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arnebraat
Junior member
Norway
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 Posted - 22/07/2019 : 10:27:43
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Hello! I'm searching for information about Oddvin Eikeland, born in Hægebostad, Vest-Agder, Norway 22nd of August 1923. I don't know when he left Norway to settle in USA, but he is on the passenger list with Oslofjord in 1955, travelling from Kristiansand to New York. That could have been a return after a visit in Norway. He probably died in Sacramento County, California in 1980. I also found some information in Norway about him married to Unni Henni Eikeland, but this is not confirmed in any way.
With hopeful regards
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Edited by - arnebraat on 22/07/2019 10:32:37 |
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jkmarler
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
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Posted - 22/07/2019 : 12:33:49
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His address on that 1955 passenger list is 3055 15th Avenue Minneapolis, Minnesota.
In the SSDI his death is recorded as Dec 1980 and his SSN was issued in New York. The SS last benefit was paid to somplace in Rancho Cordova, Gold River or Nimbus in Sacramento county, California.
In the newspaper Fædrelandsvennen on 25 July 1951, either marriage or impending marriage is mentioned. Her name is Unni Henie Jensen of Kirkenes and Oddvin Eikeland tømmerman of Tingvatn. |
Edited by - jkmarler on 22/07/2019 19:19:24 |
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AntonH
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
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Posted - 22/07/2019 : 16:45:57
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Oddvin Eikeland
in the U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014Name: Oddvin Eikeland
SSN: 115-30-9363
Born: 22 Aug 1923
Last Benefit: 95670, Rancho Cordova, Sacramento, California, United States of America
Died: Dec 1980
State (Year) SSN issued: New York (1955-1956) |
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AntonH
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
9301 Posts |
Posted - 22/07/2019 : 16:48:06
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This record but birth year is off.
Oddvin Eikeland
in the U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Oddvin Eikeland
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 22 Aug 1933
Birth Place: Norway
Death Date: Dec 1980
Father: Olaf Eikeland
Mother: Karoline Olsen
SSN: 115309363
Notes: Aug 1955: Name listed as ODDVIN EIKELAND |
Edited by - AntonH on 23/07/2019 00:42:20 |
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AntonH
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
9301 Posts |
Posted - 22/07/2019 : 16:51:03
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A Tree on Ancestry.com has this person as his wife. I would not trust the death record date listed in the Tree based on other evidence. Or he was married twice.
Unni Hennie Jensen
1932–1973
BIRTH 27 DEC 1932 • Kirkenes, Finnmark, Norway
DEATH ABT 1973 • Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA
The Tree lists one child as Private
This may be the child
Clarice Elizabeth Eikeland
in the California Birth Index, 1905-1995
Name: Clarice Elizabeth Eikeland
Birth Date: 4 Aug 1985
Gender: Female
Mother's Maiden Name: Alequin
Birth County: Los Angeles |
Edited by - AntonH on 22/07/2019 18:44:04 |
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AntonH
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
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Posted - 22/07/2019 : 17:06:25
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This is might be a marriage record for your Oddvin or rather the son of your Oddvin.
Odd Willy Eikeland
in the New York, New York, Marriage License Indexes, 1907-2018
Name: Odd Willy Eikeland
Gender: Male
Marriage License Date: 1976
Marriage License Place: Staten Island, New York City, New York, USA
Spouse: Evelyn Alequin
License Number: 2134 |
Edited by - AntonH on 23/07/2019 02:21:55 |
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AntonH
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
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Posted - 22/07/2019 : 17:14:23
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Here is some more information on Odd Willy, Maybe part of the ships crew?
Odd-Willy Eikeland
in the New York State, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1917-1967Name: Odd-Willy Eikeland
Nationality: Norwegian
Arrival Date: 21 Dec 1959
Arrival Place: New York, New York, USA
Destination: New York
Ship: Oslofjord
Traveling with Unni H Eikeland
Transcribed a little off
Tinni H Eikeland
in the New York State, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1917-1967
Name: Tinni H Eikeland
Nationality: Norwegian
Arrival Date: 21 Dec 1959
Arrival Place: New York, New York, USA
Destination: New York
Ship: Oslofjord
Also this person on the same ship
Hakon A Eikeland
in the New York State, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1917-1967
Name: Hakon A Eikeland
Nationality: Norwegian
Arrival Date: 21 Dec 1959
Arrival Place: New York, New York, USA
Destination: New York
Ship: Oslofjord |
Edited by - AntonH on 22/07/2019 17:26:45 |
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arnebraat
Junior member
Norway
30 Posts |
Posted - 22/07/2019 : 19:09:11
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| Thank you both of you! I think the SS information is correct. But when it comes to if he was married, I'm not so sure. In Norway many people use MyHeritage.com. When someone post some information that is not true because they never looked into the existing sources, others just copy and after a while this becomes the truth. lyndal40 - about this family tree. Is it Oddvin or Odd Willy that is listed? I don't think this is the same person. |
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jkmarler
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
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Posted - 22/07/2019 : 19:22:59
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| In two obituaries in seperate newspapers about his mother Karoline Eikeland in 1976, he is listed as Oddvin in one and Oddmund in the other. Of course this is only the OCR read which could differ from what was actually printed. |
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jkmarler
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
7790 Posts |
Posted - 22/07/2019 : 19:25:08
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quote:
Originally posted by lyndal40
A Tree on Ancestry.com has this person as his wife. I would not trust the death record date listed in the Tree based on other evidence. Or he was married twice.
Unni Hennie Jensen
1932–1973
BIRTH 27 DEC 1932 • Kirkenes, Finnmark, Norway
DEATH ABT 1973 • Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA
The Tree lists one child as Private
This may be the child
Clarice Elizabeth Eikeland
in the California Birth Index, 1905-1995
Name: Clarice Elizabeth Eikeland
Birth Date: 4 Aug 1985
Gender: Female
Mother's Maiden Name: Alequin
Birth County: Los Angeles
It would be a neat trick if it is his child since he died in 1980.... |
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arnebraat
Junior member
Norway
30 Posts |
Posted - 22/07/2019 : 20:09:19
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| jkmarler- was this US newspapers? And is it open on internet or behind the "pay wall"? |
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AntonH
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
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Posted - 22/07/2019 : 22:43:30
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From the Tree
Oddvin Eikeland
1923–1980
BIRTH 22 AUG 1923 • Norway
DEATH DEC 1980 • New York, USA
Birth date is the same as you posted. Death location does not fit what we found.
The Tree may have cobbled together a person from New York named Odd? Eikeland with information they found on your Oddvin Eikeland and made a Tree, And thus having a child of Oddvin Eikeland and Unni Hennie Jensen married to a Evelyn Alequin daughter of this person. Or there may be some real connection to your guy but right now too complex to easily understand.
Victor Alequin
in the U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Victor Alequin
Last Residence:
10302 Staten Island, Richmond, New York, Africa
Born: 10 Feb 1927
Died: 18 May 2011
State (Year) SSN issued: Puerto Rico (Before 1951) |
Edited by - AntonH on 23/07/2019 00:38:42 |
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AntonH
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
9301 Posts |
Posted - 22/07/2019 : 23:12:06
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This might be a fit for Evelyn Alequin
Evelyn Eikeland
in the U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2
Name: Evelyn Eikeland
Birth Date: 18 Aug 1956
Address: 780 Henderson Ave, Staten Island, NY, 10310-1341 |
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AntonH
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
9301 Posts |
Posted - 22/07/2019 : 23:59:16
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It would be a neat trick if it is his child since he died in 1980...
Oviously I was not at all clear on what the relationship was. So from the Tree a son of Oddvin Eikeland and Unni Hennie Jensen married Evelyn Alequin. |
Edited by - AntonH on 23/07/2019 00:00:40 |
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ToreL
Advanced member
Norway
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Posted - 23/07/2019 : 01:31:37
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Originally posted by jkmarler
In two obituaries in seperate newspapers about his mother Karoline Eikeland in 1976, he is listed as Oddvin in one and Oddmund in the other. Of course this is only the OCR read which could differ from what was actually printed.
It's not just the OCR; I have looked at the actual newspaper notices in Fædrelandsvennen on October 26 and 27 1976, and it says Oddmund in the first and Oddvin in the second. There were other survivors, and this is recent stuff; do you know if there is a family you may contact to settle the matter? |
Edited by - ToreL on 23/07/2019 01:32:02 |
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jkmarler
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
7790 Posts |
Posted - 23/07/2019 : 01:40:15
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| So Odd Willy is the son? |
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Oddvin Eikeland born 1923.08.22 in Norway
