Phil Baun wrote: <snip> > > I looked at my search results more closely and did find your Andy > Jorgensen among the Andrew's listed in the SS Death Records. The record > shows that he was born 30 Oct. 1907 and died in May 1975. His SS number > was issued in NY and his last know(n) residence was Brooklyn, NY 11201. > > I'm sorry to have missed this in the first look. > > Phil Baun in Massachusetts > > The RootsWeb message board is out of sync with the newsgroup version of this group as well as with google's version. I have seen examples where messages are not shown by RootsWeb and, in this case, vice versa. I found Margit's responses (see below) only on RootsWeb and have included them below so others can refer to them. To me, Margit's findings seem quite plausible as a match. I suppose Andy could be a nickname of Anders as well as of Andrew. One place name in Norway is his birthplace and the other is the place he left. It is my experience that many dates in records are off by a year and sometimes several years, based on information differences from one source to another. Also there may be typographical errors in the search information as is likely in at least the death date here. Not to mention names that are badly mangled by census takers. There is also the Brooklyn, NY connection and the rarity of the Langaas surname in America. Anyway, Margit's information should be considered and I have copied it below for those viewing from other than the RootsWeb site. Regards, Phil From: Margit <snip> Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2003 09:05:09 -0600 I rechecked, and do not think this is your Hans in the 1930 census. I find a Anders Langaas coming to New York in 1922 from Vaale Norway. This would be the man in the census record. Margit > Hei Mette! > In the 1930 census I find an Anders Langaas age 26 living here: > 1930 U.S. Federal Census > New York > Kings > Brooklyn (Districts 1001-1250) >> District 1174 > He is married to a lady named Dagny who was born in Norway and is 24 years > old. Looks like they are living on Fort Hamilton Parkway. > I will send you a copy of it as a jpg. It will be a large file, so you can > see everything. :-)) > Margit in Minnesta >> >> Im searching for Hans Langaas. He arrived Usa in 1923, and he changed his >> name to Andy Jorgensen. He was born 1907 in Vestfold, Norway. He`s social >> security number were: 080-12-8502. He died may 1925. >> I hope that some of you may help me with some more information. >> >> Mette Gjertsen >> Tønsberg >> Norway

On Thu, 13 Mar 2003 03:26:50 GMT, Phil Baun <[email protected]> wrote: >To me, Margit's findings seem quite plausible as a match. I suppose >Andy could be a nickname of Anders as well as of Andrew. One place name All Anders in my family that moved to US are spelled Andrew in US, also their ancestors named Anders over here. The same applies to Andreas. All called Andrew :-) And I also find Andy as a short name for them.