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Colleen M. Cameron
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Posted - 30/01/2003 :  00:36:21  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Hans Olai Reigstad (1877-), Hilmar Reigstad (1880-), and
Olaf Reigstad (1881-) were probably born at Ytre Arne. All
3 were sailors. Hans Olai is reported to have gone to the U.S.
in 1903. Can anyone tell me what happened to them?

Brining
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Posted - 30/01/2003 :  02:39:36  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Here is Hans Olai on the Emigrants from Bergen list destination New York. You might be able to locate him in the 1910 or later census if he stayed in New York.
Click here

and here they are in the 1900 census for Norway
Click here
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Brining
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Posted - 30/01/2003 :  02:59:37  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
This is a possibility for Ole's death in Bergen. Not much information.
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In the SS death index there is
Hilmar REIGSTAD Birth Date: 4 Jan 1880 Death Date: Sep 1963 Social Security Number: 323-28-4475 State or Territory Where Number Was Issued: Illinois
Click on the More Links below and go to Family Search Internet Genealogy Service
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