This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ondell, Aandahl, Knutsdatter Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hcC.2ACE/1344 Message Board Post: Looking for information on Peder Pedersen (b. dec 1814 or 1817 in Uldalen(?), Sel, Oppland. He married Mari Knutsdatter (b. abt 1821 in Flagastad, Lesja, Oppland) in about 1845 in Lesja. He immigrated to Wisconsin before 1850. Peder/Peter was known in the U.S. as Peter Ondell. He may have had a brother, John/Johan (Andreas?) Pedersen Aandahl that lived in Christiansund prior to 1847, when he married Johanna Maria Johanasdetter Lokke on november 16, 1847 in Trondheim. I am willing to share the extensive information on these people after about 1850-60 in the U.S, including many descendents. Even the smallest clue will be welcome after 15 years of hunting. Richard C. Schumacher [email protected]

> > Looking for information on Peder Pedersen (b. dec 1814 or 1817 in > Uldalen(?), Sel, Oppland. He married Mari Knutsdatter (b. abt 1821 in > Flagastad, Lesja, Oppland) in about 1845 in Lesja. I believe that this is Mari's babtism: http://www.arkivnett.ol.no/dbsok/ndetal.asp?PT=Dopte&Post=25024 I find this marriage record from Lesja: http://www.arkivnett.ol.no/dbsok/ndetal.asp?PT=Ekteviede&Post=5226 This record confirms the data below regarding Peder. The age and names for Mari also fits. > He immigrated to > Wisconsin before 1850. Peder/Peter was known in the U.S. as Peter Ondell. You say "he emigrated", does that indicate that he came to the US alone? On searching for a possible emigration record, I stumbled upon a record which seem to indicate that Mari moved to Levanger in Nord-Trøndelag as a servant when she was 16. Look at this: http://www.arkivnett.ol.no/dbsok/ndetal.asp?PT=Utflyttede&Post=1051 So, it would seem that she came back to Lesja to marry, or maybe she just did not leave after all. Wonder where she met Peder, Levanger is north while Sel is to the south. And from the record showing Peder moving to Lesja he seem to have come from Sel. Maybe you can look at that puzzle? In 1817, I find the following, and since the farm name is right, I guess this is your Peder: http://www.arkivnett.ol.no/dbsok/ndetal.asp?PT=Dopte&Post=39278 This lists his birth to the 31st of August 1817, and his baptism to the 14th of 1817. The links are the digitised parish records for Vågå. The church is listed as Sel. You can also see the name of the parents, and the witnesses for the baptism. I have found the record which states that Peder is moving to Lesja: http://www.arkivnett.ol.no/dbsok/ndetal.asp?PT=Innflyttede&Post=259 If you look at the text in the bottom, it translates: To be married to the maiden Marith Præsteflagestad. Here the name is Marith and not Mari. In order to check that there was no other couple to choose from I looked up the following: http://www.arkivnett.ol.no/dbsok/nres.asp?PT=Ekteviede&Prgjeld=LES&Aar=&Pm=0 &Fornavn=Peder&Farsnavn=Pedersen&Bosted= and found that there is no other couple which match. > > He may have had a brother, John/Johan (Andreas?) Pedersen Aandahl that > lived in Christiansund prior to 1847, when he married Johanna Maria > Johanasdetter Lokke on november 16, 1847 in Trondheim. I believe that this Gulbrand Pedersen can be a brother of Peder: http://www.arkivnett.ol.no/dbsok/ndetal.asp?PT=Dopte&Post=38965 And it would also seem that this Johannes is a brother. Could perhaps be your John/Johan? http://www.arkivnett.ol.no/dbsok/ndetal.asp?PT=Dopte&Post=40104 Now, it may appear as your Peder has a brother that go by the same name but born in 1826. The names of the parents seem to fit. http://www.arkivnett.ol.no/dbsok/ndetal.asp?PT=Dopte&Post=40629 You should look more closely at these possible siblings before concluding anything. > > I am willing to share the extensive information on these people after > about 1850-60 in the U.S, including many descendents. > > Even the smallest clue will be welcome after 15 years of hunting. > Well, if you have been hunting for this for 15 years this proves that there is no such thing as giving up. You have the information on Peder and Mari. Now saddle up and go for their parents! John Morten Malerbakken > Richard C. Schumacher > [email protected] >