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Pgalb
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 Posted - 19/12/2014 : 02:01:45
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| I'm looking for boat records for Iver Anderson Sorum, born 04 Mar 1860 in hadeland, Norway. He left Norway to come to Minnesota (via Quebec) in April 1880 and arrived in Quebec mid may 1880. Eventually he settled in Lisbon township, Mn. |
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jkmarler
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AntonH
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Posted - 19/12/2014 : 03:49:42
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Probably not the one you would like. but it appears as if he did travel to Norway at least once in his life in Minnesota. Finding the immigration for 1880 is a little more difficult.
NAME: Iver A Sĝrum
ARRIVAL DATE: 18 Aug 1927
BIRTH DATE: abt 1860
AGE: 67
GENDER: Male
PORT OF DEPARTURE: Oslo,NRW
PORT OF ARRIVAL: New York, New York
SHIP NAME: Stavangerfjord
SEARCH SHIP DATABASE: Search for the Stavangerfjord in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database
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AntonH
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Posted - 19/12/2014 : 04:01:11
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Here is a candidate. Looking at the original manifest I would read the name as Iver A Sorenson not Mr A Sorenson. He is listed as travelling to Lacrosse.
NAME: Mr A Sorensen
GENDER: Male
AGE: 20
BIRTH YEAR: abt 1860
DATE OF ARRIVAL: 11 May 1880
VESSEL: Sarmatian
SEARCH SHIP DATABASE: Search for the Sarmatian in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database
PORT OF ARRIVAL: Quebec, Quebec, Canada
PORT OF DEPARTURE: Liverpool, England
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Edited by - AntonH on 19/12/2014 04:02:02 |
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Pgalb
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Posted - 19/12/2014 : 12:41:17
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| Thanks for your help. |
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Pgalb
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Posted - 20/12/2014 : 04:12:59
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| The fare (frakt sdt/kr) for Ivers transatlantic trip reads 193 according to the above record. What currency is listed? |
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Kċarto
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Posted - 20/12/2014 : 10:26:27
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Originally posted by Pgalb
The fare (frakt sdt/kr) for Ivers transatlantic trip reads 193 according to the above record. What currency is listed?
Iver paid 193 kroner for the ticket.
Spd stands for Speciedaler and kr is an abbreviation for Kroner.
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Pgalb
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Posted - 20/12/2014 : 13:54:22
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| Would 193 kr be the total cost of the trip or just the initial leg from Oslo to England? |
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Kċarto
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Posted - 20/12/2014 : 17:12:47
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Originally posted by Pgalb
Would 193 kr be the total cost of the trip or just the initial leg from Oslo to England?
It was the total cost for the ticket to America.
193 Kroner in 1890 is 16.000 Kroner, ca 2.500 US Dollar, converted in 2013 value.
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Pgalb
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Posted - 20/12/2014 : 17:19:08
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| What a deal! Did that include meals? |
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Kċarto
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Posted - 20/12/2014 : 18:38:27
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Not sure if the ticket included food in 1880, probably not.
For former emigration with sail-ships a family had to bring with them food for several weeks.
There were large ovens on the docks where they fried mostly flatbread that could be stored for weeks without being dagraded..
Otherwice most of the food concisted of smoked or salted fish or meat.
A family on 10 persons or more demanded good organization and logistics.
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Pgalb
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Posted - 15/09/2015 : 13:20:12
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| Is there any record of where Iver went after he landed in Quebec In 1880? 1885 Census records show he lived with Maria Melbostad in Lisbon, MN but I'd like to find his location between 1880-1885. I suspect he might of been in Spring Grove, MN, near LaCross, with other Melbostad relatives. |
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JaneC
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Posted - 15/09/2015 : 13:48:04
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The posted travel records seem correct; if so, Iver arrived Quebec 11 May 1880. The Canadian government maintains a website for Quebec immigrant arrivals and you might find an incoming record for Iver.
US census day in 1880 was 01 June. I forget the travel time in exactly May 1880, from Quebec by inland waterways and via train, from Quebec to Minnesota, but you can independently research that. It may be Iver is findable in 1880. Norway Digital Archives has databases of Norwegians in the US in 1880. Select "abroad" as the search area.
The Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA) is a modern-day organization that absorbed many of the diverse early Lutheran church bodies. The ELCA archives was recently added to Ancestry.com as a searchable database. Find the Spring Grove church, using your library subscription to Ancestry.com if you don't subscribe. Early church records sometimes include notes re newcomers, attendance, witnesses at weddings and baptisms, gifts of money. Iver might be mentioned.
Early newspapers often included social news or other reasons Iver might be mentioned. The local library or genealogy society in the target area is a better bet for a search of local papers. You could subscribe to a historic newspapers service and search it. Chronicling America from US Library of Congress is a free such site.
I've not reviewed Iver's bio; for immigrant farmers, you'll find land records (filing for homestead, purchasing land, appearing on a plat map). Ancestry.com includes many land records (genealogy related).
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Pgalb
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Posted - 15/09/2015 : 13:59:04
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| Thank you for all those resources, Jane! |
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Iver Anderson Sorum
