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jkmarler
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
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 Posted - 02/02/2014 : 19:03:48
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Minnesota Death Index for Anton's candidate:
FODNESS, SIGURD
Date of Birth: 02 May 1884
Place of Birth: OUT OF STATE
Mother Maiden Name: UNKNOWN
certid# 1969-MN-028920
Date of Death: 27 Nov 1969
County of Death: LYON |
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JaneC
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
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Posted - 02/02/2014 : 19:07:17
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Minnesota Death Record can be ordered from Minnesota Historical Society (www.mnhs.org)
It should tell the parents of this man.
Sigurd Fodnesss
Date of Birth: 02 MAY 1884
Place of Birth: out of state
Mother Maiden Name: --
CERTID# 1969-MN-028920
Date of Death: 27 NOV 1969
County of Death: LYON
Burial at Hope Lutheran in Minneota, Lyon, MInnesota. Also buried here is his wife Bessie (1883-1963). Sigurd and Bessie (Myhre) Fodness lived in Nordland Township, Lyon County, Minnesota when their son Nels was born, according to his obituary, here:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Fodness&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=25&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GSsr=41&GRid=59086807&df=all&
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jkmarler
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
7790 Posts |
Posted - 02/02/2014 : 19:09:49
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Here the family is in 1930:
Head Sigurd Fodness M 45 Norway
Wife Bessie Fodness F 45 Minnesota
Son Nels Fodness M 17 Minnesota
Daughter Irene Fodness F 16 Minnesota
Daughter Sharlotte Fodness F 9 Minnesota
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AntonH
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
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Posted - 02/02/2014 : 19:11:03
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Married with two children in 1920. Named first son after father?
1920 United States Federal Census
Name: Sigurd Fodnes
[Sigurd Hodnes]
Age: 35
Birth Year: abt 1885
Birthplace: Norway
Home in 1920: Nordland, Lyon, Minnesota
Race: White
Gender: Male
Immigration Year: 1905
[1901]
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital status: Married
Spouse's Name: Betsie Fodnes
Father's Birthplace: Norway
Mother's Birthplace: Norway
Home Owned: Own
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Neighbors:
Household Members:
Name Age
Sigurd Fodnes 35
Betsie Fodnes 25
Nels Fodnes 7
Irene Fodnes 6 |
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jkmarler
Norway Heritage Veteran
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JaneC
Norway Heritage Veteran
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BjørnAasheim
Starting member
Norway
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Posted - 02/02/2014 : 22:43:50
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Originally posted by jkmarler
Seems a little too old to be Syvert's friend but he is buried in the same cemetery as Sigurd, Ingebright Rye:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Rye&GSiman=1&GScid=862292&GRid=59087482&
Thank you again for the excellent service you all have rendered me on Norway-Heritage!
The only issue that make me wondering and keep me curious, is the fact the Border Crossings from Canada to U.S., 1895-1956 states Name: Syver N Fodnas.
However, all other records in U.S. states name: Sigurd Fodness.
I cannot stop asking myself: for what reason – why did he change his name?
Is Sigurd a more common name and more used in the U.S. than the Syver?
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JaneC
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
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Posted - 02/02/2014 : 23:17:13
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Originally posted by jkmarler
Here is a Syver Nils. Fadnes from N. Aurdal going to America in 1905:
http://digitalarkivet.no/cgi-win/webcens.exe?slag=visbase&filnamn=emikra1&personpostnr=150471&merk=150471
It is hard to say why a person changes his name. Maybe more can be found about that. Maybe you can even contact a descendant (see the obituary for son Nels posted earlier).
Minnesota Death Records are available from Minnesota Historical Society (mnhs). Website: www.mnhs.org.
The parents may be named on the original death certificate. This information isn't shown online at the mnhs website. Finding the parents' names for SIGURD will help to certainly prove that he is the same as SYVER. If the forum does not find the parents for "Sigurd Fodness" another way, you may want to order this death record. It is inexpensive to order a death certificate. When you order, ask for death certificate # 1969-MN-028920.
Another way to double-check if SIGURD = SYVER is to look at his marriage record and his children's birth records. The latter should be available also at Minnesota Historical Society.
Death record for Sigurd Fodness says he died Lyon County, Minnesota, and was born 02 May 1884.
Emigration for Syver Nils. Fadnes age 20 in 1905, so he's born about 1885, in N. Aurdal, and traveling to Lyon County, Minnesota.
"Your" Syver = Syver Nilsen, born 02 May 1883 in Nord-Aurdal, Oppland, Norway.
jkmarler showed "your" Syver's family on Fodnes in 1900. Syver is not with them.
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JaneC
Norway Heritage Veteran
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3020 Posts |
Posted - 03/02/2014 : 00:04:05
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Sigurd Fodnes (or Fodness) children below. I wonder if their birth, marriage, or death records would show his name as Syver.
* Nels Myhre Fodnes born 18 JUN 1912 in Lyon County, Minnesota (Minnesota Birth Certificate # 1912-15186) and died 05 Feb 2006 in Lyon County, Minnesota
* Irene Marie Fodnes born 01 NOV 1913 in Lyon County, Minnesota (Minnesota Birth Certificate # 1913-15420); married Bill Neiman; son Eugene; son David, per obits
* Sharlotte Berniece Fodness born 17 Oct 1920 Lyon County, Minnesota (Minnesota Birth Certificate # 1920-17076) and died 18 Oct 1948 in Lyon County, Minnesota; listed with maiden name (Minnesota Death Certificate # 1948-MN-008236)
OBITUARY
William Neiman, 85, of Springfield, [Minnesota] died Saturday, Dec. 18, 1999 at Immanuel St. Joseph's Hospital, Mankato...burial in Hope Cemetery, Minneota.... He is survived by his wife Irene...[see information about survivors on the link below}:
http://www.genlookups.com/mn/webbbs_config.pl/noframes/read/221
Same obituary here:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Neiman&GSfn=William&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=59087328&df=all& |
Edited by - JaneC on 03/02/2014 00:31:40 |
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BjørnAasheim
Starting member
Norway
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Posted - 03/02/2014 : 16:42:41
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Originally posted by JaneC
Sigurd Fodnes (or Fodness) children below. I wonder if their birth, marriage, or death records would show his name as Syver.
* Nels Myhre Fodnes born 18 JUN 1912 in Lyon County, Minnesota (Minnesota Birth Certificate # 1912-15186) and died 05 Feb 2006 in Lyon County, Minnesota
* Irene Marie Fodnes born 01 NOV 1913 in Lyon County, Minnesota (Minnesota Birth Certificate # 1913-15420); married Bill Neiman; son Eugene; son David, per obits
* Sharlotte Berniece Fodness born 17 Oct 1920 Lyon County, Minnesota (Minnesota Birth Certificate # 1920-17076) and died 18 Oct 1948 in Lyon County, Minnesota; listed with maiden name (Minnesota Death Certificate # 1948-MN-008236)
OBITUARY
William Neiman, 85, of Springfield, [Minnesota] died Saturday, Dec. 18, 1999 at Immanuel St. Joseph's Hospital, Mankato...burial in Hope Cemetery, Minneota.... He is survived by his wife Irene...[see information about survivors on the link below}:
http://www.genlookups.com/mn/webbbs_config.pl/noframes/read/221
Same obituary here:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Neiman&GSfn=William&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=59087328&df=all&
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