1880 US census Hamburgh , Vernon County, Wisconsin page 287C Family History Library film # 1255449 Ole Johnson 75 years old born Norway farmer Berte Johnson 65 years old born Norway wife 1870 US Census Hamburg , Vernon County, Wisconsin page 386 Amund Emberson 55 years old born Norway Farm Labor (Emberson is hard to read , may be spelled differently } Carrie 47 years old born Norway wife keeping house John 24 years old farm labor born Norway Anna 22 years old born Norway domestic servant Nels 19 years old born Norway Betsey 17 years old born Norway Simon 15 years old born Norway Martha 13 years old born Norway Ole 8 years old born Norway Ole christianson 24 years old born Norway farm laboer "Liv Marit Haakenstad" <birislekt@online.no> wrote in message news:mbold.7628$rh1.190706@news2.e.nsc.no... > Hello! > > Kari (Johnsdatter) Thorstad was born at Brøttum in Ringsaker, and > emigrated as Kari Johnsdatter Forlibakken from Oslo April 25. 1866, and > arrived Quebec June 7. 1866 (the ship was Manila). Kari is buried at > Pigeon Creek Cemetery in 1914 (b. 1823), with her som Jonas Amundsen > Thorstad (1846-1920). Her husband Amund Engebretsen Falibakken b. ca. 1826 > was buried at Lower Coon Valley Cemetery in 1896. Kari and Amund also had > the children Nils b. 1849, Simen b. 1854, Andreas b. 1859, d. 1869 and > buried with his father at Lower Coon Valley Cemetery, Ole b. 1861, Eline > b. 1843, Berte b. 1841 and Marte b. 1855. Kari had a brother Ole Johnsen, > b. 1805 who emigrated with his second wife Berthe Syversdatter b. 1815. > The bygdebok for Brøttum said they emigrated in 1855, but I really donŽt > know if thatŽs correct. Oles son with his first wife Anne, emigrated to > Amerika in 1865 with his wife Kristine Olsdatter Hauknes b. 1836 with > Balder, captein Isaksen from Christiania May 7. 1865, and arrived Quebec > June 29. 1865. > > Do any of you know this family? It is proberly tree families called > Thorstad in Wisconsin - one from Balestrand, one from Drammen and my > family from Brøttum in Ringsaker. > Hilsen > Liv Marit Haakenstad > >