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Julie Amundsen
Starting member
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 Posted - 10/08/2014 : 17:58:16
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My grandfather, Albert Einar Amundsen came from Norway as a small boy with his father, Einar, and his brother. I was able to find their names on a (I think) 1917 passenger list to New York.
I wanted to keep searching for their lineage in Norway, but I don't know how to search. I don't have much information and this may be my problem.
I'm one of many people who've been told we are related to Roald Amundsen however my instinct, with just the little I've been able to find, is not true. There are a lot of Amundsens out there. I would love however to find our family lines and go to visit some of my distant relatives in Norway.
Can anyone shed light on how to go about searching? |
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AntonH
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
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Posted - 10/08/2014 : 18:22:33
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| More information is always helpful. Where did they live in the United States. When were they born etc. If you have any idea of a area in Norway from which they came that would be of major use. |
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jkmarler
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
7765 Posts |
Posted - 10/08/2014 : 21:13:25
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Anton has given you a good first--gather information from here first on your grandfather. I'd add these:
1. Start with what you know already. You are more expert on your grandfather right now than anybody else.
2. Name, a date, and a place are three things which usually unlock everything.
3. Arm yourself with family information from America. |
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Kċarto
Norway Heritage Veteran
Norway
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Posted - 10/08/2014 : 22:45:57
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You do not know if Albert Einar was born after 1910? (Norway has a 1910 census)
Do you know the name of his brother?
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AntonH
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
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Posted - 11/08/2014 : 03:21:57
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Looking at the various pieces of data on Einar Amundsen on Ancestry.com, I keep coming back to this family. Howevr this Albert was born in 1908 in America as was his sister. But here it is anyway. Einar was born abt 1874 in Norway and immigrated in 1893 and Married in 1899. Some of this fits, most does not.
1910 United States Federal Census
Name: Albert Amundson
Age in 1910: 2
Birth Year: abt 1908
Birthplace: Illinois
Home in 1910: Chicago Ward 28, Cook, Illinois
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital Status: Single
Father's Name: Einar Amundson
Father's Birthplace: Norway
Mother's name: Lomina Amundson
Mother's Birthplace: Norway
Neighbors:
Household Members:
Name Age
Einar Amundson 36
Lomina Amundson 32
Nora Amundson 11
Albert Amundson 2 |
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JaneC
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
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Posted - 11/08/2014 : 03:32:35
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| From looking at that family earlier, I think that Albert is memorialized on Find a Grave, died 1987, wife Mildred, mother Tomine. This is the only Einar- Albert combo I found. Need the OP to explain who she is talking about, what is immigration record she found, when her Albert was born, etc |
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AntonH
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
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Posted - 11/08/2014 : 03:32:38
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The family in 1900 in Chicago with brother Alfred. If this is your famly there are a large number of Family Trees on Ancestry.com that have the brothers as having been born in Kopervik, Rogaland, Norway.
See number 23.
http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read?idx_kildeid=6296&idx_id=6296&uid=ny&idx_side=-67
1900 United States Federal Census
Name: Einer Amundsen
[Einer Amundson]
Age: 26
Birth Date: Mar 1874
Birthplace: Norway
Home in 1900: Chicago Ward 15, Cook, Illinois
Race: White
Gender: Male
Immigration Year: 1893
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Tomine Amundsen
Marriage Year: 1898
Years Married: 2
Father's Birthplace: Norway
Mother's Birthplace: Norway
Occupation:
Household Members:
Name Age
Einer Amundsen 26
Tomine Amundsen 23
Nora Amundsen 1
Alfred Amundsen 25
John Mathieson 32
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AntonH
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
9227 Posts |
Posted - 11/08/2014 : 03:37:33
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Your right on two counts Jane, first we need the OP to tell us what she knows and if we are on the right path and secondly the Family Tree on Ancestry with the most information has Albert with the middle name of Edward not Einar but with a wife named Mildred Anna Monson. That fits your informaton well.
Albert Edward Amundsen
Birth 11 JAN 1908 in Illinois
Death 30 Apr 1987 in Stoughton, Dane, Wisconsin, United States of America
Mildred Anna Monson
Birth 7 AUG 1909 in Wisconsin
Death 11 Sep 1996 in Stoughton, Dane, Wisconsin, United States of America |
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JaneC
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
3020 Posts |
Posted - 11/08/2014 : 03:48:26
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| Yes, that is the FAG data. Einar on FAG born 06 March 1873 died 31 March 1960, buried Chicago; Tomine born 21 Jan 1877, died 11 June 1916, buried Chicago. At least her death date fits with opening statement, of a father but not mother traveling w Albert in 1917. |
Edited by - JaneC on 11/08/2014 04:37:41 |
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jkmarler
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
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JaneC
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
3020 Posts |
Posted - 11/08/2014 : 04:20:51
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Actually she did not specifically say Albert was born in Norway, or where or when he was born, though born in Norway seemed implied. Maybe she means a different family, or she found wrong people, or found them traveling home from a visit?
1875 census
Avaldsnes/Kopervik
Niels Amundsen b 1837 Birkrem Sogn og Pr
Kristiane Elisabeth Juel Amundsen
Einar Valdemar Juel Amundsen 1872
Alfred Amandius Emil Amundsen 1873
Engel Karine Juel b 1811 (Kristiane's mom)
http://digitalarkivet.arkivverket.no/en-gb/ft/person/pf01052236000755
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Edited by - JaneC on 11/08/2014 23:51:41 |
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AntonH
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
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Posted - 11/08/2014 : 05:32:23
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Ancestry.com version of the baptism record for Einar.
Norway, Select Baptisms, 1634-1927 about Einar Waldemar Juuhl Amundsen
Name: Einar Waldemar Juuhl Amundsen
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 6 mar 1873
Baptism Date: 14 apr 1873
Baptism Place: Akra, Rogaland, Norway
Father: Nils Amundsen
Mother: Kristiane Elisabet Juuhl
FHL Film Number: 126218
Reference ID: 2:FDTCNS |
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AntonH
Norway Heritage Veteran
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9227 Posts |
Posted - 11/08/2014 : 06:05:28
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But he is born in Illinois not in Norway. So who did OP find coming to US in 1917?
Well there was an Able Bodied Seaman named Einar Amundsen who arrived in New York in 1917. I would doubt that that person is the same as the one living in Chicago.
New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
Name: Einar Amundsen
Arrival Date: 2 Jun 1917
Birth Date: abt 1875
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Ethnicity/ Nationality: Scandinavian
Port of Departure: Namsos
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Ship Name: Ranenfjord |
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Kċarto
Norway Heritage Veteran
Norway
5861 Posts |
Posted - 11/08/2014 : 06:59:58
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Einar Amundsen 42 who arrived Ellis Island 1917 dep. Namsos Feb. 6. on ship Ranenfjord.
Namsos was no official em. port.
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Edited by - Kċarto on 11/08/2014 07:00:54 |
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jkmarler
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
7765 Posts |
Posted - 11/08/2014 : 09:06:34
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| Albert Edward Amundson was born 11 Jan 1908 and baptized15 March 1908 at the Bethel Lutheran church in Chicago. His parents' names are Einar Amundson and Mina Amundson. The faddernes are: M/M John Iverson, Mr. Alfred Amundson, Miss Johanne Gunderson. His parents' address 175 Nebraska Ave. In Bethel Lutheran Ministerial records 1889-1920 pg 7, #12 |
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JaneC
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
3020 Posts |
Posted - 11/08/2014 : 14:01:47
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Recalling my look at these folks yesterday, I think Einar's brother Alfred married a Johanne; they had a son Magnus(?); the brothers lived together later; son Albert had a younger brother Walter (USA version of the name Valdemar); Walter apparently died 1977. Tomine "Mina" was born Larsen I think.
Title of thread says Albert was from Norway - so may I correct my previous statement that place of birth was only implied. Wonder if that was a slip, and we have right family...
An online conversation in Norwegian called "Forfedrar til Hans Krag Juuhl/Juul/Juel" calls Einar's mother Christiane "Janna" Elisabeth Juuhl. I think Albert's sister Nora is "Jannette Nora." |
Edited by - JaneC on 11/08/2014 14:53:30 |
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Help Finding Albert Einar Amundsen from Norway
