Hei Betty, Are you trying to tell me that I need to order the LDS microfilms for that time frame (1859) to see if there ever really was a Sarah/Sigrid, Sirine Akern recorded? I know from past experience that the LDS transcription are based on the transcribers interpretation of the entry. I thought that Valders/Valdres was a typing error, but from what you say, Valder is the "American" spelling........strange, I must admit, because they sound like two different towns to me! I have been reading the Norway list for TOO long, and am beginning to spell like they do in Norway! I thought the transcriptionist just couldn't read or type the handwriting............Oh well, nothing is easy! If there is no farm in Valdres named Akern/Akem......where on earth would she have gotten that name? Not exactly something someone would make up....like Apple, Smith, Jones, etc.......... It would have required quite an imagination!!!!!!!!! I was hoping, praying, that that might be the clue that I needed.......sigh...... 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