Peder Rasmussen fra Fana

[dn14475]

Peder er eldste sønn, født 1810-12 på gården Fjelltveit i Fana.
Foreldre er Rasmus Monsen Frotveit f.1779-1867 og Brita Olsdtr. f.1780-1834.
De giftet seg 1.juli 1810

Jeg har ikke klart å finne opplysninger om at Peder giftet seg før han dro til USA,
vet heller ikke når han dro, men ting tyder jo på at han må ha vært blant de tidligste utvandrerne og passasjerlistene som jeg har sjekket, gav ingen treff ettersom den har mest data for siste delen av 1800-tallet og utover...

Noen som kan hjelpe eller tilfeldigvis kjenner til denne karens historie?

[Margit R Bakke]

Hei Kari,
Here is your Peder's record from the Church book in 1811 it appears (I cannot read the date):

Source information: Hordaland county, Fana, Parish register (official) nr. A 6 (1800-1815), Birth and baptism records 1812, page 56-57.
Permanent pagelink: http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read?i ... x_side=-28
Permanent imagelink: http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:NBN:no-a1 ... 620028.jpg

Second one on the left page.

Have you checked the Church books for him leaving or marriage??

It appears his Confirmation record is here, he is #4.

Source information: Hordaland county, Fana, Parish register (official) nr. A 7 (1816-1828), Confirmation records 1826, page 266.
Permanent pagelink: http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read?i ... _side=-176
Permanent imagelink: http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:NBN:no-a1 ... 620255.jpg

Margit in Minnesota

[dn14475]

Hei Margit

Tusen takk for en hjelpende hånd! Deilig å få hjelp av noen som klarer å tolke "blondeskriften i kirkebøkene" bedre enn meg....jeg har bladd forbi han uten å finne han, så nå vet jeg ihvertfall at han ble døpt 18 aug 1811, for det var mye tydeligere å lese på konfirmasjonen, bortsett fra at om ikke du hadde skrevet at det var nr.4, så hadde jeg aldri gjettet på at det sto Peder Rasmussen i navnefeltet...hehe

Nei, jeg har ikke klart å finne at han giftet seg før han dro. Mistenker derfor at han har dratt på egenhånd, men det er bare min teori. han er liksom et ukjent blad for meg da det er hans bror som er min direkte slektning. Syns likevel det var såpass facinerende at han som er født så tidlig på 1800 utvandret og derfor blir hans historie muligens litt ulik mange av mine andre slektninger som dro i perioden 1870-1920.

Siden jeg ikke har funnet noe vielse på han, antar jeg at han kan ha utvandret mens han var i 20-årene allerede. Har prøvd å lete blant andre slektninger på den tiden for å se om de evt var flere som dro i den tidsperioden, men har ikke kommet opp med noe ennå.

[Margit R Bakke]

Hei Kari!

If you want me to help you here in the USA, you need to write in English.


Margit in Minnesota

[dn14475]

Sorry since you understood my first note, I thought you were comfortable with reading Norwegian....

Here is a summary of what I wrote:

I am very thankful for someone helping me with understanding the handwriting in the church records. I missed him, and I would have done it again if you had not mentioned the #4.
Now we know he was baptisted 18 Aug 1811.

I have not found any marriage notes for him, so I believe he went on his own.
I know nothing of him, since a younger brother of him is my closest relative, but I find Peder very interesting because he probably left Norway in his 20`s and much earlier than any of my other relatives.(normally 1870-1920)

I `ve looked for close relatives to Peder to see if others also left, but so far I`ve not come across any in this part of the family.

Very thankful for all help you can give me

[Margit R Bakke]

Hei Kari!

Yes, I do understand when someone gives dates and names and is looking for family in the USA, but I do not understand otherwise.
I have checked all the census and records and can think of and I do not find your Peder/Peter in the USA with the information given by you. I would suggest you keep looking for records of him leaving Norway. He may have gone anywhere, not just the USA. Have you checked all the Death Records in the Church Books online? Perhaps he died.

Margit in Minnesota

[dn14475]

Hi again,

thanks for checking around for me.
So far, I have not found any records of him as dead either...

I have not checked so many sources, other than Digitalarkivet, coz I just stumbled across the info about this sibling`s emigration in a book from the Fana parish as I was looking for more details about my right-lined relatives...

...but since he lived 200 years ago, maybe other relatives that I dont know about today reads my post and solves my mystery..?

[Margit R Bakke]

Hei Kari!
If the relatives who emigrated to America were related to your Peter, perhaps if you give their names and birthdates and information, they may have been coming to visit him here if he was here.
Margit in Minnesota

[dn14475]

Sure!
But so far, he is the only one on my grandmother`s side that I had found emigrating...
...and probably very early too...

I think I have to dig closer into his other cousins and reveal more of the family history before I can solve this..