surname ?Leverson (Anglo) please Help
jesHi My Name is Julie, My G Grandfather was from Norway. Word of mouth tells me his name was Peter Martin-Leverson. He was born about 1858 in Norway, was in NZ ,7 years before naturalised in 1887 in NZ. I believe he dropped the name leverson and became Peter Martin. We can find him untill 1918 and then he disappears from NZ. Maybe he went back to Norway to his family!!! I need help with the name Leverson. I need to know the Norwegian spelling of all of his names, and/or any help to trace his leaving Norway. Thanks
Jo Anne SadlerYou need more information to trace him back to Norway, parents names, siblings, his name on marriage records, naturalization, children's birth, marriage and death certificates, church records, land records. Recommend you read the article on this site - Those Norwegian names. It is very informative.[;)]
jesThanks Jo, I know what your saying, as I said all I have is the info that he was from NORWAY, this is all the info given on children's birth Certificates, naturalisation papers etc and I have read the infro on norweigian Names, however that is not helpful in this case, all I was asking was for any other ideas on possible spellings of Leverson. He has not died in Nz as no records of death can be found
Jo Anne SadlerHi, the reason for my reply is that in the 1865 census online on Digitalarkivet there are different forms of Leverson indicated and there are people on this site who are very good at looking people up not only in the census but in the Emigration databases. Once you find where he came from in Norway you could try to contact a local historical society, whatever, and find out what happened to him.[:D]
BriningHi The closest I come is Martinus Levorsen in Eidanger, Telemark [url="http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/webcens.exe?slag=visbase&filnamn=f60813.wc2&variabel=0&postnr=913&fulle=true&spraak=n"]Click Here[/url] If you search the 1865 census using starts with lev you will see some of the variations of Levorsen, it could also be Ledvorsen. Carla
jesDear Jo Thanks again, I have spent 15-20 years trying to find out info on this man, I know he was my G Granddad, I never meet him and My granddad was killed in WW1, in action for NZ. My Dad was 2years old when his father was killed, my Dad is now dead, my info is limited. I wish I could obtain more and could read and speak Norwegian However, I believe the roll I need is Sjøfartsannotasjonsrulle!!, or Sjøfartshovedrulle Can you or anyone give me a e-mail address or postal address for both or 1 of these. It appears Jo that you are not prepared to put me onto a site. I DO NOT KNOW WHERE IN NORWAY he is from. Everything we have here only, ONLY says Norway[V][V][?][?][: I I had more info, I would be searching that , not posting on here. Thanks Brining, you help was accepted and I will go down those variations, surprised as I was at the d in the word,Never thought of that!!!
BriningThe addresses are listed in Børge's article Maritime inscription - registers of seamen [url="http://www.norwayheritage.com/ships/sailors.htm"]Click Here[/url] but you would still need to know where in Norway he came from since they are by region. The [url="http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/WebFront.exe?slag=vis&tekst=meldingar&spraak=e"]Digitalarkivet[/url] has the most complete records for Norway. Is it possible that his fathers name was Levorsen? If so you would have to look through the 1865 census for Levorsen's with a son named Peter. Carla
jesThank you all for your help, I have now found the addresses that I wanted and some more sites. This man appears to me to not want to be found by me or my son who is the sole carrier of his name to my knowledge in NZ. My line of the name died with my father, will keep on looking and trying. Hope to visit NORWAY some time not too far away, would love to have contacts.!! Thanks again for all your help!!