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Anne Brit Benum
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Posted - 25/02/2017 :  16:41:27  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
He also in Verdal in North-Trøndelag. He was baptized October 21, 1855. His parents were Andreas Sevaldsen and Ingeborg Rasmusdatter. When his confirmation took Place October 1, 1871, it seems as if his birth not was August 13, but 19....... And both ministerbooks "tell" that he emigrated to America May 31, 1879. Can you find him for me?
Anne

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AntonH
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Posted - 25/02/2017 :  18:00:03  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Would this be him leaving under the name Sevald A Hagen?

http://gda.arkivverket.no/cgi-win/webcens.exe?slag=visbase&sidenr=1&filnamn=EMITROND&gardpostnr=17461&merk=17461#ovre

https://digitalarkivet.arkivverket.no/en-gb/gen/vis/8/pe00000000060715

Edited by - AntonH on 25/02/2017 18:01:47
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AntonH
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Posted - 25/02/2017 :  18:06:02  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
This is Sevald Hagen.

Sevald Hagen
in the Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947
Name: Sevald Hagen
Birth Date: 13 Aug 1855
Birth Place: Norway
Death Date: 7 Jun 1921
Death Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Burial Date: 9 Jun 1921
Cemetery Name: Rosehill
Death Age: 65
Occupation: Cabinet Maker
Race: White
Marital Status: M
Gender: Male
Residence: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Father Name: Anders Hagen
Father Birth Place: Norway
Mother Birth Place: Norway
Spouse Name: Guro Hagen
FHL Film Number: 1852992
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AntonH
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Posted - 25/02/2017 :  18:09:21  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
And his marriage

Sevald Hagen
in the U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, Records, 1875-1940
Name: Sevald Hagen
Event Type: Marriage
Marriage Date: 1 Jan 1893
Marriage Place: Chicago, Illinois
Spouse: Guro Haugse
Father: Andreas Hagen
Mother: Ingeborg
Church Name: Bethlehem
Church Location: Chicago, Illinois
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jwiborg
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Posted - 25/02/2017 :  18:09:42  Show Profile  Reply with Quote

Sevald Andreasen, born August 13,1855

You should find the historybook "Verdal historielags skrifter. 1993 Vol. 20 : årbok", which contain 14 pages about this man and family, including letters he wrote.
Sevald married in Chicago, and have a son Edwin born 1884. Sevald and Edvin went to Verdal in 1891, and Edvin who stayed there, died in the Verdal landslide in 1893. Pictures of family, including Edvin and Sevalds 2nd wife Guro in the book.

Edited by - jwiborg on 25/02/2017 18:22:54
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Anne Brit Benum
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Posted - 25/02/2017 :  20:10:42  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I am quite clear this is the person I have asked about - because one of the places they live in Verdal, is Hagen (the garden!). I don't wander at all that he is called/calls himself Hagen. This is absolutely fantastic. Thank you very much!

Anne Brit Benuj
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AntonH
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Posted - 25/02/2017 :  23:00:44  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
He and his wife Guro with two children living in Minnesota.

Sevald Hagen
in the 1900 United States Federal Census
Name: Sevald Hagen
Age: 44
Birth Date: Aug 1855
Birthplace: Norway
Home in 1900: Minneapolis Ward 11, Hennepin, Minnesota
Race: White
Gender: Male
Immigration Year: 1879
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Gurri Hagen
Marriage Year: 1893
Years Married: 7
Father's Birthplace: Norway
Mother's Birthplace: Norway
Household Members:
Name Age
Sevald Hagen 44
Gurri Hagen 35
Inga Hagen 5
Helga Hagen 3
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AntonH
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Posted - 25/02/2017 :  23:21:11  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
In doe not appear that daughter Inga M ever married and she died in Chicago in 1937

Inga M. Hagen
in the Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947
Name: Inga M. Hagen
[Inga M. Hagin]
Birth Date: 22 Nov 1894
Birth Place: Rushford, Minnesota
Death Date: 18 Oct 1937
Death Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Burial Date: 20 Oct 1937
Burial Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Cemetery Name: Graceland
Death Age: 42
Occupation: Teacher-Chicago Pub Sch
Race: White
Marital Status: S
Gender: Female
Residence: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Father Name: Sevald Hagin
Father Birth Place: Norway
Mother Name: Guro Haugse
Mother Birth Place: Norway
FHL Film Number: 1952969
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AntonH
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Posted - 25/02/2017 :  23:37:01  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
It does not appear as if Helga married either.

Helga A. Hagen
in the Minnesota, Births and Christenings Index, 1840-1980
Name: Helga A. Hagen
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 5 Sep 1896
Birth Place: Fillmore, Minnesota
Father: Sevald Hagen
Mother: Guro Haugse
FHL Film Number: 1316800

Died in 1989

Helga A. Hagen
in the U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Helga A. Hagen
SSN: 350-34-4245
Last Residence:
33707 Saint Petersburg, Pinellas, Florida, USA
BORN: 5 Sep 1896
Died: 19 Jul 1989
State (Year) SSN issued: Illinois (1958-1960)
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jwiborg
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Posted - 26/02/2017 :  00:42:29  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Sevald returned to Chicago in October 1891.
He had to leave little Edvin Herman behind, and he wrote in a letter to his sister in Sweden, that it was a tough decision. But he didn't see any other option. It would be too difficult, since the winter was coming.

In 1893, he was waiting for his son to come over to America, together with Sevalds sister Ragnhild. The trip was arranged, but time went by without them showing up. And in the newspaper on May 22nd he reads about the big landslide that had happened in Verdal, and got worried. He wrote a letter home the same day:

"Dear parents and little Herman.
I have now waited for a letter from you for 2 months, and received nothing, so I'm getting really worried how you are back home. In the newspaper I read about the big landslide that have done enormous damage, but I can't tell where it has occured. I hope you're not affected, but it's terrible in any case. Please write back so I know how you are doing, and if you need any help.
On the 8th of May I sent 200 kroner to Dad. I hope you have received it now. (...)"


Sevald also telegraphed the Magistrate in Levanger, to check if his family was among those affected.
A few days later he received a reply from the Magistrate, that said his Father, his Mother, his Sister and his little son Herman all were among the deceased from the landslide.


Photo from Verdal after the landslide of May 19th 1893. A total of 116 people were killed. 105 farms destroyed, and thousands of animals killed.

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Anne Brit Benum
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Posted - 26/02/2017 :  10:53:14  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Thank you very much for all the information you have given me after I wrote thank you yesterday evening. Just above this photo of the horrible landslide in Verdal in 1893, you have written that Sevald wrote to his sister in Sweden. Do you know where she lived?
And you have written about this that a Helga Hagen lived from 1840 to 1980. Is it really 1940+

Anne Brit Benuj
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jwiborg
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Posted - 26/02/2017 :  12:32:20  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Sevalds sister Ingeborg Anna went to Järpen, Jämtland for work, where she married widower Per Allmin, who was 29 years older than her.
He had two daughters from first marriage, and now got two sons with Ingeborg Anna: Olof Alfred born 1893 and Per born 1899. Family after these two live in Sweden today.

In a letter to Ingeborg Anna in April 1906, Sevald and Guro live in Chicago, and have four daughters:
Inga Margrethe. Becoming 12 this Autumn. Doing good at school. Best in class for her age. Born 22 Nov 1894.
Helga Anita. Becoming 10 this Autumn. Also doing good at school. Born 05 Sep 1896.
Esther Elisabeth. Becoming 4 in May. Helping mother to look after the youngest. Born May 1902.
Florence Gudrun. Born 10 Jul 1905.


Edited by - jwiborg on 26/02/2017 12:34:13
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Anne Brit Benum
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Posted - 26/02/2017 :  14:32:10  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Thank you ever so very much! I am extremely impressed by what you - both now and earlier - have helped me with!
Best regards, Anne

Anne Brit Benuj
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jwiborg
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Posted - 26/02/2017 :  14:58:45  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
This woman is a great grandchild of Sevalds sister Ingeborg Anna. Olof Alfred is her maternal grandfather.

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AntonH
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Posted - 26/02/2017 :  17:18:21  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
And you have written about this that a Helga Hagen lived from 1840 to 1980. Is it really 1940+


No she was born in 1896, so she lived from 1896 to 1989. You are misreading the Record. The Title of the Record is from 1840 to 1980 but the that Record only gives the birth date. See below.

Name: Helga A. Hagen
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 5 Sep 1896
Birth Place: Fillmore, Minnesota

And died in 1989

BORN: 5 Sep 1896
Died: 19 Jul 1989

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AntonH
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Posted - 26/02/2017 :  17:33:21  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Following Jan Peters information on the family, here is the child Florence with the family in the 1910 Census. I do not see Esther Elizabeth so she may have died young. The name of the father is listed as Oswald but is probably a misspelling of Sevald.

Florence G Hagen
in the 1910 United States Federal Census
Name: Florence G Hagen
Age in 1910: 4
Birth Year: abt 1906
Birthplace: Illinois
Home in 1910: Chicago Ward 28, Cook, Illinois
Street: Cortland Street
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Marital Status: Single
Father's name: Oswald Hagen
Father's Birthplace: Norway
Mother's name: Gura Hagen
Mother's Birthplace: Norway
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Oswald Hagen 54
Gura Hagen 45
Inga M Hagen 15
Helga A Hagen 13
Florence G Hagen 4

Florence also died young at age 14. Again a misspelling of the fathers name should be Sevald not Levand.

Florence Hagen
in the Cook County, Illinois, Deaths Index, 1878-1922
Name: Florence Hagen
Birth Date: 10 Jul 1905
Birth Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Death Date: 1 Jan 1920
Death Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Burial Date: 3 Jan 1920
Cemetery Name: Rose Hill
Death Age: 14
Occupation: School Girl
Race: White
Marital Status: Single
Gender: Female
Residence: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Father Name: Levand Hagen
Father Birth Place: Norway
Mother Name: Gina Haugse
Mother Birth Place: Norway
FHL Film Number: 1309228

Edited by - AntonH on 26/02/2017 17:35:47
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