This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Johan and Marie (Olsen) Lee Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hcC.2ACE/1339 Message Board Post: ....Johan Olsen changed name to John Olsen Lee after arrival in MN before moving on to [email protected] 1883 .....Birthdate and birthplace----Johan was born in June 22, 1848 place Ekornrud, Oppegaard, Akershus, Norway ... .Johan’s parents were Ole Jacobsen and Karen Gurine Eriksdatter. (Pike?) Karen born Stubbelianbruket, Aker and father was Erik Johansen. Married 26 Dec 1847 , Aker, Oslo Ole (1830) Aas to Krogstad (18 years); (1842) Krogstad to Nesodden (28);(1855) Nesodden to Aas and too; (1862) Aas to Nesodden with familiy;(1864) Nesodden to Prinsdalsbraaten,wife and 2 children. .....Johan's siblings 1865 Census, Prinsdalsbraaten, Hauketo. Ole, age 52, Karen age 43, Maren age 13,and Ludvig age 9 born Aas. In 1874, Carl Martin Olsen accompanies Marie to America age 24. ...Spouse(s) Marie Martinsdatter Olsen Hagen Olsen changed her name to Marie Hagen Lee. Marie Martinsdatter Olsen Hagen Lee was born 25 August 1851 place Oppegaard, Ostre Toten, Oppland, Norway. Married to Johan 22 June 1848, Ekornrud, Oppegaard. ...... Son, Olaf, born in Svingen, Oslo, Norway area Dec 1972. ....... Farm names I have found are "Fjelhougsten and Fjorkenstad". Emigration Date........ Johan’s date unknown. Marie sailed (353085) Oslo Passport on June 17, 1871 with Carl Martin Olsen age 24 (Johan’s brother), Marie age 23 and her son Olaf Martinsen ¾ years, .......Emigrated to Lanesboro, MN. Port of entry unknown ......Specific location(s) where person lived........ Fillmore County, Lanesboro, MN and on to Barnes County, Nome, ND in 1882-3 .....Johan May have been in Norway Military. Marie’s parents were Martin Olsen and Helene Hagensdatter, but they came to MN some unknown time and died and buried in St Petrie Cemetery, Nome, ND, as Martin and Helene Olsen. No known info on them. They are all buried in Nome. ......The resources I have already searched are Ancestry.com and Vesterheim Museum, Madison, WI. visited and received birth, marriage, passport, marriage banns records. Great visit and lots of info. ......What I would like to find out....... Before our trip to Norway next year, we hope to find living relatives