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Originally posted by lyndal40

Why do you not think he arrived in New York on Colorado on May 31, 1870. Yes the manifest lists him as German but the manifest also lists the other passengers who left Norway at the same time as Peter Evensen as German as well. So clearly the identification of them as German is incorrect.

It is likely that the passengers at that time took a so called feeder ship to England and there boarded a larger ocean liner to America.

The Colorado carried 1214 passengers on that trip from Liverpool, England.

Here is what I posted back on page 3.

"A Peter Evenson arrived 32, May 1870 on the Colorado. Also on that same ship were the two Foss girls Pauline and Bolette. All were identified as German so that part is likely wrong.

Peter Evenson
in the New York, Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957
Name: Peter Evenson
Arrival Date: 31 May 1870
Birth Date: abt 1849
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Ethnicity/ Nationality: German
Place of Origin: Germany
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England and Queenstown, Ireland
Destination: United States of America
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Ship Name: Colorado

Here is a record for one of the Foss sisters who are listed next to Peder on the emigration record posted above by Jackie.

Name: Pauline Foss
Arrival Date: 31 May 1870
Birth Date: abt 1852
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Ethnicity/ Nationality: German
Place of Origin: Germany
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England and Queenstown, Ireland
Destination: United States of America
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Ship Name: Colorado"

Here again is the emigration record of Peder and also the two Foss girls.

Link

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Originally posted by lyndal40

Not to beat a dead horse but on that same ship the Colorado arriving May 31, 1870, I can find several more passengers, all labelled German, that are on the same Norwegian emigration page as your Peder Ellensen Marigaardseie.

For example a

Anders Kristensen Kvevli and his wife Guri and four children named Kristen, Nils, Marie, and Lina are all on the ship list of emigrants as Peter Evensen and again all are on the Colorado arriving in New York on May 31, 1870.

Now they are not always easy to find as here is how Anders Kristensen Kvevli is transcribed by Ancestry.com. But the ist of the whole family makes it easier to identify them.
Name: A Korslie
Arrival Date: 31 May 1870
Birth Date: abt 1831
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Ethnicity/ Nationality: German
Place of Origin: Germany
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England and Queenstown, Ireland
Destination: United States of America
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Ship Name: Colorado

Apparently Lina is old enough to get her own spelling

Name: Lina Keiolisi
Arrival Date: 31 May 1870
Birth Date: abt 1852
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Ethnicity/ Nationality: German
Place of Origin: Germany
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England and Queenstown, Ireland
Destination: United States of America
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Ship Name: Colorado

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Originally posted by dylankylesimon

Good evening Norway Heritage,

I am once back again with pictures, on this picture is Edmund's Simons Mother possibly Mathea Poulson later Mathea "Mattie" Simon and possible a brother maybe Ernie Simon and Edmund Simon "blond hair" and left side on the other picture.



You can also see on the book cover the words Watertown, South Dakota imprinted where Edmund Simon was born and part of our research has lead. Maybe someone has some more information about possible his mother Mathea Poulson or Peter Simon by now, still trying to find exact research or more pictures, however this is the woman I am looking for and this may be Martha Poulson.

Thank you!

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Originally posted by lyndal40

Likely this ELCA Record

Edmund Simmon
in the U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records, 1781-1969
Name: Edmund Simmon
Baptism Age: 5
Record Type: Baptism
Birth Date: 20 Aug 1884
Baptism Date: 16 Oct 1889
Baptism Place: Peterson, Harmony, Minnesota, USA
Father: Peter E Simmon
Mother: Mathea Poulsen
Church Name: Highland Prairie Lutheran Church
Church Location: Peterson, Minnesota

Had to split the original to get a blown up image.



The fifth box over is for the church. It seems to read 3 faddernes, ? Elstad. I think it says the baptism occured in the faddernes' house in Elstad

"Elstad is located 7 miles southeast of Lanesboro in the scenic countryside of Fillmore County, Elstad is one of the oldest ELCA congregations in Minnesota."

Next to Peter E Simmon is K. Mathea Poulson or Poulsen

And then the four witnesses, (faddernes)



Witnessens are likely Paul Tessum, Paul P. Tessum, Mrs Lauggaard, Kristine Ramsey "Mrs Langgaard"


The last set of words are a little harder to decipher.

Maybe "Foreldrene ? ? " I think it says the parents are not members in the congregation.

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