Hi Bev, I don't know why I didn't think of it earlier, but just before your message came I found him on Find-A-Grave. John L. Fosmo (John Larsen Fosmoe) is buried in South Bethany Cemetery north of East Grand Forks.  He was born in 1859 and died in 1901.  (The birth date and death date both match the information I have.)  He shares a stone with a daughter Lovise who died in 1902.  Also, in the same cemetery, there is a Lesbet Fosmoe buried who died in 1888.  This is almost certainly John's first wife, who he married in Grand Forks, North Dakota in 1886. John is listed as John Larson in the 1900 census in Northland Township, Polk County, together with his second wife Maria (also sometimes spelled Mary) and children.  I can verify this is him because of his sons Pete and Ole and their birth months and years.  Also, Lovise is included in that census as Louisa. Now my next problem will be how to track John back to Norway.  According to the census, he immigrated in 1881, but I really have no idea from which part of Norway.  Also, confounding this search, there is another John Fosmo(e) in Minnesota born about the same time, in Otter Tail County as I recall.  So far, I have not found the correct John in either the 1865 or 1875 census in Norway. If you have any clues where I might find additional information about John Larsen Fosmoe, I would greatly appreciate it.  We will be back in that area in the middle of June so I can visit in Polk County if I believe I can find further information there.  (We will be attending my high school class reunion in Hatton, North Dakota and will be staying in the Fargo area for about a week.) Thanks for any hints you may have to aid my search. Greg  From: Bev Anderson <bevgand@yahoo.com> To: Gregory Holter <waxlerfarms@frontier.com>; "norway@rootsweb.com" <norway@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2015 5:56 PM Subject: Re: [NOR] Anyone with the Polk County Minnesota Cemetery Books that could do a lookup for me? Greg - Who are you looking for, which township, which cemeteries? I was born and raised in the eastern half of Polk County, might even know the name of the family. Find-A-Grave web site may have what you're looking for in some cases. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mnpolk/ https://archive.org/details/polkcountyminnes00went http://usgwarchives.net/mn/polk/polk.html Let me know if I can be of any assistance. Beste,Bev

Hi Greg, I think this must be him leaving Trondheim in 1881. How come I can't find Haltdalen, Holtaalen in the 1865 census? http://digitalarkivet.arkivverket.no/en-gb/gen/vis/8/pe00000000066619 Cliff Lien Alberta, Canada cjl@interbaun.com -----Original Message----- From: Gregory Holter via Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2015 7:43 PM To: Bev Anderson ; norway@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NOR] Anyone with the Polk County Minnesota Cemetery Books that could do a lookup for me? Hi Bev, I don't know why I didn't think of it earlier, but just before your message came I found him on Find-A-Grave. John L. Fosmo (John Larsen Fosmoe) is buried in South Bethany Cemetery north of East Grand Forks. He was born in 1859 and died in 1901. (The birth date and death date both match the information I have.) He shares a stone with a daughter Lovise who died in 1902. Also, in the same cemetery, there is a Lesbet Fosmoe buried who died in 1888. This is almost certainly John's first wife, who he married in Grand Forks, North Dakota in 1886. John is listed as John Larson in the 1900 census in Northland Township, Polk County, together with his second wife Maria (also sometimes spelled Mary) and children. I can verify this is him because of his sons Pete and Ole and their birth months and years. Also, Lovise is included in that census as Louisa. Now my next problem will be how to track John back to Norway. According to the census, he immigrated in 1881, but I really have no idea from which part of Norway. Also, confounding this search, there is another John Fosmo(e) in Minnesota born about the same time, in Otter Tail County as I recall. So far, I have not found the correct John in either the 1865 or 1875 census in Norway. If you have any clues where I might find additional information about John Larsen Fosmoe, I would greatly appreciate it. We will be back in that area in the middle of June so I can visit in Polk County if I believe I can find further information there. (We will be attending my high school class reunion in Hatton, North Dakota and will be staying in the Fargo area for about a week.) Thanks for any hints you may have to aid my search. Greg From: Bev Anderson <bevgand@yahoo.com> To: Gregory Holter <waxlerfarms@frontier.com>; "norway@rootsweb.com" <norway@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2015 5:56 PM Subject: Re: [NOR] Anyone with the Polk County Minnesota Cemetery Books that could do a lookup for me? Greg - Who are you looking for, which township, which cemeteries? I was born and raised in the eastern half of Polk County, might even know the name of the family. Find-A-Grave web site may have what you're looking for in some cases. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mnpolk/ https://archive.org/details/polkcountyminnes00went http://usgwarchives.net/mn/polk/polk.html Let me know if I can be of any assistance. Beste,Bev Norwaylist Archiveshttp://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=norway RESUBSCRIBE UNSUB http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/NOR/NORWAY.html guidelines http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~norway/guidelines.htm ------------------------------- 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

Yes, Cliff, that sure looks like our man!  Mange takk! I will have to take this up again later today after I get back from work. Greg From: Cliff Lien <cjl@interbaun.com> To: Gregory Holter <waxlerfarms@frontier.com>; norway@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2015 5:44 AM Subject: Re: [NOR] Anyone with the Polk County Minnesota Cemetery Books that could do a lookup for me? Hi Greg, I think this must be him leaving Trondheim in 1881. How come I can't find Haltdalen, Holtaalen in the 1865 census? http://digitalarkivet.arkivverket.no/en-gb/gen/vis/8/pe00000000066619 Cliff Lien Alberta, Canada cjl@interbaun.com -----Original Message----- From: Gregory Holter via Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2015 7:43 PM To: Bev Anderson ; norway@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NOR] Anyone with the Polk County Minnesota Cemetery Books that could do a lookup for me? Hi Bev, I don't know why I didn't think of it earlier, but just before your message came I found him on Find-A-Grave. John L. Fosmo (John Larsen Fosmoe) is buried in South Bethany Cemetery north of East Grand Forks.  He was born in 1859 and died in 1901.  (The birth date and death date both match the information I have.)  He shares a stone with a daughter Lovise who died in 1902.  Also, in the same cemetery, there is a Lesbet Fosmoe buried who died in 1888.  This is almost certainly John's first wife, who he married in Grand Forks, North Dakota in 1886. John is listed as John Larson in the 1900 census in Northland Township, Polk County, together with his second wife Maria (also sometimes spelled Mary) and children.  I can verify this is him because of his sons Pete and Ole and their birth months and years.  Also, Lovise is included in that census as Louisa. Now my next problem will be how to track John back to Norway.  According to the census, he immigrated in 1881, but I really have no idea from which part of Norway.  Also, confounding this search, there is another John Fosmo(e) in Minnesota born about the same time, in Otter Tail County as I recall.  So far, I have not found the correct John in either the 1865 or 1875 census in Norway. If you have any clues where I might find additional information about John Larsen Fosmoe, I would greatly appreciate it.  We will be back in that area in the middle of June so I can visit in Polk County if I believe I can find further information there.  (We will be attending my high school class reunion in Hatton, North Dakota and will be staying in the Fargo area for about a week.) Thanks for any hints you may have to aid my search. Greg

<http://www.disnorge.no/genress/index.php?todo=visKategori&kid=103012> Maybe there is no 1865 census? Reina -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- From: Cliff Lien via Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2015 2:44 PM To: Gregory Holter ; norway@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NOR] Anyone with the Polk County Minnesota Cemetery Books thatcould do a lookup for me? Hi Greg, I think this must be him leaving Trondheim in 1881. How come I can't find Haltdalen, Holtaalen in the 1865 census? http://digitalarkivet.arkivverket.no/en-gb/gen/vis/8/pe00000000066619 Cliff Lien Alberta, Canada cjl@interbaun.com -----Original Message----- From: Gregory Holter via Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2015 7:43 PM To: Bev Anderson ; norway@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NOR] Anyone with the Polk County Minnesota Cemetery Books that could do a lookup for me? Hi Bev, I don't know why I didn't think of it earlier, but just before your message came I found him on Find-A-Grave. John L. Fosmo (John Larsen Fosmoe) is buried in South Bethany Cemetery north of East Grand Forks. He was born in 1859 and died in 1901. (The birth date and death date both match the information I have.) He shares a stone with a daughter Lovise who died in 1902. Also, in the same cemetery, there is a Lesbet Fosmoe buried who died in 1888. This is almost certainly John's first wife, who he married in Grand Forks, North Dakota in 1886. John is listed as John Larson in the 1900 census in Northland Township, Polk County, together with his second wife Maria (also sometimes spelled Mary) and children. I can verify this is him because of his sons Pete and Ole and their birth months and years. Also, Lovise is included in that census as Louisa. Now my next problem will be how to track John back to Norway. According to the census, he immigrated in 1881, but I really have no idea from which part of Norway. Also, confounding this search, there is another John Fosmo(e) in Minnesota born about the same time, in Otter Tail County as I recall. So far, I have not found the correct John in either the 1865 or 1875 census in Norway. If you have any clues where I might find additional information about John Larsen Fosmoe, I would greatly appreciate it. We will be back in that area in the middle of June so I can visit in Polk County if I believe I can find further information there. (We will be attending my high school class reunion in Hatton, North Dakota and will be staying in the Fargo area for about a week.) Thanks for any hints you may have to aid my search. Greg From: Bev Anderson <bevgand@yahoo.com> To: Gregory Holter <waxlerfarms@frontier.com>; "norway@rootsweb.com" <norway@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2015 5:56 PM Subject: Re: [NOR] Anyone with the Polk County Minnesota Cemetery Books that could do a lookup for me? Greg - Who are you looking for, which township, which cemeteries? I was born and raised in the eastern half of Polk County, might even know the name of the family. Find-A-Grave web site may have what you're looking for in some cases. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mnpolk/ https://archive.org/details/polkcountyminnes00went http://usgwarchives.net/mn/polk/polk.html Let me know if I can be of any assistance. Beste,Bev Norwaylist Archiveshttp://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=norway RESUBSCRIBE UNSUB http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/NOR/NORWAY.html guidelines http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~norway/guidelines.htm ------------------------------- 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 Norwaylist Archiveshttp://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=norway RESUBSCRIBE UNSUB http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/NOR/NORWAY.html guidelines http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~norway/guidelines.htm ------------------------------- 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

No, I can't seem to find him in either the 1865 or 1875 censuses, and if he was born in Holtålen, I can't seem to spot him in the church books either.  But maybe it is just my eyes. Greg Holter From: nukilik via <norway@rootsweb.com> To: Cliff Lien <cjl@interbaun.com>; norway@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2015 6:53 AM Subject: Re: [NOR] Anyone with the Polk County Minnesota Cemetery Books thatcould do a lookup for me? <http://www.disnorge.no/genress/index.php?todo=visKategori&kid=103012> Maybe there is no 1865 census? Reina -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- From: Cliff Lien via Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2015 2:44 PM To: Gregory Holter ; norway@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NOR] Anyone with the Polk County Minnesota Cemetery Books thatcould do a lookup for me? Hi Greg, I think this must be him leaving Trondheim in 1881. How come I can't find Haltdalen, Holtaalen in the 1865 census? http://digitalarkivet.arkivverket.no/en-gb/gen/vis/8/pe00000000066619 Cliff Lien Alberta, Canada cjl@interbaun.com -----Original Message----- From: Gregory Holter via Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2015 7:43 PM To: Bev Anderson ; norway@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NOR] Anyone with the Polk County Minnesota Cemetery Books that could do a lookup for me? Hi Bev, I don't know why I didn't think of it earlier, but just before your message came I found him on Find-A-Grave. John L. Fosmo (John Larsen Fosmoe) is buried in South Bethany Cemetery north of East Grand Forks.  He was born in 1859 and died in 1901.  (The birth date and death date both match the information I have.)  He shares a stone with a daughter Lovise who died in 1902.  Also, in the same cemetery, there is a Lesbet Fosmoe buried who died in 1888.  This is almost certainly John's first wife, who he married in Grand Forks, North Dakota in 1886. John is listed as John Larson in the 1900 census in Northland Township, Polk County, together with his second wife Maria (also sometimes spelled Mary) and children.  I can verify this is him because of his sons Pete and Ole and their birth months and years.  Also, Lovise is included in that census as Louisa. Now my next problem will be how to track John back to Norway.  According to the census, he immigrated in 1881, but I really have no idea from which part of Norway.  Also, confounding this search, there is another John Fosmo(e) in Minnesota born about the same time, in Otter Tail County as I recall.  So far, I have not found the correct John in either the 1865 or 1875 census in Norway. If you have any clues where I might find additional information about John Larsen Fosmoe, I would greatly appreciate it.  We will be back in that area in the middle of June so I can visit in Polk County if I believe I can find further information there.  (We will be attending my high school class reunion in Hatton, North Dakota and will be staying in the Fargo area for about a week.) Thanks for any hints you may have to aid my search. Greg

Hei, Cliff. In answer to your question "...can't find Haltdalen...?" The municipality of /Holtaalen/ was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formannskapsdistrikt>). In 1841, the western part of the municipality was separated to become the municipality of Singsås <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sings%C3%A5s>. This left Holtaalen with 1,885 residents. Then in 1855, the southeastern part of Holtaalen was separated to become the municipality of Ålen <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%85len>, leaving Holtaalen with 809 residents. The spelling of the name was changed to /Holtålen/ in 1921. In 1937, the name was changed from Holtålen to Haltdalen <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haltdalen>. On 1 January 1972, the municipality of Haltdalen <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haltdalen> was merged with Ålen <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%85len> to form the new municipality of Holtålen. Prior to the merger, Haltdalen had 778 residents. On 21 April 1989, a small unpopulated part of Røros <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%B8ros> was transferred to Holtålen.^<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holt%C3%A5len#cite_note-2> I haven't been following this thread; so don't know who / what to be looking for. Have a nice day! Clark in Japan On 30-Apr-15 09:44 PM, Cliff Lien via wrote: > Hi Greg, > > I think this must be him leaving Trondheim in 1881. > How come I can't find Haltdalen, Holtaalen in the 1865 census? > > http://digitalarkivet.arkivverket.no/en-gb/gen/vis/8/pe00000000066619 > > > Cliff Lien > Alberta, Canada > cjl@interbaun.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gregory Holter via > Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2015 7:43 PM > To: Bev Anderson ; norway@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [NOR] Anyone with the Polk County Minnesota Cemetery Books that > could do a lookup for me? > > Hi Bev, > > I don't know why I didn't think of it earlier, but just before your message > came I found him on Find-A-Grave. > > John L. Fosmo (John Larsen Fosmoe) is buried in South Bethany Cemetery north > of East Grand Forks. He was born in 1859 and died in 1901. (The birth date > and death date both match the information I have.) He shares a stone with a > daughter Lovise who died in 1902. Also, in the same cemetery, there is a > Lesbet Fosmoe buried who died in 1888. This is almost certainly John's > first wife, who he married in Grand Forks, North Dakota in 1886. > > John is listed as John Larson in the 1900 census in Northland Township, Polk > County, together with his second wife Maria (also sometimes spelled Mary) > and children. I can verify this is him because of his sons Pete and Ole and > their birth months and years. Also, Lovise is included in that census as > Louisa. > > Now my next problem will be how to track John back to Norway. According to > the census, he immigrated in 1881, but I really have no idea from which part > of Norway. Also, confounding this search, there is another John Fosmo(e) in > Minnesota born about the same time, in Otter Tail County as I recall. So > far, I have not found the correct John in either the 1865 or 1875 census in > Norway. > > If you have any clues where I might find additional information about John > Larsen Fosmoe, I would greatly appreciate it. We will be back in that area > in the middle of June so I can visit in Polk County if I believe I can find > further information there. (We will be attending my high school class > reunion in Hatton, North Dakota and will be staying in the Fargo area for > about a week.) > > Thanks for any hints you may have to aid my search. > > Greg > > From: Bev Anderson <bevgand@yahoo.com> > To: Gregory Holter <waxlerfarms@frontier.com>; "norway@rootsweb.com" > <norway@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2015 5:56 PM > Subject: Re: [NOR] Anyone with the Polk County Minnesota Cemetery Books that > could do a lookup for me? > > Greg - > Who are you looking for, which township, which cemeteries? > I was born and raised in the eastern half of Polk County, might even know > the name of the family. > Find-A-Grave web site may have what you're looking for in some cases. > > http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mnpolk/ > https://archive.org/details/polkcountyminnes00went > http://usgwarchives.net/mn/polk/polk.html > Let me know if I can be of any assistance. > Beste,Bev > > Norwaylist > Archiveshttp://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=norway > > RESUBSCRIBE UNSUB > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/NOR/NORWAY.html > > guidelines http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~norway/guidelines.htm > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > Norwaylist Archiveshttp://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=norway > > RESUBSCRIBE UNSUB > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/NOR/NORWAY.html > > guidelines http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~norway/guidelines.htm > ------------------------------- > 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 >