Hello Lenise, I have tried to look for your Martin Jensen (also tried the name Morten no hits) see emigration. I have this emigrationrecords for 1890 see here below and looked at the parishes mentioned, without luck finding a baptism with parents Jens Jensen + Bergete Olsen. I think you need first information of more censusrecords in the USA or where he lived there after 1890. Kind regards Reina EMIGRATION: Trondheim 1890 468 13 13 1 23.01.1890 23.01.1890 Martin Jens. ug Arb m 16 Lurø Barnesville Minn Kristiansund 182 1890 Juni 04 Martinus Jenssen Angvik M 1876 1876 U Arbeider Tingvoll Nordmøre Michigan Ja Bergen Hordaland Wedding Jens Jensen Uk tjenestedreng Kvindherred 160136 Brita Olsdtr Pige Haus 100340 Mai 08 1870 KK baptism in Haus #32 https://media.digitalarkivet.no/view/8282/44 Kristiana tillegg 1890 471 20 1 11.04.1890 Martin Jens. Arb. m 19 Ø. Toten Helgesen (A.) Stoughton Rollo 11.04.1890 Lenise Cook wrote: I know this is a really long shot, since I have almost nothing about this man to help find him in Norway, but I am looking for a Martin Jensen, born in Norway about 1873-1875, parents names’ Jens Jensen and Bergete Olson (Per records from Oregon State Soldiers Home). Unfortunately I have nothing more about his life in Norway, other than in the 1930 census he claimed to have immigrated in 1890. I have searched passenger records in Ancestry and not found any matches that look real promising. I searched the 1875 census index at Digitalarkivet without finding anyone that fit, though someone with more creative thinking than I and a better command of the site might be able to find him using better filters or search parameters. I searched the 1885 census index and found a couple possibilities, but none of them were living with parents so I couldn’t confirm if it was the right Martin. Does anyone have any suggestions?

I just found another bit of information that I’m hopeful could be of help, though my searches have not yielded much fruit. On family search at https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939X-XKSL-F3?mode=g&i=2080&cc=1834308 I found that in 1901, a Hans Jensen, living in “Luro” Helgeland, Norway, wrote to the U.S. War Department seeking information regarding his brother Martin Jensen, which I know from the military unit mentioned is the correct Martin Jensen I did find a Hans Jensen in Lurø in the 1900 census, born in Lurø in 1859. This makes the emigration record from Trondheim that Reina found look promising, as it states a Martin Jensen of the correct age, from Lurø, emigrated in 1890, the correct year. However, my search of the Lurøy parish book for Martin’s birth between 1872-1875 as well as for a Hans Jensen in 1859 with the correct parents was unsuccessful. Does this bit of information suggest any additional searches I might try? Thank you again Lenise > On May 9, 2017, at 1:50 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > Hello Lenise, > > I have tried to look for your Martin Jensen (also tried the name Morten no hits) see emigration. > > I have this emigrationrecords for 1890 see here below and looked at the parishes mentioned, without luck finding a baptism with parents Jens Jensen + Bergete Olsen. > > I think you need first information of more censusrecords in the USA or where he lived there after 1890. > > Kind regards > Reina > > EMIGRATION: > Trondheim > 1890 468 13 13 1 23.01.1890 23.01.1890 Martin Jens. ug Arb m 16 Lurø Barnesville Minn > > > > Kristiansund > 182 1890 Juni 04 Martinus Jenssen Angvik M 1876 1876 U Arbeider Tingvoll Nordmøre Michigan Ja > > > > Bergen Hordaland Wedding > Jens Jensen Uk tjenestedreng Kvindherred 160136 Brita Olsdtr Pige Haus 100340 Mai 08 1870 KK > > > baptism in Haus #32 > https://media.digitalarkivet.no/view/8282/44 > > Kristiana tillegg > 1890 471 20 1 11.04.1890 Martin Jens. Arb. m 19 Ø. Toten Helgesen (A.) Stoughton Rollo 11.04.1890 > > > > > Lenise Cook wrote: > I know this is a really long shot, since I have almost nothing about this man to help find him in Norway, but I am looking for a Martin Jensen, born in Norway about 1873-1875, parents names’ Jens Jensen and Bergete Olson (Per records from Oregon State Soldiers Home). Unfortunately I have nothing more about his life in Norway, other than in the 1930 census he claimed to have immigrated in 1890. > > I have searched passenger records in Ancestry and not found any matches that look real promising. I searched the 1875 census index at Digitalarkivet without finding anyone that fit, though someone with more creative thinking than I and a better command of the site might be able to find him using better filters or search parameters. I searched the 1885 census index and found a couple possibilities, but none of them were living with parents so I couldn’t confirm if it was the right Martin. > > Does anyone have any suggestions? > 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 [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message