| Hopkins | It would also be possible that the name was originally Torkelsen or another similar spelling variation to that. I've seen Torchelsen, Torkildsen, etc.
You should have additional information - what was your great grandfather's given name, middle name? and other names or family members from Norway mentioned in the family lore? When was your great-grandfather born? Do you have a better estimate for when he left Norway?
You've said he was from Risør - that is located in Aust-Agder province (fylke) of Norway.
There are online databases for the 1865 Norwegian census - and a number of databases for emigration from various Norwegian ports. If you can find more identification for your great-grandfather perhaps he can be located in the 1865 census... or leaving from a port in or near Aust-Agder... |