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eibache
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Posted - 28/01/2013 :  14:53:33  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Martinus Johansen Kvamsdal emigrated 1923.


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eibache
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Posted - 28/01/2013 :  15:05:41  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Jørgen Olai Jetmundsen was born Jan 1 1891, see #4. His parents were Jetmund Olsen and Martha Bastedatter, Kalhofde.


Einar
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jkmarler
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Posted - 28/01/2013 :  15:34:23  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Here is a link to a database at geni.com containing Martinius Johanson Kvamsdal b 1902:

http://www.geni.com/people/Martinus-Kvamsdal/6000000014686596356
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jensen90
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Posted - 28/01/2013 :  18:54:24  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
that is great,I wonder when Sigvald Kvamsdal passed away,are there any Obituary on him? I think he wrote his lastname as Kvam or Quam in the US?
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jensen90
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Posted - 28/01/2013 :  18:57:53  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
an obituary on Martinius Kvamsdal would help me a great deal too. appreciate all help.
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jkmarler
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Posted - 28/01/2013 :  19:51:58  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Or go sideways and get an obit for Ingeborg Peterson, Martinus' sister in Iowa. Think this is her in 1940:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KM1W-YZV

The same family in 1930:
name: Ingeborg Peterson
event: Census
event date: 1930
event place: Forest City, Winnebago, Iowa
gender: Female
age: 39
marital status: Married
race: White
birthplace: Norway
estimated birth year: 1891
immigration year: 1911
relationship to head of household: Wife
father's birthplace: Norway
mother's birthplace: Norway
enumeration district number: 0006
family number: 80
sheet number and letter: 4B
line number: 86
nara publication: T626, roll 688
film number: 2340423
digital folder number: 4584444
image number: 00383
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head George Peterson M 41 Norway
wife Ingeborg Peterson F 39 Norway
son Melvin Peterson M 16 Iowa
daughter Helen Peterson F 14 Iowa
daughter Ruth Peterson F 12 Iowa
daughter Lillian Peterson F 11 Iowa
daughter Evelyn Peterson F 9 Iowa
daughter Edith Peterson F 8 Iowa
son Junior Peterson M 5 Iowa

A Raymond Williams has a database containing Ingeborg and George through their son Christian Melvin Peterson. Ingebjorg's last name is spelled Quamsdahl you may want to write to Raymond:

http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=wheelwolf2006&id=I19

Edited by - jkmarler on 28/01/2013 20:38:51
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eibache
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Posted - 28/01/2013 :  20:58:56  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Unconfirmed info says the following:
Jørgen Jetmundsen, Kalhovde married Anna Sørensdatter, Lekva Nov 18 1909, their children
Myrtel J(ørgensdatter) - born April 9 1911
Sverre Elias Jørgensen - born Dec 14 1912
Johannes Malvin Jørgensen - born Jan 31 1915.

Einar

Edited by - eibache on 29/01/2013 08:13:49
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janrm
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Norway
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Posted - 28/01/2013 :  21:00:35  Show Profile  Reply with Quote

Quick remark: More details on this family in "Masfjordboka" vol. 1, page 279. This book is available on the internet as well, but only from Norwegian IP-addresses....!

Jan, (Mr.) Norway
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jensen90
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Posted - 29/01/2013 :  00:20:31  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
that is great thanks for that,But I did not access the Obituary for Ingeborg,do you have a link for that Jkmarler?
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jkmarler
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Posted - 29/01/2013 :  02:42:03  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
No If I had the obituary, it'd be posted.

You'll have to do some additional work unless someone on this site has access to an online version of a newspaper which carried her obituary and is willing to look for you.

The first thing is to figure out when she died and if there is a local paper covering that date.

There is a possible Ingeborg Peterson in SSDI with a birth date of 25 May 1891 and who died in April 1977, a resident of Forest City, Winnebago county, Iowa. The Raymond Williams database has a different year and a full date of death for Ingeborg.

Does her birthdate in Norway match 25 May 1891? This you should be able to find without much trouble, if you don't already have it and you'd need it to accept or eliminate any particular Ingeborg Peterson you find.

You might email Raymond Williams first to see where he got the information he has and how reliable his source was.

The most obvious thing that might have happened is that there is a typo in his database on the year and she died on his database date in April but in 1977 as appears in the SSDI.

Is there a local newspaper in Forest City? Yes, using the directory at the Chronicling America website I found since 1947 the local paper is called the Forest City Summit. Here is their web address:

http://globegazette.com/forestcitysummit/

You could contact the paper to see if they have a copy of a possible obit for her. They probably won't do this for free, however.

Another way would be to contact Ruth Leibrand who is a volunteer lookup person for Winnebago County at the Winnebago County usgenweb page:

http://iagenweb.org/winnebago/Lookups.htm

Another way to get an obit would be to contact the local public library. Public libraries often have microfilm copies of the local paper but they may or may not have the staff available to find an obit for you:

http://www.cityofforestcity.com/departments/library.asp

Edited by - jkmarler on 29/01/2013 02:52:23
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eibache
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Posted - 29/01/2013 :  08:19:52  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
The baptismal record for Ingeborg is #17 - birth May 25 1891.

Einar

Edited by - eibache on 29/01/2013 08:20:54
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janrm
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Posted - 29/01/2013 :  19:23:40  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by eibache

Martinus J Kvamsdal, born 01.09.1902, is recorded as "pleiesøn" (fosterchild) in the 1910 census, see link above.

A farm Kvalhovda (Kvalhovde) may exist, see map.

Kvamsdalen (a place) in this map.

Oh yes, both Kvamsdal and Kalhovda exists today, actually! I know
where both places are. Kalhovda is also in Masfjordboka.




Jan, (Mr.) Norway
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jensen90
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Posted - 29/01/2013 :  19:31:28  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
that is great,do you live in that area?, why was he a fosterchild, when he had parents a 8 siblings,I wonder why,is there any reason for that in the old days??
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janrm
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Posted - 29/01/2013 :  21:31:58  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by jensen90

that is great,do you live in that area?, why was he a fosterchild, when he had parents a 8 siblings,I wonder why,is there any reason for that in the old days??



No, we don't live in the area, but my wife comes from there & I've been there many times.

I can only guess when it comes to why Martinus was a fosterchild, but "too many mouths to feed" is a good guess and not uncommon those days!

There were actually 12 children in this family:

1, Ingeborg 1888-90
2, Martinus 1889-1900; drowned
3, Ingeborg 1891; to America
4, Ola 1893
5, Kaspar Laurits 1895
6, Borghild Matilla 1896
7, Magnus 1898-1974; stayed at Kvamsdal
8, Harald Johan 1900
9, Your Martinus 1902
10, Ragna 1905
11, Marta 1905; twin with 10,
12, Ananias 1909

Information from "Masfjordboka", more details available.

Jan, (Mr.) Norway
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jensen90
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Posted - 29/01/2013 :  23:51:47  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
wow that's amazing 12 children and even a set of twins there too,Thanks so much for that,I have to take a trip up there one day,do you know if the farm is still operating as a farm?
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