This is what I know can anyone give me a direction, is is as far I anyone in the family has gone. Sophie (Peters) Koster (Opa's mother) was daughter of Peter Von Zobel Peter Von Zobel was a land baron in Holland (Approx 1780) Peter Von Zobel was father of my great grandmother Peter Von Zobel born in Holland - had only one son and one daughter. Opa's father born in Mecklenburg, year 28 January 1787. Von Zobel fled from Holland, with the two brother during one of their civil wars, to Mecklenburg and left behind their land holdings and estates (in Holland) and then changed their name to Peters because they did not want to attract attention by continuing to be a Von Zobel or a land-baron - but instead they wanted to (Start anew) by being one of the plain people. The Holland Government put a notice in the German newspapers sometime after that war (approx 1790) that persons should put in their claim for their land and property left in Holland (in cases where the former & present or last known owners could not be located) There upon the Peters sent one of their man servants to Holland with the proper papers for clams to be presented instead of going themselves; but, nothing was ever heard of that again and neither of those papers. Sophie (Opa's mother) had separate papers for their claim. She had only one brother and in 1868 or 69 her brother came to her and asked her if she & he should take up the claim again, to which she replied that they had plenty of money for themselves and that they should not spend more money on it. Sophie (Opa's mother) married Carl Ludwig Koster year unknown, they had six boys and one daughter: last two (boys) were twins Opa & Carl - Others were Fritz, Albert, Emil, Joseph (died young), Joseph II, Mathilde, then the twins, with the twins being the youngest.

Anne Ohlgren wrote: > Hello, I am researching my husband's ancestors from Norway. > The name seems to have been spelled several different ways. > OHLGREN, OHLGREEN,OLGREEN,OLGREN > So far I have > LORENTZ ANDREAS OLGREEN B. 1814 Fredrikshald maried to CAROLINE OLSDATTER > b.1823 in Aremark This surname is of Swedish origin. Fredrikshald (today: Halden) is located in Norway, but is quite close to the Swedish border. There was an army base in Fredrikshald in 1814. Perhaps Lorentz Olgren was a military? I should add that an Olgren search on the net shows up with an artillerist with this name who died in Gothenburg 1809. There is some information of him in "Släktforskarnas årsbok 2002" published by Sveriges Släktforskarförbund. Knut Bryn, Molde

Hello, I am researching my husband's ancestors from Norway. The name seems to have been spelled several different ways. OHLGREN, OHLGREEN,OLGREEN,OLGREN So far I have LORENTZ ANDREAS OLGREEN B. 1814 Fredrikshald maried to CAROLINE OLSDATTER b.1823 in Aremark Sons MAGNUS (1838)(married to Annette); SEVERIN (1840); GUNERIUS (1845) married to KAROLINE EMILIE ANDERSEN (1842); OLE MARTIN (1850); LUDVIG CONRAD (1858); and daughter ALMA OTILLIE (1860); Gunerius is my husband's gg grandfather; his son was THORMOD OHLGREN who emigrated to Canada and married OLGA PEDERSEN in Port Arthur Ontario in 1908. I cannot seem to get any further back than LORENTZ ANDREAS. Where did they come from? They do not appear on the 1801. There is another group of Ohlgrens on the census site, some of whom emigrated to Moose Lake Minnesota in the early 1900's, but so far I cannot establish a family link with them. There are only 27 Ohlgrens on the 1900 census - one would think they were possibly all related? Where would the name have originated? Is it more of a Swedish name? Or is there a place in Norway they were perhaps named after? Anne in Victoria BC

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Hi ~ I am looking for information on the parents of Kristoffer Evensen, born in 1835 in Løten in Hedmark fylke. He later emigrated to the Aamot area, and is listed in the 1865 census at the Hovde vestre gård as a Logeren with the occupation of Arbejder. In the book Österdolenes Saga, printed in the US in 1938, he is listed as having emigrated from Stor-Elvdal in 1880 with his wife, Marit Olsdtr Aamotsrønningen and their son Even, born 1879. Any information would be most appreciated. John Reindl, Genealogist Nord Hedmark og Hedemarken Lag

Hei Inger ~ Thanks for the note. Yes, I believe that this is the correct person. We don't know much about Marit, except that she came from Aamodt in Østerdalen and later married Christoffer Evensen in the 1870's and came to America in the 1880's, settling near LaCrosse, Wisconsin. If anyone comes across more information on this particular Marit Oldsdatter, we would appreciate hearing about it. Tusen takk ! Med vennlig hilsen, John Reindl, Genealogist Nord Hedmark og Hedemarken Lag Inger Eik wrote: > "John Reindl" <reindl@chorus.net> skrev i melding > news:41670799.2090001@chorus.net... > >>I am looking for information on the parents of Marit Oldsdt, born in Åmodt >>on the 3rd of September, 1853. > > > Hi, > I didn't see this until today. We have a couple of places in Norway named > Åmot/Aamot/Aamodt. I found this family in the 1865 census. Could it be the > one you are interested in? The family apparently consisted of a mother and > her three children. The youngest son seems to have a different father from > the other two. > http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/webcens.exe?slag=visbase&filnamn=f60429.wc2&gardpostnr=511&personpostnr=2369&merk=2369#ovre > > -- > mvh > Inger > >

Hi Kelly, Sorry for the late reply. I went away for a wonderful 2 day holiday with a group of lovely 'oldies' and not so oldies. Great fun - great sense of humour and good company. Thank you, I will give those two websites a try. Much appreciated. -- Di Maloney Please reply group or To reply direct, please remove '1' from email address - sas1car@alphalink.com.au "Kelly" <ella.nospam@wanadoo.fr> wrote in message news:41814124$0$3598$8fcfb975@news.wanadoo.fr... > I think at least it's worth a try. > > Have you heard of this? Anbytarforum, you can post a query in English. > http://genealogi.aland.net/discus/messages/board-topics.html > > If you really think he came from Norway, you could also try to post a > query - in English - to the debate forum at Digitalarkivet : > http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/WebFront.exe?slag=vis&tekst=meldingar&s praak=e > > kelly > > "Maloney Empire" <sas1car@alphalink.com.au> a écrit dans le message de news: > 4180f7aa@news.alphalink.com.au... > > Hi Kelly, > > > > Thanks for looking - I thought it was a long shot. > > I haven't searched the Essen in Sweden - I get confused trying to > > understand > > how to use the non-English websites. > > > > Thank goodness for people like you. > > -- > > Di Maloney > > Please reply group or > > To reply direct, please remove '1' from email address - > > sas1car@alphalink.com.au > > "Kelly" <ella.nospam@wanadoo.fr> wrote in message > > news:4180ec8e$0$3223$8fcfb975@news.wanadoo.fr... > >> > >> "Maloney Empire" <sas1car@alphalink.com.au> a écrit dans le message de > > news: > >> 4180dc0a$1@news.alphalink.com.au... > >> > Hi All, > >> > > >> > I am looking for the parents of my earliest found ancestor, Frederick > >> > Esse. > >> > Frederick married in England in 1801 to Maria Catherina Purer or Burer. > > I > >> > had been advised to look at the Norway website but I found it difficult > > to > >> > understand what to do. > >> > Frederick and Maria (known as Catherina) had several children, one > >> > being > >> > Adolphus Frederick and it was suggested that maybe Adolphus was named > >> > after > >> > his grandfather. Would someone be kind enough to have a look for me. > >> > Appreciate any assistance. > >> > -- > >> > Di Maloney > >> > Please reply group or > >> > To reply direct, please remove '1' from email address - > >> > sas1car@alphalink.com.au > >> > > >> > > >> > >> Couldn't find anyone with such a name in Norway in the 1801 census. There > >> were a few Essen, but no Frederick and no Adolphus. On the other hand, > > there > >> was one in Sweden who I found on Family Search : > >> > >> > >> > >> ADOLPH FRIDRIC ESSEN > >> Male > >> > >> Event(s): > >> Birth: > >> Christening: 14 JAN 1744 > >> > >> > >> > >> Parents: > >> Father: ERIC ESSEN > >> Mother: ANNA MARIA KIONMAN > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > >

Under kriget hade jag en god vän, Odd, vars far arbetade i Göteborg för den norska exilregeringen. Fadern var militär. Vännen hette Odd Christoffersen och efter kriget besökte jag honom i Oslo. Jag förlorade kontakten med honom och tror att han emigrerade till USA. Han var trädgårdsarbetare. Är det någon som vet något om vad som blev av Odd? Kurt Fredriksson

Hi. Is it Aamot in Osterdalen in Hedmark in Norway? What Place? in Aamot. -- Gunnar Kjell Rustad Karmsundgt. 95 5531 Haugesund Norway Phon 52 71 17 40 Mob. 41 22 86 56 gunnar100rustad@c2i.net "Inger Eik" <ikli@online.no> skrev i melding news:bJ6hd.4752$Km6.124938@news4.e.nsc.no... > > "John Reindl" <reindl@chorus.net> skrev i melding > news:41670799.2090001@chorus.net... >>I am looking for information on the parents of Marit Oldsdt, born in Åmodt >>on the 3rd of September, 1853. > > Hi, > I didn't see this until today. We have a couple of places in Norway named > Åmot/Aamot/Aamodt. I found this family in the 1865 census. Could it be the > one you are interested in? The family apparently consisted of a mother and > her three children. The youngest son seems to have a different father from > the other two. > http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/webcens.exe?slag=visbase&filnamn=f60429.wc2&gardpostnr=511&personpostnr=2369&merk=2369#ovre > > -- > mvh > Inger >

"Inger Eik" <ikli@online.no> a écrit dans le message de news: bJ6hd.4752$Km6.124938@news4.e.nsc.no... > > "John Reindl" <reindl@chorus.net> skrev i melding > news:41670799.2090001@chorus.net... >>I am looking for information on the parents of Marit Oldsdt, born in Åmodt >>on the 3rd of September, 1853. > > Hi, > I didn't see this until today. We have a couple of places in Norway named > Åmot/Aamot/Aamodt. I found this family in the 1865 census. Could it be the > one you are interested in? The family apparently consisted of a mother and > her three children. The youngest son seems to have a different father from > the other two. > http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/webcens.exe?slag=visbase&filnamn=f60429.wc2&gardpostnr=511&personpostnr=2369&merk=2369#ovre > > -- > mvh > Inger > There were two other possible candidates : http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/webcens.exe?slag=visbase&filnamn=f60419.wc2&gardpostnr=739&personpostnr=4586&merk=4586#ovre Not exactly the right age, but the census doesn't always have the right age. http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/webcens.exe?slag=visbase&filnamn=f60824&gardpostnr=239&personpostnr=1189#nedre This one is closer to the age you mentioned. They both come from a place named Aamodt. Kelly

"John Reindl" <reindl@chorus.net> skrev i melding news:41670799.2090001@chorus.net... >I am looking for information on the parents of Marit Oldsdt, born in Åmodt >on the 3rd of September, 1853. Hi, I didn't see this until today. We have a couple of places in Norway named Åmot/Aamot/Aamodt. I found this family in the 1865 census. Could it be the one you are interested in? The family apparently consisted of a mother and her three children. The youngest son seems to have a different father from the other two. http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/webcens.exe?slag=visbase&filnamn=f60429.wc2&gardpostnr=511&personpostnr=2369&merk=2369#ovre -- mvh Inger

Jakob Kornelius Gjermundsen, f. 1905 i Fjære.' Hustru: Anna Jakobine Corneliussen, f. 17 Mai 1906 i Stavanger. Døpt. 1 Juli 1906 i St. Johanneskirken i Stavanger. Foreldre: Martinius Corneliussen. f. 1866 og Anna Olava Jorine Johnsen. f. 1867. Bosatt i Stavanger. -- Gunnar Kjell Rustad Karmsundgt. 95 5531 Haugesund Norway Phon 52 71 17 40 Mob. 41 22 86 56 gunnar100rustad@c2i.net

"Hugh Watkins" <hugh_watkins@msn.com> wrote in message news:2sndd3F1lsqlgU1@uni-berlin.de... > > "Hugh Watkins" <hugh_watkins@msn.com> wrote in message > news:2sisg3F1kqa98U1@uni-berlin.de... >> http://daisy.sa.dk/default.html man skal prøve forskeligt ting > > DAISY is down today Friday 8 Octobe 2004 > > possibly I fell over a test site > which will not be publically available to 2005 << 1 december 2004 > sorry about that http://www.sa.dk/sa/aktuelt/daisyinf.htm (07.10.04) Arkivdatabasen Daisy testet på nettet I øjeblikket arbejder Statens Arkiver med at forberede den første internetudgave af Dansk ArkivalieInformationsSYstem (Daisy), der er Statens Arkivers arkivdatabase I denne forbindelse har en testudgave af Daisy været lagt på internettet, således at vi har kunnet få testet bl.a. driftssikkerheden. Statens Arkiver beklager, at internetadressen til denne testudgave ikke blev sikret tilstrækkeligt mod fremfinding, og at enkelte brugere dermed i en periode har kunnet finde testudgaven via de gængse søgemaskiner, og kan have fået det indtryk, at dette var en officiel hjemmeside. Vi skal derfor gøre opmærksom på, at der som testudgave er blevet brugt en tidlig og nu forældet version af Daisy, og at testudgaven nu er lukket ned. Testen er godt gennemført, og fra den 1. december i år vil man kunne søge de første oplysninger om Statens Arkivers samlinger på internettet. Statens Arkiver vil senere informere mere udførligt om de nye muligheder for internetsøgninger i vore samlinger <<< LOL http://www.sa.dk/sa/aktuelt/ Hugh W Hugh W

Hi Kelly, Thanks for looking - I thought it was a long shot. I haven't searched the Essen in Sweden - I get confused trying to understand how to use the non-English websites. Thank goodness for people like you. -- Di Maloney Please reply group or To reply direct, please remove '1' from email address - sas1car@alphalink.com.au "Kelly" <ella.nospam@wanadoo.fr> wrote in message news:4180ec8e$0$3223$8fcfb975@news.wanadoo.fr... > > "Maloney Empire" <sas1car@alphalink.com.au> a écrit dans le message de news: > 4180dc0a$1@news.alphalink.com.au... > > Hi All, > > > > I am looking for the parents of my earliest found ancestor, Frederick > > Esse. > > Frederick married in England in 1801 to Maria Catherina Purer or Burer. I > > had been advised to look at the Norway website but I found it difficult to > > understand what to do. > > Frederick and Maria (known as Catherina) had several children, one being > > Adolphus Frederick and it was suggested that maybe Adolphus was named > > after > > his grandfather. Would someone be kind enough to have a look for me. > > Appreciate any assistance. > > -- > > Di Maloney > > Please reply group or > > To reply direct, please remove '1' from email address - > > sas1car@alphalink.com.au > > > > > > Couldn't find anyone with such a name in Norway in the 1801 census. There > were a few Essen, but no Frederick and no Adolphus. On the other hand, there > was one in Sweden who I found on Family Search : > > > > ADOLPH FRIDRIC ESSEN > Male > > Event(s): > Birth: > Christening: 14 JAN 1744 > > > > Parents: > Father: ERIC ESSEN > Mother: ANNA MARIA KIONMAN > > > >

Hi All, I am looking for the parents of my earliest found ancestor, Frederick Esse. Frederick married in England in 1801 to Maria Catherina Purer or Burer. I had been advised to look at the Norway website but I found it difficult to understand what to do. Frederick and Maria (known as Catherina) had several children, one being Adolphus Frederick and it was suggested that maybe Adolphus was named after his grandfather. Would someone be kind enough to have a look for me. Appreciate any assistance. -- Di Maloney Please reply group or To reply direct, please remove '1' from email address - sas1car@alphalink.com.au

I think at least it's worth a try. Have you heard of this? Anbytarforum, you can post a query in English. http://genealogi.aland.net/discus/messages/board-topics.html If you really think he came from Norway, you could also try to post a query - in English - to the debate forum at Digitalarkivet : http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/WebFront.exe?slag=vis&tekst=meldingar&spraak=e kelly "Maloney Empire" <sas1car@alphalink.com.au> a écrit dans le message de news: 4180f7aa@news.alphalink.com.au... > Hi Kelly, > > Thanks for looking - I thought it was a long shot. > I haven't searched the Essen in Sweden - I get confused trying to > understand > how to use the non-English websites. > > Thank goodness for people like you. > -- > Di Maloney > Please reply group or > To reply direct, please remove '1' from email address - > sas1car@alphalink.com.au > "Kelly" <ella.nospam@wanadoo.fr> wrote in message > news:4180ec8e$0$3223$8fcfb975@news.wanadoo.fr... >> >> "Maloney Empire" <sas1car@alphalink.com.au> a écrit dans le message de > news: >> 4180dc0a$1@news.alphalink.com.au... >> > Hi All, >> > >> > I am looking for the parents of my earliest found ancestor, Frederick >> > Esse. >> > Frederick married in England in 1801 to Maria Catherina Purer or Burer. > I >> > had been advised to look at the Norway website but I found it difficult > to >> > understand what to do. >> > Frederick and Maria (known as Catherina) had several children, one >> > being >> > Adolphus Frederick and it was suggested that maybe Adolphus was named >> > after >> > his grandfather. Would someone be kind enough to have a look for me. >> > Appreciate any assistance. >> > -- >> > Di Maloney >> > Please reply group or >> > To reply direct, please remove '1' from email address - >> > sas1car@alphalink.com.au >> > >> > >> >> Couldn't find anyone with such a name in Norway in the 1801 census. There >> were a few Essen, but no Frederick and no Adolphus. On the other hand, > there >> was one in Sweden who I found on Family Search : >> >> >> >> ADOLPH FRIDRIC ESSEN >> Male >> >> Event(s): >> Birth: >> Christening: 14 JAN 1744 >> >> >> >> Parents: >> Father: ERIC ESSEN >> Mother: ANNA MARIA KIONMAN >> >> >> >> > >

"Kelly" <ella.nospam@wanadoo.fr> Ooops! My post seems to have gone through as HTML, must be because I copied from FS, sorry about that! Kelly

Larson (or Larsson) is also Norwegian. It all depends where you come from. If you come from Vestlandet (as I do), you'll mostly find Larson or Larsson in the bygdebooks (the books about specific villages or hamlets or farms) Since this man is supposed to come from Oslo (Christiania at that time) I grant you that it would no doubt be Larsen. You should also know that Lars was written in many different ways some hundred years ago, as I said i an earlier post. That's why you shouldn't only look for Lars, Lasse, Laurits or Louis for that matter. If you go to the main page of the 1865 census and just type in Forename beginning with L, you'll see a lot of variations (Förenamn | byrjar paa|). That's what makes it even more difficult, since the birthdate is so approximate. http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/WebMeta.exe?slag=vismeny&katnr=1&emnenr=3 Kelly Petit "David Webb" <djwebb2002@blueyonder.co.uk> a écrit dans le message de news: ByWfd.57787$i02.54145@fe1.news.blueyonder.co.uk... > They must have both been called Lars Larsen, because you said he was a > Larsen, so his father must have been Lars not Louis. Also Larson is tthe > Swedish spelliing, but Larsen is Danish and Norwegian.,. > > > "Dave Hunter" <scallys3@hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:3a002d3f.0410261213.1c6e7b99@posting.google.com... >> Hi, >> >> I know its a tall order but here goes. My great Grandfather Louis >> Larson, who was classed as a fisherman, was born in Oslo in either >> 1859 or 1869 ( they were unsure about his true age). ( His father by >> the same name was a stonemason )He left Norway and emigrated to >> Grimsby in England, and changed his surname to Lawson. He then married >> a Florence Ellen Winney on 7th November 1897 in Great Grimsby. That is >> all I can find out at the moment. Is there anyone out there that can >> help me trace any living relatives or point me in the right direction >> >> Thanks >> >> Dave Hunter > >

They must have both been called Lars Larsen, because you said he was a Larsen, so his father must have been Lars not Louis. Also Larson is tthe Swedish spelliing, but Larsen is Danish and Norwegian.,. "Dave Hunter" <scallys3@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:3a002d3f.0410261213.1c6e7b99@posting.google.com... > Hi, > > I know its a tall order but here goes. My great Grandfather Louis > Larson, who was classed as a fisherman, was born in Oslo in either > 1859 or 1869 ( they were unsure about his true age). ( His father by > the same name was a stonemason )He left Norway and emigrated to > Grimsby in England, and changed his surname to Lawson. He then married > a Florence Ellen Winney on 7th November 1897 in Great Grimsby. That is > all I can find out at the moment. Is there anyone out there that can > help me trace any living relatives or point me in the right direction > > Thanks > > Dave Hunter

"Dave Hunter" <scallys3@hotmail.com> > > thanks Kelly,I tried to search but it was still in Norweigan. I can > only go on what is on the marriage cert. Louis was the first name and > he had changed from Larson to Lawson so my relatives assure me. His > father is also shown as Louis. What about this Norwegian in the 1881 British census : Ludvig LARSEN Male -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Information: Birth Year <1864> Birthplace Norway Age 17 Occupation A B Seaman Marital Status U <Unmarried> Head of Household J. NORBOY Relation Other Disability -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source Information: Vessel "Einar..." Census Place Cardiff St Mary, Glamorgan, Wales Family History Library Film 1342273 Public Records Office Reference RG11 Piece / Folio 5291 / 168