It's been a long time since I've done any research so I'm not familiar with the site any longer and couldn't find my postings but have since found them and will continue on from there. Thanks for the link! (((Hugs)))
Hej! I'm searching for: Ole Lee b. August 13, 1876 in Christiania, Norway d. April 10, 1907 in Fargo, North Dakota and is buried in Scandia Cemetary in Deerwood, Minnesota. I have his parents listed as: August & Gertrude Lee but other than that I have no information on their whereabouts in Norwa...
Hej Jack! Wow! I've seen Yli Muonio on a map! Now "Kven" = native? So was he native Finn or is Kven a whole other ethnic group apart from Finns or Sami people? Thank you for the information...So my line, Abraham, was born in Norway to Kven och Sami parents....so would he be considered Norwegian? "Ab...
Hello Marianne and Gullbjorg! It's been a while since I posted...also I hope I thanked you both for helping me with information about my family. (((HUGS))) I recently received a photo of my farmors mormor, Margrethe Kathrine Abrahamsdotter. I thought you might like to see a photo of her.
Hejsan DISNorge! Below you'll find two photographs of Ole "LEE" as he was known in America, b. October 13, 1877 or August 13, 1876 in Christiania, Norway (I was originally given the 1877 date which was taken from the headstone but my Aunt later sent me the information that was written in the family ...
Hello Here is the baptisme to Lars Elias. Parents Lars Larsen and Berte Hansdatter, Erstad. KB Ørskog 1816-1832 s 114 nr 5. www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read?idx_kildeid=15987&idx_id=15987&uid=ny&idx_side=-59 Anne Lisbeth Hej Anne Lisbeth! Thank you for the baptismal record, I didn't have ...
Ah, lovely - your Lars Larsen Erstad is from Ørskog (Oerskog) parrish in the county of Møre og Romsdal. I will try to work on that. But Lars must be related to my xgrandfather Are you sure Grete's father is Abraham? Might be if the B is in the A, but..... Lynette skriver du svensk?? Hej Marianne! M...
Hello! I'm trying to decipher all the information on the marriage record below: m My ancestor, Lars Elias Larsen Erstad married Grethe Katharine Abrahamsdotter December 1, 1862 in Alta, Finnmark, Norway. Bridegrooms father was Lars Larsen...what I'm having trouble deciphering is the Bride's father's...
[quote="Jon Sværen"]A man, Olaf Augustson from Wermland, SWEDEN, 20 year in 1896, from Oslo to New York 17 th April 1896. You find him on "Digitalarkivet", "Emigranter Oslo 1867 - 1930", no 117.304, 1271. Hej Jon! I know that LEE might not be his family name but perhaps taken upon emigrati...
Hej Hanne och Anne Lisbeth! Thank you for your help and suggestions. I just received some information that came from a family bible which says that Ole LEE was born on August 13, 1876 not the other date and that he was born in Christiania, Norway. Parents were August and Gertrude Lee. Now LEE was pr...
m , if I am looky .. From Lee in "Vik i Sogn" altso Ola Larson Nygard Lee, born 16.6.1881, til USA in 1903. Work on a farm in St. Paul, Minnesota. People in Norway, said he was unmarried and no children. Gretrud is a well-know (velkjent) name in Vik. BUT AUGUST is NOT a well-know name in Vik.[/quote...
Hello I found that the farmname "Lee" exists. 1 farm in Rennesøy, Rogaland, and 4 in Vik, Sogn & Fjordane. In Vik, S & Fj i found one Ole Andreassen born in 1877, who`s father lived on the farm Lee. But the birthdate is 25/11. Parents Andreas Eilifsen and Anna Olsdatter. I also found one Ol...
Hejsan DISNorge! Below you'll find two photographs of Ole LEE b. October 13, 1877 in Norway (place unknown). He emigrated to USA sometime before 1905 and there he married Christine Marie OLSON on July 8, 1905 at the Salem Lutheren Church in Deerwood, Minnesota USA. He died on April 10, 1907 in Fargo...