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saragentry
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 Posted - 11/03/2024 : 04:41:20
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I am adopted and both my adopted parents and birth parents are Norwegian. I would like to visit areas that they came from.
Wibeto and Sonstebo are my birth family names but I know nothing more than that. Are people with these names located in a specific area of Norway?
My adopted family is from Romseland Farm which is near Skjold. There is a thread about it on this website including a potential address. My plan is to write beforehand to get permission to see the farm at a convenient time for whoever is living there. Our entire family who lived on that farm, immigrated decades ago to the US. Would it be okay to contact the people on the farm now?
I appreciate any help you can give me. |
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ToreL
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Posted - 11/03/2024 : 11:52:29
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Norwegian farm names describe geographical features and such, and, as Jackie said in the other thread, they are rarely unique to any particular place.
The combination "Romseland near Skjold", however, very likely refers to the farm identified in the other thread. A particular street address (Romsalandsvegen 31) was suggested there, but that may be a little too specific. Farms tended to be split up into several smaller farms, often with the same name, and in the nineteen-fifties there were five different Romsaland (note the two "a"s) farms close to, but not all at, that particular street address. There is a Tysvær historielag (Tysvær Historical Society) which has an active discussion group about emigartion to America. Perhaps you could contact them for more information? If you have a Facebook account, you can find them at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1793579757628322
Vibeto/Wibeto is not a very common name in Norway. There is a Vipeto/Vibeto farm in Telemark (former) county, possibly everybody with this name has roots here. (But this I don't know.) Sønstebø, on the other hand, (note the Norwegian spelling) is harder to pin down to anywhere particular in Norway, but there are Sønstebøs in Telemark also.
Is there any indication that your biological and adoptive parents came from the same area in Norway? In the 1920 Norwegian census, there were two people in all of Rogaland named Sønstebø. They lived in Haugesund. And in all of the records at Digitalarkivet, there is no match for anyone ever named Vibeto/Wibeto living in Rogaland. |
Edited by - ToreL on 11/03/2024 16:17:44 |
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AntonH
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
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Posted - 11/03/2024 : 16:30:10
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Sara, it would be useful to have a little more information on where you are from and what you might know about the Sonstebo family. Any information might be helpful. With what I see on Ancestry the name Sonstebo is fairly unusual and so it might be possible to trace that family back to Norway. Here is a little of what I found and now perhaps you can tell me if these people are part of your family or if the names are familiar.
Charley Alfred Sonstebo
1891–1971
BIRTH JANUARY 19, 1891 • Codington, South Dakota, USA
DEATH DEC 1971 • Wallace, Codington, South Dakota, USA
Father is
John K Sonstebo
1863–1903
BIRTH 1863 • Telemark, Norway
DEATH 1903 • USA
Jon Kjetilsson Sonstebo
in the Geneanet Community Trees Index
Name Jon Kjetilsson Sonstebo
Gender M (Male)
Birth Date 1860
Birth Place Sonstebo, Tinn (Sønstebø), Telemark, Norvège (Norway)
Father
Kjetil Kjetilsson Sonstebo
Mother
Anne Gjermundsdatter Lauluten
John K Sonstebo
in the U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
Name John K Sonstebo
Gender Male
Birth Date 1863
Death Date 1903
Death Place United States of America
Cemetery Telemarken Lutheran Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place Bradley, Clark County, South Dakota, United States of America
Has Bio? N
Children
Ole G Sonstebo
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/74337267:60525
Jon Kjetilsson Sonstebo
in the Geneanet Community Trees Index
Name Jon Kjetilsson Sonstebo
Gender M (Male)
Birth Date 1860
Birth Place Sonstebo, Tinn (Sønstebø), Telemark, Norvège (Norway)
Father
Kjetil Kjetilsson Sonstebo
Mother
Anne Gjermundsdatter Lauluten
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AntonH
Norway Heritage Veteran
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Posted - 11/03/2024 : 17:24:01
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It may be of some interest that Charley Alfred Sonstebo is listed as from Codington, South Dakota. There is also a Halmer / Helmer A WIBETO from Codington South Dakota as well. Coincidence maybe but worth pursuing.
Halmer / Helmer A WIBETO
1899–1977
BIRTH 12 MAY 1899 • South Dakota, USA
DEATH 2 MARCH 1977 • Wallace, Codington, South Dakota, USA
Father is listed as
Hans Amundsen WIBETO
1853–1908
BIRTH 16 APR 1853 • Holla, Notodden kommune, Telemark fylke, Norway
DEATH 27 SEP 1908 • Codington County, South Dakota, USA
FAG Record
Hans Amundsen Wibeto
BIRTH
16 Apr 1853
Holla, Notodden kommune, Telemark fylke, Norway
DEATH
27 Sep 1908 (aged 55)
Codington County, South Dakota, USA
BURIAL
Saint Pauli Cemetery
Wallace, Codington County, South Dakota, USA
PLOT
Block A Lot 5 Grave 13
MEMORIAL ID
103421320 · View Source |
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AntonH
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
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Posted - 11/03/2024 : 17:41:10
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A long shot but there is a Hans Anundsen born in 1853 living on the farm Vibto nedre in the Holla parish, Telemark
https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/census/person/pf01038137000960
Probably this guy.
Hans Aanensen
in the Norway, Select Baptisms, 1634-1927
Name Hans Aanensen
Gender Male
Baptism Date 24. apr 1853 (24 Apr 1853)
Baptism Place , Holla, Telemark, Norway
Father
Anund Hansen
Mother
Liv Hansdr
FHL Film Number 126938
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Edited by - AntonH on 11/03/2024 22:59:37 |
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AntonH
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jkmarler
Norway Heritage Veteran
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Posted - 11/03/2024 : 18:41:34
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RAPID CITY - Maxine Frankie Gentry, 90, Rapid City, died at a Rapid City nursing home Tuesday, July 15, 2003. She was born Feb. 9, 1913, at Hamill, S.D., the daughter of Frank and Christine (Thompson) Fetzner. She attended a rural school and graduated from Colome High School in 1928. She attended All Saints School in Sioux Falls for one year and graduated from the University of South Dakota in 1933. Maxine taught school at Fairburn for one year and then taught at Colome High School where she met her future husband, Eugene "Bus" Gentry. They were married on June 8, 1937, at the Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Rapid City. The couple moved to Yankton, S.D., where Eugene "Bus" was the football coach at Yankton State College and Maxine taught business courses at the college. In 1942, when Bus entered the military, they resided in Oklahoma City for a period of two years and when Bus went overseas she returned to Rapid City to be with her father. Following Bus' discharge from the Army they lived at St. Paul, Minn., where Bus coached football at Central High School and Maxine worked at the University of Minnesota. They later moved to Boulder, Colo., where Bus was on the coaching staff at the University of Colorado. In 1955, they returned to Rapid City and purchased a part interest in Brown Swiss Milk Co. She has been a Rapid City resident since that time. Survivors include a daughter, Sara Gentry, Rapid City; a son, Frank Gentry and his wife Jacie, Casper, Wyo.; and four grandchildren, Sam Gentry, Christine Gentry, Andra Gentry and Mark Gentry. She was preceded in death by her husband in 1996. Visitation will be from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 22, at Osheim-Catron Funeral Home. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 23, at Emmanuel Episcopal Church, with the Rev. David Cameron officiating. Interment will be at Pine Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Memorials have been established for the Emanuel Episcopal Church and Youth and Family Services.
Published by Rapid City Journal on Jul. 20, 2003. |
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ToreL
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ToreL
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Posted - 11/03/2024 : 20:20:00
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And then there is a Geni-profile for Hans Anundsen Wibeto.
Is he an ancestor for all Wibetos in South Dakota?
Among those found at Find a grave there is the apparently unrelated Alfred Albin Wibeto, but according to Familysearch, he was also a son of Hans Anundsen. |
Edited by - ToreL on 11/03/2024 20:52:24 |
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AntonH
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AntonH
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Posted - 11/03/2024 : 21:15:57
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The Sonstebo family from in or around Codington, South Dakota seems to come from this family.
M Kjetil Kjetilsson Sonstebo
Born in 1807 - Sonstebo, Tinn, Telemark, Norway
Deceased (Deceased)
Parents
Kjetil Kjetilsson Sonstebo 1771-
Anne Jonsdatter †
Spouses and children
Married in 1840 to Anne Gjermundsdatter Lauluten † with
F Anne Kjetilsdatter Sonstebo 1840-
F Birgit Kjetilsdatter Sonstebo 1845-
M Gjermund Kjetilsson Sonstebo 1848-
M Kjetil Kjetilsson Sonstebo 1851-
M Jon Kjetilsson Sonstebo 1860-
I can find records for the three boys, Gjermund, Kjetil and Jon in Ancestry.com
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AntonH
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ToreL
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Posted - 11/03/2024 : 21:56:00
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| Searching for Sonstebo buried in SD at Findagrave, there is the Gjermund-dynasty, there is John K S with son Ole G S, 1896-1917, there is Peder B S, 1893-1984, and there is Charley A S, 1891-1971, with a son. The three latter were born within a few years of each other, and all lived in Wallace in 1917, when this list appeared in the newspaper. If 301 to 303 were brothers and FAG has sufficient coverage, it appears that two immigrant brothers produced all the Sonstebos in SD. |
Edited by - ToreL on 11/03/2024 22:49:51 |
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ToreL
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AntonH
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Wibeto and Sonstebo & Romseland farm
