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johnsonlori94
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Posted - 25/03/2014 :  02:29:55  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I am trying to locate information on
Cecilia (Seselie) Pauline Villumsdtr
and
Ola Johan Pettersen
I believe they were from a place called Bo
lori johnson
Edited by - johnsonlori94 on 25/03/2014 03:13:19

jkmarler
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USA
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Posted - 25/03/2014 :  03:14:13  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Bo could be a parish called Bø in Telemark or it could even be the name or part of the name of a farm.

Why don't you start by giving us a bit more information on them in America, where they settled, names they went by, names of their children?
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JaneC
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USA
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Posted - 25/03/2014 :  03:22:35  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
A family tree online (called Boslekt) adds some dates and places.

Ole Johan Pettersen Baade
Born: 15 Jan 1856 in Gimstad, Bø, Nordland - parents: Petter Andreas Baade Hanssen and Cecilia Jakobia Villumsdtr
Died: 16 Nov 1936 in Gimstad, Bø, Nordland
Burial: 1936 in Duken kirkegård, Vinje, Bø, Nordland

married 10 Jul 1883 in Bø kirke, Bø, Nordland

wife: Cecilia Villumsdtr
Born: 26 Jun 1856 in Forøya, Bø, Nordland - parents Willum Andreas Isaksen and Helene Jensine Bjørgan
Baptized: 10 Aug 1856 in Bø kirke, Bø, Nordland
Died: 28 Aug 1935 in Gimstad, Bø, Nordland
Begravet: 1935 i Duken kirkegård, Vinje, Bø, Nordland

http://www.boslekt.com/html/fam001xx/fam00128.htm
Edited by - JaneC on 25/03/2014 03:23:26
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johnsonlori94
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Posted - 25/03/2014 :  03:32:20  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Thank you. I see now where the name Bo came from
lori johnson
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