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Deb Nelson Gourley papers, 1863-2005
Raised on the family 150-year-old Norwegian ancestral farm in Amherst, Near Canton, in southeastern Minnesota. Author of "Astri, My Astri: Norwegian Heritage Stories." Inspiration for Deb's stories are her Norwegian ancestors, who began emigrating as early as 1845 from various areas of Norway, including Hallingdal, Numedal, Telemark, Voss, Sognefjord, Valdres, and Selbu near Trondheim.
Includes tabloid sized colored pictures that illustrate her research on the 1862 Belmont (Jackson County, MN) Massacre [continuation of published work on the Hjørnevik family]; family pedigree chart; photocopies of letter (dated Dec. 18, 1863) by Ole Estenson Lonashaug describing the Belmot Massacre. -
Norway-America letters, 1874-1993
Original, typescript, and photocopies of letters written by Norwegians to relatives and friends in America. -
America-America letters, 1862-1998
Original, typescript, and photocopies of letters written by Norwegians immigrants to relatives and friends in America. -
Stephenson-Hanson family contract, 1895
Stephenson-Hanson Family Contracts drawn up in 1895 between Christopher and Karen Stephenson of Wesby, Wisconsin, and their daughter Anna Marie and husband, Bernt Hanson. A Norwegian pension practice continued on American soil.
Contract agreed upon to provide parents $845 for the farm, and agreed to support them for the rest of their lives. Conditions clearly spelled out such as yearly supply of firewood, coffee, and spending money. -
Hegge family documents, 2003
Hegge family documents (photoscan and summary) detailing family bible and the "Mayville" and "Whitehall" documents [retrieved from farm of Hegge, Norway either in 1880 or 1906 and brought to Whitehall, Wisconsin by Nels (Neils) Hegge. Some of the documents were later given to Isaac Hegge of Mayville, North Dakota.
Summary information and photoscans of several documents grouped under "Mayville" documents, including: a deed to Torger Pederson Heggen of a part of the farm of ostre (east) Hegge (1722); Anders Anderson Klocker has purchased the farm of Heggen at public auction (1726); a deed to the farm of Hegge (1727); Klocker paid his debt (1728); at the farm of Kluke in Biri, registered at Melby court on Nov. 17, 1730. Klocker sells farm to Ole Olsen Onsom of Ringsaker parish (1730); Record of payment of dues (rent) (1731); a form letter related to the last will and testament of the former "vaktmester" of the Opland Dragoons regiment Ole Olson Hegge. (1821/31); Last Will and Testiment of Ole Olson Hegge III (1832); a '"foderadsbrev" (retirement agreement) between Ole Baardsen Hegge and wife Oline Nielsdatter on the one hand, and their son-in-law, Frederik Evensen Krageberg, on the other (1833); a small pox vaccination certificate for Even Fredriksen Hegge (1838).
"Whitehall" documents include: letter from the royal viceroy to the following people on the two Hegge farms. It is an evaluation of various farms in Biri. The letter is directed to (Torsten Pedersen Hegge, Marte Olsdatter, Ole Arnesen, and Halvor Olsen Hegge). Note: Ole Olson Onson purchased Hegge in 1730; a froderadsbrev (pension agreement) stems from second husband of Mari Baardsdatter who married Ole Olson Hegge II (possibly the same as one of the "Mayville' documents; a letter from King Frederick the 4th of Norway relating to the crown's sale of ostre (east) Hegge to Klocker (1726); Ole Olsen ostre Hegge's transfer of the farm to his son Ole Olsen and daughter-in-law Mari Baardsdatter (1748); Settlement of the este of Ole Olsen Hegge I and his late wife Eli Pedersdatter. This document provides genealogical information, which is not in the printed Norwegian sources (1767); Baard Olsen ostre Hegge purchases the farm (1782); Baard Olsen Hegge's pension agreement with his mother (1783); Gubir Pedersdatter Simestad had been the ward of Ole Olson Hegge (1765) -
Moum family papers, 1896-2003
Moum Family materials (1896-2003) collected by or created by Stanley G. Moum, including poetry by Erik Olsen Moum (translated by Berit Lindley), Moum and related family genealogies, photographs, and biographical information. Erick Moum (1873-1943) was born on the Moum farm near Soknedal, Trondelag district, Norway. He immigrated with his father in 1890 and worked in Menomonie, WI, for the Stout Lumber Company. He relocated to Santley, WI about 1900.- Moum/Moen/Mohn/Egdahl Family Directory. Printed genealogical booklet with photographs. Includes family of Lauren "Bud" Egdahl, St. Olaf '50, who was involved in transfer of desk on which articles of incoporation were signed. 32 pages,v2003
- Biographical information, family stories, and photographs (c. 1860s-1939). Printed copies of pages from www.myfamily.com: Smoum (password protected). 34 pages. 1999-2002
- Erik Olsen Moum poetry notebook (English). Photocopy of manuscript. 68 pages, 2003
- Erik Olsen Moum poetry notebook, 1896 (English). Typescript. Incomplete. Includes correspondence about translation by Berit Lindley (2003). 24 pages, 1896
- L. F. Haanshus, Geneology of Haanshus-Soelberg (Christiania, Norway, 1913). Photocopy of published genealogy. Includes photocopy of 1968 additions, corrections, and related material. 74 pages. 1913-1968
- "A Detlie Family from Oppdal". Photocopy from an unknown source. Includes genealogical information about Lossius, Hals, Meldal, Bull families. 18 pages. 1913-1968
- Erik Olsen Moum poetry notebook (Norwegian). Manuscript. Includes: several copies of letter to Congressman James A Frear, protesting British interference with Norwegian and American commerce (in English). 75 pages. 1896-1914
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Sjur J. Hommedahl scrapbooks, 1935-1939
Sjur (Severt) S. Hommedahl, Cannon Falls, Minnesota, scrapbooks (1935-1939). General interest clippings which include obituaries, postcards, greetings, and local historical items. S.S. Homedahl, was the son of Torbjorn S. Hommedahl who emmigrated from Voss in 1850 and settled in Leon Township, Goodhue County.- Scrapbook 1: clipping "Honor Memory of Pioneer Pastor. Founder of Vasa Church, born 100 years ago. [Dr. Eric Norelius]"; multiple clippings, "The Sioux Massacre" [Native American/Indian uprising] by O.O. Enestvedt; clipping "Old Timer Thinks about those Good Old Days of Yore [S. Hommedahl]" recounts youth and Red Wing…"I have seen this city only a mud hole. I have seen many farmers getting stuck with their loads in sloughs and creeks for want of bridges. They then had to carry grain sacks over their shoulder to town. Instead of using the slow walking oxen, my father, many times, preferred to walk to Red Wing and carry on his shoulder whatever he needed for the family. When he used oxen it took two days. One flour on his shoulder from Red Wing to our home which then was 24 miles from the city…I remember I went with my father to the Holden Church (B.J. Muus, pastor). We had no automobile to ride in but we took a yoke of oxen and "kubberole" (a home-made wagon of all wood and wheels sawed from a big log); clipping on "Otto Sverdrup" 1935-1939
- Scrapbook 2: several advertisement/color photo clippings of the Dionne quintuplets (ca. 1935-36); clipping "Norseman Brings Artic Circle Art to Exhibition City" [Bernt Cluver, grandson of B.J. Muus]; photo clipping of "Biggest Woman and Smallest Man in the world" [Nellie Lane & Major Mite]; photo clipping of world's smallest man [Paul Del Rio]; postcards: Fort Dodge, Iowa; Presbyterian Church, Willmar, MN; Canby, MN; New Settlers "Their first Shack in the Northwest"; clipping "Large Attendance at Midsummer Day Fete at Vasa" Lars W. Boe spoke; photo clipping of Mrs. Ellen Rolland, Roger Blakstad, Olin Rolland, Mrs. Alvin Blakstad; political ad for Sen. Henrik Shipstead; 1935-1939
- Scrapbook 3: real photo postcards: several of Garretson, South Dakota; Excelsior Geyser, Yellowstone Park; Swea Lutheran Church, Carver, MN; Sandstone, MN; Norway Beach; Government locks and high bridge, Mississippi River, MN; several of Amery, Wisc.; River Falls, Wisc.; several of Watertown, South Dakota; Rice Lake, Wisc.; Pavilion, Minnehaha Park, Minn.; Railroad scene in the Rocky Mountains; Pine Island, MN; Clayton, Wisc.; Lac Qui Parle County homecoming (1911); several of Charlie Jackson and his home; Mr. And Mrs. Nels Bjørnson; parsonage of Spring Garden; Bruno, MN; Buffalo, NY; Cannon Falls, MN; Niagara Falls; Seal Rock from Cliff House, California; Zulu Women drinking Kaffir Beer, Kimberley, Africa; Norway postcards; clipping "Holden Honors Pioneer Pastor [B.J. Muus]; 1935-1939
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Ole Jone Eide thesis, 2004
Ole Jone Eide master thesis written at the University of Bergan, Norway, and published November 2004 (softcover, 107 pages).
"Et tidlig utvandringsmiljø. En studie av organisert pioneremigrasjon til Amerika 1821-1854, med særlig vekt på Finnøy prestegjeld" [An Early Migration Environment. A Study of Organized Pioneer Emigration to America 1821-1854, with special focus on Finnøy Parish].
Eide's thesis analyzes the role of central pioneers, e.g., Cleng Peerson, during the first organized emigration to America from the Nordic countries [sloop "Restauration, 1825] that can be linked to the large scale emigration movement from the Finnøy region [Rogaland County, Norway]. Key questions addressed: How did these pioneers establish this early migration environment? What were the governmental reactions at different levels? Relevant search words: Stavanger, Norge, Finnoy, emigrasjon, immigrasjon, utvandring. -
Aid Society Norden papers, 1886-1992
"Hjelpreforeningen Norden" Established in 1886 in Hudson, Wisconsin, when a group of young Scandinavian men decided to do something to aid one another when sickness and death fell on their numbers. Membership was for men or women of Scandinavian origin between the ages of 16 and 50, in good health, and not engaged in the sale of liquor. They took turns nursing when night aid was needed. Over time, you were allowed to join if you married a Scandinavian. Minutes were kept in Norwegian until 1936. The organization disbanded in 1992.
Includes copy of member roster, 1931-1948. Published in the PIPOST, vol. 20, no. 2, Sept. 2004 (newsletter of the St. Croix Valley Genealogical Society). -
Halvo Quam (Kveim) papers, 1889-1899
Born in Gjerstad, Norway, January 20, 1868. He was a graduate of the Aas school of agriculture, Norway. At the age of 24 he came to Minneapolis, moved to Seattle in 1898, and the same year went to the Yukon Territory seeking gold. A founding member of the Monitor Gold Mining and Trading Company. In 1901 he settled in Everett and opened the Quam & Clausen Coffee & Tea Company, which he operated until 1912. In that year he went into the insurance and real estate business and in 1924 he took the secretaryship of the Scandinavian Savings and Loan Company, later Everett Federal Savings and Loan Association (manager at the time of his death).
Includes:
- Diary from gold prospecting expedition
- Begins in Minneapolis and concludes in the Yukon Territory. January 1, 1898-August 31, 1899.
- "Minnebok", Rauland Folkehøyskole, Seljord, Telemark (1889-1891)
- Memorandum.
- Handwritten collection of Norwegian and some English poems and songs; Chemical laboratory notes, Aas Landbruksskole, 1891.
- Lecture notes, "Botanikk", Aas Landbruksskole, 1890
- Lecture notes, "Havebrugslære, Aas Landbruksskole, undated
- Diary from gold prospecting expedition