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TomHammer
Medium member
USA
101 Posts |
 Posted - 21/01/2019 : 17:20:09
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Looking for birth record and parents of Carrie "Karen" Anderson. She was born 17 July 1858 in Christiania, Norway. US records say she immigrated in 1874, 1875, or 1877. Most likely not 1877. She originally lived in Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota and I may have found a reference that she was in the 1875 Minnesota Census.
Thanks,
Tom |
Edited by - TomHammer on 21/01/2019 17:52:48 |
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AntonH
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
9224 Posts |
Posted - 21/01/2019 : 17:43:16
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I may have found a reference that she was in the 1875 Minnesota Census.
Under what name in 1875 Census?
Married? If so to whom?
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Edited by - AntonH on 21/01/2019 17:43:51 |
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TomHammer
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USA
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jkmarler
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
7765 Posts |
Posted - 21/01/2019 : 18:02:51
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AntonH
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
9224 Posts |
Posted - 21/01/2019 : 18:03:35
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Is this the same family in 1880
Carrie Anderson
in the 1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Carrie Anderson
Age: 22
Birth Date: Abt 1858
Birthplace: Norway
Home in 1880: Northfield, Rice, Minnesota, USA
Dwelling Number: 78
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Marital status: Single
Father's name: Andrew Anderson
Father's Birthplace: Norway
Mother's Birthplace: Nor
Occupation: Housekeeper
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Andrew Anderson 54
Carrie Anderson 22
Martha Anderson 19
Randie Anderson 16
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AntonH
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
9224 Posts |
Posted - 21/01/2019 : 18:12:25
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Here is a long shot. A Anders Andersen with daughters Karen and Randi both born about the right year. Not Kristinia and mother is not Carrie. In the 1865 Censu.
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TomHammer
Medium member
USA
101 Posts |
Posted - 21/01/2019 : 18:32:44
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| She died in Cooperstown, ND, 23 September 1935. |
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TomHammer
Medium member
USA
101 Posts |
Posted - 21/01/2019 : 18:37:41
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| Obituary says she came to the US in 1874. |
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jkmarler
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
7765 Posts |
Posted - 21/01/2019 : 18:55:26
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| What's her married name? |
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TomHammer
Medium member
USA
101 Posts |
Posted - 21/01/2019 : 18:58:31
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| She married Halvor P Hammer in March 1881 in Farmington, Dakota County, Minnesota. |
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Hopkins
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
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Posted - 21/01/2019 : 19:35:40
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Did you search church records of that marriage in Farmington? A Lutheran minister will often make note of where a member was born, baptized and/or confirmed. The name of a parish or church congregation in Norway would be vital to your search.
Also for a marriage a Lutheran minister especially a marriage performed in Norwegian would be recorded on a format which noted the name of the bride's father and possibly where he resided.
Since they resided in more than one location after marrying - the church records of several different areas may be very useful for you to find and review carefully. |
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jkmarler
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
7765 Posts |
Posted - 21/01/2019 : 20:13:00
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Red River Valley Genealogical Society has copies of funeral home records from Cooperstown. Here are the Hammer entries from the online index:
HAMMER Carrie 1858 1935 35-41
HAMMER H.P. 1858 1932 32-10
HAMMER William P. 1894 1955 55-21
Cooperstown centennial history 1882-1982 page 130
The Way It Was
EXCERPT FROM HISTORY
It was after midnight, we had finished putting the paper
to bed and were on our way home. Except for the street
lamps that burned along main street, the night was black
and ominous, seeming to surround each lamp with an
impenatrable curtain. We parted at the corner, and I
stepped off the curb to cross the street.
Suddenly, a figure of an old man loomed up on the
opposite curb, as if he had walked out of the wall of the
building behind him. As I came closer, I recognized H.P.
Hammer.
It was a little unusual, I thought, to encounter the old
gentleman on the street at such an hour, but he was one of
the community's most prominent citizens so I did not mention it. I said, "Hello, Mr. Hammer. How are things going?"
He looked at me quite somberly. I had the feeling that he
had, for some reason, been walking about in the night and
doing some heavy thinking. "It is not going so good, young
feller," he said, "and I cannot see the end of it."
He had been the millionaire in our town. "Credit unlimited," said Dunn & Bradstreet. But the depression had
cut him down. He had owned several banks in the area, and
he had tried to save them from collapse, selling stocks and
bonds, mortgaging real estate, cashing in wherever he could,
putting the money into those banks. But the depression had
gone on and on, and the banks failed anyway.
Most folks had lost what they had. But they had very
little to lose, compared with the losses this man had suffered. He could have cut and run. There was no law that
required him to put every cent into the banks, in an effort to
save them, and so sustain the depositors, desperate and
frightened as they were.
"I made my money here, and I'll lose it here," he said
suddenly, as if he were talking to someone in the darkness.
He stepped off the curb, and moved across the street. His
shoulders heaved, and he walked very slowly. I watched
until he disappeared in the darkness. Then I went on home,
feeling very good about something, but not yet sure what it
was.
It had something to do with guts, with stubborn courage
that didn't advertise itself. Plain, unvarnished guts.
— Oswald Tufte
Cooperstown Hardware had its origin in 1932, when
Hammer Condy Company deeded to Cooperstown Hardware
Company Lot 21, Block 59. Henry G. Hammer, whose
father, Halvor P. Hammer, was a founder of the Hammer
Condy Company, was in hardware business until 1966,
when he and his wife Lois sold the business to Eugene
Paintner.... page 210 |
Edited by - jkmarler on 21/01/2019 20:26:04 |
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jwiborg
Norway Heritage Veteran
Norway
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Posted - 21/01/2019 : 20:40:22
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I think it could be this one:
Karen Mathea Andreasdatter
Birth: 18 Jul 1858, Hurdal, Akershus
Parents: Andreas Olsen & Mari Pedersdr
She emigrated to Farmington Min. on 1874-06-18, together with mother widow Marie Pedersdatter (38).
Residence 1865: Morstad østre, Gran, Oppland,
This record says her lastname was Olson.
Griggs County 1879-1976 says she was from Lakeville, Minnesota
H.P.Hammer, "known as one of the richest Norwegians in the NorthWest."
Source: Nordmænd og norske Hjem i Amerika by Hans Jervell, Fargo, N.D:H. Jervell, 1916 |
Edited by - jwiborg on 21/01/2019 20:55:37 |
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TomHammer
Medium member
USA
101 Posts |
Posted - 21/01/2019 : 21:07:39
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That's compelling evidence. Birthday is off by 1 day - line 70:
https://media.digitalarkivet.no/en/view/516/3389/82
Area in Norway is within a hours drive, immigration year is right, last name is close, last name on her son's birth is Olson (same as father's last name), and immigration town is 12 miles from Northfield, MN. |
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TomHammer
Medium member
USA
101 Posts |
Posted - 21/01/2019 : 21:13:10
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| jwiborg, do you have a link to this picture of H.P. Hammer? |
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jwiborg
Norway Heritage Veteran
Norway
4961 Posts |
Posted - 21/01/2019 : 21:48:17
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It's a screenshot from p.144 of the above mentioned book from 1916. Available online at https://www.nb.no, but only from norwegian IP's.
There is a Mari Pederson (44) keeping house for some Haldorsons in Eureka, Dakota, MN, census-1880. A wild shot, but possibly related to Halvor P. Hammer? |
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Need help finding info on Carrie "Karen" Anderson
