Hi Betty & Peggy, I have a cousin who has a cousin with the last name of EKERN. I have emailed my cousin and asked her to check if there could be a connection with AKERN. American spellings have changed many a name! These Ekerns are tied to Moscow Township,Iowa County, WI, through marriage to Swenson/Skrattegaard descendants of Gro Olsdatter Breiehagen (b.23 May 1805) from the gaard Nos in Al, Hallingdal, Norway. Alma Swenson(b.1890-d.1859) married Melvin I. EKERN. ---------------- > If there is no farm in Valdres named Akern/Akem......where on earth would she have > gotten that name? ------------------------------------------- > Oh well, maybe in another year I will find another useless clue that will tie > together Tostensen/Akem in Wisconsin. > God help Matilda when we meet in the wild blue yonder!!!!!!!!!!! > > Is there any logical way that my Sarah Akern/Akem could have married Abram > Tostensen from Nærbø, Varhaug if she was born in Valdres unless they didn't marry > until they both were in Wisconsin? .......Peggy > > > Subject: Re: [VALDRES-L] Akern from "Valders" > > Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 09:07:30 -0600 > > From: Betty Rockswold <bettylou@spacestar.net> > > To: VALDRES-L@rootsweb.com > > > > Hei Peggy, > > > > Valders is the spelling used in Wisconsin, Valdres is used in Norway. > > > > Sarah is an American name, which could have been changed from something > > like Sigrid. > > > > The Rugnøs farm is in Vestre Slidre in Valdres. There is a > > Rudlang/Røllang farm in North Aurdal in Valdres. I can't find a farm > > name in Valdres like Akern. > > > > If you find a few more clues, maybe I can help. > > > > Betty > > > > P.S. See our Valdres Samband Lag website below - www.valdressamband.org > > > > Peggy wrote: > > > > > > Does any of this look familiar to anyone on the list? > > > Shouldn't Valders, be Valdres? > > > This info is from LDS site and I am thinkng that this is the Sarah AkeM > > > and Tostensen/Torstensen combination I have been looking for that would > > > be the parents of my Matilda Tostensen. The other possibility is that > > > Sarah married the first time to Abram Tostensen and this was a second > > > marriage when Matilda, my ggrandmother was 2 years old. In old > > > handwriting the Akern could easily have been mistaken for Akem and the > > > date for the marriage is after the birthdate I have for Matilda > > > Tostensen that was 1959 according to her own entry in the bible. That > > > would make Thore Topper her stepfather and possibly explain why I have > > > not been able to find "Sarah Tostensen" after the 1860 census which > > > shows her in Avon, Rock County, Wisconsin. > > > > > > Sarah AKERN > > > > > B: 2 Feb 1838 > > > > > , Valders, Norway > > > > > D: 7 Feb 1918 > > > > > Blue Mounds, Dane Co, Wi > > > > > M: 1861 > > > > > > > > > > Thore TOPPER (RAGNAAS) > > > > > B: 22 May 1841 > > > > > Northern Urdahl, Valders, Norway > > > > > D: 1 Jan 1928 > > > > > Blue Mounds, Dane Co, Wi > > > > > > ==== VALDRES Mailing List ==== > > > VALDRES SAMBAND web page at http://www.valdressamband.org > > > Future Stevne's > > > June 22-24, 2000 - Kelly Inn - St. Cloud, MN > > > June 14-16, 2001 - Decorah, IA > > > June 20-22, 2002 - Oaks Hotel - Sioux Falls, SD > > > > -- > > Betty Rockswold > > 1522 N. Greenwood Ct. > > Eagan, MN 55122 > > email: bettylou@spacestar.net > > web: www.valdressamband.org > > listserv: Valdres-L-request@rootsweb.com > > ==== VALDRES Mailing List ==== > ========================VALDRES SAMBAND 1899-1999====================== > Interested in joining the Valdres Samband, call > June Adele Dolva (218)233-7134 if you have questions > or JADOLVA@aol.com