Knut Grasslain

[gj10647]

Knut K. Grasslain(?) was born in 1859 and emigrated to the USA in1880. He married Mette Ottersdatter born 1869 in Stjørdal,NT.

Any idea where Knut Grasslain is from - I assume he is from NT. He and Mette married right after she arrived with her parents. Their tickets were paid for by someone in USA - Knut maybe?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Solveig Schavland.

[Marit Lorvik Sørli]

There are 15 named Knut in N-T in 1865 census.

No match for birth 1859.......

http://digitalarkivet.arkivverket.no/ft/sok/1865

[gj10647]

Do you have any suggestion what the name Grasslain was originally - assuming it was changed in the USA? Names were so often changed after arrival in the USA.

[gj09303]

Hi

I would think the ending -lain originally was -land.

Some possibilities:
Grasland, Grøsland, Gæsland.

Vivi

[dn24975]

I think it is Gressli in Stjørdal. Lain probably should be Lein which means hillside, as does Li(en).
Grasslain = Graslein = Gressli

Of course that does not necessarily mean he was born in Stjørdal.

https://www.google.no/maps/place/Gressl ... c036939efa

[Tove Dahl Johansen]

Knud K. Grasslain - I think it is probable that the K. stands for Knudsen. - Tove DJ