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leslieanthonyNOR
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Posted - 29/12/2024 :  01:20:24  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Hello, I am seeking any information regarding the Stenseth (or Stenset) family in Eiker (Ovre Eiker) Norway. My Grandfather, Gustav Stenseth immigrated to the US in 1907. I know he married Anna Edit Karlson in North Dakota and they had 5 children. I'm looking for info on Gustav's family in Norway. Who were his parents, siblings, where are they buried, the name of the church they attended, what town they lived near.....any information. Thank you for any information you can provide. Thank you, Leslie Anthony
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jkmarler
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Posted - 29/12/2024 :  08:23:53  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
A Gustav C Stenseth, in the North Dakota vital records death index, is given a birth date of 12 Oct 1885 and death date of 3 Feb 1922, and dying in Ransom county. Is this your guy?

North Dakota marriage database gives his marriage date as 24 Aug 1914 occurring in Ransom county,

Gustav died in an electrical accident. He had been manager of a local telephone company Liberty & Moore Telephone co, for 10 years and was working to correct a problem when the accident occurred.
Edited by - jkmarler on 29/12/2024 09:14:41
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jkmarler
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Posted - 29/12/2024 :  08:35:36  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Gustav Kristians. Stenseth migrated to North Dakota from Norway on 3 May 1907. Kristian or Christian is likely his father's name.

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/view/8/pe00000000582617

In the 1891 census in Norway, he is one of 7 siblings, parents are Kristian Nilsen and Marie Olsdatter:
https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/census/person/pf01052790002895

Here is the family in 1900 census:
https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/census/person/pf01037119003106

Here is the family in 1875 census:
https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/census/person/pf01052124003246
Edited by - jkmarler on 29/12/2024 11:28:30
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jkmarler
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Posted - 29/12/2024 :  08:49:53  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Someone named Dale Stenseth was a contributor to a family tree at familysearch.org in 2018:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LBK9-Z36
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jkmarler
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Posted - 29/12/2024 :  10:06:09  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Nils birth & baptism #145
Lier kirkebøker, AV/SAKO-A-230/F/Fa/L0013: Ministerialbok nr. I 13, 1865-1874, s. 146
Brukslenke for sidevisning: https://www.digitalarkivet.no/kb20061101360153

Nils Kristiansen Stenset b about 1874 married in 1900, #2 in 1900:
Eiker kirkebøker, AV/SAKO-A-4/F/Fb/L0003: Ministerialbok nr. II 3, 1896-1942, s. 334
Brukslenke for sidevisning: https://www.digitalarkivet.no/kb20060627100100

Nils Stenseth and family in 1920 census:
https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/census/person/pf01073660005493

Nils Stenseth died 6 April 1952:
https://www.nb.no/items/383e5662673b1764b92311371f3b6b41?page=5&searchText=%22nils%20stenseth%22
Edited by - jkmarler on 29/12/2024 11:20:12
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jkmarler
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Posted - 29/12/2024 :  10:29:15  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Kristian N. Stenseth selling property in 1904:
https://www.nb.no/items/ed4169ab138085433b97dbd1b265ff11?page=0&searchText=%22kristian%20n%20stenseth%22

And Kristian Nilsen Stenseth selling property in 1912:
https://www.nb.no/items/12b3fb28e9d39d53a3be05631f0b765c?page=0&searchText=%22kristian%20nilsen%20stenseth%22
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jkmarler
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Posted - 29/12/2024 :  10:50:31  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Ragna Marie birth 19 June 1882 #45 bottom half:
Eiker kirkebøker, AV/SAKO-A-4/F/Fb/L0001: Ministerialbok nr. II 1, 1878-1888, s. 59
Brukslenke for sidevisning: https://www.digitalarkivet.no/kb20061031320725

Ragna and her husband and children in 1910 census:
https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/census/person/pf01036473007802

Ragna and her family in 1920 census:
https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/census/person/pf01073787002284

Ragna's husband Lars obituary:
https://www.nb.no/items/bc4a241b6a22a918d2b4059111b06e2f?page=3&searchText=%22ragna%20Lyng%C3%A5s%20%22

Ragna died 14 May 1974:
https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/view/387/pc00000002177295

Ragna's obit (survived by children Karen, Hans (wife Klara), Krisitian and sister Maren Henriksen:
https://www.nb.no/items/782bc5f6c48355d0b37e4bcffd5fbcfb?page=11&searchText=%22ragna%20lyngaas%22
Edited by - jkmarler on 29/12/2024 11:13:53
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jkmarler
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Posted - 29/12/2024 :  11:24:01  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Maren living with her brother and family in Tune in 1910 census:
https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/census/person/pf01036354005507

Sister Maren with husband in 1920 census:
https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/census/person/pf01073771020943

Maren b 29 June 1890 d. 19 Oct 1979:
https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/view/387/pc00000002315584
Edited by - jkmarler on 29/12/2024 11:36:05
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jkmarler
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Posted - 29/12/2024 :  14:46:02  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
It appears your family were workers in cellulose factories in Norway.

Here is a link to a book about cellulose manufacture in the Drammen area 1911-1912.
https://www.nb.no/items/de3bc0a191d98c4e78d45fb28891edb6?page=0&searchText=cellulose%20fabrik

And perhaps in some other business later in Greaker in Tune in this directory:
https://www.nb.no/items/908ba865737936ed82bb353595d9cd3e?page=577&searchText=%22kristian%20stenseth%22

And this announcement in 1928:
https://www.nb.no/items/28ab64f9f3f01d6ae44747558ad433e3?page=1&searchText=%22kristian%20stenseth%22
Edited by - jkmarler on 29/12/2024 14:54:38
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ToreL
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Posted - 29/12/2024 :  19:12:37  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I found the profile you created for Gustav (and his family) on Geni. That makes it easier to see what information you already have and what you haven't.
Edited by - ToreL on 29/12/2024 22:02:58
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ToreL
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Posted - 29/12/2024 :  19:45:20  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
It looks like Gustav's father Kristian died on January 11, 1920. Here is the transcribed death record, and here (line 2) is the original document. The deceased is said to be a g. fhv. gbr., short for gift forhenværende gårdbruker, i.e., a married former farmer, born at Modum and residing at Sundbakken, which seems to have been located in present-day Hokksund here.

Gustav's mother Anne Marie died on November 19, 1940. There is a silly typo in the transcribed record.

I haven't been able to locate existing graves for Gustav's parents, but his brother Nils seems be buried in Fredrikstad: Grave.
Edited by - ToreL on 29/12/2024 22:47:13
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ToreL
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Posted - 29/12/2024 :  22:56:12  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Gustav's brother Martin was born on February 25, 1888: https://www.digitalarkivet.no/view/255/pd00000001357687

He emigrated two months before Gustav: https://www.digitalarkivet.no/view/8/pe00000000579297
Edited by - ToreL on 29/12/2024 23:03:09
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ToreL
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Posted - 29/12/2024 :  23:21:09  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Gustav's sister Maren Dorthea was born on June 29, 1890 and died in Kristiansand in 1979: Birth and death and Grave
Edited by - ToreL on 29/12/2024 23:31:05
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ToreL
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Posted - 29/12/2024 :  23:21:20  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Maren married Jørgen Gunelius Henriksen in 1913: https://www.digitalarkivet.no/view/327/pv00000011043091

They lived in Drammen at the 1920 census: https://www.digitalarkivet.no/census/person/pf01073771020942

Jørgen died in 1973: https://www.digitalarkivet.no/view/387/pc00000002142129
Edited by - ToreL on 29/12/2024 23:45:28
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AntonH
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Posted - 30/12/2024 :  01:10:45  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I see you also have a Tree on Ancestry.com. Which I would think you should be able to add to it with the info from this site.

https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/108927801/person/390072116386/facts
Edited by - AntonH on 30/12/2024 01:12:14
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