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Hopkins
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
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 Posted - 16/09/2010 : 02:14:10
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Again in the 1870 census for Fillmore Co. Minnesota -- an Andrew Benson, 19 yrs old, born Norway AND an A.T. Benson, 29 yrs old?, born Norway.
Possibly the brothers, Andreas and Anders Christian?
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Hopkins
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
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jwiborg
Norway Heritage Veteran
Norway
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Posted - 16/09/2010 : 22:11:45
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Census-1860 for Rushford, Fillmore, MN shows this family:
Torkel Benson m 55 Norway (Est. b 1805)
Caroline Benson f 50 Norway (Est. b 1810)
Andrew T. Benson m 19 Norway (Est. b 1841)
William Benson m 17 Norway (Est. b 1843)
Mary Benson f 13 Norway (Est. b 1847)
Christian Benson m 10 Norway (Est. b 1850)
Caroline Benson f 7 Norway (Est. b 1853)
Compared with the emigration record from Gjerpen, Telemark in 1857:
Torkel Børresen Ekornrød, 54 (Est. b 1803)
Karen Kirstine Aslaksdatter, 42 (Est. b 1815)
Andreas 17 (Est. b 1840)
Børre 14 (b 1843)
Marthe Marie 9 (b 1847)
Anders Christian 6 (b 1851)
Karen Thorine 3 (b 1854)
And you get:
Torkel Benson (Est. b 1805) = Torkel Børresen Ekornrød (Est. b 1803)
Caroline Benson (Est. b 1810) = Karen Kirstine Aslaksdatter (Est. b 1815)
Andrew T. Benson (Est. b 1841) = Andreas (Est. b 1840)
William Benson (Est. b 1843) = Børre (b 1843)
Mary Benson (Est. b 1847) = Marthe Marie (b 1847)
Christian Benson (Est. b 1850) = Anders Christian (b 1851)
Caroline Benson (Est. b 1853) = Karen Thorine (b 1854)
Børre would be a difficult name to use in America, so maybe he was nicknamed Bill? And from there, in official papers, it became William?
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Edited by - jwiborg on 16/09/2010 22:20:55 |
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hasto
Senior member
Norway
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Posted - 16/09/2010 : 23:07:37
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| Yes. That' s the explanation. Børre = Bill = William = Bertil William |
Harald S Storaker
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debi salisbury
Starting member
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Posted - 17/09/2010 : 17:34:49
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I wanted to thank everyone all their help on this! I don't think I would have ever found them. I'm so excited to have the door open again to keep exploring my Norwegian roots!
Debi |
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Bertel Wilhelm Benson
