| Mobeck, Olsen, Vik, Rood from Nes Romerike |
| Vick |
I'm looking for any ancestors with the surnames Mobeck, Olsen, Vik or Rood from the Askershus area. My grandfather, Lars K. Vik and his brother, Knute Vik, came over to the U.S. approximately 1900 or 01 on the Norge from Kristiana. Lars K. Vik dob was 10/22/1884. Their father's name was Knut Vik, and I believe they may have had two sisters. I have no other information about the family they left behind in Norway.
I'm also looking for an ancestor named Osgim or Asgrim Rood/Ruud/Rud, who apparently has an interesting history. He spent his money foolishly, and then decided to burn his farm buildings down and collect the insurance money to pay his debts. His crime was discovered and he was thrown in prison. In the meantime, his wife, Helga, and his children, including Syvert Rood/Ruud/Rud (my great-grandfather) came to the U.S. to Hatton, North Dakota, where Helga stayed with her brother, Ole Berg until Osgim was released from prison and sent to the U.S.
The Edward and Berthe Maria Mobeck family also came from Akershus, Nes Romerike, from the Holter farm and Mobekk area??? They also settled in the Hatton, North Dakota area. Any information would be greatly appreciated! |
| Hopkins | It is important to know when these persons were each born and when they emigrated from Norway. You can often use the information in the US censuses to get at least approximations of these dates. I'm not from North Dakota and unfamiliar with where Hatton is located - what county? Because of these limitations I decided to quickly search a US census index for Mobecks born in Norway - the least common name and hopefully easier to locate.
The 1900 US census shows Edward and Berthe Mobeck to be living in Newburg township, Steele County, North Dakota - but the two children still living at home (of 7 children still living?) were both born in Minnesota so earlier information should be found in that state. Edward and Berthe are both listed as born 1834 in Norway, married for 42 years and emigrated 1868/1869. So the couple should appear as married in the 1865 Norwegian census - possibly in Akershus area. (You'll want to go through more of the US censuses yourself to collect more detail.)
The 1865 Norwegian census shows a very interesting married Edward Olsen and Berthe Marie Eriksdatter living in Eidsvoll, Akershus on a farm by the name of Baarlidahlen.
http://www.rhd.uit.no/folketellinger/ftliste_e.aspx?ft=1865&knr=0237&kenr=007&bnr=0027&lnr=000
A quick look at the 1865 Norwegian census for Næs district in Akershus does list a farm by the name of Mobæk and several Holter farms.
If you are seeking earlier family tree information for the 'Mobeck' family I'd recommend that you research in the records for Næs in Akershus, Norway. A great resource is the LDS Family History Library and checking their library catalog shows that they have microfilm copies of many of the early records available for your use. Note: their catalog lists the district as Nes in Akershus - so be sure and use that spelling when checking the library catalog.
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| Vick | Thanks so much for the help! I do know the birthdates, etc. of everyone. Should I post them? And are there any resources where I could validate the story about Asgrim Ruud? I read about him in the book "Grass of the Earth" by Aagot Raaen, a writer from Hatton who mentions many Norwegian surnames of folks living in the area. For more information, check the Traill County, North Dakota genealogy web site at rootsweb. - Vick |
| Brining | There is a good canidate for Asgrim in the Aal Bygdebok [url="http://www.aal-bygdebok.no/095001-.htm"]Click Here[/url]
9. Ola Olson Ruud 31.08 1794-1862
G 1822 m Gunvor Asgrimsdtr. Rue 1803-1858. Barn: Birgit 1823- gm Johannes Embrikson Håkonset-Eggen; Birgit 1825- gm Ola Olson Moen-Sudndalen; Pål 1826- til 'Det Trondhjemske'; Anne 1828- gm Isak Faksvåg, Kristiansand; Ola 1831- til Am., teaterskreddar gm ... ... ; Guri 1833- til Am. gm Ola Levorson Rueslåtta; Asgrim 1835- til Am. gm Helga Olsdtr. Berg;
He is in the 1865 census for Aal, Buskerurd on the Haugen farm [url="http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/webcens.exe?slag=visbase&filnamn=f60619&gardpostnr=794&personpostnr=4801&merk=4801#ovre"]Click Here[/url]
He is in the North Dakota naturalization records as filing his 1st papers in 1885 so he would have emigrated some time between 1866 and then.
Carla |
| Brining | Here are Lars & Knut "Wik" in the emigrants from Oslo [url="http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/webcens.exe?slag=visbase&filnamn=EMIOSLO&gardpostnr=127780&personpostnr=127780#nedre"]Click Here[/url] They are from Vestre Slidre in Oppland. Here is a possibility for their parents in the 1900 census
[url="http://www.rhd.uit.no/folketellinger/ftliste_e.aspx?ft=1900&knr=0543&kenr=009&bnr=0018&lnr=00"]Click Here[/url] on the Vik nedre farm. There is no way to know for sure without more information. Have you gotten copies of marriage and death certificates and naturalization records. North Dakota naturalization records are indexed on line [url="http://www.lib.ndsu.nodak.edu/ndirs/bio&genealogy/ndnatrecords.html"]Click Here[/url]
Finding out their mothers name would help confirm if this is the correct family.
Carla |
| Vick | Oh my gosh -- thank you everyone for your excellent resources!!! Lars K. Vick (my grandfather) was born on 10/22/1884 in Vestre Slidre, Valders, Norway (per his naturalization records, recently obtained).
He arrived in the U.S. on the SS Norge through Kristiania on or about June 14, so the individuals listed above must be him and his brother, Knute. On his application for social security benefits, he listed his mother's maiden name as "Anna Markegaard." On his death certificate, however, his mother's maiden name is listed as "Anna Larsondaller " (the spelling is illegible!).
On the Ruud side of the family, my great-grandfather, Syver(t) Rood, has his name often listed as S.A. Rood. His middle initial is "A," however, no where does it indicate what his full middle name might be. Do you think it might be Asgrim? Syver's date of birth is 12/11/1871.
Again, thank you all for the information. Just through this web site I've learned more about my family than in several years of research!
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| Hopkins | About Syver(t) Rood - yes, it would be quite likely that his use of the middle initial A would be a remnant indicating the original patronymic name Asgrimsen - Asgrim's son.
You can find some good articles about typical Norwegian naming practices in this collection of helpful articles about doing Norwegian genealogy research. http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~norway/articles.html
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| Jo Anne Sadler | An even better article on Norwegian naming practices, I believe, is on this site - Those Norwegian Names.[:)] |
| larry | I am doing some research on my wife's family. Her maiden name is Vick, originally Vik. They are from the Valdres area of Norway. Her great grandparents immigrated prior to the Civil War. The family parish is Vestre Slidre and there are still members of the family living in the Vik Farm across the fjord from Vestre Slidre. We have a fair amount of geneology information. We visited the farm about 20 years ago and other members have been there since. We have a number of very good pictures. It would be hard to believe there is not some connection.
Larry |
| larry | I am doing some research on my wife's family. Her maiden name is Vick, originally Vik. They are from the Valdres area of Norway. Her great grandparents immigrated prior to the Civil War. The family parish is Vestre Slidre and there are still members of the family living in the Vik Farm across the fjord from Vestre Slidre. We have a fair amount of geneology information. We visited the farm about 20 years ago and other members have been there since. We have a number of very good pictures. It would be hard to believe there is not some connection.
Larry |
| Vick | Larry:
It would be awesome if there were some connection between my Vik family and your wife's family. My grandfather was Lars Knute Vik from Valdres, Vestre Slidre Norway. He had a brother named Knut(e) who emigrated with him to the United States on July 1, 1900. Their father's name was Knut Vik. I have a postcard that he sent my grandfather and it has a picture of a "Vestre Slidre Kirke, Valdres" on the cover. There's an address imprinted on the postcard of 222Eneberettiget 1910 Aune, Valdres. It's written in Norwegian, so of course I can't read it. I once had someone translate it and they said that he said something about Lars' sisters not being in good health.
I'm thinking that the Vik family consisting of Knut, Anna (wife/mother) and Guri, Kirsti, and Maret might be my grandfather's family from Valdres. The boys, Knut and Lars had left the country of course. Lars' birthday was 10-22-1884. Does anyone in your wife's family match? Please write back! - Vick |
| larry | This sounds more and more like a connection. My wife's grandfather was Albert Vick from Spring Grove, Minnesota and his parents were Endre Vick born Sept. 7 1855 in Vestre Slidre and Kjerste Traan from Rollag, Norway. Endre's parents were Arne Vik and Ragnel. Kjerste's parents were Gunder Traan of Rollag and Anna Aarwold of Numedahl. Endre had several brothers; "Big" Knute, "Small" Knute and Nels. His sisters were Ragnild and Kjristi. The farm is on the south west shore of Slidrefjorden. When I figure out this web site I will down load some pictures.
Larry |
| Jo Anne Sadler | This is an excellent organization that could help you in your research:
http://www.valdressamband.org/ |
| Vick | I recently learned that upon arriving to America, my grandfather, Lars Vik, and his brother, Knut, stayed with a cousin (and his/her family) in Decorah, Iowa. I have no idea who this cousin might be. Apparently Knut later returned to Valdres. Any thoughts, Larry, JoAnn, Hopkins or Brining? Thanks so much! |
| Hopkins | Any thoughts about what? Exactly what are you looking for?
I thought the findings by Brining in Dec of 2004 were quite interesting - what became of that when you investigated in more detail?
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| Vick | Yes, Brining's information/link from Dec. turned out to be very interesting -- I believe the Vik family listed in Valdres in 1900 was indeed my grandfather's family. But I'm wondering if you have any suggestions on how to find information about ancestors in Decorah, Iowa around 1900. It's kind of frustrating that my great-grandma's name isn't very helpful in identifying a possible cousin that Lars and Knut stayed with. But I'll keep plugging away. I couldn't have gotten this far without the excellent help from this forum. Thanks! |
| Hopkins | Decorah is located in Winneshiek county, Iowa. 1900 US census for that county would be good start. Iowa also conducted state censuses in 1895 and 1905 and you can order them at any LDS Family History Center. The LDS library catalog further indicates that they have many many records for Winneshiek county for topics including cemeteries, centennial celebrations, church records, court records, land and property records, military records, naturalization and citizenship, obituaries, probate records, public records, taxation records and vital records.... That's always a good place to start. |
| Jo Anne Sadler | The Decorah Geneology Society works together with the Winneshiek County Historical Society and will do research for a fee. They have been extremely helpful to me in the past:
http://www.harveyshobbyhut.com/genealogy/about_decorah_genealogy.asp |
| larry | Decorah Iowa is the home of the Vesterhiem Norwegian Museum (Google it to find their web site) which is an excellent research source. There is an online data base for Norwegian Civil War participants but other searchs must be conducted by mail. Luther College in Decorah has a large archive of local newspapers. There are still Viks in Decorah but they may trace their heritage to Sogn and not the Valdres area of Norway. |