After Steve,s message I wonder if his Fatland could be the farm Fatland in Halsnøy, Kvinnherrad, and did a look up that farm in the Kvinnherrad 5, Eid and Fjellberg bygdebok. Before your e-mail pop up I looked at this Hans Anderson and Dortea M.Marie Petersdtr. family with children born from 1849 to 1870. It is written the whole family emigrated to US but not when, and that Hans died in England and was buired there. This is on page 305 in this bygdebok. But Steve,e Fatland most likely are another family. Jostein A ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doris Waggoner via" <norway@rootsweb.com> To: "Steve" <snatvig@midstatesd.net>; "Norway List" <norway@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 13, 2015 10:34 AM Subject: Re: [NOR] Fatland family location > Steve, > > My grandfather's sister married a Fatland, who was an immigrant from > Norway. I have his immigrant record, which I got through Ancestry, but > it's incomplete. It has the parish, but not the county. > > I have the Fatland name back to Peter Hansen Lilieinskiold Fatland, > 1784-1863, born and died in Norway. Not much help! One of his sons, Hans > Anderson (Kjeka) Fatland, born in Norway in 1824, married twice. The > first > time was to an Oline Abrahamsdattar, in 1842; she died in 1844, after > giving birth to a daughter Oline. He remarried in Fjelberg > Parish,,Norway, > 1849 to Dorothea Marie Pettersdatter Lilieinskiold, b. 1827 in Norway, d. > 1909 in Norway. Unfortunately, the adjacent commas mean I do NOT know the > county/flyke the couple were married in. And all this information comes > from Ancestry family trees. The repetition of the name Lilienskold seems > significant, but I'm not sure how. It would indicate, maybe, that Peter > maybe married a neice? Or at least if that's a farm name, perhaps both he > and his second wife lived on the same farm. > > What I have that is a more firm information comes from a passenger list on > Ancestry. In 1875, Hans and Dorothea Fatland and a long string of > children > emigrated from Norway. I don't remember the port they left from, but they > were in Liverpool on their way to America. There Hans died--he was not a > young man. Dorothea and the children went on, though eventually she > returned to Norway, dying there in 1909. > > Ten Fatland children were b. between 1849 and 1870, so some were still > small when they emigrated. Some ended up in ND. One of the younger ones > was Ole H. Fatland, b. 1865 in Fjelberg,,Norway--note that again I don't > know the county in Norway, but it's the same parish as where his parents > were married long before. He married Bertha Harrison. While her name > sounds English, she had originally been Birgitte Henriksen, b. 1879 in > Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway, emigrated with her family in 1890. Bertha > was > sister to my maternal grandfather. I have no memory of ever meeting her, > however. > > Ole and Bertha were married 1905 in Breckenridge, Wilkin, MN, and lived in > the upper NW counties of ND all their married lives. He was a farmer and > preacher. His siblings lived mostly in ND, a few in MN. > > One interesting story about Bertha and 3 of their 4 daughters (they had no > sons) is that during WW II, while the daughters were young and unmarried, > and times were bad in ND, Bertha and the three girls came to Seattle, > where > there was lots of war work. Boeing hired women to build airplanes, and > other companies were making parts for the planes. My grandparents' 5 kids > were grown and gone, so the Fatland women lived with them while they were > being "Rosie the Riveters." One of them liked the area so much that she > stayed for several years after the war, working as a teacher. > > Given the earlier ancestors who died in Norway, I'm sure there are still > Fatlands there. I know there are ways to search DigitalArkives with the > name of a parish to find out what counties have parishes with that name. > I > don't know how to do it, but I know that other listers will be able to > help > you. > > Hope this helps. > > Doris

Jostein, Yes, this would appear to be my Fatland family, and it doesn't look to be the family of Steve's friend. Thank you for finding them in the bygdebok! Now I know where they were from. Doris On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 3:08 AM, Jostein Austrheim < jostein.austrheim@haugnett.no> wrote: > After Steve,s message I wonder if his Fatland could be the farm Fatland in > Halsnøy, Kvinnherrad, and did a look up that farm in the Kvinnherrad 5, Eid > and Fjellberg bygdebok. Before your e-mail pop up I looked at this Hans > Anderson and Dortea M.Marie Petersdtr. family with children born from 1849 > to 1870. It is written the whole family emigrated to US but not when, and > that Hans died in England and was buired there. This is on page 305 in this > bygdebok. > > But Steve,e Fatland most likely are another family. > > Jostein A > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doris Waggoner via" < > norway@rootsweb.com> > To: "Steve" <snatvig@midstatesd.net>; "Norway List" <norway@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, March 13, 2015 10:34 AM > Subject: Re: [NOR] Fatland family location > > > Steve, >> >> My grandfather's sister married a Fatland, who was an immigrant from >> Norway. I have his immigrant record, which I got through Ancestry, but >> it's incomplete. It has the parish, but not the county. >> >> I have the Fatland name back to Peter Hansen Lilieinskiold Fatland, >> 1784-1863, born and died in Norway. Not much help! One of his sons, Hans >> Anderson (Kjeka) Fatland, born in Norway in 1824, married twice. The >> first >> time was to an Oline Abrahamsdattar, in 1842; she died in 1844, after >> giving birth to a daughter Oline. He remarried in Fjelberg >> Parish,,Norway, >> 1849 to Dorothea Marie Pettersdatter Lilieinskiold, b. 1827 in Norway, d. >> 1909 in Norway. Unfortunately, the adjacent commas mean I do NOT know the >> county/flyke the couple were married in. And all this information comes >> from Ancestry family trees. The repetition of the name Lilienskold seems >> significant, but I'm not sure how. It would indicate, maybe, that Peter >> maybe married a neice? Or at least if that's a farm name, perhaps both he >> and his second wife lived on the same farm. >> >> What I have that is a more firm information comes from a passenger list on >> Ancestry. In 1875, Hans and Dorothea Fatland and a long string of >> children >> emigrated from Norway. I don't remember the port they left from, but they >> were in Liverpool on their way to America. There Hans died--he was not a >> young man. Dorothea and the children went on, though eventually she >> returned to Norway, dying there in 1909. >> >> Ten Fatland children were b. between 1849 and 1870, so some were still >> small when they emigrated. Some ended up in ND. One of the younger ones >> was Ole H. Fatland, b. 1865 in Fjelberg,,Norway--note that again I don't >> know the county in Norway, but it's the same parish as where his parents >> were married long before. He married Bertha Harrison. While her name >> sounds English, she had originally been Birgitte Henriksen, b. 1879 in >> Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway, emigrated with her family in 1890. Bertha >> was >> sister to my maternal grandfather. I have no memory of ever meeting her, >> however. >> >> Ole and Bertha were married 1905 in Breckenridge, Wilkin, MN, and lived in >> the upper NW counties of ND all their married lives. He was a farmer and >> preacher. His siblings lived mostly in ND, a few in MN. >> >> One interesting story about Bertha and 3 of their 4 daughters (they had no >> sons) is that during WW II, while the daughters were young and unmarried, >> and times were bad in ND, Bertha and the three girls came to Seattle, >> where >> there was lots of war work. Boeing hired women to build airplanes, and >> other companies were making parts for the planes. My grandparents' 5 kids >> were grown and gone, so the Fatland women lived with them while they were >> being "Rosie the Riveters." One of them liked the area so much that she >> stayed for several years after the war, working as a teacher. >> >> Given the earlier ancestors who died in Norway, I'm sure there are still >> Fatlands there. I know there are ways to search DigitalArkives with the >> name of a parish to find out what counties have parishes with that name. I >> don't know how to do it, but I know that other listers will be able to >> help >> you. >> >> Hope this helps. >> >> Doris >> > > >