Geoff Lock wrote: > > I am trying to trace the family of my grandmother Anne Knutsdatter born 28 Sep 1895 in Fagernas,Valdres,Oppland,Norway the daughter of Knut Larson Strandeie and Berit Gundbrandsdatter. Anne married Knut Olsen Bakke 3 Oct 1906. I have many genreations going back on the Bakke line with many name changes but I have nothing on Anne's parents or brothers and sisters. Any help with this family would be greatfully appreciated. All records I have thus far obtained were from the Skrautval Parish and > Ruby > > ==== VALDRES Mailing List ==== > ========================VALDRES SAMBAND 1899-1999====================== > Interested in joining the Valdres Samband, call > June Adele Dolva (218)233-7134 if you have questions Hei Ruby, Your Anne Knudsdtr. was born in North Aurdal, the dtr. of Knud Larson Strand, born 11-17-1818. He was on Strand Moen when he married on 6-17-1859 to Beret Gulbrandsdtr. Sørstrand (born 11-6-1823). More can be found on each of the above. I'm the genealogist for the Valdres Samband Lag and I would like to help you find out more about your ancestors. See our website, mentioned below to find out more of what we are about. You would need to be a member of our lag in order to receive free help. Only charge would be for a chart I make out (just what I pay for them) photocopying for our files for future reference, and postage. Dues are $10 a year, payable by check made out to the Valdres Samband Lag and sent to our secretary, Diane Lerohl, 13400 Pepperwood Circle, Minnetonka, MN 55305. I didn't try (as yet) to find out anything more on the children. Waiting to hear from you. Med beste hilsen, Betty -- Betty Rockswold 1522 N. Greenwood Ct. Eagan, MN 55122 email: bettylou@spacestar.net web: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/4842/ listserv: Valdres-L-request@rootsweb.com

I am trying to trace the family of my grandmother Anne Knutsdatter born 28 Sep 1895 in Fagernas,Valdres,Oppland,Norway the daughter of Knut Larson Strandeie and Berit Gundbrandsdatter. Anne married Knut Olsen Bakke 3 Oct 1906. I have many genreations going back on the Bakke line with many name changes but I have nothing on Anne's parents or brothers and sisters. Any help with this family would be greatfully appreciated. All records I have thus far obtained were from the Skrautval Parish and it may be that Anne was from another parish. Ruby

Dear Ruby, Where are you? I live in Iowa. I don't know too much about the Knuts sons. I wouldn't be surprised if we are related but I just don't have the time to do much with this right now. Good luck...Charlotte Welsher

----- Original Message ----- From: Geoff Lock To: Valdres-l-request@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, September 18, 1999 9:49 AM Subject: Strandeie/Sorstraand/Bakke I am lloking for help in tracing my grandmother Anne Knutsdatter born 28 Sep 1869. At the time of her marriage 2 Oct 1893 (Nord Aurdal) her last name was Dovreseie. Her birth record was found as Sorstrand. Her father was Knut Larson Strandeie and mother Berit Grdbrandsdatter. She married Knut Olsen Fodnas. Knut's family goes several generations at Nord Audral, Fagernas. Their first child was Ragna Knutsdatter born 16 Apr 1895 as Tveteie,second was Knut Knutsen born 2 Sep 1897 as Ranunsmarken, third my father Olaf Knutsen born 14 Apr 1900 as Fjeldheim, forth Bendik Knutsen born 7 may 1902 as Fjeldheim (Bendik was a male nurse and died of an infection in his early 20's), and fifth was Berit Knutsdatter Fjeldheim born 19 Mar 1905 . I have the Christening records of all five children. The father Knut Olsen Bakke (Fodnas) died 9 Aug 1906. From this time on the family stayed on the Bakke farm. Anne never remarried. My father came to Canada in 1929 but the rest of the ! family to this day are still in Norway. His mother Anne died 27 Sep 1946. All records I have are from Fagernas, Valdres,Oppland in the parish of Skrutval, Nord-Aurdal. Any help anyone can give me in tracing my grandmothers family would be greatfully apprieciated. I would love to correspond with any living relatives. My father never keep in touch with his family and we have only found Berit and her children. Anyone that could give me clues in locating the children of Ragna or Knut. Ragna married Emil Kristiansen Nesbyen and they had the following children - Kolbjorn born 19 Dec 1916, Knut, Martea,Kjellaug,Borghild, Einar and Agnes. I have the marriage date in Skrautval for them and the chr. of Kolbjorn. I would love to have contact with them. I have a photo of them all with their parents but do not know when it was taken possible when the parents were in their late 70's or 80's. Knut married Anna Jensdatter Braten and was suppose to have had a big family but I have n! o names or other information on them. In 1974 Berit came to Canada with her daughter Randi but they seemed reluctent to give too much information. I have had not contact from them in some time. Thank you everyone for any help you can give me on this family. Ruby

----- Original Message ----- From: Geoff Lock To: Valdres-l-request@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, September 18, 1999 9:49 AM Subject: Strandeie/Sorstraand/Bakke I am lloking for help in tracing my grandmother Anne Knutsdatter born 28 Sep 1869. At the time of her marriage 2 Oct 1893 (Nord Aurdal) her last name was Dovreseie. Her birth record was found as Sorstrand. Her father was Knut Larson Strandeie and mother Berit Grdbrandsdatter. She married Knut Olsen Fodnas. Knut's family goes several generations at Nord Audral, Fagernas. Their first child was Ragna Knutsdatter born 16 Apr 1895 as Tveteie,second was Knut Knutsen born 2 Sep 1897 as Ranunsmarken, third my father Olaf Knutsen born 14 Apr 1900 as Fjeldheim, forth Bendik Knutsen born 7 may 1902 as Fjeldheim (Bendik was a male nurse and died of an infection in his early 20's), and fifth was Berit Knutsdatter Fjeldheim born 19 Mar 1905 . I have the Christening records of all five children. The father Knut Olsen Bakke (Fodnas) died 9 Aug 1906. From this time on the family stayed on the Bakke farm. Anne never remarried. My father came to Canada in 1929 but the rest of the fa! mily to this day are still in Norway. His mother Anne died 27 Sep 1946. All records I have are from Fagernas, Valdres,Oppland in the parish of Skrutval, Nord-Aurdal. Any help anyone can give me in tracing my grandmothers family would be greatfully apprieciated. I would love to correspond with any living relatives. My father never keep in touch with his family and we have only found Berit and her children. Anyone that could give me clues in locating the children of Ragna or Knut. Ragna married Emil Kristiansen Nesbyen and they had the following children - Kolbjorn born 19 Dec 1916, Knut, Martea,Kjellaug,Borghild, Einar and Agnes. I have the marriage date in Skrautval for them and the chr. of Kolbjorn. I would love to have contact with them. I have a photo of them all with their parents but do not know when it was taken possible when the parents were in their late 70's or 80's. Knut married Anna Jensdatter Braten and was suppose to have had a big family but I have no ! names or other information on them. In 1974 Berit came to Canada with her daughter Randi but they seemed reluctent to give too much information. I have had not contact from them in some time. Thank you everyone for any help you can give me on this family. Ruby

RE: VALDRES-D Digest V99 #39 8/5/99 I seem to have misplaced the phone number and name of the contact person for the Valdres Samband. Can you help me out???? Thanks VALDRES-D-request wrote: >------------------------------ > >Content-Type: text/plain > >VALDRES-D Digest Volume 99 : Issue 39 > >Today's Topics: > #1 [VALDRES-L] testing-please delete ["Gayle Fuson" <gayle@olypen.com>] > >Administrivia: >To unsubscribe from VALDRES-D, send a message to > > VALDRES-D-request@rootsweb.com > >that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > >and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software >requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > >______________________________ >------------------------------ > >X-Message: #1 >Date: Sun, 1 Aug 1999 14:52:59 -0700 >From: "Gayle Fuson" <gayle@olypen.com> >To: VALDRES-L@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <038c01bedc68$38d141a0$46f9cdd0@gayle> >Subject: [VALDRES-L] testing-please delete >Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >testing to see if I am still subscribed. Please disregard. > >-------------------------------- >End of VALDRES-D Digest V99 Issue #39 >************************************* > > >RFC822 header >----------------------------------- > > RECEIVED: from SF_Database by POP_Mailbox_-1278428160 ; 03 AUG 99 15:32:16 >UT > Received: from BL-14.ROOTSWEB.COM by 206.147.10.13 > with SMTP (QuickMail Pro Server for MacOS 1.1.2); 03-Aug-1999 15:32:10 >-0500 > Received: (from slist@localhost) > by bl-14.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id KAA27395; > Mon, 2 Aug 1999 10:37:46 -0700 (PDT) > Date: Mon, 2 Aug 1999 10:37:46 -0700 (PDT) > From: VALDRES-D-request@rootsweb.com > Message-Id: <199908021737.KAA27395@bl-14.rootsweb.com> > Subject: VALDRES-D Digest V99 #39 > X-Loop: VALDRES-D@rootsweb.com > X-Mailing-List: <VALDRES-D@rootsweb.com> archive/volume99/39 > Precedence: list > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: multipart/digest; boundary="----------------------------" > To: VALDRES-D@rootsweb.com > Reply-To: VALDRES-L@rootsweb.com >

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Hello, Been off this group for a few months. I have updated my webpages and the surname database includes families from Norway> WI>IA. Please take a look. Gayle A RootsWeb Contributor gayle@olypen.com My website: http://www.olypen.com/gayle My alternate surname database site: http://www.my-ged.com/fuson

Jo Ann, I noticed your grandmother was a Brager. On my mother's side, her Ggrandmother was Amborg Grov who was married in Norway to an Arne Brager. Arne died and Amborg remarried a Jorgen Olsen. Amborg had a number of children by Arne, one was Christafor Brager. The family passed through Mt Horeb on the way to Buffalo Co. Wisc. and Christafor remained in Mt Horeb. Christafor had a sister Inger who moved to Buffalo Co. later. I have some information on Christafor Brager from my family history, but with the passing of the older folks, we have lost touch. I am wondering if your Brager and my Brager lines connect? V/R Barry Barry N. Hansen Senior Scientist ITT Industries, Systems Division 1723 Greytwig Place Malabar, FL 32950 407-723-2456 407-723-2456 (fax) 7001 N. Atlantic Ave. Suite 200 Cape Canaveral, FL 32920 407-868-0550 407-868-0301 (fax) 407-868-0840 (STU III) barry.hansen@ssc.de.ittind.com <mailto:barry.hansen@ssc.de.ittind.com> -----Original Message----- From: JoKyle@aol.com [mailto:JoKyle@aol.com] Sent: Friday, July 23, 1999 8:50 AM To: VALDRES-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [VALDRES-L] Ellestad Hi John Ellestad lives in Mt. Horeb, WI. He owns the Ellestad Funeral Home there. I don't know if he is interested in genealogy or may have any info that would help but it's worth a try. I was born and raised in Mt. Horeb and John did the burials for my grandparents in 67 and 71 and my parents in 76 and 96. My maiden name was Messerschmidt. I am also a member of the Valdres Samband researching the family names of my grandmother, Brager and Kobbervig. I recently returned from the trip to Norway. Did you take that trip? It was a wonderful experience. Hope this info will help further your search. Jo Ann Kyle ==== VALDRES Mailing List ==== ========================VALDRES SAMBAND 1899-1999====================== Interested in joining the Valdres Samband, call June Adele Dolva (218)233-7134 if you have questions

Hi John Ellestad lives in Mt. Horeb, WI. He owns the Ellestad Funeral Home there. I don't know if he is interested in genealogy or may have any info that would help but it's worth a try. I was born and raised in Mt. Horeb and John did the burials for my grandparents in 67 and 71 and my parents in 76 and 96. My maiden name was Messerschmidt. I am also a member of the Valdres Samband researching the family names of my grandmother, Brager and Kobbervig. I recently returned from the trip to Norway. Did you take that trip? It was a wonderful experience. Hope this info will help further your search. Jo Ann Kyle

JHJJCJ@aol.com wrote: > > Johannes Nilson Ellestad, born 14 Jul 1804, Ostre Slidres, Valdres, Oppland, > Norway; died 11 Nov 1891, MacFarland, Dane County, Wisconsin. Seek exchange > of genealogical data on ancestors, siblings and descendants. Hi, My GGGGGGrandmother was Beret Havardsdatter Ellestad born 1741 in V. Slidre. She married Knud Havardson Helle. With all the farm/name changes it's hard to tell with the limited info that I have if they are related. Richard Holien

JHJJCJ@aol.com wrote: > > Johannes Nilson Ellestad, born 14 Jul 1804, Ostre Slidres, Valdres, Oppland, > Norway; died 11 Nov 1891, MacFarland, Dane County, Wisconsin. Seek exchange > of genealogical data on ancestors, siblings and descendants.

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Sat, 20 Mar 1999 09:52:25 -0700 skreiv ehoman : >Hello! I am the granddaughter of Ole B. Gladheim (U.S. spelling), born 18 >July 1895. His parents were Ole Olson and Barbro Olsdatter of Stokkybryn >(Ranum). I have been researching his family through the microfilmed records >of the N. Aurdal and Skrautval parish records from the LDS library. The >information that I have found matches the information I received from Haldor >Skrutvold, son of Eivand and Marie Bendixsdatter Skrutvold and a cousin of >Barbro. My grandfather immigrated to U.S. and North Dakota in 1912 or 13. >He was close to his cousin Haldor here. I was not 2 years old yet when my >grandfather died in 1952 and my mother and grandmother never had stories >about Grandpa Gladheim; however, his cousin, Haldor, who was also his friend >would share with me some pictures and postcards. (Haldor died in the '70's). > I am interested in getting to know the people of the Gladheim/Gladeim >line if any are still in Valdres. I would like to have some pictures >identified if possible, and maybe some persuasive thoughts to keep me >saving my money for a trip there! > By the way, the Gladheim link in Valdres is not my only link.... I have >a grandmother who was born in Veahaugen in 1872, and another grandmother >whose parents were born at Melby( 1862) and Ranum (1861). So, you see, I am >3/4 Valdres! The other 1/4 is my grandfather from Hedemarken, but I think >he had a grandmother from Valdres. Needless to say, I am very interested in >the genealogy of Valdres and belong to Sons of Norway and the Valdres >Samband. > I hope that someone will introduce themself to me and we can become >friends over the internet or by regular mail. I can let you know how the >Gladheim family has fared in the US. Thanks! Hello Elaine I am your fourth cousin on the Gladheim line, and many other cousin on other lines. Perhaps we are in relation in your other grandparents lines to. You can look at my home page there I have some of my relatives. Now I am waiting for the stevne of Valdres Samband who begins at 30. Med hilsen Norodd Bergene, 2910 Aurdal T 61364611 fax 61362202 noroddb@online.no http://home.sol.no/~noroddb

. for those of you who emailed about the web page for Valdres Samband it has changed to http://www.valdressamband.org/ Jim List Coordinator

In a message dated 5/13/99 7:21:49 PM US Mountain Standard Time, jbelgum@home.com writes: << Dear Steph, <Are you any connection with Jorstad that are further north in Oppland flyke, <Lesja? Onstad, Berge <My connections from Betty: <Ingeborg Syversdtr. Berge b. ~1671 daughter of Syver Trondson Berge and <Karen Reiersdtr. Melby. This is also a point of connection with Norodd <Bergene. <Onstad- <Marit O:ysteinsdtr. Onstad daughter of O:ystein Gulbrandson Onstad and Marit <Engebretsdtr. Stae, dauther of Engebret Knudsen Ferei and Barbo Arnesdtr. <Kvaale. <Ciao, Janni <>> Janni, I recognize possible common ancestors. Info I got from Betty shows that I am directly decended from Asgrim Toreson Berge b. ca. 1652 m. Agot Toresdatter. Could Asgrim be a relative of your Syver Trondson Berge? I also have Kvale as ancestors. Thanks, Richard A. Holien rholien@aol.com

I would be interested in buying a copy of the following: "Genealogy of Remmen and Oldre Families" compiled and written by Ralph and Helen Ranson of Ottumwa, Iowa and "Tasa-Eltun Family History Record" compiled by Mrs. Lyle Tasa of Sisseton, SD in 1983. If anyone has a copy of either, but does not want to sell it, I would pay for commercial copying and postage. -Jim Chandler

She is listed here, but you probably know this! http://www.hist.uib.no/cgi-win/webcens.exe?earkivverket/1900/f00541&1117 >Helene or Heline Martinsdatter was born in Lundebakkatn (Bakko) Etnedal in >1882 17th Juni Ciao, Janni

Helene or Heline Martinsdatter was born in Lundebakkatn (Bakko) Etnedal in 1882 17th Juni. She was dather of Martin Tollevsen and Ragnhild Gudbrandsdtr. She lived on Graneim in 1900. She was married Erik Bakken (Etnedalsbook C s. 186) She emigrate to USA. No one in the family nows about her live in USA. We dont now that she came to USA or not. I hope that some one can help me? Helene was sister to my ggrandfather Anton Martinsen Bakkene m. Oline Oline Gudbransdtr. I also want contakt with relatives after Oline`s sister in USA Marie C. Kleven b.1891 d. 1976 m. Simon Johan Sandvick, Chippewa Falls Inga Kleven b.1889 d.1980 m. Ole E. Rundberg, Chippewa Falls >From Marit Berget Brenneng