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Floren and Haugen family history, undated
"A Psalm book…and a Good Pair of Shoes: The Floren and Haugen Family, 13 Generations, From Tangvold Farm, Hegra Parish, Stjørdalen, Norway, to Valley Grove, Northfield, Minnesota" by Carol-Jean Swanson Boevers.
The book includes general information about Norway, descriptions of each generation of the family, information about Norwegian emigration to America, and information about Norwegian life in America, including topics such as keeping Norwegian culture, education, preserving ties with Norway, religion, and American names.
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Letters from Ole Rocksvold, 2017
Letters from Ole Rocksvold. Decorah, IA: Anundsen Publishing Company. 492 page bound volume of the life, letters, and family history of Ole Rocksvold, born 1832 at Roksvold(en) farm, Vestre Toten, Norway and immigrated in 1853 to US through Quebec, Canada, then Wisconsin, and finally to Glenwood, IA. Served in the US Civil War and was a captured prisoner of war at Shiloh/Pittsburg Landing, TN. He was released from prison, then also served at the battle of Vicksburg, MS. After he was mustered out in 1864, he married Anne Gulbrandsdatter (Gilbertson) Strandbakken (b. 1839 at Strandbakken farm, Handeland, Norway) in Decorah, IA. Ole was Postmaster of the Thoten Post Office for 25 years and a founder of the Glenwood Lutheran Church. He died in 1922. Also included in collection is companion CD. -
Joan N. Buckley collection, 2017
From a Rocky Farm in Norway: The immigration stories of our relatives who made America our home (2017). Includes chapters: Crossing Alone: Thanks to Guri Syversdatter Sundbrei, a little woman in stature but a giant in faith, many of us call America home, Leaving the Family Farm: Syver [Groth] was the firsts of ten siblings to voyage to America, and Heading Inland: Svend Halstenson Groth’s letters describe the journey from New York to Wisconsin to Iowa -
Rodahl family history, 2012
The Rodahl Family: The Descendants of Ole K. Bakken, Bergitte ‘Betsy’ Peterson, &Halvor Rodahl 1840-2012, by Jean Trueblood Bye. Family settled in Swift County, Minnesota. -
Iverson-Johnson family history, 2013
The Iversen-Johnson family: Descendants of Iver Sandberg Johannesen Kroger og Johanna Bertuelsdatter of Aag, Meloy, Norway. -
Ed. S. and Susanna Johnson family history, 2013
Letters from Ed. S. and Susanna Johnson of Hatton, N.D. to Susann’s Brother Johan Norum of Vaagenge, Rødøy, Norway (2013, with accompanying family history report & original letters, dating 1926-1966). -
Ivar Carlsen oral history, 2015
Fifty Years on Seven Seas: A Life On Board “The Ship”. Son of Sandefjord, Master Mariner, My Father Ivar Carlsen (2015, 60 page transcription, oral history conducted and edited by son, Carl Carlsen). Note from Carl Carlsen: “My father was born in Sandefjord in 1919 and was in the Norwegian merchant marine before and during WW2. ...in his narrative my father tells how he sought employment on American merchant marine vessels during WW2 and after [while based in the Philippines] in order to facilitate his acquiring American citizenship, which he did mid-century. Brooklyn figures into his narrative asa place to be while not at sea during the War and as a place to retain histies to Norway as a member of the War Sailors club after his retirement from decades of sailing with Gulf Oil. -
Engel Revne Rood family history, 1987
A compilation of photographs, pedigree charts, and family correspondences (1886-1934). Includes short biography of Engel Revne Rood (1865-1943), a native of Baldersheim, Norway, who left home at age 15. After four years of working on a freighter he saved enough money and settled in Leland, Illinois. Here he met and later married Ella Svenson in 1892. The couple moved to Oklahoma and later Bode, Iowa. Eleven children were born to them. -
Signe M. Clausen Marton family history, 1890-2008
Clausen emigrated from Norway in1923, and settled in Illinois. Her brother, Morton, served as Editor andPublisher for the Hamilton Press in Hamilton, Illinois. In 1971, Clausenvisited Norway (transcribed letters included) for the first time in 48 years. Scanned photographs saved to CD and printed.
Includes:
- 40+ letters exchanged with family members in Norway (1971-1984).
- (Alden W. Clausen, President of Bank of America).
- postcards: Somers, Montana; boat excursion at FlatheadLake, Montana; winter logging with sled; exterior and interior postcards ofNorwegian Lutheran Church, Somers, Montana.
- postcards: GreatNorthern Railroad over Flathead River at Coram, Montana; Christmas;Thanksgiving; Hudson River from West Point Battery; Boating by Moonlighton the Missouri River near Great Falls, Montana; Mauritania Cunard Liner;romantic; Statue of Liberty; winter scenery; Daughters and Sons of NorwayHall, Seattle, Washington; Rapid City, South Dakota American Legion paradeheld in Omaha, Nebraska (Bison pulling float); real photos of familymembers: man standing with fishing pole and 22 fish.
- A Journey to a Beloved Country (2015, Received electronically and subsequently printed).
- Excerpted letters written during the summer of 1971 while revisitingNorway for the first time since emigrating in 1923 from Bo, Nordland, Norway.
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Ruth Crane family papers, circa 1980
Collection of information on the Ole and Kristi Tillotson family. Includes "Ole T. Rong/Ole R. Tillerson, Marta H. Nyre, and Christie E. Sleen: Their ancestors in Norway and descendants in America," compiled by Ruth Hanold Crane.