The use of English by either an older or younger Norwegian would be very unusual. Do you know that he may have lived in England for a couple of years? My only personal knowledge is from my ancestors that were from Ål. God dag. VALDRES-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Subject: > > VALDRES-D Digest Volume 00 : Issue 21 > > Today's Topics: > #1 [VALDRES-L] spoke Englsih [Andresen <sax-cma@swbell.net>] > #2 [VALDRES-L] THANK YOU!!!! [Tom Woollweever <bigdog@rrnet.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. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [VALDRES-L] spoke Englsih > Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2000 19:20:26 -0600 > From: Andresen <sax-cma@swbell.net> > To: VALDRES-L@rootsweb.com > > Does anyone have any information on how common it was for a > Norwegian born in the 1830s to speak English? It is told that my > GGgrandfather, born 1833 in Sør-Aurdal, spoke English when he > immigrated in 1852. > Thanks, Clarine "Skipp" Andresen > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [VALDRES-L] THANK YOU!!!! > Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 12:06:05 -0600 > From: Tom Woollweever <bigdog@rrnet.com> > To: VALDRES-L@rootsweb.com > > Greetings to all, > > I want to thank each and every one of you for your kind thoughts and > prayers for my father in law. I wanted to try and send a personal note > to each one of you but due to the enormous volume of emails I received, > it would take much too long. > My father in law is out of intensive care and doing fantastic! His turn > around is almost unbelievable. I told him that he had many people of > Norwegian ancestry praying for him and that, combined with his Norwegian > stubborness, is what pulled him through!! > Thanks again to everyone, > > Tom Woollweever -- /\ / \ Rocking Diamond Organics, Inc. \ / Verne Thorstenson \/ rockdia@rapidnet.com ·.__.·