Norwegian Emigrants 1825-1875

Passenger Information

Name: A.

Age: 10

Sex: !!

Ship: Bark Kong Sverre

Year: 1844

Captain: D. N. Fischer

Departure: Bergen - June 1

Arrival: New York - Aug. 2

Source: NARA Roll # 55, no 642 — Transcribed by Børge Solem - 2002

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A Duffy (18.12.2013)

Anna Godskalksdtr Meland, female

A Duffy (26.01.2020)

1832 born Voss, Hordaland, Norway. 1850 Dunkirk twp, Dane Co, WI. 1853 Married Lars Thorbjornson Gjesme.(aka "Benson")1853 in Dane Co WI. 1855 Waterloo twp, Allamakee, IA.1861 Wanamingo,twp, Goodhue Co, MN..1880 died Goodhue Co, MN and buried Holden Lutheran Cemetery, Kenyon, Goodhue Co, MN.(headstone lost. Husband Lars Gjesme remarries after Anna's death and he shares headstone with second wife Guri (Rong) Gjesme.

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