Hello! I just joined this list because I seek information about a brother of my great-grandmother. His name was Martin Pedersen Solberg. He was born 10 Mai 1842 here in Denmark. In Mai 1880 he went to the US (destination NY), but in 1888 he was followed by a son and a daughter (Peter age 16 and Sorine age 11), whom he had left in Denmark, and their tickets had destination Wampum, Pennsylvania. So at that time, I believe, he was living there. In the Danish census 1880 Martin is listed as a baptist, which is pretty unusual for this country and time. With the help of some nice people on the Denmark-list I have also found him in the 1900 and 1910 census as follows: Census 1900: Big Beaver Township, Lawrence Co, Pennsylvania Solberg,, Martin, 58 May 1842, married 20 years, Denmark, Solberg, Mary, 50, May 1850, married 20 years, Denmark Nelson, Mina, 23, Mar 1877, step-daughter, single, Denmark Solberg, Martin Jr 20, Feb 1880, son, Denmark Solberg, Maud, 14, Jun 1885, daughter, Pennsylvania Solberg, Frederieca 12, Nov 1887, daughter, Pennsylvania Solberg, Samuel, 9, Oct 1890, son, Pennsylvania Solberg, Sarah J, 8, Feb 1892, daughter, Pennsylvania Solberg, Kate H, 5, Oct 1894, daughter, Pennsylvania 1910 census date April 19, 1920 Big Beaver Township, Lawrence Co, Pennsylvania Edge of page says the people were on the road passing through the village of Cloverdale. Solberg, Martin 68 married twice, 30 years Solberg, Mary, 61 married twice, 30 years, 16 children with 8 living Solberg, Jeannette 18 daughter Solberg, Katy, 15 daughter Solberg, Andrew, 5, grandson I would assume that Jeannette is the Sarah J on the 1900 census. I would be very interested in any additional information. A friend of mine have tried to call all people named Solberg in the telephone-directory for Pennsylvania and Ohio but without any result. I think it is unlikely that they would not have any descendents by now, but as you can see, most of their children were girls, so the names today could be just about anything. If somebody can recognise the names, I would very much like to make contact. I have quiet a bit of information about Martins ancestors, including a photo of his parents. I would also like to know, when and where Martin and Mary got married. It is a bit tricky, because they were both married as they left Denmark (they travelled together), but unfortunately not to each other ;-) So I would very much like to know the details about that. Best wishes Lars Jørgen Helbo --- mailto:lars@helbo.com http://mrohs-helbo.homepage.dk http://haurumsall.cjb.net http://www.salldata.dk