Good morning Margit Thanks for the birth record. My thoughts were to obtain a marriage record, but you picked up on one of my questions that I was going to ask after I found my way around this genealogy helpmate. Are you able to obtain the birth records for Julius`s brothers and sisters all of whom I believe were born in Lillehammer also? I have the date or partial date of birth for all but two of them. I do not want to make too much work, but your fast response is great, and I would like to complete as much as I can on Julius`s siblings. I will list them all in case you are able to locate the birth records. Thanks very much for this great resource. Ingeborg Johannesen birth date unknown Johann Johannesen birth date unknown Caroline Johannesen born January 1847 Lourina Kristine Johannesen born April 1850 Carl Johannesen born 1 December 1855 Otto Johannesen born 1 September 1858 Ottillie Johnannesen born 20 July 1859 Tina Johannesen born 12 October 1863 Emil Johannesen born 26 June 1867 Father Johannes Larsen, Mother Christine Olsdatter Earl ----- Original Message ----- From: Margit <mbakke@eot.com> To: <NOR-OPPLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 8:40 PM Subject: Re: [Oppland] Marriage record > Hi Earl, > Here is the actual birth record of your Julius online if you do not have it. > He was baptised on Christmas Day of the same year. > <http://www.arkivnett.ol.no/dbsok/ndetal.asp?PT=Dopte&Post=8595> > Margit > > > My great-grandparents were Julius Johannesen, son of Johannes Larsen of > > Lillehammer, Faberg Parish, Oppland County Norway (born 17 November 1852), > > > ==== 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 >

Hi Earl, Here is the actual birth record of your Julius online if you do not have it. He was baptised on Christmas Day of the same year. <http://www.arkivnett.ol.no/dbsok/ndetal.asp?PT=Dopte&Post=8595> Margit > My great-grandparents were Julius Johannesen, son of Johannes Larsen of > Lillehammer, Faberg Parish, Oppland County Norway (born 17 November 1852),

I would like to welcome all those who have signed on for the Oppland Mail List. <neflyons@charter.net> <ereep@whidbey.net> <johnpet@discover-net.net> <dmlangner@hotmail.com> The archives for the Nor-Oppland list are located here: <http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/NOR/NOR-OPPLAND.html> 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. I am open to all suggestions or ideas for the betterment of the list. Contact me anytime. 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/> I hope you all have a peaceful New Year. Margit

My great-grandparents were Julius Johannesen, son of Johannes Larsen of Lillehammer, Faberg Parish, Oppland County Norway (born 17 November 1852), and Eline Fredricka Simensdatter Listad of Grav/Grov, Sor-Fron Parish, Oppland County Norway (born 27 March 1858). Both were included as single persons in the 1875 census in Christiania now Oslo. Julius was enumerated as Julius Steen in this census, and on a subsequent manifest on the SS Thingvalla which sailed from Christiania to the US in 1881. Their first child John Sigurd Steen was born in Christiania on 9 December 1877. This would indicate that they lived in Christiania from 1875 until their departure on 22 June 1881, and were probably married in this city in 1877 or perhaps earlier. Where would one write in Oslo or perhaps Sor-Fron Parish to obtain a copy of this marriage record. In the US the family went by the name of Stone, and Julius` occupation was as a woodturner. In time he became a part-time and then eventually full-time preacher with the Church of Christ in Chippewa Falls Wisconsin. It is unclear exactly when he first affiliated with this denomination, but family oral history has it as being in Norway. If so the records may not be with the Lutheran Church? Any help in this matter is appreciated. Earl Reep Oak Harbor WA

There are a lot of us online who do lookups, whether out of books or scan and send obit's. If you write and ask for a lookup, please make sure you do not have the person who is doing the lookup for you blocked in your email. I had a lady write and ask me for Obit's in Norman County, Minnesota of Campbell's. Lots of long informative obit's they were with lots of family information going back to 1827. Trouble is, she won't get any of it, she has me blocked, or rather AOL.Com does. Now I have a lot of people blocked also, but still go through the filter list and pick out the non spam email that gets hung up in there and send it on to my regular email box. This is the email address of the lady looking for the Campbell information, if anyone knows her, tell her she has lots of good obit's waiting on her family. :-)) <NanaZorra@aol.com> Nancy Fox Margit

Try this one also. Lon tr taylor E-mail Address(es): trtaylor@webtv.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Evensen" <revensen@attbi.com> To: <NOR-OPPLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 9:25 PM Subject: [Oppland] Farm Løsnes Hi, I'm brand new to the list. I'm interested in any information about my great great grandfather Anders Løsnes who was born c. 1792 in Ringebu in Gudbrandsdalen on the farm Løsnes. In the 1840 census he is living in Kongsberg where he marries and raises a family, notably my great grandfather Johannes Andersen Løsnes. I'm trying to find information on the Løsnes farm, especially pictures or even where it is on the map. If anyone is from the area, can you tell me something about Ringebu. Also, are there still people living on the farm with the name Løsnes that may be very very distant relations? Thanks, Robert Evensen Cambridge, MA USA ==== 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

I was able to get much info about my family from this author. My family is listed in the Lesja book in the middle of Gudbrandsdalen. Request them through interloan library. They list all the farms and our farm was listed. The book in in Norwegian. Best of luck! Lon Johnson Kjelland,Arnfinn E-mail Address(es): Arnfinn.Kjelland@hivolda.no Author: Kjelland, Arnfinn. Title: Bygdebok for Lesja. Publisher: Lesja: Lesja Kommune, 1987. Three volumes: Bd. I - Gårds og Slektshistorie for Lesjaskogen Bd. II - Gårds og Slektshistorie for nørdre del av Lesja Hovudsokn Bd. III - Gårds og Slektshistorie for søre del av Lesja Hovudsokn Call No. DL596.L47 K55 1987 v.1-3 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Evensen" <revensen@attbi.com> To: <NOR-OPPLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 9:25 PM Subject: [Oppland] Farm Løsnes Hi, I'm brand new to the list. I'm interested in any information about my great great grandfather Anders Løsnes who was born c. 1792 in Ringebu in Gudbrandsdalen on the farm Løsnes. In the 1840 census he is living in Kongsberg where he marries and raises a family, notably my great grandfather Johannes Andersen Løsnes. I'm trying to find information on the Løsnes farm, especially pictures or even where it is on the map. If anyone is from the area, can you tell me something about Ringebu. Also, are there still people living on the farm with the name Løsnes that may be very very distant relations? Thanks, Robert Evensen Cambridge, MA USA ==== 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

For the past year I have been translating a book from 1896 with the help of a couple of Norwegian relatives. It has been fun and a learning experience. Olaf is nowing doing the last section for me. It is about the early residents living in Twin Valley, Norman County, Minnesota in 1896. There are a few from Oppland I see in the first 3 pages, so I will put them onlist for the archives. Margit Twin Valley City 1. Mayor Chas. Hanson was born in Ullensaker, Norway, in 1859. He came to America with his parents in '69 and lived with them in Ruthford, Fillmore Co., Minn. The year after they came here to Wild Rice. He was the first to open a store in Twin City, where he now operates a music business etc as well as being the City's Mayor. 2. John R. Veium was born in Saude parish, Telemark, Norway in 1867. He came to America in '81 and stopped first for a time at Mankato, Minn. The same year he went to Red Wing where he lived for 3 years. He then took a trip back to Norway to visit family and friends. After a year's passage he came again to America and then came here to Norman Co., where his brother was a priest. He lived here for 4 years, after which he went again to Norway. There he stayed for only 4 months, and then came back to America and lived a year in St. Paul. Later he moved to Twin Valley, where in '90 he began a general store together with L. Walhus. In 1893 he bought out Walhus and has since operated the business alone. 3. C. P. Waller was born in Solør, Norway in 1866 and came here to America with his parents in '71. He has now for several years operated a general store in Twin Valley with his brother Olaf along with John Homelvig. In the fall of '95 they opened a branch in Syre, a few miles from Twin Valley. He is married and has a child. 4. O. H. Aaker was born in Decorah, Iowa, in 1856 and lived there until '77, when he went to Flandreau N.D., where he took a homestead. There he lived until '85 when he came here to Norman Co. and began a general store in TwinValley together with his brother Hans Aaker. He is married and has 5 children, while one is dead. 5. Hans Burgess was born in Ringebu parish in Norway in 1854. he came here to America in '78 and settled in Black River Falls, Wis. He lived there until '86 when he moved here to Norman Co., Minn. He worked first for some years for Andrews and Hampton in Ada, later he moved to Twin City, where he is now the City's Postmaster. He also has a farm some miles east of the city. He has a wife and several children. 6. Halvor Hanson was born in Id parish at Fredrikstad in 1845. He came here to America in 1871 and settled at St. Paul and lived there until '81, when he came here to Norman Co., Minn., where he took 80 acres of land right by Twin Valley City, on which land a part of the City now lies. He is unmarried. 7. Laurits Sethney was born in Toten, Norway, in 1868 and came here to America in '86, after which he settled here in Norman Co., Minn. He was married a couple of years ago and now operates a furniture store together with his brother Hans. 8. Louis Peterson, wheat buyer, was born in Osola, Polk Co., Wis., in 1863. He came here to Twin Valley in '91, where he has bought wheat for an elevator company. He was married in '92 to a daughter of Peter Skjægrud. They have no children. 9. L.H. Aas, plasterer, was born in Hitterdal parish, Norway, in 1851. He came here to America in '73 and settled in Decorah, Iowa. He lived there until '81, when he moved to Ada, Minn., where he lived until '87, when he moved here to Twin Valley, where he works at the plastering trade. He married some years ago, but has no children. 10. Louis K. Wold, carpenter, was born in Hitteren parish, Norway, in 1866. He came here to America in '89. Since '94 he has lived in Twin Valley, where he works as a carpenter. 11. Jens Sethney was born in Vestre Toten, Norway, 1870. He came here to America in '87 and settled in Twin Valley where he first for a few years was a clerk with Aaker Brothers. Later he bought a furniture store from Jakob Sannan with his brother Laurits, which business they now operate under the name of Sethney Brothers. Jens Sethney works now as a clerk with Christ. Waller and Co. He was in '92 married to Petra Kallerud, daughter of Ole Kallerud of Home Lake, and they have one child. 12. Theodor Wold was born in Sibley Co., Minn., in 1872. He came here together with his parents to Norman Co. '80. He now operates a hotel, that he bought from his father a couple of years ago. He is the owner and manager of Columbia Hotel. 13. A.J. Lee was born in Næs parish, Hedmark, Norway, in 1854. He came here to America in '70, and settled in Decorah, Iowa, where he lived until '80. He then moved here to Norman Co., Minn., where he began to farm on the north side of Wild Rice River. But when the railroad came here and the City of Twin Valley was founded, he sold the farm and moved here. The first year he operated a restaurant, now for several years he has operated a hotel, since he is the owner of the Grand Hotel. He has a wife and several children. 14. O.H. Klemmetsrud was born inValders, Norway, in 1865. He came as a one year old child with his parents here to America in '66, that settled in Dane Co., Wis., where they lived until '81, when they moved here to Norman Co., Minn. He has now for several years operated a photography business in Twin Valley, at the same time he also has galleries in Ulen and Fertile. He is married to Anne Bakke, daughter of Anders Bakke of Home Lake. They have no children. 15. S.O. Hanson was born in Waupacca Co., Wis., in 1866, where he lived with his parents until '86, when he came here to Norman Co., Minn. He now operates a hardware store together with his brother A.O. Hanson. He is married and has 3 children,of which one is dead. 16. A.O. Hanson was born in Ringebo, Norway, in 1864 and came here with his parents the same year to Waupacca Co., Wis. Here he lived until '85, when he came here to Norman Co. He now operates a hardware store together with his brother S.D. Hanson, at the same time they sell farm machinery. He is married and has 2 children. 17. Sam Olson, painter, was born in Vestre Toten, Norway, in 1857. He came to America in '65 and settled in Dane Co., Wis. He lived there until '85, when he moved to Spring Grove, Minn., where he lived until '87. He moved after that to Fargo, N.D. and lived there for 2 years, after which he moved to Norman Co., Minn. He first took land in the Town of Flom, but after a few years, he sold the land and moved to Twin Valley, where he now works as a painter. He has a wife and several children. 18. John Fjældstad was born at Vestre Toten, Norway, in 1863. He emigrated from Norway in '85 and came to Duluth, Minn., where he lived for 3 years. He then went to Fargo, N.D., and lived there until '93, then he moved here to Norman Co. He was married in '93 to Clara Waller, daughter of Peder Waller of Home Lake. They have 2 children. He now lives in Twin Valley, where he works at various jobs. 19. John A. Jørgenson was born in Aalesund, Norway, in 1864. He came here to America in 1864 and settled in Norman Co., Minn. In '89 he began a saddlery, which he now operates. He has a wife and several children.

Hi Robert, Have you checked the resources for Ringebu on this page? <http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/wc/webcens.exe?slag=gmeny&fylke=5&komm une=520&spraak=> DA 29.10.1999 1801-telling for 0520 Ringeboe DA 05.06.1998 1865-telling for 0520 Ringebo DA 23.01.2002 1875-telling for 0520 Ringebu DA 29.05.2000 1900-telling for 0520 Ringebu DA 03.02.2001 Begravde Ringebu 1696-1865 DA 05.02.2001 Døpte Ringebu 1696-1865 DA 05.02.2001 Vielser Ringebu 1696-1865 There are more records available online here also to check: <http://www.rhd.uit.no/kirkebok_sok.html> Do you have Anders f. c.1792 parents names, wife's name, childrens names and birthdates or years? Løsnes was also spelled Løsnæs in Ringebu. Here is the dis-norge site for Ringebu if you have not checked it out: <http://www.dis-norge.no/genress/ut.php?id=109279&PHPSESSID=3cc3e5ea574f58a0 0035d6fa6a9f7971> Here is the dis-norge site for Kongsberg in Buskerud: <http://www.dis-norge.no/genress/index.php?todo=visKategori&kid=100190&PHPSE SSID=3cc3e5ea574f58a00035d6fa6a9f7971> Here is a page on the Ringebu Stave Church. <http://www.medsca.org/stavechurch/ringebu.html> Margit Hi, > > I'm brand new to the list. I'm interested in any information about my great > great grandfather Anders Løsnes who was born c. 1792 in Ringebu in > Gudbrandsdalen on the farm Løsnes. In the 1840 census he is living in > Kongsberg where he marries and raises a family, notably my great grandfather > Johannes Andersen Løsnes. > > I'm trying to find information on the Løsnes farm, especially pictures or even > where it is on the map. If anyone is from the area, can you tell me something > about Ringebu. Also, are there still people living on the farm with the name > Løsnes that may be very very distant relations? Thanks,

Hi, I'm brand new to the list. I'm interested in any information about my great great grandfather Anders Løsnes who was born c. 1792 in Ringebu in Gudbrandsdalen on the farm Løsnes. In the 1840 census he is living in Kongsberg where he marries and raises a family, notably my great grandfather Johannes Andersen Løsnes. I'm trying to find information on the Løsnes farm, especially pictures or even where it is on the map. If anyone is from the area, can you tell me something about Ringebu. Also, are there still people living on the farm with the name Løsnes that may be very very distant relations? Thanks, Robert Evensen Cambridge, MA USA

I would like to welcome all those who have signed on for the Oppland Mail List. <Joyhart@aol.com> <amber@mninter.net> <gstruska@eot.com> <trudywasson@hotmail.com> <revensen@attbi.com> The archives for the Nor-Oppland list are located here: <http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/NOR/NOR-OPPLAND.html> 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. I am open to all suggestions or ideas for the betterment of the list. Contact me anytime. 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/> I hope you all have a peaceful New Year. Margit

My grandfather Ole Olsen Toftehagen born 1841 and emigrated to Wisconsin in 1869. The 1865 census for Norway shows an Ole Olsen, age 26, working as a "tjeneste" on the farm Tofteovre. I am not sure this is the same Ole Olsen because of the age difference. I would be interested in communicating with anyone who has knowledge or information about the Tofte farms in Sør Fron Parish in the 1800's. e-mail: dchagen@chartermi.net

I apolojize to Roger, this message should have gone to him, not the list. Margit > Hi Roger, > Just address your email to: > NOR-OPPLAND-L@rootsweb.com > Put your subject in the subject line. > Then put the information down that you are looking for, like you have done > with me. > Any questions, just ask. > Margit

Hi Roger, Just address your email to: NOR-OPPLAND-L@rootsweb.com Put your subject in the subject line. Then put the information down that you are looking for, like you have done with me. Any questions, just ask. Margit From: "Roger Phillips" <jingles02@earthlink.net> Reply-To: jingles02@earthlink.net Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2003 20:26:8 -0500 To: "Margit" <mbakke@eot.com> Subject: Nor-Oppland Mailing List Margit, I apologize for being dumb as a stone but I have not figured out how I am supposed to enter family information into the Nor-Oppland mailing list page. I would appreciate it if you would give me a little guidance. Thanks! --- Roger Phillips --- jingles02@earthlink.net --- EarthLink: The #1 provider of the Real Internet.

These farm names are from Vang, Valdres, Oppland. Looking for descendants of Nils Gullicksen BERGE/LEITE/VEFLEN (1799-1844) who lived at Søre Leite (a smaller farm under the ownership of the Berge farm - in Høre), and later the Veblen farm in Vang, Valdres. He was married to Guri Trondsdatter (1797-unknown) who was born at either Møsåker or Midt-Givre. Guri later lived at N. Vøvle with her parents, Trond Torleivsen and Berit Knutsdatter. 1) Their first son, Gullik Nilsen Veflen/Leite (1822-?) immigrated to Goodhue County, then moved to Renville County. Married twice: Rachel and later Johanna. He may have moved to Canada and died there? 2) Tron Nilsen born 1825, at a small farm at Søre Veflen (AKA Vøvle), called "Ruskehaugen". Did he immigrate like many of his siblings or did he stay in Norway? Was he married? Descendants? 3) Gunhild Nilsdatter LEITE born 1827 at Ruskehaugen at Søre Veflen. She may have married and immigrated to Wisconsin. 4) Berit Nilsdatter (1829-1930) died young. Was there another Berit, daughter of Nils Gullikson, born later and married? 5) Knut Nilsen LEITE (1830-1922). Born assumed Ruskehaugen, a smaller farm at Søre Veflen/Veblen. He immigrated in 1864. To Warsaw Township, Goodhue County, MN, then Renville Co., MN (where he was Naturalized in 1878), and later to Brookings County, South Dakota where he died. 6) Sigrid Nilsdatter LEITE/VEFLEN(?) (1833-1902). Birth farm unknown. She and her husband, John John Estrem (AKA John Johnson Hæn; John Johnson Austreim; John Johnson Nefstad; John John Næfstad) immigrated to Warsaw Township, Goodhue County, MN. They lived there until their deaths. Most US records have their surname as "Estrem". 7) Nils Nilsen LEITE/VEFLEN/WEFLEN (1836-?). Born unknown farm in Vang, Valdres. Came to Goodhue County, MN. The 1870 Warsaw Township, Goodhue County census lists a Nels W. Nelson, age 33, and wife Emily, age 34. No children listed. Thanks, Vickie in Minnesota

I still have some confusion about the church divisions of Toten. It seems that Toten is made up of 4 prestegjeld: 1) Kolbu (Kolbu and Eina sokner) 2) Aas (Aas sokn) 3) Raufoss (Raufoss sokn) 4) Østre Toten (Hoff, Nordlien and Kapp sokner) Is this correct? Regards, Garth Ulrich

Warning, this takes a long time to load, but is well worth it, as I enlarged it quite a bit and split it off into smaller pictures. I have the pictures saved on my hard drive and can enlarge more also I believe. The original picture is about 5 feet long. Let others know about it also. Margit <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~maggiebakke/gudbrands.html>

I would like to welcome all those who have signed on for the Oppland Mail List. <bettylou@spacestar.net> <northloop@athenet.net> <begun@uslink.net> <gulrich@sasktel.net> <kenger@bellsouth.net> <mcmanus4@optonline.net> The archives for the Nor-Oppland list are located here: <http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/NOR/NOR-OPPLAND.html> 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. I am open to all suggestions or ideas for the betterment of the list. Contact me anytime. 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/> I hope you all have a peaceful New Year. Margit

I would like to welcome all those who have signed on for the Oppland Mail List. <wctweton@prtel.com> <marwendt@mn.astound.net> <dchagen@chartermi.net> The archives for the Nor-Oppland list are located here: <http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/NOR/NOR-OPPLAND.html> 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. I am open to all suggestions or ideas for the betterment of the list. Contact me anytime. 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/> I hope you all have a peaceful New Year. Margit

I would like to welcome all those who have signed on for the Oppland Mail List. <Sierra496@aol.com> <sue4546@yahoo.com> <Bjnelso@aol.com> <pghanson@smig.net> The archives for the Nor-Oppland list are located here: <http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/NOR/NOR-OPPLAND.html> 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. I am open to all suggestions or ideas for the betterment of the list. Contact me anytime. 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/> I hope you all have a peaceful New Year. Margit