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SofieJaegtvik
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Posted - 10/07/2024 :  19:46:46  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Hi,
I am attempting to find out what happened to Fredrik Bertinius Johansen after he emigrated from Rødøy, Nordland in 1904 (Trondheims politikammer: Registre til emigrantprotokollene p. 177: https://urn.digitalarkivet.no/URN:NBN:no-a1450-em20110307640532.jpg)

Of course, he may not have gone to America, but since he had three uncles and an aunt in Chicago (they emigrated in the 1880s) I thought it likely. He might have gone for work and returned to Norway as well, but I have so far not located him in Norway after 1904.

Might be relevant that his brothers in Norway changed their surname to Senning later in life.

Link to his baptism record:
https://www.digitalarkivet.no/view/255/pd00000024577994

Links to him and his family on census records in Norway:
https://www.digitalarkivet.no/census/person/pf01053158000350
https://www.digitalarkivet.no/census/person/pf01037519000268

Thannks for all help!
Sofie Jægtvik

AntonH
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USA
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Posted - 10/07/2024 :  22:37:51  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Kandidat

Fredrik Bertenus Johnson
in the U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918

Name Fredrik Bertenus Johnson
Birth Date 11 Sep 1885
Residence Date 1917-1918
Street Address 100 N Cherry St
Residence Place Deer Lodge County, Montana, USA
Physical Build Slender
Height Medium
Hair Color Dark
Eye Color Blue
Spouse
Magda Johnson

https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/71210066:6482
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AntonH
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USA
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Posted - 10/07/2024 :  22:46:56  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
This looks like his baptism record.

Fredrik Berthines Jansen
in the Norway, Select Baptisms, 1634-1927
Name Fredrik Berthines Jansen
Gender Male
Birth Date 11. sep 1885 (11 Sep 1885)
Baptism Date 25. okt 1885 (25 Oct 1885)
Baptism Place Nordland, Norway
Father
Johan Kristian Jansen
Mother
Johanna Karine Kristiansdatter
FHL Film Number 307076

https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/7402704:60092?tid=&pid=&queryId=4d386279-8ae4-412a-9c52-8cf2452f44f7&_phsrc=YGR9&_phstart=successSource
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AntonH
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USA
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Posted - 10/07/2024 :  22:52:50  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Emigrated in 1904.

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/view/8/pe00000000158139
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AntonH
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USA
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Posted - 10/07/2024 :  22:57:03  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Naturalized in Chicago.

Fredrik Bertinus Johnson
in the U.S., Naturalization Record Indexes, 1791-1992 (Indexed in World Archives Project)
Name Fredrik Bertinus Johnson
Naturalization Age 29
Record Type Naturalization
Birth Date 11 Sep 1885
Birth Place Norway
Year of Arrival 1904
Naturalization Date 28 Jan 1915

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AntonH
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Posted - 10/07/2024 :  23:05:32  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Probably his arrival in New York. Passengers below him are same two below him in the Emigration Record. Albert and Albertine Strøm.

Fredrik Johanan
in the New York, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957
Name Fredrik Johanan
Gender Male
Ethnicity/ Nationality Scandinavian
Age 19
Birth Date abt 1885
Departure Port Liverpool, England
Arrival Date 10 Jun 1904
Arrival Port New York, New York, USA
Residence Place Norwegian
Ship Name Carpathia

https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/4035942481:7488?tid=&pid=&queryId=869ce16a-f227-47f0-b65e-8345ed56d086&_phsrc=YGR17&_phstart=successSource
Edited by - AntonH on 10/07/2024 23:08:15
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AntonH
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Posted - 10/07/2024 :  23:14:10  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Probably Fredrik in 1910 Census. Arrival year is correct.

Fred Berlin Johnson
in the 1910 United States Federal Census
Name Fred Berlin Johnson
[Fred Bertin Johnson]
[Fred Bertini Johnson]
Age in 1910 24
Birth Date 1886
[1886]
Birthplace Norway
Home in 1910 Chicago Ward 27, Cook, Illinois, USA
Sheet Number 26b
Street Norht 42nd Ave
Race White
Gender Male
Immigration Year 1904
Relation to Head of House Boarder
Marital Status Single
Father's Birthplace Norway
Mother's Birthplace Norway
Native Tongue English
Occupation Carpenter
Employer, Employee or Other Wage Earner
Naturalization Status Papers
Able to read Y
Able to Write Y
Enumeration District Number 1217
Out of Work N
Enumerated Year 1910
Neighbors View others on page
Household Members (Name) Age Relationship
John Ernest Ohlson
46
Head
Julia Ohlson
47
Wife
Alice Elv Irene Ohlson
17
Daughter
John A Molastad
36
Boarder
Nathaniel C Nelson
28
Boarder
Carl G E Adamson
28
Boarder
Fred Berlin Johnson 24 Boarder
Knud Rothy
39
Boarder
Henry Jos Frank
16
Boarder

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKZT-LWZ


https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/5036044:7884?tid=&pid=&queryId=1eba0cda-fdbb-4371-908f-7d645d7a57ac&_phsrc=YGR20&_phstart=successSource
Edited by - AntonH on 10/07/2024 23:17:03
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AntonH
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Posted - 10/07/2024 :  23:53:48  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
The U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Transcription lists a wife named Magda Johnson. I have not found any evidence of a marriage and the original card does not list her as wife but rather as the Nearest Relative. Also her address is the same as his work place and not the same as his home address. Perhaps he was not married at the time of the WWI registration.

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Edited by - AntonH on 10/07/2024 23:54:21
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SofieJaegtvik
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Posted - 11/07/2024 :  00:08:32  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
This is incredibly helpful :D

Thanks to what you have found above, I think I have found his naturalization:
Frederik Bertinus Johnson
Date of Birth: Sep 11 1885
Date and port of arrival in US: June 10. 1904
Date of Naturalization: Jan 28. 1915
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/3949483:61196?ssrc=pt&tid=192357619&pid=112603798965

And marriage:
Name Fred B. Johnson
Age 25
Gender Male
Birth Year abt 1886
Marital Status Single
Marriage Type Marriage
Marriage Date 1 Apr 1911
Marriage Place Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Spouse Name Magda Nelson
Spouse Age 24
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/865514:2556?ssrc=pt&tid=192357619&pid=112603798965

I think it is the correct marriage given this passport application as Magda lists her husbands naturalization date.
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/135925:1174?ssrc=pt&tid=192357619&pid=112603799043

Think I also have him on a draft record in 1942 in Chicago.
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/9823641:1002?ssrc=pt&tid=192357619&pid=112603798965

On this draft record he lists a Freda Johnson as person who will know where he is. Is this a wife? Have he and Magda in that case split? Or is Magda dead?

But I wonder where the family is on the 1930 and 1940 census? And when did Fredrik Bertinus die?
Sofie Jægtvik
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SofieJaegtvik
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Posted - 11/07/2024 :  00:18:35  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Think this may be the family in 1920 in Casper, Wyoming:
Johnson, Frederick Head
Johnson Magda Wife
Johnson Margaret Daughter
Johnson Harold W Son

https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/70090172:6061?ssrc=pt&tid=192357619&pid=112603798965
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AntonH
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USA
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Posted - 11/07/2024 :  00:36:21  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Good searching. I do think that you have found the correct man and his 1920 Census Record as well as his marriage. Some further gaps to fill in of course but that is usually true.
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AntonH
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USA
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Posted - 11/07/2024 :  00:39:39  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Here is the baptism record of his son

Harold Wilbur Johnson
in the U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records, 1781-1969
Name Harold Wilbur Johnson
Baptism Age 0
Record Type Baptism
Birth Date 11 May 1916
Baptism Date 30 Jul 1916
Baptism Place Chicago, Illinois, USA
Father
Fiedrik Johnson
Mother
Magda Chustnu
Church Name Our Saviour's Lutheran Church
Church Location Chicago, Illinois

https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1928669:60722
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AntonH
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Posted - 11/07/2024 :  00:42:40  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Well here is the wife Magda in the 1930 Census. Yes, I would say the couple are now divorced and Magda has remarried. A Alfred Clausen.

Magda K Clausen
in the 1930 United States Federal Census
Name Magda K Clausen
Birth Year abt 1887
Gender Female
Race White
Age in 1930 43
Birthplace Norway
Marital Status Married
Relation to Head of House Wife
Homemaker? Yes
Home in 1930 Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, USA
Map of Home Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California
Street Address Castillo Street
Ward of City Pt of 6
Block 23
House Number 1829
Dwelling Number 212
Family Number 219
Age at First Marriage 24
Attended School No
Able to Read and Write Yes
Father's Birthplace Norway
Mother's Birthplace Norway
Language Spoken Norwegian
Immigration Year 1908
Naturalization Naturalized
Able to Speak English Yes
Household Members (Name) Age Relationship
Albert F Clausen
40
Head
Magda K Clausen 43 Wife
Harold W Johnson
14
Stepson (Step So

https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/93033907:6224
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AntonH
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Posted - 11/07/2024 :  00:47:07  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Looks Magda died in 1934.

Magda K Clausen
in the U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
Name Magda K Clausen
Maiden Name Nilsen
Birth Date 1887
Birth Place Norway
Death Date 3 Jun 1934
Death Place Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, California, United States of America
Cemetery Goleta Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place Goleta, Santa Barbara County, California, United States of America
Has Bio? Y

https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/101651264:60525
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AntonH
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Posted - 11/07/2024 :  00:51:03  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
So if Magda remarried, perhaps Fredrik did so as well. Here is a candidate from 1950 that might fit.

Frederick B Johnson
in the 1950 United States Federal Census
Name Frederick B Johnson
Age 63
Birth Date abt 1887
Gender Male
Race White
Birth Place Norway
Marital Status Married
Relation to Head of House Head
Residence Date 1950
Home in 1950 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
Street Name Grace
House Number 3604
Dwelling Number 187
Farm No
Acres No
Occupation Carpenter
Industry Bldg Contractor
Citizenship Yes
Occupation Category Working
Hours Worked 40
Worker Class Private
Household Members (Name) Age Relationship
Frederick B Johnson 63 Head
Alfrieda C Johnson
56
Wife

https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/225856549:62308
Edited by - AntonH on 11/07/2024 00:51:28
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AntonH
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Posted - 11/07/2024 :  00:54:25  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
The address for Frederick B Johnson in the 1950 Census is 3604 Grace. The same address that is found for

Fredrik Bertunes Johnson
in the U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942

https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/9823641:1002
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