----- Original Message ----- From: "Aud Sandbu" <aud.tabort.sandbu@c2i.net> To: <GEN-NORDIC-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2005 10:01 PM Subject: [GEN-NORDIC] Living descendants of Oline from Sel, Gudbrandsdalen, Norway ? > We are trying to find living descendants of Oline, a woman who emigrated > from Sel in Gudbrandsdalen, to USA in 1898. Our local church record tells > that she was born 21st November 1872. But we have a picture from Oline's > 81th birthday in 1955, (then she should be born 1874) so we are not sure > she was listed with her right birth year in USA. > The picture shows Oline with her daughter in law, Betty, and a grandchild > called Cathy. > > Another picture shows Oline with her two daughters Ellen and Ester. We > don't know for sure, but if we remember right, Oline had five children. > One of them was a son called Oscar, maybe! > > We don't know her husband's first name. The family name was Johansen. > > This is Oline living at Ingeborgøien in 1875: Lenke > > And we think this is Oline emigrating from Kristiania/Oslo: Lenke > > Our latest address from 1955 on Oline was: Oline Johansen, Granite Falls, > P.O. Yellow Medicine Co., Minnesota. > > Unfortunately, we think that she moved to Wisconsin after the contact with > Oline and her family stopped. > > Our hope is that a national register, or something like that, in Yellow > Medicine Co. maybe could have informations about Oline Johansen and her > family, and if and where they mooved after 1955. > > We appreciate any help that can lead us to living decendants of Oline. > They will be very wellcome to a family gathering in Sel this summer, where > descendants of Oline's parents here in Norway, over 100 persons, will > meet. We are very sorry that we don't have more informations about Oline's > decendants. > > Regards, Aud Sandbu http://www.familysearch.org/ U.S. SOCIAL SECURITY DEATH INDEX no obvious hits there will be no record if benefits were not claimed otherwise try rootsweb message bords for surnames and places http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/script/main/rw these work a little like a message in a bottle replies sometiems come years later Hugh W