Axel and Holger Gjerstad

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In need of some help here!!

I finally found somthing that might be a real lead!! Jippi!

My greate grandfather, Olger Sigfred Gjerstad, disapeared from Norway without a trace. My father meet an old man in Seatle in the late 60's, propably Olger, but at that time no one knew that my grandmum had an other father than her siblings.

Now I found in the Ellis island records;

Axel Gjerstad 24y, arrived the port of New York on june 9th 1919 on the Kronprins Gustav Adolf from Antwerpen.

Holger!! Gjerstad 25y, arrived the port of New York on october 2th 1922 on Bergensfjord from Christiania.

"My" Olger was born 1897 in Buksnes, Lofoten, Norway and his brother Aksel born 1894 same place. They lived in Bodin (Bodø) at the cencus of 1910. I can't find any emigration on them, or leaving Bodin - but I hope that this are them.

Anyone that can help me? Where did they go from New York?

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New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957

Name: Axel Gjerstad
Arrival Date: 9 Jun 1919
Birth Year: abt 1895
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Ethnicity/Race­/Nationality: Norwegian
Port of Departure: Antwerp, Belgium
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Ship Name: Kronprins Gustaf Adolf

Axel er cook ombord. Engasjert i Baltimore i 24 april 1919. Står med paid off (betyr kanskje at han ikke skal være med lengre).

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New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957

Name: Aksel Gjerstad
Arrival Date: 17 Nov 1925
Birth Year: abt 1895
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Ethnicity/Race­/Nationality: Scandinavian
Port of Departure: Bluefields, Nicaragua
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Ship Name: Mathilda

Aksel er kokk ombord.

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New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957

Name: Holgar Gjerstad
Arrival Date: 2 Oct 1922
Birth Year: abt 1897
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Ethnicity/Race­/Nationality: Scandinavian
Port of Departure: Christiania
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Ship Name: Bergensfjord

Holgar er en del av mannskapet (ordinary seaman). Engasjert i Kristiania 21. sep 1922. Står oppført med 0 tidligere turer.

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New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957

Name: Olger Gjerstad
Arrival Date: 23 Jul 1947
Birth Year: abt 1897
Age: 50
Ethnicity/Race­/Nationality: Norwegian
Place of Origin: Norway
Port of Departure: Reykjavik, Iceland
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Ship Name: Salmon Knot

Han er fortsatt norsk. Han står på lista over discharged seamen. Engasjert 26. mai 1947.

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New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957

Name: Olger S Gjerstad
Arrival Date: 15 Nov 1943
Birth Year: abt 1897
Age: 46
Ethnicity/Race­/Nationality: Norwegian
Place of Origin: Norway
Port of Departure: Port Arthur, Texas
Port of Arrival: New York, New York To Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Ship Name: Axtell J Byles

Engasjert i denne havnen.

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New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
about Olger S Gjerstad Name: Olger S Gjerstad
Arrival Date: 15 Nov 1943
Birth Year: abt 1897
Age: 46
Ethnicity/Race­/Nationality: Norwegian
Place of Origin: Norway
Port of Departure: Palermo, Italy
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Ship Name: Axtell J Byles

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New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957

Name: Olger Gjerstad
Arrival Date: 8 Jul 1945
Birth Year: abt 1897
Age: 48
Ethnicity/Race­/Nationality: Norwegian
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England
Port of Arrival: New York, New York To Galveston, Texas
Ship Name: Rufus Choate

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New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957

Name: Olger Gjerstad
Arrival Date: 11 Sep 1947
Birth Year: abt 1897
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Ethnicity/Race­/Nationality: Scandinavian
Port of Departure: Reykjavik, Iceland
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Ship Name: Salmon Knot

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Jippi!!!

Dette er med andre ord riktig mann!! Kjære vene som vi har lett etter han!

Han var med andre ord sjømann resten av livet. Ser ikke ut som han kom tilbake til Norge noen gang, pappa møtte han som sagt i Seatle på midten av 60 tallet. Han var veldig nysgjerrig på dem der hjemme, men pappa ante ikke at han hadde en annen morfar, og denne mannen han møtte sa ingenting.

Da må jeg bare fortsette å lete etter evt. ektefelle og barn.

Tusen takk!!!

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Har ikke funnet ham død i staten Washington, og han er fortsatt norsk statsborger i 1947.

Det er ikke tilgjengelige folketellinger i USA etter 1930.


Jeg kan ikke mye om om dette, men ettersom han ble engasjert i Kristiania i 1922, så kan kanskje han finnes i et eller annet hyreregister/sjømannsruller.

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