Probably Pernille indexed as Damille (and also attached to a family tree calling her Inger Tammasdtr Langedrag) living with Thorvald and Olena Sather in 1916 census: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KM5H-Z2R
I believe the above posts document the emigration of Alfred and all of his siblings except the twins Marta and Pauline. It turns out they both died in infancy: 20 & 21
Hi Tore, What is the significance of the Gjerlaugsbakken? Is this the homestead where my ancestors once lived, or do they still live there? I was able to determine that Gjerlaugbakken means Gjerlaug Hill where Gjerlaug is a family name.
Hi Tore, What is the significance of the Gjerlaugsbakken? Is this the homestead where my ancestors once lived, or do they still live there? I was able to determine that Gjerlaugbakken means Gjerlaug Hill where Gjerlaug is a family name.
Gjerlaugsbakken is where the family lived for some time prior to their departure. I have seen no information that they ever owned the place, nor that their relatives live there now.
Gjerlaugsbakken was originally part of the farm Gjerlaug/Gjerlu (about one km further south). You can see from the map that the terrain slopes at Gjerlaugbakken, and you are right that it translates to (the) Gjerlaug hill. On the other hand, Gjerlaug is no more of a family name than Gerlaugsbakken. Trey are both farm names that (like all other Norwegian farm names) could be used as family names by the people who lived or had been living there.
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