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jkmarler
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Posted - 04/12/2019 :  04:33:12  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Among the numerous possibilities, since his mother retained custody, and since Oswald and Rhoda were legally married, that his original name was Robert Lincoln Maarsund.

I'm fairly certain that Donna Hill married Paul Exley. Whether or not she has any descendants, I wasn't able to determine. Her sister Grace had at least 3 children.

Is it known if the whole family (that is Olai, Johanne, besides Olga and Osvald) came to US or not?
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Kaiser
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Norway
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Posted - 04/12/2019 :  04:45:49  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Thank you all for this overwhelming information. I see it more clear now. Thanks to all of you. Oswald's son was obviously not aware that his father must have returned to the USA after his alleged stay in Trondheim, Norway. The same som claims he was put up for adoption. what means an adoption in this case? Still living with his mother and "adopted" by the mothers new husband or did he live with new adoptive parents and what where their names? It's still unclear if Oswalds parents Olai and Johanne remained in the USA or repatriated to Norway and when and where they lived and died. According to Oswal's son he was renamed but did he talk about a full or a partly renaming and what was his name before the renaming?
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Kaiser
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Norway
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Posted - 04/12/2019 :  04:49:29  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Oswald's parents: As I have understood Oswald and his sister were too young to arrive Canada/America unattended so I presume they must have arrived with someone most likely the parents or....?
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AntonH
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USA
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Posted - 04/12/2019 :  04:53:29  Show Profile  Reply with Quote

The Ancestry Tree gives one child, no records. There may be several more children but they are listed as Private so no names available.

Delmar H Exley
1951–2008
BIRTH 9 APR 1951 • Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
DEATH 6 AUG 2008 • Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA

This record does give you an idea of the children and their names.

Donna M. Exley
in the Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current
Name: Donna M. Exley
Gender: Female
Death Age: 69
Birth Date: abt 1923
Birth Place: Oil City, PA.
Death Date: 19 Oct 1992
Death Place: Erie, PA.
Burial Place: Erie, PA.
Obituary Date: 20 Oct 1992
Obituary Place: Bridgewater, New Jersey, United States of America
Spouse: Paul P. Exley
Child: Christine Baumgardner
Kathy Macey
Delmar Exley
Siblings: Grace Reese

Edited by - AntonH on 04/12/2019 05:06:55
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jkmarler
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USA
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Posted - 04/12/2019 :  05:02:08  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Kaiser

Oswald's parents: As I have understood Oswald and his sister were too young to arrive Canada/America unattended so I presume they must have arrived with someone most likely the parents or....?



If they came in 1912 as appears in one of Anton's posts, Olga would have been 17 certainly old enough to travel on her own. Don't know when Oswald arrived. Since he was sea faring, he could have come into and left many times as his ship arrives and departs before he decides to make it permanent..
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jkmarler
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USA
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Posted - 04/12/2019 :  05:08:11  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Delmar H. Exley, 57, of Erie, passed away Wednesday, August 6, 2008 at St. Vincent Health Center. He was born in Erie, April 9th, 1951, a son of the late Paul and Donna Hill Exley. Delmar was employed as a driver with Vantage Health Care. He enjoyed cars, NASCAR and drag racing. Surviving is a son, Brandon Exley, of Columbus, Ohio; a brother, Gifford Exley, wife, Lori, of Somerville, N.J.; two sisters, Christine Baumgardner, husband, Jim, of Columbus, Ohio, and Kathy Macey, husband, George, of Erie; Delmar's partner, Dianna Finotti, of Erie; his former wife, Georgeanne Exley. Nieces and nephews also survive. Friends may call at the A. Brugger & Sons Funeral Home, LLP, 845 E. 38th St., Sunday from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. to the time of services at 8:30 p.m, with Rev. Dr. Aaron Kerr of First United Methodist Church officiating. Burial in Laurel Hill Cemetery will be private and at the convenience of the family. Condolences at www.bruggerfuneralhomes.com. Sign the guestbook at www.GoErie.com/obits.
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AntonH
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USA
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Posted - 04/12/2019 :  05:11:17  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I did take down that post as I really was not certain if the two records pertained to the Maarsund family or not. But here they are for the record.

Olga Marsan
in the U.S., Border Crossings from Canada to U.S., 1895-1960
Name: Olga Marsan
Record Type: Cards
Arrival Date: 31 Aug 1912
Port of Arrival: Niagara Falls, New York, USA
Record has photo?: No

[url=https://postimages.org/][/url]
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AntonH
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USA
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Posted - 04/12/2019 :  05:16:55  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Olgo Marsan
in the U.S., Border Crossings from Canada to U.S., 1895-1960
Name: Olgo Marsan
Record Type: Cards
Arrival Date: 31 Aug 1912
Port of Arrival: Niagara Falls, New York, USA
Accompanied By: Child Olza Mary
Record has photo?: No

[url=https://postimages.org/][/url]
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ToreL
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Norway
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Posted - 04/12/2019 :  11:10:07  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Has this been posted already? The family were still in Norway at the 1910 census:

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/census/person/pf01036940001489
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ToreL
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Norway
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Posted - 04/12/2019 :  11:15:14  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
At wedding etc., Gjert Olai Mikkelsen Gjelland's birth location is given as Tysnes, which is located south of Bergen, and there is indeed a Gjelland (also written Gjalland and Hjelland) in Tysnes. His year of birth at mariage and censuses varies (from what I have seen) between 1853 and 1857, but the correct year may be 1851. At least there is a matching baptism at Tysnes that year. #87. Note that the day of birth matces the one in the 1910 census, although to years off.

He is mentioned in the piece about Nera (lower) Gjelland in Tysnes Bygdebok. Clipping.. It says that he was a sailor from 1875 to 1881, sailing on the Mediterranean, the Baltic, to England and to Northern Norway (!). After 1881 there are no traces of him in the sailor rolls, and no local knowledge of his whereabouts. The book also mentions that he left a son out of wedlock at Tysnes, but paid alimony, at least for the first years.
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jkmarler
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USA
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Posted - 04/12/2019 :  15:48:44  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Gjert Olai in 1865 census:
https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/census/person/pf01038230002756
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Kaiser
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Norway
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Posted - 05/12/2019 :  18:55:27  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Thank you very much for your time and valuable help!
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