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    1. Re: [Oppland] Karen Amundsdatter
    2. Margit
    3. Vickie, I also find the following at <http://www.familysearch.org> International Genealogical Index - Norway 1. ANDERS AMUNDSEN - International Genealogical Index / NO Gender: Male Christening: 11 AUG 1850 Gran, Oppland, Norway ANDERS AMUNDSEN Male Event(s): Birth: Christening: 11 AUG 1850 Gran, Oppland, Norway Death: Burial: Parents: Father: AMUND JOHNSEN Mother: KIRSTI JENSDR Messages: Extracted birth or christening record for the locality listed in the record. The source records are usually arranged chronologically by the birth or christening date. 2. AMUND AMUNDSEN - International Genealogical Index / NO Gender: Male Christening: 01 OCT 1854 Gran, Oppland, Norway AMUND AMUNDSEN Male Event(s): Birth: Christening: 01 OCT 1854 Gran, Oppland, Norway Death: Burial: Parents: Father: AMUND JOHNSEN Mother: KIRSTI JENSDR Messages: Extracted birth or christening record for the locality listed in the record. The source records are usually arranged chronologically by the birth or christening date. 3. JENS AMUNDSEN - International Genealogical Index / NO Gender: Male Christening: 18 JUL 1847 Gran, Oppland, Norway JENS AMUNDSEN Male Event(s): Birth: Christening: 18 JUL 1847 Gran, Oppland, Norway Death: Burial: Parents: Father: AMUND JOHNSEN Mother: KIRSTI JENSDR Messages: Extracted birth or christening record for the locality listed in the record. The source records are usually arranged chronologically by the birth or christening date. 4. JOHANNES AMUNDSEN - International Genealogical Index / NO Gender: Male Christening: 12 OCT 1845 Gran, Oppland, Norway JOHANNES AMUNDSEN Male Event(s): Birth: Christening: 12 OCT 1845 Gran, Oppland, Norway Death: Burial: Parents: Father: AMUND JOHNSEN Mother: KJERSTI JENSDR Messages: Extracted birth or christening record for the locality listed in the record. The source records are usually arranged chronologically by the birth or christening date. 5. KAREN AMUNDSEN - International Genealogical Index / NO Gender: Female Christening: 31 OCT 1852 Gran, Oppland, Norway KAREN AMUNDSEN Female Event(s): Birth: Christening: 31 OCT 1852 Gran, Oppland, Norway Death: Burial: Parents: Father: AMUND JOHNSEN Mother: KIRSTI JENSDR Messages: Extracted birth or christening record for the locality listed in the record. The source records are usually arranged chronologically by the birth or christening date. Kirkebøker, 1707-1917 Den Norske kirke. Gran prestegjeld (Oppland) Source Information: Batch No.: Dates: Source Call No.: Type: Printout Call No.: Type: C424836 1842 - 1856 0307300 Film NONE Margit >> Margit, >> >> My connection to Oppland is through my great grandmother, Karen Amundsdatter, >> who was from Hadeland, born on October 4, 1852. She married Nils Peter >> Jensen in Gran, May 1881 (Nils Peter was from Buskerud). Very shortly >> thereafter, >> they moved to the U.S. where she appears to have joined a brother, Anton >> Amundsen, who had already emigrated from Norway. They settled in Northern >> Iowa and >> ultimately lived in Eagle Grove where they had four children: Emma, Jennie, >> Karl, and Josef. Josef/Joseph Jensen is my paternal grandfather. Karen had >> a >> brother, Johannes, who joined the family in Iowa at some point thereafter. >> >> I have searched through the Norwegian census and, perhaps, found the family, >> but I don't know how to go any further than that as I cannot seem to find any >> of the brothers and certainly none of their children.

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