Norwegians living in Corning, Steuben, NY in 1930 Census Alfred Vaksdal 43 1886 Norway Head White Corning, Steuben, NY John H Ivieson 42 1887 Norway Boarder White Corning, Steuben, NY Bertha M Thompson 70 1859 Norway Mother-in-law White Corning, Steuben, NY Emil G Borgman 58 1871 Norway Head White Corning, Steuben, NY James Odegard 27 1902 Norway Roomer White Corning, Steuben, NY Lewis Larson 31 1898 Norway Head White Corning, Steuben, NY Harold L Anderson 53 1876 Norway Boarder White Corning, Steuben, NY Eugene R Vang 46 1883 Norway Head White Corning, Steuben, NY H Einor Habelt 36 1893 Norway Head White Corning, Steuben, NY Carl Hansen 34 1895 Norway Head White Corning, Steuben, NY Halfdan R Larsen 36 1893 Norway Head White Corning, Steuben, NY Isaac A Trondson 52 1877 Norway Head White Corning, Steuben, NY Oscar A Olsen 30 1899 Norway Head White Corning, Steuben, NY Daniel Anderson 33 1896 Norway Head White Corning, Steuben, NY Gustave Strahl 47 1882 Norway Head White Corning, Steuben, NY Inga Habelt 63 1866 Norway Mother-in-law White Corning, Steuben, NY Edward Martinson 41 1888 Norway Head White Corning, Steuben, NY Carl A Thompson 35 1894 Norway Head White Corning, Steuben, NY Halvdan Hanson 44 1885 Norway Head White Corning, Steuben, NY Einar Erickson 38 1891 Norway Head White Corning, Steuben, NY Gunner Alson 37 1892 Norway Roomer White Corning, Steuben, NY Eugene Erickson 33 1896 Norway Head White Corning, Steuben, NY August Larsen 40 1889 Norway Head White Corning, Steuben, NY Edwin Bayer 38 1891 Norway Head White Corning, Steuben, NY Earnest I Strahl 43 1886 Norway Head White Corning, Steuben, NY Colbjoan Mahlum 38 1891 Norway Head White Corning, Steuben, NY Oscar Johanson 45 1884 Norway Head White Corning, Steuben, NY Peter Erickson 37 1892 Norway Head White Corning, Steuben, NY Louis Vang 42 1887 Norway Head White Corning, Steuben, NY Henry I Harmsen 47 1882 Norway Head White Corning, Steuben, NY Martin Olsen 36 1893 Norway Head White Corning, Steuben, NY Einar Havelsen 43 1886 Norway Head White Corning, Steuben, NY Alfred Bayer 37 1892 Norway Head White Corning, Steuben, NY Thomstein H Anderson 40 1889 Norway Head White Corning, Steuben, NY Einer Iversen 41 1888 Norway Head White Corning, Steuben, NY Andrew G Anderson 38 1891 Norway Boarder White South Corning, Steuben, NY

Name: Mathilde P Trondson Age: 53 years Estimated birth year: 1876 Birthplace: Relation to Head-of-house: Wife Race: Home in 1930: Corning, Steuben, New York She is married to Isaac A. Trondson age 52 born in Norway Children: S. Andrine daughter age 24, born in NY Tony B. son age 23 born in NY Mar? daughter age 20 born in NY Carl C. son age 18 born in NY John W. son age 16 born in NY Emma M daughter age 11 born in NY I will send you a jpg of the scan offlist. Margit Mathilde Pauline supposedly married Anton > Trondsen--in >>> the US. Thanks, Joy >> >

In reading this story I see that it is from an area in Norway that some of my ancestors are from..Hjuksebo..do you know how I can get in contact with the historian referred to in the story, Jon Hvitsand? -----Original Message----- From: Margit <margit@eot.com> To: NOR-OPPLAND-L@rootsweb.com <NOR-OPPLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, November 06, 2003 6:44 PM Subject: [Oppland] Stavangerflint & Margit Hjuske >Hi all, >I love to collect Stavangerflint plates and have purchased a few on ebay >over the years. The other night I was looking on ebay and found one. I asked >Olaf to translate what it said, then I looked at the picture of the back of >the plate and it said Stolt Margit. I decided there and then I had to have >the plate. I could buy it for $12, but instead bid and got it for $8. You >can view it here: ><http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2668518089&ssPage Name=AD >ME:B:EOAB:US:6> >I am happy as a kid at Christmas, especially when Olaf translated the story >he found below and also a song that is written about Stolt Margit! :-)) I >finally have met another Margit! >Margit > > >Margit Hjukse > In the place once called Saude Parish, there lived a maiden, on >the splendid farm Hjukse in Hjuksebø. Her name was Margit, and the legend >about her has inspired both verse and song. It is not exactly known when she >lived but some would believe it was in the 1700s, even though the melody has >a sort of medieval sound about it. Historian Jon Hvitsand in Bø believes he >has found that she was a daughter Torstein Sud-Aurud and Ingrid >Halvorsdottir Jønsi. Margit seems later to have gotten a man by the name >of Tord as stepfather, when her real father died in 1776. > Margit made herself ready one day to go to church, says the legend. She >saddled her horse, and set off in the direction of Bø. But when she came to >a rocky cliff, there stood the Mountain King and spoke to her, with >his long, white beard. The Mountain King tempted her with a silver-gilded >chair, then he gave her two red skirts. Twelve maidens came and combed >her hair and the thitreenth set a gold crown upon her head. The Mountain >King then poured her the finest wine -the elixir of forgetfulness- and >this bewitched Margit so she remained in the mountain with the Mountain King >as husband. Here she bore three sons and daughters. > But one day, after a time, she heard the church bells from Bø. They >awakened Margit, and she longed to go home to her family. She asked for >permission to go to visit what she had missed. Permission she got, but she >could not be away for more than an hour or two. > Margit went to Hjukse, and there she met her father, who saw to his dear >daughter for the first time in 14 years. "I have wept for you so many a >tear," said Tord Hjukse and set Margit down in her mother's chair, which now >stood empty. Margit felt so happy to be at home and free, at the same time >she felt a deep sorrow about her mother, who had died in grief over the >years. > She was away much longer than was permitted by the Mountain King. But >then came the Mountain King as quick as a flash, and asked: "Are you not >coming home to the children tonight?" To resist the Mountain King >was impossible for Margit. He had too much power over her. So Margit had to >leave her home and father for ther last time. "Fare well now, then, all in >my home. Now I will never come to you again." And so, they went back into >the mountain. > This is a powerful story, and one must be careful about de-mythifying >such things. But a de-mythification of this legend, which does not diminish >the story is this: Margit was, as is knowwn, from a grand >farm, with proud and religious parents. In the communities at that time, >dowries were important and Margit, as the only heir to the farm, certainly >gave great expectations and wishes as to who she was to marry. Probably she >would have chosen one of the Christian and rich sons of yeoman in the >community, so that both Margit and the Hjukse were won. > But Margit did not follow this expectation. She fell in love with a >heathen and cotter under Svalbjør on the moors, and she wished to marry >him. But her parents absolutely forbade this, and would rather disown her if >she wished to do so. Margit was certain of herself, and one day she readied >herself and said she would ride to the church in Bø. In this Margit lied, >for she did not ride there, but up to her lover at Svalbjør. There she >remained and had several children in short order. Nor did Margit and the >cotter marry, and they lived as her parents saw it, in great sin and shame. > After a time, she got the urge to go home to see her parents. Perhaps >they would be happy to see their grandchildren. But when she got there, she >was not allowed to go back up to the heathen at Svalbjør. But the cotter >came and brought her back. This the parents did not like at all. The parents >had made up a story that she had been bewitched, to explain away that it had >gone so badly with their daughter. Later Margit died in childbirth. The >cotter went to the priest and asked to have her buried in consecrated >ground, but the priest said that she had not held to the church in her life, >so she could die as she had lived. > Musician Lars Fykerud (1860-1902) from Sauherad was very entranced with >the story about Margit Hjukse, either for one reason or the other, or >perhaps both the stories he had heard. Perhaps he recognized in himself as >bewitched by the music he worked on. He composed a stirring melody of the >legend and called it 'Margit Hjukse.' > >Song: > >Margit Hjukse > >Stolt Margjit ho reidde seg til kyrkja å gå, tidi fell meg >longe, so tok ho den vegen til fjølle låg. Det er eg som ber sorgi so >tronge. > >Proud Marit readied herself to go to church, in good time, so she took where >the mountain way. It is I who bears the grief so heavily. > >Og som ho no kom fram med bergjevegg, då kom bergjekongen med det lange, >kvite skjegg. > >The as she came to a mountain cliff, the came the mountain king with his >long, white beard. > >Og bergjekongen tukka fram sylvforgylte stol: "set deg der stolt Margjit og >kvil din fot!" > >And the mountain king brought forth a solver-gilded chair: "Sit here, Proud >Margit, and rest your feet!" > >Så var ho i berget i åri dei ni, og ho fødde sønir og døtrar tri. > >Then she remained in the mountain for years nine, and she bore sons and >daughters three. > >Og Margjit ho sat med sin handtein og spann, då høyrde ho Bøherads >kyrkjeklokkur klang. > >And Margit she sat with a spindle and span, when she heard Bøherad's church >bells ring. > >Stolt Margit ho tala til bergjekongen so: "Å må eg få lov til min fader å >gå?" > >Proud Margit she spoke to the mountain king so: "May I be allowed to go to >my father?" > >"Å du må få lov til din fader å sjå, men du må 'kje vera burte hot ein time >hell tvo." > >Yes, you may go your father to see, but you must not be away more than an >hour or two.! > >Å då som ho kom der gangand' i gård, hennar sæle fader ute for henne står. > >And then as she came walking onto the farm, her blessed father stood >outside. > >So leidde han inn stolt Margjit med glede og gråt, so sette han henne i sin >moders stol. > >Then he led in Proud Margit with happiness and tears, and set her in her >mother's chair. > >Men då kom bergjekongen snøgt som ein eid: "Kjeme du inkje heimatt til bonni >i kveld?" > >But then came the mountain king quick as a wink: "Come you not home to >prayers tonight?" > >"Fare no vel då alle i min heim! no kjeme eg alli til dikkon meir." > >"Fare now well then all in my home! now come I never to you more." > >Stolt Margjit ho sette seg på gangaren grå, ho gret fleire tårir hell hesten >ha hår > >Proud Margit, set off on her gray way, she wept more tears than a horse has >hairs. > >Music to the song: <http://home.t-online.de/home/pheld/1skand.htm> > > > >==== NOR-OPPLAND Mailing List ==== >Visit http://www.fellesraad.com/ >Norwegian-American Bygdelagenes Fellesraad > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Mathilde was named Pauline Mathilde, she came in 1903 on the The Hellig Olav with Johan Magnus Borgersen. They were both heading to Rothday, MN to their Uncle: He was 24, she was 26. YOU do not give birthdates, so is hard to know who to look for??. I cannot read his name. Looks like: Anders Jorvo??? More information from you would help. Margit >> My great grandfather (Sivert Gundersen Jørve) emigrated from Norway and >> other siblings (Martin, Anders, Johan, & Birthe Marie) followed. They all >> went to Minnesota. 2 brothers (Borger and Iver) stayed in Jevnaker, >> Oppland, and 4 of Borger's children also immigrated to the US, but one >> returned to Norway (Iver Borgersen) >> >> I have found the emigrant records from Oslo: >> Johan Magnus Borgersen in 1903 to Minnesota >> Mathilde Karoline Borgersen in 1903 to Minnesota >> Iver Borgersen in 1904 to Corning, NY >> Petter Sigvart Borgers. im 1905 to Corning, NY >> >> Since they were glassworkers in Jevnaker, as was their father, it is not >> surprising they would end up in Corning, NY. My guess is that Johan and >> Mathilde were also there since there is no contact or information about >> them in Minnesota. They were all single when they left Norway. Johan >> Magnus and Peter Sigvard Borgers. must have returned for a visit in 1908 >> bec. their residence is America and they are travelling to New York. Iver >> Gunvald must also have visited because he leaves Norway again in 1909 for >> New York but he married in Norway in 1911 and his descendants are in Norway. >> >> So--my question is whethere anyone has access to the census records in New >> York for 1910, 1920, and 1930. Since I don't have a county, I hope those >> years are indexed. Mathilde Pauline supposedly married Anton Trondsen--in >> the US. Thanks, Joy

What is the farm name they left from?? Margit > > My great grandfather (Sivert Gundersen Jørve) emigrated from Norway and > other siblings (Martin, Anders, Johan, & Birthe Marie) followed. They all > went to Minnesota. 2 brothers (Borger and Iver) stayed in Jevnaker, > Oppland, and 4 of Borger's children also immigrated to the US, but one > returned to Norway (Iver Borgersen) > > I have found the emigrant records from Oslo: > Johan Magnus Borgersen in 1903 to Minnesota > Mathilde Karoline Borgersen in 1903 to Minnesota > Iver Borgersen in 1904 to Corning, NY > Petter Sigvart Borgers. im 1905 to Corning, NY > > Since they were glassworkers in Jevnaker, as was their father, it is not > surprising they would end up in Corning, NY. My guess is that Johan and > Mathilde were also there since there is no contact or information about > them in Minnesota. They were all single when they left Norway. Johan > Magnus and Peter Sigvard Borgers. must have returned for a visit in 1908 > bec. their residence is America and they are travelling to New York. Iver > Gunvald must also have visited because he leaves Norway again in 1909 for > New York but he married in Norway in 1911 and his descendants are in Norway. > > So--my question is whethere anyone has access to the census records in New > York for 1910, 1920, and 1930. Since I don't have a county, I hope those > years are indexed. Mathilde Pauline supposedly married Anton Trondsen--in > the US. Thanks, Joy

Hi Joy, I have access and will check the records for 1920 and 1930. Been busy with mother in the nursing home. :-)) Margit > Joy is subscribed under a different address. > Margit > > ---------- > From: "Joy Sundrum" <joysundrum@comcast.net> > Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 21:39:17 -0700 > To: <NOR-OPPLAND-L@rootsweb.com> > Subject: {not a subscriber} 1910, 1920, 1930 census lookup > > My great grandfather (Sivert Gundersen Jørve) emigrated from Norway and > other siblings (Martin, Anders, Johan, & Birthe Marie) followed. They all > went to Minnesota. 2 brothers (Borger and Iver) stayed in Jevnaker, > Oppland, and 4 of Borger's children also immigrated to the US, but one > returned to Norway (Iver Borgersen) > > I have found the emigrant records from Oslo: > Johan Magnus Borgersen in 1903 to Minnesota > Mathilde Karoline Borgersen in 1903 to Minnesota > Iver Borgersen in 1904 to Corning, NY > Petter Sigvart Borgers. im 1905 to Corning, NY > > Since they were glassworkers in Jevnaker, as was their father, it is not > surprising they would end up in Corning, NY. My guess is that Johan and > Mathilde were also there since there is no contact or information about > them in Minnesota. They were all single when they left Norway. Johan > Magnus and Peter Sigvard Borgers. must have returned for a visit in 1908 > bec. their residence is America and they are travelling to New York. Iver > Gunvald must also have visited because he leaves Norway again in 1909 for > New York but he married in Norway in 1911 and his descendants are in Norway. > > So--my question is whethere anyone has access to the census records in New > York for 1910, 1920, and 1930. Since I don't have a county, I hope those > years are indexed. Mathilde Pauline supposedly married Anton Trondsen--in > the US. Thanks, Joy > > > > > > ==== NOR-OPPLAND Mailing List ==== > Visit http://www.fellesraad.com/ > Norwegian-American Bygdelagenes Fellesraad > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go > to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Hi Sarah, If you would like to write to the list, please go ahead, we may have some members who do not know what lutefisk is. I would love to read what information you have. :-)) Margit > Loved the lutefisk pictures. I have actually been considering writing an > online lutefisk newsletter listing local lutefisk feeds for anyone who might > want to try it. Would anyone be interested in viewing such a thing? I > would most certainly welcome lutefisk humor as well as recipes and lutefisk > feed updates. > -Sarah Svard Ashley >

Hi Susan, If you go to www.google.com and type in "Jon Hvitsand" you will get 49 hits. <http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=%22Jon+Hvitsand%22> Margit > In reading this story I see that it is from an area in Norway that > some of my ancestors are from..Hjuksebo..do you know how I can get in > contact with the historian referred to in the story, Jon Hvitsand? >> Hi all, >> I love to collect Stavangerflint plates and have purchased a few on > ebay >> over the years. The other night I was looking on ebay and found one. > I asked >> Olaf to translate what it said, then I looked at the picture of the > back of >> the plate and it said Stolt Margit. I decided there and then I had to > have >> the plate. I could buy it for $12, but instead bid and got it for $8. > You >> can view it here: >> <http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2668518089&ssPage > Name=AD >> ME:B:EOAB:US:6> >> I am happy as a kid at Christmas, especially when Olaf translated the > story >> he found below and also a song that is written about Stolt Margit! > :-)) I >> finally have met another Margit! >> Margit >> >> >> Margit Hjukse >> In the place once called Saude Parish, there lived a maiden, on >> the splendid farm Hjukse in Hjuksebø. Her name was Margit, and the > legend >> about her has inspired both verse and song. It is not exactly known > when she >> lived but some would believe it was in the 1700s, even though the > melody has >> a sort of medieval sound about it. Historian Jon Hvitsand in Bø

Hi Joy, I have access and will check the records for 1920 and 1930. Been busy with mother in the nursing home. :-)) Also my regular email account is down. :-) Margit --- Margit <margit@eot.com> wrote: > Joy is subscribed under a different address. > Margit > > ---------- > From: "Joy Sundrum" <joysundrum@comcast.net> > Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 21:39:17 -0700 > To: <NOR-OPPLAND-L@rootsweb.com> > Subject: {not a subscriber} 1910, 1920, 1930 census > lookup > > My great grandfather (Sivert Gundersen J�rve) > emigrated from Norway and > other siblings (Martin, Anders, Johan, & Birthe > Marie) followed. They all > went to Minnesota. 2 brothers (Borger and Iver) > stayed in Jevnaker, > Oppland, and 4 of Borger's children also immigrated > to the US, but one > returned to Norway (Iver Borgersen) > > I have found the emigrant records from Oslo: > Johan Magnus Borgersen in 1903 to Minnesota > Mathilde Karoline Borgersen in 1903 to Minnesota > Iver Borgersen in 1904 to Corning, NY > Petter Sigvart Borgers. im 1905 to Corning, NY > > Since they were glassworkers in Jevnaker, as was > their father, it is not > surprising they would end up in Corning, NY. My > guess is that Johan and > Mathilde were also there since there is no contact > or information about > them in Minnesota. They were all single when they > left Norway. Johan > Magnus and Peter Sigvard Borgers. must have returned > for a visit in 1908 > bec. their residence is America and they are > travelling to New York. Iver > Gunvald must also have visited because he leaves > Norway again in 1909 for > New York but he married in Norway in 1911 and his > descendants are in Norway. > > So--my question is whethere anyone has access to the > census records in New > York for 1910, 1920, and 1930. Since I don't have a > county, I hope those > years are indexed. Mathilde Pauline supposedly > married Anton Trondsen--in > the US. Thanks, Joy __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree

Hei Rod, I do not eat it either......... Margit > > I think I'm going to need some counseling after this Lutefisk thing. I > didn't know that people really ate it unless someone older made them do > it. My dad gave me some so I put it on the floor under the table hoping > the dog would eat it. He ran away and took the cat with him. Rod

Hi all, I love to collect Stavangerflint plates and have purchased a few on ebay over the years. The other night I was looking on ebay and found one. I asked Olaf to translate what it said, then I looked at the picture of the back of the plate and it said Stolt Margit. I decided there and then I had to have the plate. I could buy it for $12, but instead bid and got it for $8. You can view it here: <http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2668518089&ssPageName=AD ME:B:EOAB:US:6> I am happy as a kid at Christmas, especially when Olaf translated the story he found below and also a song that is written about Stolt Margit! :-)) I finally have met another Margit! Margit Margit Hjukse    In the place once called Saude Parish, there lived a maiden, on the splendid farm Hjukse in Hjuksebø. Her name was Margit,  and the legend about her has inspired both verse and song. It is not exactly known when she lived but some would believe it was in the 1700s, even though the melody has a sort of medieval sound about it. Historian Jon Hvitsand in Bø believes he has found that she was a daughter Torstein Sud-Aurud and Ingrid Halvorsdottir Jønsi. Margit seems later to have gotten a man by the name of Tord as stepfather, when her real father died in 1776.    Margit made herself ready one day to go to church, says the legend. She saddled her horse, and set off in the direction of Bø. But when she came to a rocky cliff, there stood the Mountain King and spoke to her, with his long, white beard. The Mountain King tempted her with a silver-gilded chair, then he gave her two red skirts. Twelve maidens came and combed her hair and the thitreenth set a gold crown upon her head. The Mountain King then poured her the finest wine -the elixir of forgetfulness- and this bewitched Margit so she remained in the mountain with the Mountain King as husband. Here she bore three sons and daughters.     But one day, after a time, she heard the church bells from Bø. They awakened Margit, and she longed to go home to her family. She asked for permission to go to visit what she had missed. Permission she got, but she could not be away for more than an hour or two.    Margit went to Hjukse, and there she met her father, who saw to his dear daughter for the first time in 14 years. "I have wept for you so many a tear," said Tord Hjukse and set Margit down in her mother's chair, which now stood empty. Margit felt so happy to be at home and free, at the same time she felt a deep sorrow about her mother, who had died in grief over the years.     She was away much longer than was permitted by the Mountain King. But then came the Mountain King as quick as a flash, and asked: "Are you not coming home to the children tonight?" To resist the Mountain King was impossible for Margit. He had too much power over her. So Margit had to leave her home and father for ther last time. "Fare well now, then, all in my home. Now I will never come to you again." And so, they went back into the mountain.     This is a powerful story, and one must be careful about de-mythifying such things. But a de-mythification of this legend, which does not diminish the story is this: Margit was, as is knowwn, from a grand farm, with proud and religious parents. In the communities at that time, dowries were important and Margit, as the only heir to the farm, certainly gave great expectations and wishes as to who she was to marry. Probably she would have chosen one of the Christian and rich sons of yeoman in the community, so that both Margit and the  Hjukse were won.    But Margit did not follow this expectation. She fell in love with a heathen and cotter under Svalbjør on the moors, and she wished to marry him. But her parents absolutely forbade this, and would rather disown her if she wished to do so. Margit was certain of herself, and one day she readied herself and said she would ride to the church in Bø. In this Margit lied, for she did not ride there, but up to her lover at Svalbjør. There she remained and had several children in short order. Nor did Margit and the cotter marry, and they lived as her parents saw it, in great sin and shame.    After a time, she got the urge to go home to see her parents. Perhaps they would be happy to see their grandchildren. But when she got there, she was not allowed to go back up to the heathen at Svalbjør. But the cotter came and brought her back. This the parents did not like at all. The parents had made up a story that she had been bewitched, to explain away that it had gone so badly with their daughter. Later Margit died in childbirth. The cotter went to the priest and asked to have her buried in consecrated ground, but the priest said that she had not held to the church in her life, so she could die as she had lived.    Musician Lars Fykerud (1860-1902) from Sauherad was very entranced with the story about Margit Hjukse, either for one reason or the other, or perhaps both the stories he had heard. Perhaps he recognized in himself as bewitched by the music he worked on. He composed a stirring melody of the legend and called it 'Margit Hjukse.' Song: Margit Hjukse Stolt Margjit ho reidde seg til kyrkja å gå, tidi fell meg longe, so tok ho den vegen til fjølle låg. Det er eg som ber sorgi so tronge. Proud Marit readied herself to go to church, in good time, so she took where the mountain way. It is I who bears the grief so heavily. Og som ho no kom fram med bergjevegg, då kom bergjekongen med det lange, kvite skjegg. The as she came to a mountain cliff, the came the mountain king with his long, white beard. Og bergjekongen tukka fram sylvforgylte stol: "set deg der stolt Margjit og kvil din fot!" And the mountain king brought forth a solver-gilded chair: "Sit here, Proud Margit, and rest your feet!" Så var ho i berget i åri dei ni, og ho fødde sønir og døtrar tri. Then she remained in the mountain for years nine, and she bore sons and daughters three. Og Margjit ho sat med sin handtein og spann, då høyrde ho Bøherads kyrkjeklokkur klang. And Margit she sat with a spindle and span, when she heard Bøherad's church bells ring. Stolt Margit ho tala til bergjekongen so: "Å må eg få lov til min fader å gå?" Proud Margit she spoke to the mountain king so: "May I be allowed to go to my father?" "Å du må få lov til din fader å sjå, men du må 'kje vera burte hot ein time hell tvo." Yes, you may go your father to see, but you must not be away more than an hour or two.! Å då som ho kom der gangand' i gård, hennar sæle fader ute for henne står. And then as she came walking onto the farm, her blessed father stood outside. So leidde han inn stolt Margjit med glede og gråt, so sette han henne i sin moders stol. Then he led in Proud Margit with happiness and tears, and set her in her mother's chair. Men då kom bergjekongen snøgt som ein eid: "Kjeme du inkje heimatt til bonni i kveld?" But then came the mountain king quick as a wink: "Come you not home to prayers tonight?" "Fare no vel då alle i min heim! no kjeme eg alli til dikkon meir." "Fare now well then all in my home! now come I never to you more." Stolt Margjit ho sette seg på gangaren grå, ho gret fleire tårir hell hesten ha hår Proud Margit, set off on her gray way, she wept more tears than a horse has hairs. Music to the song: <http://home.t-online.de/home/pheld/1skand.htm>

I think I'm going to need some counseling after this Lutefisk thing. I didn't know that people really ate it unless someone older made them do it. My dad gave me some so I put it on the floor under the table hoping the dog would eat it. He ran away and took the cat with him. Rod -----Original Message----- From: Rod Alvstad Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 10:19 AM To: NOR-OPPLAND-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [Oppland] Lutefisk Picture........... :-)) I think I'm going to need some counseling after this Lutefisk thing. I didn't know that people really ate it unless someone older made them do it. My dad gave me some so I put it on the floor under the table hoping the dog would eat it. He ran away and took the cat with him. Rod -----Original Message----- From: Olaf [mailto:kringhaug@shaw.ca] Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2003 8:13 PM To: NOR-OPPLAND-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [Oppland] Lutefisk Picture........... :-)) Now you've got me drooling! Was it $20 if you only ate meatballs? Olaf > Hei Olaf!! > Here is a picture of the over 70 crowd just loving the lutefisk, mashed home > grown potatoes, cole slaw, meatballs and gravy, buns, lefse, cranberries and > all the homemade desserts you could wish in your dreams. All they could eat > for $10. Now where in this world can you get that anymore?? :-)) NOWHERE!! > There was a Harley Davidson Motorcycle group that came from Bismarck, ND, > they left a big tip, because they could not believe that they could sit > there all night and eat all they wanted, they were under 70. :-)) > <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~maggiebakke/lutefisk2.jpg> > Margit > > > > Ja, dat's fine, but vhere's da mashed potatoes and da buckets of melted > > butter? > > Olaf > > >> Hi all, > >> > >> For all those who have never seen Lutefisk, here is a picture from a place > >> we were at in western ND over the weekend. They served over 800 people. > >> <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~maggiebakke/images/lutefisk.jp g> > >> > >> Margit > > > ==== NOR-OPPLAND Mailing List ==== > Visit http://www.fellesraad.com/ > Norwegian-American Bygdelagenes Fellesraad > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > ==== NOR-OPPLAND Mailing List ==== Make sure you check out the other lists available here for Norway: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/NOR/ ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 ==== NOR-OPPLAND Mailing List ==== Make sure you check out the other lists available here for Norway: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/NOR/ ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

JOHN LARSON, farmer and Postmaster of Spink, SD located on Section 22, Town 93, Range 50, in 1867. The post office was established July 1, 1872, and Mr. Larson has held the office of Postmaster continuously since. He is largely engaged in stock raising. Mr. Larson is one of the county¹s first settlers. When he located his homestead the nearest railroad station was Missouri Valley, Iowa and the nearest mill twenty miles distant. Mr. Larson was born in Vardal, in Norway, July 27, 1843, where he was engaged in farming. He immigrated to the United States in 1861 and located in Dane County, Wisconsin. August 14, 1862, he enlisted in Company H, Twenty-seventh Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and participated in the battles of Vicksburg, Camden, Mobile, Little Rock and Clarksville, and was mustered out August 31, 1865, at Brownsville, Texas. He returned to Dane County and was there engaged in farming until he came to Dakota. In 1869 he married, in Wisconsin, Miss Ingeborg A. Linaas. They have seven children, Louis A., Ingeborg S., Anna M., Ida J., John A., Edward Martin and Lizzie Olena. Mr. Larson has been Justice of the Peace for two terms at Spink, and has always been a Republican.

I think I'm going to need some counseling after this Lutefisk thing. I didn't know that people really ate it unless someone older made them do it. My dad gave me some so I put it on the floor under the table hoping the dog would eat it. He ran away and took the cat with him. Rod -----Original Message----- From: Olaf [mailto:kringhaug@shaw.ca] Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2003 8:13 PM To: NOR-OPPLAND-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [Oppland] Lutefisk Picture........... :-)) Now you've got me drooling! Was it $20 if you only ate meatballs? Olaf > Hei Olaf!! > Here is a picture of the over 70 crowd just loving the lutefisk, mashed home > grown potatoes, cole slaw, meatballs and gravy, buns, lefse, cranberries and > all the homemade desserts you could wish in your dreams. All they could eat > for $10. Now where in this world can you get that anymore?? :-)) NOWHERE!! > There was a Harley Davidson Motorcycle group that came from Bismarck, ND, > they left a big tip, because they could not believe that they could sit > there all night and eat all they wanted, they were under 70. :-)) > <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~maggiebakke/lutefisk2.jpg> > Margit > > > > Ja, dat's fine, but vhere's da mashed potatoes and da buckets of melted > > butter? > > Olaf > > >> Hi all, > >> > >> For all those who have never seen Lutefisk, here is a picture from a place > >> we were at in western ND over the weekend. They served over 800 people. > >> <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~maggiebakke/images/lutefisk.jp g> > >> > >> Margit > > > ==== NOR-OPPLAND Mailing List ==== > Visit http://www.fellesraad.com/ > Norwegian-American Bygdelagenes Fellesraad > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > ==== NOR-OPPLAND Mailing List ==== Make sure you check out the other lists available here for Norway: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/NOR/ ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Check out this site: <http://rosa.nb.no/cgi-bin/nava_soek.sh?tegnsett=ISO_8859_1&soek=%22Musikk+- +Norge%22+i+emne> It has Norwegian songs and narratives of life in Norway that you can listen to while online. Margit

Hi Pete, I will let you know if I find any info. I do not have a map of the farms in Oppland as yet, I need to order one. Let me know if you find any thing that may be of interest on Ragnild. Barb

Hello All! I would like to take this time to welcome all those who have signed on for the Oppland Mail List and all those who are returning. If I have missed someone, please let me know. J_B_Connelly@comcast.net rlcarpe@loretel.net Joyhart@aol.com John.Morten@malerbakken.com seashley02@msn.com Please post your family information and questions if you wish and tell us who you are interested in researching in the Oppland area of Norway. Also, anyone from Norway who would like help searching their relatives in America, please let us know, we love to help and enjoy helping when enough information is given about the emigrants from Norway. I am open to all suggestions or ideas for the betterment of the list. Contact me anytime. margit@eot.com The archives for the Nor-Oppland list are located here: <http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/NOR/NOR-OPPLAND.html> For those who are new to Norway research, there are also other lists available to join. You can find more information about them here: <http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/NOR/> Visit site http://www.fellesraad.com/ Join a Lag today! I hope you all have a great Winter Season and much success in your searches for your family! Margit

Joy is subscribed under a different address. Margit ---------- From: "Joy Sundrum" <joysundrum@comcast.net> Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 21:39:17 -0700 To: <NOR-OPPLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Subject: {not a subscriber} 1910, 1920, 1930 census lookup My great grandfather (Sivert Gundersen Jørve) emigrated from Norway and other siblings (Martin, Anders, Johan, & Birthe Marie) followed. They all went to Minnesota. 2 brothers (Borger and Iver) stayed in Jevnaker, Oppland, and 4 of Borger's children also immigrated to the US, but one returned to Norway (Iver Borgersen) I have found the emigrant records from Oslo: Johan Magnus Borgersen in 1903 to Minnesota Mathilde Karoline Borgersen in 1903 to Minnesota Iver Borgersen in 1904 to Corning, NY Petter Sigvart Borgers. im 1905 to Corning, NY Since they were glassworkers in Jevnaker, as was their father, it is not surprising they would end up in Corning, NY. My guess is that Johan and Mathilde were also there since there is no contact or information about them in Minnesota. They were all single when they left Norway. Johan Magnus and Peter Sigvard Borgers. must have returned for a visit in 1908 bec. their residence is America and they are travelling to New York. Iver Gunvald must also have visited because he leaves Norway again in 1909 for New York but he married in Norway in 1911 and his descendants are in Norway. So--my question is whethere anyone has access to the census records in New York for 1910, 1920, and 1930. Since I don't have a county, I hope those years are indexed. Mathilde Pauline supposedly married Anton Trondsen--in the US. Thanks, Joy

Loved the lutefisk pictures. I have actually been considering writing an online lutefisk newsletter listing local lutefisk feeds for anyone who might want to try it. Would anyone be interested in viewing such a thing? I would most certainly welcome lutefisk humor as well as recipes and lutefisk feed updates. -Sarah Svard Ashley >From: NOR-OPPLAND-D-request@rootsweb.com >Reply-To: NOR-OPPLAND-L@rootsweb.com >To: NOR-OPPLAND-D@rootsweb.com >Subject: NOR-OPPLAND-D Digest V03 #123 >Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 21:00:24 -0700 > ><< message2.txt >> ><< message4.txt >> ><< message6.txt >> ><< message8.txt >> _________________________________________________________________ MSN Shopping upgraded for the holidays! Snappier product search... http://shopping.msn.com

Hei Olaf!! Here is a picture of the over 70 crowd just loving the lutefisk, mashed home grown potatoes, cole slaw, meatballs and gravy, buns, lefse, cranberries and all the homemade desserts you could wish in your dreams. All they could eat for $10. Now where in this world can you get that anymore?? :-)) NOWHERE!! There was a Harley Davidson Motorcycle group that came from Bismarck, ND, they left a big tip, because they could not believe that they could sit there all night and eat all they wanted, they were under 70. :-)) <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~maggiebakke/lutefisk2.jpg> Margit > > Ja, dat's fine, but vhere's da mashed potatoes and da buckets of melted > butter? > Olaf >> Hi all, >> >> For all those who have never seen Lutefisk, here is a picture from a place >> we were at in western ND over the weekend. They served over 800 people. >> <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~maggiebakke/images/lutefisk.jpg> >> >> Margit