emmigrated. I am looking for the Hovland farm where Gunhild Eriksdtr Hovland (parents are Erik Persson Hovland and Marta Kristoffersdtr Hestetun) was living at the time of her marriage to Erik Sjurson Volldal on 13 Oct 1879. I think Erik could have been living on the Hestetun farm at that time. Is there more than one Hovland farm in the area? Were Erik and Gunhild considered "cotters"? Any information would be appreciated. |
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eibache
Norway Heritage Veteran
Norway
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Posted - 13/08/2010 : 20:15:20
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Where did you find that Gunhild Eriksdatter married Erik Sjurson 13 Oct 1879?
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cdahl
Medium member
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137 Posts |
Posted - 13/08/2010 : 21:47:38
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| We have this as family history. It is also on the Pedigree Chart that I have copied off a database from the Bygdebok for Årdal. Gunhild or Gunhilda was born 14 Dec 1854 at Hovland. Erik Sjurson Volldal was born 31 Aug 1849 at Hestetun. Is this Hovland farm near the Hestetun or Volldal farms? Thanks for any help! |
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eibache
Norway Heritage Veteran
Norway
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Posted - 13/08/2010 : 23:18:34
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Found Gunilda, she was born out of wedlock, her mother was Maritha Christophersdatter, Hæstethueie and the father was Erik Pedersen, Hofland, see
#28.
Gunhilde and her parents (now married) and sibling in 1865
The bapt record for Erich Sjursen is #144 his parents listed as Sjur Erichsen, Hestethun and Malene Christoffersdatter, Hestethun.
Erik, his parents and siblings in 1865.
The record for Eriks confirmation says he was born at Volstad, see #17.
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eibache
Norway Heritage Veteran
Norway
6495 Posts |
Posted - 14/08/2010 : 00:04:10
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To locate the farms you can use this map.
You will find two Hovland, Årdal Sogn og Fjordane.
Hestetun cannot be found any longer (privat homes in the area) and the same goes for Volldal.
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Kåarto
Norway Heritage Veteran
Norway
5861 Posts |
Posted - 14/08/2010 : 10:29:33
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Hi.
Hestetun, strange name, hest-horse, tun means backyard.
Must be a place they kept the horses in the old days.
Picture of Hestetun from 1896 and Hovland from 1982.
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Edited by - Kåarto on 14/08/2010 19:44:14 |
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cdahl
Medium member
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137 Posts |
Posted - 14/08/2010 : 19:34:05
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| Thank you to all who responded. I appreciate your time and will go forward from here. |
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jwiborg
Norway Heritage Veteran
Norway
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Posted - 14/08/2010 : 20:33:29
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Where did these people settle in the US? Erik emigrated in 1871, so the couple must have married in America.
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eibache
Norway Heritage Veteran
Norway
6495 Posts |
Posted - 14/08/2010 : 21:38:22
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Erik Pedersen and Marthe Kristophersen, Hovland with the children Gunhilde, Elsi and Peder emigrated in 1867, see #135-139 onboard Claus Heftye, leaving Bergen April 23 and arriving Quebec May 28.
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cdahl
Medium member
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Posted - 16/08/2010 : 19:54:08
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| The Hovland's settled in Brush Creek Township, Faribault Co., Minnesota. When Erik Volldal came in 1871 with his aunt Margrete Hestetun, they went to Wells, Minnesota, and from there someone with an oxen team took them to the Hovland farm. Marthe and Margrete were sisters. Erik later married Gunhild Hovland who was his first cousin. They had 10 children, my husband is a grandson, and the rest is history! Thanks for everyone's input. My husband's cousin is visiting the Årdal area in 2011 and we hope to visit the area either in 2011 or 2012. We thought it would be interesting if we could locate the farm where our ancestors had lived. Many thanks! |
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RogerHammer
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USA
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Posted - 11/01/2014 : 19:19:49
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Hilsen,
My father's mother's mother was Sigrid Gutormsdtr. Hovland, born 3/3/1850, in Årdal, perhaps on the Madvik farm. She emigrated to the U.S. and then settled in Elk Point, South Dakota, and later in Valier, Montana. Her name was changed to Hofland in the U.S. Her father was Gutorms Olsson Hovland b. 11/22/1817 d. 3/5/1907. First, does anyone on this forum have a farmbook that they could look up the farm for me?
I have been invited to give a talk at Bygdeforskning at NTNU in Trondheim in March and would very much like to try to visit Årdal and try to find the farm where my great grandmother grew up but don't know if that would be practical.
Second, we know that she married Erik Eriksen but don't know if they were married in Norway or in the U.S. We know that he changed his name to Hofland because there were other Erik Eriksens in Wolf Point. Any help in tracing him would also be greatly appreciated.
In 1980 my Father Anders (Andy) Hammer and three of his sisters, Olga Armstrong, Mildred Platte, and Shirley Elton visited Årdal and were shown a photo of their grandparents taken in South Dakota from the Årdal historical archives.
Sincerely,
Roger Hammer
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eibache
Norway Heritage Veteran
Norway
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Posted - 11/01/2014 : 21:32:46
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Sigri was born when her parents were on Hofland, #57.
Her parents written as Gutthorm Olsen, Hofland and Britha Reiersdatter.
Her confirmation record is #3.
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Edited by - eibache on 11/01/2014 21:46:40 |
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Hopkins
Norway Heritage Veteran
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Posted - 11/01/2014 : 21:38:57
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Roger --
Your Sigrid's family on the 'Haaland' farm in Årdal in Sogn og Fjordane, Norway 1865 Norwegian census -
http://www.rhd.uit.no/folketellinger/ftliste_e.aspx?ft=1865&knr=1424&kenr=001&bnr=0032&lnr=000
There are other districts also called Årdal in Norway so that had to be verified first.
Her father was a 'husmann' so they may have lived on several different farms.
http://home.online.no/~otjoerge/files/word.htm
For the time period that Sigrid was born it is possible that the Årdal church records for births/baptisms might be recorded in the parish books for Lærdal, Sogn og Fjordane. If she was still in Norway for her confirmation - those records would be the second-best source to check to verify that birth date/location/parentage.
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Yes, Einar found the birth record in the Lærdal parish books and linked it above as I was finishing my response and starting to look at the digitized records online myself.
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When did she emigrate from Norway? Did other members of her family emigrate at the same time? |
Edited by - Hopkins on 11/01/2014 21:43:41 |
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eibache
Norway Heritage Veteran
Norway
6495 Posts |
Posted - 11/01/2014 : 21:42:10
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Map of Hovland (=Hofland) in Årdal.
Zoom and pan to your liking.
Picture of Hovland.
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Edited by - eibache on 11/01/2014 22:06:22 |
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eibache
Norway Heritage Veteran
Norway
6495 Posts |
Posted - 11/01/2014 : 21:45:01
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In 1865 her parents were at the Haalen farm.
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eibache
Norway Heritage Veteran
Norway
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Posted - 11/01/2014 : 21:50:20
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Sigrid Hofland (a farmers wife) returned to US after a visit to the home country in 1906.
Her siblings (their mother was Gjertrud Eriksdatter) who also emigrated to US were Ole (1894) and Kari Johanne (1899).
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Farms names from Årdal
