It almost looks as tho the boys went back to Norway, at least for a time but Ivan had a family in Minnesota and named his son after Gunnar. There is a lot to be gleaned from Minnesota death records and I have yet to try the daughter <G> Name: Ivan H Aas Age: 19 Estimated birth year: abt 1921 Gender: Male Race: White Birthplace: Minnesota Marital Status: Single Relation to Head of House: Son Home in 1940: Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota Map of Home in 1940: View Map Street: E Minnehaha Parkway House Number: 3601 Inferred Residence in 1935: Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota Residence in 1935: Same House Sheet Number: 2A Occupation: Sweeper Attended School or College: No Highest Grade Completed: College, 1st year Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker in private work Weeks Worked in 1939: 0 Income: 0 Income Other Sources: No Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Gunnar Aas 61 Anna O Aas 57 Ivan H Aas 19 SAVE Source Citation Year: 1940; Census Place: Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota; Roll: T627_1992; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 89-400 Source Information Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Ivar Aas Arrival Date:3 Sep 1937 Birth Date:abt 1921 (Oct 18 1920) Birth Location:Minnesota Birth Location Other:Minneapolis Age:16 Gender:Male Port of Departure:Oslo, Norway Port of Arrival:New York, New York Ship Name:Bergensfjord Source Citation Year: 1937; Arrival: New York, New York; Microfilm Serial: T715, 1897-1957; Microfilm Roll: Roll 6038; Line: 2; Page Number: 113 Original data: Minnesota Birth Certificates Index. Minnesota Historical Society. http://people.mnhs.org/bci/: accessed 18 Nov 2014. Name:Ivar Hofstad Aas Birth Date:18 Oct 1920 Birth Place:Hennepin, Minnesota, USA Father's Surname:Aas Mother's Maiden Name:Olson Certificate Number:1920-48131 Gunnar Aas Arrival Date:18 Jul 1955 Birth Location:Minnesota gives the Parkway address Birth Location Other:Norway Port of Departure:Calo,nor Port of Arrival:New York, New York Ship Name:Stavangerfjord Search Ship Database:Search for the Stavangerfjord in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database SAVE Source Citation Year: 1955; Arrival: New York, New York; Microfilm Serial: T715, 1897-1957; Microfilm Roll: Roll 8609; Line: 1; Page Number: 235 This looks like a child of Ivar Name:Martin Gunnar Aas Birth Date:28 Jun 1947 Birth County:Hennepin Birth State:Minnesota Father:Ivar Hoftad Aas Mother:Lois Elizabeth Martin File Number:1947-MN-001816 SAVE Source Information Minnesota Department of Health. Minnesota Birth Index, 1935-2002 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data: Minnesota. Minnesota Birth Index, 1935-2002. Minneapolis, MN, USA: Minnesota Department Name:Martin G. Awes Birth Date:28 Jun 1947 Death Date:12 Sep 1986 Death County:Hennepin Mother's Maiden Name:Martin State File Number:023654 Certificate Number:023654 Certificate Year:1986 Record Number:2226806 Minnesota, Death Index, 1908-2002 Eliz Not Today and Not without a Fight (Anon) For all that has been, thanks. For all that will be, yes. (Dag Hammarskjold) On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 1:20 PM, Lars Chr via <roots@rootsweb.com> wrote: > I,m writing a Family-book starting back in 1688 at Røros, Norway. > > Now I’m writing the chapter starting with Gunnar Iversen Aas, born 1878 i > Norway. On April 29. 1896 he emigrated as a bachelor from Trondheim, Norway > with the ship Tasso. He died August 7th 1957 in Minnesota, USA, burried on > Hillside Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin county, Minnesota, USA. > > Later he married Anna Olsen, born June 2.nd 1882, died April 2.nd 1960, > burried together with her husband. > > They had 3 children: > > -Borghild Oline > > -Iver, born 1920, took part in WWII > > -Gunnar Hofstad, born 1922, died 1935 > > In the 1930 census, the family is living in Minneapolis, Minnesota. > > Does anybody know anything about the people mentioned, or could give me > information on how to find descendents, it would be appreciated a lot. > > > > Best regards > > Lars Christiansen > ===== > If you would prefer digest mode to mail mode, drop a note to roots-admin@rootsweb.com and ask for the digest... > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message