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Kåarto
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Norway
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Posted - 15/03/2018 :  00:02:56  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Paddling in Nærøy-fjord and a visit to farm Stigen, Path and Ladder.
A hard life to make a living there but the view is fantastic Link

Kåre

Edited by - Kåarto on 15/03/2018 00:06:16
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AntonH
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USA
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Posted - 15/03/2018 :  02:12:39  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
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Does anyone know if there is a way to find out who would have lived at Stigen after she left there?


Information from Aurland bygdebok "Undredal og Nærøy" Gard og Ætt by Åsmund Ohnstad.

The Stegen (Stigen) farms is not just one farm, In the early 1800's there were several sub-farms including one belonging to Hans Eriksen Stegen who was the first husband of Ingrid Kjelsdatter Flam. After the death of Hans Eriksen Stegen in 1836, Ingrid married Eilev Sjursen Vidme father of your Severine. In her first marriage Ingrid had at least three children including one named Hans born in 1835 and who became the next owner of the Stegen sub-farm. He and his family are found on one of the Stegen sub-farms in the 1865 Census. In her second marriage Ingrid and Eliv had two children including your Severine. It appears that after the death of her first husband, that Ingrid and her second husband continued living on one of the Stegen farms along with the son Hans from the first marriage on another Stegen sub-farm..

It seems that when Severine married Jens Jørgensen Styvi they lived on Bakke.

And after Severine and Jens moved to Bakke the sub-farms of Stegen were occupied by the parents Elif Sjursen and Ingrid Kjeldsdttre one one sub-farm and the step-brother of Severine, Hans Ericksen Stegen and his family on another of the sub-farms. On the two other sub-farms are other families that may or may not be related to your family.

One thing that surprised me is that the bygdebok indicated that the parents of Severine, Elif Sjursen and Ingerid Kjeldsdatter left Norway for America in 1871. The bygdebok lists their destination as Holden Church, Goodhue Minnesota

Edited by - AntonH on 15/03/2018 03:23:29
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AntonH
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Posted - 15/03/2018 :  02:47:30  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Here is the emigration record for Elif Sjursen Stegen and Ingrid Kjelsdatter leaving Aurland parish on April 12, 1871.

#25 & 26

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AntonH
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Posted - 15/03/2018 :  02:54:08  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
It also looks like one of sisters of Severine, named Anna Oline born 1838 and married to Tomas B Sæbo in 1861 also travelled to the Holden Church in Goodhue County in 1864.

April 12, 1864

#2

As with Severine the parents of Anna Oline are Eilef Sjursen and Ingerid Kjeldsdattter. She was born Oct 31, 1838.

#87

Anna Oline married Thomas Baltharsen on June 6, 1861. He was the son of Baltharsar Baltharsen.

#10

Thomas is from Lærdal and is from the farm of Sæbe. Here is mother and father in the 1865 Census.

1865

Probably Anna in the 1900 US Census,a widow living in Pope County, Minnesota.

1900

A fairly complete record for her in this record. Birth date is two days off.

Anna Eilefsdatter Balsarson
in the U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
Name: Anna Eilefsdatter Balsarson
Birth Date: 29 Oct 1838
Birth Place: Aurland kommune, Sogn og Fjordane fylke, Norway
Death Date: 11 Nov 1914
Death Place: Pope County, Minnesota, United States of America
Cemetery: Chippewa Falls Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place: Pope County, Minnesota, United States of America
Has Bio?: N
Children: Anna Dickison
Inga Dickson
Edward Thompson
Christine Everson

In the 1870 US Census it shows her in Pope County with several children, two were born in Norway.

1870

The emigration record did not show any children but two were born in Norway. Here is the baptism record for Hans born in 1864.

#43

Looks like the parents of Thomas also came to America. On the same page as Anna in the 1870 Census are Balser Balserson and his wife.

1870

Edited by - AntonH on 16/03/2018 00:40:36
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jkmarler
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USA
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Posted - 15/03/2018 :  05:53:34  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
This is from dalbydata.com:
STYVE OLE MARTIN 17/FEB/1881 04/0CT/1946 69 LN 30 URLAND - URL URL 149 SP. HANSINE OHNSTAD. PAR. JENS & SEVERINA STEGEN STYVE. MAR. 21/NOV/1907. FDN. 05/OCT/1946

STYVE HANSINA 09/AUG/1877 01/JAN/1954 69 LN 30 URLAND - URL URL 149 SP. OLE M. PAR. ANDREW & SONNEVA OHNSTAD. MAR. 1904. FDN. 08/JAN/1954
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AntonH
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Posted - 15/03/2018 :  22:12:58  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Nice find Jackie, Ole Martin is a son of Jens Jørgensen Styve and Severian Elifsdatter Stegen. Born in 1881 in Goodhue County, Minnesota. He married Hansine Ohnstad as your information shows.

Edited by - AntonH on 15/03/2018 22:15:02
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Beth Reicker
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Posted - 03/04/2019 :  15:04:31  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
It has been awhile since I have posted here. Appreciate help with two things - are there records of what church Jens Styvi and Siverine Elifsdatter were married in. Also plan to be in the Gudvangen/Bakke area the end of this June - is there somewhere/someone who can help put some more pieces of this puzzle together?
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jkmarler
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Posted - 03/04/2019 :  16:09:23  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by lyndal40

Here is a couple that are probably the people you are looking for in the 1865 Census. The first two in the census list are Jens Jørgensen and Sivrine Ellevsdatter and are likely your great-great grandparents from Aurdal, Sogn og Fjordane.

1865

Jens Jørgensen married Severine Elifsdatter on October 16, 1865

#15

His father is Jørgen Olsen and her father was Elif Sjursen



Have you not looked at their marriage record, link to which was posted on page 1?
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Beth Reicker
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Posted - 03/04/2019 :  21:32:42  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I did look at the marriage record - but other than being able to pick out the names, could not understand any of the other notations.
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ToreL
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Posted - 03/04/2019 :  22:27:10  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
The church in Aurland dates from medieval times and is an attraction in itself.

Edited by - ToreL on 04/04/2019 00:41:32
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jkmarler
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Posted - 03/04/2019 :  23:21:27  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Beth Reicker

I did look at the marriage record - but other than being able to pick out the names, could not understand any of the other notations.




As you look at the page this information is at the top of the page. It tells you the name of the parish and which of their books you are viewing:
SAB, Aurland Sokneprestembete*, Ministerialbok nr. A 10, 1859-1879, s. 19
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Hopkins
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Posted - 03/04/2019 :  23:44:39  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Here is a link to an article which has translations of the parish record column headings for various time periods.
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~norway/na20.html

A good website for translations - http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~norway/na20.html
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