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stsk
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 Posted - 03/10/2013 : 14:38:37
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| My great grandfather Oluf Skjarstad, born in 1887 in Norway came to America in 1929 and married in 1932 with Anna Rohde but after this I can not find out more about him. Maybe someone can help |
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jkmarler
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Posted - 03/10/2013 : 15:40:14
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Originally posted by stsk
My great grandfather Oluf Skjarstad, born in 1887 in Norway came to America in 1929 and married in 1932 with Anna Rohde but after this I can not find out more about him. Maybe someone can help
Was his middle name Meyer? If so this may be he:
Olaf Skjarstad 1931 naturalization:
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XKPS-V65
This fellow is listed as married in 1930 census so doesn't match your info about marrying in 1932 but :
olaf Skjarstad 1930 US census
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XS5B-RSB
Here's the transcription of Olaf Skjarstad as Meyer Oluf Skjarstad in 1924 --arrival date matches the 1930 census fellow:
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JNZD-33D
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jkmarler
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Posted - 03/10/2013 : 16:14:12
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Based on the information you posted in the other topic it appears the fellow arriving at Ellis Island in 1924 is your man. On the original transcription of the manifest his wife, his closest relative, is listed as Mrs. Alohild Skjarstad, Erling Skjaldson gt 40 in Hangsund, Norway. His occupation was tailor, he had $12 when he arrived and he was heading to his brother named Nic Hansen who lives in Paulsbo, Washington which should actually be spelled Poulsbo. Other probable typos are Alohild for Alvhild, Hangssund for Haugssund. At the time he arrived his stated intention was to stay in US permanently.
There were other Skjarstad surnamed people in Washington. Is Nic Hansen a brother or a brother-in-law? |
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jkmarler
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AntonH
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Posted - 03/10/2013 : 16:43:33
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A family tree on Ancestry.com lists a
Nicholas John Skjarstad
Birth 26 Oct 1909 in Norway
Death 04 Jul 1972 in Fairbanks,Alaska
as the son of Olaf Skjarstad.
And has this Death Record for him.
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-Current
Name: Nick Skjarstad
SSN: 330-01-0926
Born: 26 Oct 1909
Died: Jul 1972
State (Year) SSN issued: Illinois (Before 1951)
He marries an Ann Novy and has at least one child.
Elizabeth Lorraine Skjarstad
Birth 12 May 1934 in Evanston, Illinois
Death 09 Jul 2001 in Galveston, Galveston Co., Tx
And she has two children. No names for the children. |
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jkmarler
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jkmarler
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Posted - 03/10/2013 : 17:17:11
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Apparently Olaf marries again. From a paper called Chillicothe Constitution Tribune 10 Dec 1953.Google found this in the Newspapers.com archive:
"TO OPEN SHOP HERE Chillicothe gained a new resident this past week with the arrival here of -Olaf Sharstad, who plans to open a tailor shop at 620% Washington beginning this coming Monday. A veteran of the Norwegian army, Olaf the Tailor, as he prefers to be called, has been in the United States some 30 years. He has worked in Seattle, New York, Chicago and comes to Chillicothe from Brookfield. On the wall of his shop where he presently is adding the finishing touches, Sharstad has a diploma granted him in -1917 from the -Oslo, Norway, Academy of Tailoring. He. plans to bring Mrs. Sharstad here when the settling chores are done. She was born and raised in Kirks- iille. "
There are several Chillicothe in America. The only state that has a Chillicothe & a Kirk[sv]ille & a Brookfield is Missouri. |
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jwiborg
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Posted - 03/10/2013 : 17:51:44
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The Chillicothe Constitution Tribune, Chillicothe, Livingston, Missouri
13 August 1954 › Page 9:
"Olaf The Tailor" and his wife sells their house in Chillicothe and returns to Chicago. Shop closing on 14 Aug 1954.
BRIDE: Marjorie Pauline Rohde, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Olaf Sharstad
GROOM: Donald Weber, son of Mr. & Mrs. Roy R. Weber
Wedding: (Thanksgiving morning) November 1942
Source: Freeport Journal-Standard, 30 Nov 1942, Page 4 (Freeport, Stephenson County, Illinois)
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stsk
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Posted - 03/10/2013 : 21:02:16
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| Thank you everybody for greatfull help, I am impressed of Yours, now I am a big step forward |
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stsk
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Posted - 03/10/2013 : 21:24:30
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| Yes, Olufs middle name was Meyer and he was born 1.june 1887 in the north-Norway, Kvæfjord. He lived in Haugesund in Norway at the time he emigrated to USA. He was a tailor. I have contact with his son Nicks Family but they didnt know something about Oluf |
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stsk
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Posted - 03/10/2013 : 21:35:25
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| I didn`t know he changed his aftername to Sharstad, one reason that i could not find him, thanks for help |
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stsk
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Posted - 06/10/2013 : 20:37:19
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Then I have the history of Oluf from he was born in 1887 until 1954 when he closed his tailor-shop in Chillicothe, Missouri, 67 years old, but I can not find out more. He went back to Chicago. I don`t know where and when he died, have been looking for deathsertificate on Ancestry.com
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jwiborg
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Posted - 06/10/2013 : 21:17:57
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The father to their children is Edwin Rohde
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stsk
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Posted - 06/10/2013 : 22:03:59
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| Yes, it`s right Jan Peter. |
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jwiborg
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Posted - 06/10/2013 : 23:10:26
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Maybe try to locate a living descendant of Edwin & Anna Rohde?
George Rohde, b. 1916, Wisconsin
Mary Rohde, b. 1918, Wisconsin
Mable Rohde, b. 1919, Wisconsin
Dorothy Rohde, b. 1920, Wisconsin
Marjorie Pauline Rohde, b. 1925, Wisconsin. Spouse: Donald Weber. Marriage Nov 1942 in Freeport, Stephenson County, Illinois?
Ruth Rohde, b. 27 Oct 1928, Cook County, Illinois
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stsk
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Posted - 07/10/2013 : 11:55:41
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| I have been thinking to do that. Maybe the best way to find it out:-) |
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