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It seems there is a criminal in the Sundheim ancestry, that could not resist the temptation of committing a serious crime in 1878. As the information from police reports and court minutes might suggest, there are several other persons involved in the theft. According to an article in the australian “Victoria Police Gazette” on 22
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Overraskelsen ble stor da et tilfeldig søk førte til at en til nå ukjent gren i slekten ble kjent. Vi kjente til at de fleste i denne søskenflokken emigrerte fra Sverige til Norge på 1850-70 tallet, og de er omtalt i flere artikler på dette nettstedet. Nå viser det seg at alle emigrerte til Norge.
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For those who wish to look into the family lineage, then check out the TNG database available on this site. Suggestions or corrections are welcome. Views: 471
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Vi lurte lenge på hvem tippoldefar var, men kirkebøker avslørte at tippoldemor Mathea Mortensdatter Frøsehagen f.1847 fikk sitt første barn med Peter Iversen Fyksehagen f.1850 utenom ekteskap. Randine Pedersen ble født i 1868, og vi må anta at det var skambelagt å vokse frem som et uekte barn, så familien valgte vel å holde lokk
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Even Olsen Sollie Wold b.1822 married Anne Olsdatter Gubberud Sundem b.1824 in 1849 in Sør Aurdal. They had atleast 6 children, and emigrated from Norway to America about 1880. They settled in Moline, Rock Island IL. Even Wold seems to be listed sometimes as Ole Wold, and in census 1870 as Evind Wold. Possibly there
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Mikkel & Carrie Hoff (aka Mikkel Syversen Hoff & Kari Andersdatter ) emigrated to America from Vestre Slidre in 1872 with the immigrantship “St Olaf”. According to the daughter Tina Hoff, they came first to Springdale, Wisconsin, and later they moved on to Grand Meadow, Minnesota. Tina Hoff describied in a newspaper interview in “Valdres”
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Astrid Eriksdatter Sundem b. 1806 married Ole Olsen Magistad b.1809, and settled at Kirkevold in Vestre Slidre. They had quite a few children. The family emigrated to the US between 1865-1870. Ole & Astrid emigrated with the Bark “Valkyrien” in 1869, after they had sold their farm in 1868 to teacher Helge Arnesen Granheim from
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Andreas Syvertsen b.1857 was half-brother to Peder Olsen b.1837, and they lived together at Næs in Dypvåg on the 1865 census, as well as with Peder Olsens cousin Hans Hansens family. Andreas signed on “URDA” in Tvedestrand, Norway in 1875. This was his first vessel at the age of 17., and he signed on as
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Karl Mathiasen Brustuen b.25 Oct 1907 emigrated to Canada in 1927. Rumor has it that he disappeared in Canada. Some traces show he may have farmed and lived in Alberta, Canada. This is an attempt to bring the facts about what really happened. (Photo of Skeikampen mountain in Østre Gausdal) The parents was Mathias Simensen
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Skipet M/S Austvard ble sunket av tyske fly nær Donegalbukta i Irland 31 januar 1941. Skipet var på vei til Immingham i England med jernmalm fra Lorenco Marques i Mozambique. 22 mann omkom, og 17 av dem var nordmenn. En av de omkomne var matros Odd Barth Nilsen f.1912. Minnehallen Digitalt museum Skipshistorie.net Krigsseilerregisteret Views:
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Dampskipet “Alf” forliste i november 1898, et sted i nærheten av Vaderøene ca 6 sjømil vest fra Fjellbacka på Sveriges vestkyst. Skipet var lastet 2000 tonn hvete fra Ibrail, Romania, og var på vei til Stockholm. Skipet var innom Hartlepool, for å laste drivstoff (kull), før det la ut på sin siste etappe 1te november
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