Dear Mark and other Listers! Thank you very much, Mark, for your latest comment, and for sending me that newspaper website. I have studied the website, but I apparently do something wrong... I have tried various search options, but only get "error" messages... Strange... I realize that finding more facts on Gertrude Olness and her first travelling salesman husband named Lind is indeed a "tough" challenge, but I keep hoping... Thanks again a million for your great assistance! Very sincerely yours, Lars E. Oyane ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Jan 29, 2015, at 9:31 AM, Mark Erickson via wrote: > I haven't had any luck finding anything yet, but this site might help. Not > sure if anyone has posted it before, but the Minnesota Historical Society > has a beta site up called "Minnesota Digital Newspaper Hub". > > At the bottom of the page is an option to translate your findings into > Norwegian. > > > http://tinyurl.com/qbt25c5 > > On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 10:27 AM, Lars E. Oyane via <norway@rootsweb.com> > wrote: > >> Dear Annette and other Listers! >> >> I have today discovered an interesting fact regarding the two sisters >> Gjertrud and Anna Olness who travelled back and forth to England/Scotland >> in the summer of 1895. They indeed made the trip all the way to NORWAY, as >> they show up as reemigrating over Bergen on Aug. 20, 1895: >> >> 36417 Bergen 817 1895 Aug. 30 Gjertrud >> Tronsdatter Ølnæs f g Handelsreisendes Enke 1867 28 >> Sogndal Sogndal Bosat i Amerika Allan >> 36418 Bergen 818 1895 Aug. 30 Anna Trondsdatter >> Ølnæs f ug Tjenestepige 1869 26 Sogndal Sogndal >> Bosat i Amerika Allan >> >> Both are using their maiden names Olness, but interestingly enough >> Gjertrud is said to be the WIDOW of a TRAVELLING SALESMAN, while Anna shows >> up as an unmarried servant! >> >> By the way, I checked out my notes on Anna and her 1st husband William >> Osher, and it appears that they "moved together" in 1894, as that's the >> year that William and his 1st wife were separated. At that time I believe >> they all lived in Minneapolis, MN! >> >> As I have already mentioned, the Minneapolis, MN city directories from the >> late 1880's thru 1898 include one Gertrude Lind, the widow of Lewis Lind, >> but she died in 1898, 50 years old. In ONE of these city directyories we >> find TWO Gertrude Linds, namely i 1895! The 2nd one is: >> >> LIND, Gertrude, dom 415 15th Av SE. >> >> However, there is no mention of widow, so maybe this is a different >> Gertrude? I find NO travelling salesmen among the Linds in Minneapolis, MN >> betwen 1890 and 1895, and there are no Olness either. A couple of Oshers, >> but no William... >> >> So, is it possible to identify "Mr." Lind after all of this information? >> Maybe someone with a newspaper database subscription can find something >> googling Lind and travelling salesman? >> >> Thanks again for your great assistance in this matter! >> >> Very sincerely yours, >> >> Lars E. Oyane >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> >> On Jan 27, 2015, at 2:27 PM, Annette Bowen via wrote: >> >>> John, >>> If you look at the census image, the surname Lind is written in by >>> Gertrude's name and all the rest of the family below her has just a >>> line, indicating the same name. The indexer probably noticed that the >>> person below Gertrude was a son and would probably have the Olness >>> surname like his parents, but chose to include both possibilities in >>> the index. >>> >>> Annette >>> >>> On 1/26/15, John Kenneth Peterson via <norway@rootsweb.com> wrote: >>>> Lars, >>>> >>>> By searching further I can see that Thomas Olness's children took the >> name >>>> of Olness as that is clear in other later census records and death >> records. >>>> Gertrude is still a question. I wonder why ancestry.com gave them all >> the >>>> alternate name of Lind? Maybe totally wrong and then maybe you still >> would >>>> need to look for a Lind for Gertrude's husband. >>>> >>>> This has me puzzled for sure. >>>> >>>> John >>> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NORWAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORWAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Dear Listers! This morning I would very much like to resend a few past inquiries about individuals that may have been forgotten, and which I am VERY interested in trying to fill in missing details about before going to press. This is one of them, and I wish to thank you all very very much for every little bit and piece of information that can be found, perhaps basically thru newspaper notices(?). Very sincerely yours, Lars E. Oyane ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Begin forwarded message: > From: "Lars E. Oyane via" <norway@rootsweb.com> > Date: January 31, 2015 7:04:50 PM EST > To: norway@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [NOR] Gjertrud Fredrikke Olness Lind Landgren (1867-1955) of Goodhue and Pipestone Cos., MN - where was Gertrude between 1885 and 1900 > Reply-To: "Lars E. Oyane" <lars.e.oyane@sdsl.no>, norway@rootsweb.com > > Dear Mark and other Listers! > > Thank you very much, Mark, for your latest comment, and for sending me that newspaper website. > > I have studied the website, but I apparently do something wrong... I have tried various search options, but only get "error" messages... Strange... > > I realize that finding more facts on Gertrude Olness and her first travelling salesman husband named Lind is indeed a "tough" challenge, but I keep hoping... > > Thanks again a million for your great assistance! > > Very sincerely yours, > > Lars E. Oyane > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > On Jan 29, 2015, at 9:31 AM, Mark Erickson via wrote: > >> I haven't had any luck finding anything yet, but this site might help. Not >> sure if anyone has posted it before, but the Minnesota Historical Society >> has a beta site up called "Minnesota Digital Newspaper Hub". >> >> At the bottom of the page is an option to translate your findings into >> Norwegian. >> >> >> http://tinyurl.com/qbt25c5 >> >> On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 10:27 AM, Lars E. Oyane via <norway@rootsweb.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Dear Annette and other Listers! >>> >>> I have today discovered an interesting fact regarding the two sisters >>> Gjertrud and Anna Olness who travelled back and forth to England/Scotland >>> in the summer of 1895. They indeed made the trip all the way to NORWAY, as >>> they show up as reemigrating over Bergen on Aug. 20, 1895: >>> >>> 36417 Bergen 817 1895 Aug. 30 Gjertrud >>> Tronsdatter Ølnæs f g Handelsreisendes Enke 1867 28 >>> Sogndal Sogndal Bosat i Amerika Allan >>> 36418 Bergen 818 1895 Aug. 30 Anna Trondsdatter >>> Ølnæs f ug Tjenestepige 1869 26 Sogndal Sogndal >>> Bosat i Amerika Allan >>> >>> Both are using their maiden names Olness, but interestingly enough >>> Gjertrud is said to be the WIDOW of a TRAVELLING SALESMAN, while Anna shows >>> up as an unmarried servant! >>> >>> By the way, I checked out my notes on Anna and her 1st husband William >>> Osher, and it appears that they "moved together" in 1894, as that's the >>> year that William and his 1st wife were separated. At that time I believe >>> they all lived in Minneapolis, MN! >>> >>> As I have already mentioned, the Minneapolis, MN city directories from the >>> late 1880's thru 1898 include one Gertrude Lind, the widow of Lewis Lind, >>> but she died in 1898, 50 years old. In ONE of these city directyories we >>> find TWO Gertrude Linds, namely i 1895! The 2nd one is: >>> >>> LIND, Gertrude, dom 415 15th Av SE. >>> >>> However, there is no mention of widow, so maybe this is a different >>> Gertrude? I find NO travelling salesmen among the Linds in Minneapolis, MN >>> betwen 1890 and 1895, and there are no Olness either. A couple of Oshers, >>> but no William... >>> >>> So, is it possible to identify "Mr." Lind after all of this information? >>> Maybe someone with a newspaper database subscription can find something >>> googling Lind and travelling salesman? >>> >>> Thanks again for your great assistance in this matter! >>> >>> Very sincerely yours, >>> >>> Lars E. Oyane >>> >>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>>