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dahlen
Junior member
USA
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 Posted - 17/05/2015 : 23:56:25
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| Hi, My name is Roald Dahlen and I know that my name is the only one in the United States. Can someone tell me if there are others with my name in Norway or elsewhere in the world? Just curious! |
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AntonH
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
9224 Posts |
Posted - 18/05/2015 : 00:00:17
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In the 1910 Norwegian Census there were at least 98 people with the last name Dahlen living in Norway. Click on the link.
Type in Dahlen in the Surname space, click on 1910 and click on Search.
http://www.rhd.uit.no/folketellinger/folketellinger_e.aspx |
Edited by - AntonH on 18/05/2015 00:01:58 |
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dahlen
Junior member
USA
32 Posts |
Posted - 18/05/2015 : 00:02:46
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| Do any of those 98 have my first name too? |
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AntonH
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
9224 Posts |
Posted - 18/05/2015 : 00:09:02
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Over the years a lot of people who were born in Norway carried the surname Dahlen. In Ancestry.com data base "All Norway, Select Baptisms, 1634-1927 results for Dahlen" shows at least 1036 people born using the last name Dahlen.
Here is an example.
Name: Simen Georg Dahlen
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 24 sep 1904
Baptism Date: 29 okt 1904 (29 Oct 1904)
Baptism Place: Sel, Oppland, Norway
Father's Age: 1871
Mother's Age: 1878
Father: Sivert Dahlen
Mother: Margrethe Dahlen
FHL Film Number: 1282597
Reference ID: 4-52-18 |
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dahlen
Junior member
USA
32 Posts |
Posted - 18/05/2015 : 00:10:02
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| Thanks for info! Don't see anyone with my first and last name. Maybe today there is someone in the world with the name my dad gave me. Roald Amundsen was the inspiration for my first name. Perhaps someone on this site will know about another with my name. |
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AntonH
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
9224 Posts |
Posted - 18/05/2015 : 00:11:25
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No the two with first names starting with R in 1910 are females named Ragnhild.
A search of the Ancestry.com data base
"All Norway, Select Baptisms, 1634-1927 results for Roald Dahlen"
did not turn up anyone in the data base with your exact name. You are unique.
However there are a few Roald Dahlen names in the Ancestry.com data base. Names appear for people living in North Dakota, Wisconsin and Canada. |
Edited by - AntonH on 18/05/2015 00:19:01 |
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vivi
Senior member
Norway
371 Posts |
Posted - 18/05/2015 : 00:13:00
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Hi
There are some with the same name as you only spelt a little different. (Dalen instead of Dahlen)
You can search here (norwegian phone-book):
http://www.1881.no/
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JaneC
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
3020 Posts |
Posted - 18/05/2015 : 00:13:02
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Emigrants from many parts of Norway with name Dahlen traveled to many parts of USA. The Norwegian emigration database I searched lists 156. The list is partial and doesn't include the variations.
You have a wonderful name. |
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dahlen
Junior member
USA
32 Posts |
Posted - 18/05/2015 : 00:15:40
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| Understand that many Norwegians coming to the U.S. with the Dahlen surname came from Hadland areas like Gran and Brandbu. Thanks for the information! |
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dahlen
Junior member
USA
32 Posts |
Posted - 18/05/2015 : 00:23:25
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| Thanks all! My first name is not unique in Norway but with my last name it seems to be. Just kind of curious if anyone knows of another living today with the same name. |
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AntonH
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
9224 Posts |
Posted - 18/05/2015 : 00:28:16
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Maybe, I do not know for sure if the following people found in the Ancestry.com data base are still living but the records give an idea that they were alive not long ago.
In Canada.
Roald Dahlen in the Canadian Phone and Address Directories, 1995-2002
Name: Roald Dahlen
Street address: 33136 Mill Lake Rd Ste 6
City: Abbotsford
Province: British Columbia
Postal Code: V2s 2a5
Phone Number: 604 852 2713
Years at Residence: 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
In Wisconsin
Roald A Dahlen in the U.S. Phone and Address Directories, 1993-2002
Name: Roald A Dahlen
Address: 151 W Main St
City: Hixton
State: Wisconsin
Zip Code: 54635-9788
Phone Number: 715-963-3483
Residence Years: 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
And this one from North Dakota, born in 1916 but probably deceased today.
North Dakota, Territorial and State Censuses,
Name: A Roald Dahlen
County: Walsh
Town/City: Medford
State/Territory: North Dakota, USA
Census Date: 1925
Age: 9
Birth Year: abt 1916
Race: White |
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dahlen
Junior member
USA
32 Posts |
Posted - 18/05/2015 : 00:34:39
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| The Hixton Roald is me. Will check with the Canadian neighbor with my name. Thanks for the reply. |
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dahlen
Junior member
USA
32 Posts |
Posted - 18/05/2015 : 00:59:02
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| Checked with Roald Dahlen from Abbotsford, B C Canada and his address is the same as 50 or so other people so believe he is in some nursing facility and will not check with him personally. Yet I know that there is one other with my full name and I thank you so much. This is a nice site for personal and other information. |
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Hopkins
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
3351 Posts |
Posted - 18/05/2015 : 01:10:59
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In Hadeland parishes (Gran, Brandbu, Jevnaker and Lunner) there were several farms called 'Dahlen' and others just a few letters different - spelling variations.
But with dahl meaning valley - there were many farms with Dahl, Dahlen, Dale, etc. names all over the country. |
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AntonH
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
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dahlen
Junior member
USA
32 Posts |
Posted - 18/05/2015 : 01:25:30
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| My great grandparents came from Brandbu. Thanks! Nice to retrace one's past with such a great site. |
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Only one in world with my Norwegian name?
