Lars, Glad you solved your problem about Inga. She sounds like a real "character." No wonder Magnus died in ND and she died in Bremerton! Doris On Fri, May 1, 2015 at 2:56 AM, Lars E. Oyane via <norway@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Dear Listers! > > In order to avoid any "double work", let me tell you that I managed > yesterday to solve this problem! A wonderful biography for Dagny Alphson > was found online, and it included some information about "old" Inga who at > an advanced age was sent by train to live with her son at Bremerton, WA, > quite an experience for a lady who had suffered several minor strokes and > who in loud words expressed her protests against every kind of movement in > the train! It sounded like another Lina!! > > Anyway, I managed to trace a grandson of Inga's currently residing at > Olympia, WA, and I called him yesterday. However, the woman who answered > the phone hung up on me! However, the Forest Lawn cemetery office in > Bremerton, WA gave me excellent assistance, and they found Inga for me! > She had remarried after 1940 to Magnus Salvog who died at Knox, ND in 1950, > and she died as Inga Salvog at Bremerton, WA on Aug. 22, 1967! She was > buried next to her son! > > So, another problem solved! > > Very sincerely yours, > > Lars E. Oyane > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > On Apr 29, 2015, at 5:45 PM, Lars E. Oyane via wrote: > > > Dear Listers, > > > > This problem has "bugged" me for years. Is it now possible to finally > find the answer: > > > > Anton Gunnerius Christensen > > born July 31, 1869 at Nordkapp, Norway > > died Dec. 17, 1929 in Pierce Co., ND > > > > He married at Nordkapp, Norway Oct. 7, 1906 to: > > > > Inga Nikoline Carstenson/Hanson > > born May 23, 1884 in Vardo, Norway > > died ................ 1967(?) WA? > > > > The couple emigrated in 1907 and mostly resided at Pleasant Lake and > later at Knox in Benson Co., ND. The last I see of Inga Christenson is in > the 1940 census when she was a housekeeper still residing at Knox, Benson > Co., ND > > > > About 20 years ago I talked to their then only surviving daughter, Dagny > Alphson in Grand Forks, ND, and she told me: > > > > "mother moved to Bremerton, WA where she died at the age of 86" > > > > Dagny has since passed away, and on the find-a-grave site I read the > following: > > > > ~~~~~ > > > > Dagny Helene Christenson Alphson > > > > Birth: Apr. 8, 1912 > > Pleasant Lake > > Benson County > > North Dakota, USA > > Death: Aug. 28, 2001 > > Grand Forks > > Grand Forks County > > North Dakota, USA > > > > Daughter of Anton Christenson and Inga Nickoline (Hansen) Christenson > (1883 to 1967) who emigrated from Norway. > > > > Had 5 step-children from John A. Alphson's first marriage to Auslaug > Anna "Annie" Sannes (1888 to 1934). > > Howard Alphson > > Grace Alphson > > Robert "Bob" Alphson > > Margie Alphson > > John Alphson, Jr. > > > > Had 1 child: > > Judith Alphson in 1943 > > > > ~~~~~ > > > > In this paragraph it says about her mother Inga Christenson, that she > was born in 1883 (which is one year off), while she died in 1967. > > > > HOWEVER, I have NEVER managed to find any death record for Inga, neither > in WA nor in ND or anywhere else for that matter! Am I going blind? And > yet Dagny was so definite about Bremerton, WA!? > > > > Maybe Dagny's daughter Judith can be traced, for example thru Dagny's > obituary, and she might know something? > > > > Any suggestions that might lead to tracing the death date (and place) of > Inga Christenson/Christensen will be more than welcome! > > > > Very sincerely yours, > > > > Lars E. Oyane > > > > > > > > > > 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 >