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cherylvanata
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 Posted - 04/07/2015 : 22:01:57
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Marit, Mariet or Margrit & Mary in America. I have searched all birth records from 1860-1865 for a female born w/Father named Erik on the Revling Farm. I find a Merit born 21 July 1861 on the Revling Farm with a father named Erik. My old family history says Revling farm. On Family Search Marriage 5 Jun 1888 (Mt. Morris, Wautoma, Waushara Co., Wisconsin) to Johan Albert Potter (Paterud) says Revling. A Merit Revling emigrated on 5 Oct 1885. In 1885 she would have been born in 1863. Several things point to her being born in 1863 but I can not find her birth in 1863 in Norway. Family Tombstone says 1863. I do realize years can vary a year or so but something nags me about this. http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read?idx_kildeid=9367&idx_id=9367&uid=ny&idx_side=-68
Have I found the correct record?
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Hopkins
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Posted - 04/07/2015 : 22:34:13
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I don't see that you've shared enough information to be able to be SURE it is a match - but consider this family in the 1865 Norwegian census.
http://www.rhd.uit.no/folketellinger/ftliste_e.aspx?ft=1865&knr=0542&kenr=011&bnr=0010&lnr=000
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Marit, Mariet or Margrit & Mary in America. I have searched all birth records from 1860-1865 for a female born w/Father named Erik on the Revling Farm. I find a Merit born 21 July 1861 on the Revling Farm with a father named Erik. My old family history says Revling farm. On Family Search Marriage 5 Jun 1888 (Mt. Morris, Wautoma, Waushara Co., Wisconsin) to Johan Albert Potter (Paterud) says Revling. A Merit Revling emigrated on 5 Oct 1885. In 1885 she would have been born in 1863. Several things point to her being born in 1863 but I can not find her birth in 1863 in Norway. Family Tombstone says 1863. I do realize years can vary a year or so but something nags me about this. http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read?idx_kildeid=9367&idx_id=9367&uid=ny&idx_side=-68
Have I found the correct record?
Did you have information that the family was from Aurdal, Oppland that you didn't tell us? |
Edited by - Hopkins on 04/07/2015 22:50:30 |
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cherylvanata
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Posted - 04/07/2015 : 22:49:59
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| Yes, I have that census report and I ran the 1875 one also but If I do not have the correct person, then those records are worthless. I have followed other females who have the same name "Marit Eriksdatter but they were born on another farm. I want to know if anyone can find a female fitting this criteria? The farm Revling is in Oppland, Nord-Aurdal as far as I can. |
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jkmarler
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Posted - 04/07/2015 : 22:59:29
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| The online version of the 1875 is not complete. |
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jkmarler
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Hopkins
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Posted - 04/07/2015 : 23:21:09
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You didn't explain the source of your statement about a date of emigration. It appears in a Digitalarkivet database entitled "Emigranter fra Oslo 1867-1930 gammel" and that female is listed as "Marit E Revling".
http://gda.arkivverket.no/cgi-win/webcens.exe?slag=visbase&sidenr=1&filnamn=EMIOSLO&gardpostnr=67345&sokefelt=skjul
Listed as 22 yrs old in that emigration protocol that would have put her birth ABOUT 1863 (give or take a year depending on exact date of birth). The date of that emigration record is actually 10 May 1885 -- not October 5.
But it isn't uncommon for ages to be mis-remembered or even altered a bit by choice or just carelessly. I have complete records of a woman who became 9 years younger between getting on a ship in Oslo and getting off in Quebec. For the rest of her life in America her age was never listed accurately, even on her tombstone.
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jkmarler
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jkmarler
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Posted - 05/07/2015 : 00:12:03
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Here are the Revlings leaving the same date in 1885:
Gulbrand Revling N. Aurdal 45 10.05.1885 New York Emigranter over Oslo 1867-1930
Anna Revling N. Aurdal 58 10.05.1885 New York Emigranter over Oslo 1867-1930
Anne Revling N. Aurdal 16 10.05.1885 New York Emigranter over Oslo 1867-1930
Olea Revling N. Aurdal 18 10.05.1885 New York Emigranter over Oslo 1867-1930
Marit E Revling N.aurdal 22 10.05.1885 Audubon Emigranter over Oslo 1867-1930
Where did they each go? Marit's destination is probably not Wisconsin but there is an Audubon in Minnesota. |
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cherylvanata
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Posted - 05/07/2015 : 00:32:41
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| My information came from Johan Albert and Mary Potter's son, Andrew. He wrote a few pages on his family history which has been distributed through out the family. He lists his Mother as Mariet or Margaret Eriksdatter Revling. He states his parents were married on July 5, 1888. This is the only information I had to go on. I have traveled to Mt. Morris in Wisconsin and the Patterson Memorial Library had lots of information on this family but nothing on where she came from in Norway. The son, Andrew died long before I started collecting history 40 years ago. |
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cherylvanata
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Posted - 05/07/2015 : 00:40:55
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| By the way there is a Audubon in Minnesota and the village is six miles from me. That part did not make sense to me. The Potter women (came from Buskerud) & Married a Ristvedt in Wisconsin. There is no evidence that this family were related to Marit Eriksdatter Revling in any way until 1888. |
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Kċarto
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Posted - 05/07/2015 : 00:50:33
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Originally posted by cherylvanata
Marit, Mariet or Margrit & Mary in America. I have searched all birth records from 1860-1865 for a female born w/Father named Erik on the Revling Farm. I find a Merit born 21 July 1861 on the Revling Farm with a father named Erik. My old family history says Revling farm. On Family Search Marriage 5 Jun 1888 (Mt. Morris, Wautoma, Waushara Co., Wisconsin) to Johan Albert Potter (Paterud) says Revling. A Merit Revling emigrated on 5 Oct 1885. In 1885 she would have been born in 1863. Several things point to her being born in 1863 but I can not find her birth in 1863 in Norway. Family Tombstone says 1863. I do realize years can vary a year or so but something nags me about this. http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read?idx_kildeid=9367&idx_id=9367&uid=ny&idx_side=-68
Have I found the correct record?
You have found Marit Eriksdatter Revling b. July 21. 1861.
Parents; Erik Ulriksen and Sigri Olsdatter Revling
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jkmarler
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Kċarto
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Posted - 05/07/2015 : 01:01:44
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Originally posted by cherylvanata
By the way there is a Audubon in Minnesota and the village is six miles from me. That part did not make sense to me. The Potter women (came from Buskerud) & Married a Ristvedt in Wisconsin. There is no evidence that this family were related to Marit Eriksdatter Revling in any way until 1888.
By the way; Ristvedt is also Buskerud.
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cherylvanata
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Posted - 05/07/2015 : 01:07:36
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| I started to doubt the birth record I found for 21 July 1861 because of the census reports and there are several trees on Ancestry that have July 1863 on them but so many of those people copy each other work so who knows what there source was. I just found it strange that I never noticed her name as "Mariet" and not "Marit" which might be the same name, just spelled different? The only place in Norway that had a Revling farm is in Nord-Aurdal? Thanks you for that list of Gulbrand, Anna, Anne, Olea and Marit. I can follow up on those names and see what comes up. But I think it is the wrong family and my emigration record is wrong also. |
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cherylvanata
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Posted - 05/07/2015 : 01:22:36
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| I guess all I can say is everything Andrew Potter wrote in those pages has been accurate and he was her son so I took his word for the way he wrote her name. The name Marit and Mariet maybe has more to do with how it is pronounced. Not unusual for names to be written differently. There had to be someone else that came to Wisconsin besides her. Maybe I can run some of these names out and figure it out that way. Thanks. |
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Hopkins
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Posted - 05/07/2015 : 01:35:28
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The 1900 census "Mary" lists birthday as July. The record you found was in July. That seems a point in favor of a positive match.
No, Nord-Aurdal was not the only location for Revling or Rĉvling named farms.
Gulbrand and family might be relatives to your Marit or just other persons/neighbors that resided on a plat of the same original farm in Nord-Aurdal. All leaving from the same parish at the same time there would be no reason another young female neighbor (or possible cousin?) couldn't travel at the same time.
Her name has more than one spelling found in US records - why not also variations in Norwegian records.
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