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Ron Iverson
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USA
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 Posted - 21/07/2015 : 21:51:05
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I am interested in finding records of my great-uncle Iver G. Iverson, in his youth a sailor on Norwegian merchant ships. His USA naturalization document says he arrived in the USA in May 1900 at Mobile, Alabama as a crewman on the "Borrass, Norwegian fruit steamer". I found records of a Norwegian ship called Borrassa.
Iver was born Iver Gjertin Iverson in August 1879...illegitimate. When he was a child his mother married and, for a time, he was called Iver G. Olsen, after his stepfather.
I have found quite a bit about Iver's childhood in western Norway and his life in the USA. Am particularly interested in any records from the merchant marine...crew lists, etc.
Growing up in Seattle, I met Iver. He was not a talker, no sea stories.
Ron Iverson |
Ronald A. Iverson |
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Iver Gjertin Iverson, crewman on Borrassa
