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Linda
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 Posted - 06/11/2002 : 14:46:41
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I'm new at this "searching for ancestors" thing... But now I've finally found out that one of my great grandfathers left Norway after having knocked up a girl he wasn't married to... (And this resultet in my grandfather...) I thought I had it all sorted out when I found his name, age and date of emigration on the sites of Digitalariviet, but after having studied this information further, I lost him in England. My great grandfather was named (Iver) Fridthjof Hage. He was born in Hamar, Norway, in 1883 and left for Chicago on the ship Montebello on March 20, 1903. My problem is that Montebello arrived in Hull, and I have no idea where and when he left from there. I assume that he went by trai to Liverpool to board another ship there, but which one I don't know. Neither do I know where his arrival port was in the US, but it was probably not on Ellis Island as I find no match on his last name in their databases. My biggest fear is that he changed his name completely to make it easier living in America... How am I supposed to find him then?!? I have also tried searching the Mormon databases without luck. Now I hope maybe someone reading this can be of any help, I'd be most greatful for any kind of information that can take me one tniy little step closer to my lost ancestor in the US.
- Linda
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thelebrity
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thelebrity
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thelebrity
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thelebrity
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Linda
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Posted - 08/11/2002 : 09:52:04
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There are two Iver Iversons in the social security death index. Long shots, but worth a try maybe...
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp
Per Helge Seglsten
I trully appreciate all your efforts at helping me, this one I regard as very helpful! I especially found Iver Iverson in Illinois with no specification of birthplace interesting as I know that my great grandfather was born in Hamar, and those two specified were not. It's a long shot, that's for sure, but as far as I see it's worth trying. There are rumours going that he came back to see my granfather sometime around WW2, but these are not confirmed. I haven't succeded in getting in contact with my aunt who claims that these rumours are true yet. But if he lived all until 1963, there's a great change that he managed to get a family over there as well. Does anyone know how I can find out this? Is there a paper where I can put an add or what?
- Linda
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thelebrity
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Posted - 08/11/2002 : 12:46:55
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You can download a gedcom file of the chosen record. I don't know what this file will contain, but I think you also can order documents from the social security death index which will give you more information about the person. From what I can see there are several Iver Iverson's from Illinois though. None of them born in 1883.
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thelebrity
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Posted - 08/11/2002 : 12:49:45
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If you search for Iver Iverson year 1883, only the two mentioned above will surface. They both lived in south Dakota.
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Linda
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immigrants to the US 1903
