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SStrom
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Posted - 24/08/2016 :  21:14:13  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Here is the link where I originally found the immigration date for Anders (Andrew)

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJ5X-J9P

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JaneC
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Posted - 24/08/2016 :  21:25:33  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Wow, that's great. The 1920 census in Brooklyn says
Anders b ca 1877 emigrated 1895
John b ca 1880 emigrated 1892
Martin b ca 1891 emigrated 1911.

Now return to the 1910 census. Syvert and John have a small "f" in the last column. This means they are not present. They are away.To the left of each name is a number. Click it, and look up above. You'll see a notation for both, that they are in Brooklyn.

God bless the 1910 census, for so clearly tying our American families to their correct birth family back home.

Edited by - JaneC on 24/08/2016 21:31:35
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AntonH
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Posted - 24/08/2016 :  22:05:38  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
This is likely the arrival of John Mikkelsen. I suspect that John travelled back and forth to Norway several times. Note the place listed for his birth is likely Øiestad (Oyestad) Arendal. Slight misspelling of transcription. The original passenger manifest on Ancestry.com shows that he is going to Brooklyn and that his father is Mikkel Mortensen of Asdal, Arendal.

John Mikkelsen in the New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
Name: John Mikkelsen
Arrival Date: 28 May 1913
Birth Date: abt 1879
Birth Location: Norway
Birth Location Other: oistad arendal
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Ethnicity/ Nationality: Scandinavian
Port of Departure: Christiania
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Ship Name: Hellig Olav'

This emigration record probably matches this trip.

http://digitalarkivet.arkivverket.no/gen/vis/8/pe00000000323578

Edited by - AntonH on 24/08/2016 22:12:09
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eibache
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Norway
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Posted - 24/08/2016 :  22:06:28  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
You will find the farms Væding, Gjennestad and Høgda on this map.
Zoom and pan to your likng.

Einar

Edited by - eibache on 24/08/2016 22:10:29
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JaneC
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Posted - 24/08/2016 :  22:06:28  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Yes I found three trips for John Mikkelsen Aasdal 1905, 1909, 1913 - and probably went earlier per 1920 census.

1905
link

1909
link

Edited by - JaneC on 24/08/2016 22:18:27
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AntonH
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Posted - 24/08/2016 :  22:15:43  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Arrival record for his first ? trip to America, Going to his brother Anders Mikkelsen at 661, Hick Street, Brooklyn, New York.

John Mikkelsen
in the New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
Name: John Mikkelsen
Arrival Date: 18 Sep 1905
Birth Date: abt 1880
Age: 25 Years 5 Months
Gender: Male
Ethnicity/ Nationality: Scandinavian
Port of Departure: Christiania
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Ship Name: United States

His next arrival in 1909.

John Mikkelsen
in the New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
Name: John Mikkelsen
Arrival Date: 5 May 1909
Birth Date: abt 1879
Birth Location: Nrw
Birth Location Other: pistad arendal
Age: 30 Years 1 Months
Gender: Male
Ethnicity/ Nationality: Scandinavian
Port of Departure: Christianssand S, Norway
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Ship Name: Hellig Olav

Original manifest shows his father as Mikkel Mortensen Øyestad, Arendal

Edited by - AntonH on 24/08/2016 22:23:12
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eibache
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Posted - 24/08/2016 :  22:26:23  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Anne born at Riise Feb 28 1847, see #29.
Parents John Torjusen and Margrethe Johannesdatter.
John Torjusen, Rise (he was born at Sillekjær) and Margrethe Johannesdatter, Mjaavatn was married June 19 1844, see #10.
Johns father was Torjus Johnsen and Margrethes father was Johannes Olsen.

Einar

Edited by - eibache on 25/08/2016 09:20:42
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AntonH
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Posted - 24/08/2016 :  22:27:41  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Arrival of Syvert (Sivert) in from Øistad and father is listed as Mikkle Mortensen Øistad, Arendal.

Sivert Mikkelsen
in the New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
Name: Sivert Mikkelsen
Arrival Date: 28 Jun 1909
Birth Date: abt 1886
Birth Location: Norway
Birth Location Other: sondeled
Age: 22 Years 9 Months
Gender: Male
Ethnicity/ Nationality: Scandinavian
Port of Departure: Christiania
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Ship Name: Oscar II

The next time he went back and forth he brought his wife and one year old son. Wife Kristine and son Raymond.

Sivert Mikkelsen
in the New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
Name: Sivert Mikkelsen
Arrival Date: 19 Oct 1920
Birth Date: abt 1887
Birth Location: Arendal Norway
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Port of Departure: Kristiania, Norway
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Ship Name: Stavangerfjord

Edited by - AntonH on 24/08/2016 22:34:12
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JaneC
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Posted - 24/08/2016 :  22:27:51  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
First trip for John should be ca 1892, per 1920 census. Maybe these comings and goings are registered in the church book migrations list. If departing as a seaman, might not show up in searchable emigrations database on Digital Archives.

Edited by - JaneC on 24/08/2016 22:31:13
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eibache
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Posted - 24/08/2016 :  22:47:59  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Michel Christian born at Høgda (under Gjennestad) July 19 1837, see #97.
His parents were Morten Mortensen and Anne Christine Michelsdatter.
They were married June 29 1837, see #12.
They wer both born on Gjennestad-Ejet.
Mortens father was Morten Olsen and Anne Christines father was Michel Christian Jenssen.

Einar

Edited by - eibache on 25/08/2016 08:57:33
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JaneC
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Posted - 24/08/2016 :  22:52:09  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by SStrom

Thank you so much Einar. I truly appreciate your looking into this for me. This is the same death record that Lyndal 40 found for Mikkel. Does it look as though they are buried at the same cemetery? Bjorbekk in Arendal?


I can't find the reference to the burials being at Bjorbekk...maybe someone else can help.
I would think the burials would be in the home church cemetery (often in the church yard) - in this case, Øyestad kirke (church). Graves must be maintained by paying fees, and many graves are not, after some time, so they are reused. Aasdal was a farm in Øyestad, Arendal, Aust-Agder.

Edited by - JaneC on 24/08/2016 22:59:02
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AntonH
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Posted - 24/08/2016 :  23:18:08  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Gravminer website indicates burrial at Bjorbekk

2890832 Mikkel Mortensen 1913 1112 1913 A6 01 2 Bjorbekk Arendal Send korrigering

http://www.disnorge.no/gravminner/vis.php?id=0906&mode=gp&start=60

I was not able to find a record for Anne on Gravminer but both of the records posted by Einar show the name Bjorbak in the Anmækninger (Remarks) column. So it is likely that both are buried at Bjorbakk, Arendal.

Edited by - AntonH on 25/08/2016 01:58:00
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JaneC
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Posted - 25/08/2016 :  00:27:10  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Thanks Anton. That website isn't opening for me today...

1905 - Anders and Helma

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK9X-54D

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SStrom
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Posted - 25/08/2016 :  01:53:07  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
There is also a reference to Bjorbekk cemetery on the link to the death notice that Einar posted for Anne (Johnsdatter) Mortensen. Line #26 all the way to the right

Thank you all again for the wonderful information!
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SStrom
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Posted - 25/08/2016 :  01:59:04  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
An interesting side story....my mother (Syvert's daughter) is still alive and doesn't remember an Uncle John. She knows of Uncle Andy (Anders) and Uncle Morten.
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