Looking for Langwicks
kir	Hello, I'm Kir and I'm new to this forum. I was always told that my great grandparents were the first of us in this country but recently I've found a couple of death records showing Langwicks in the US before them. All I know is that our name was changed from Langvik and that they settled in New York where most of my family still is. There seems to be very little public information of our name though. My sister was recently in Norway and found a Langvikviein (street) and had been previously informed by an older family member to check graveyards in Lisleby. Unfortunately, my sister was unable to find anything. So, any help or advice you could throw my way would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Brining	Do you have any names or dates? There is one Langwick, born in Norway, living in New York, in the 1910 census LANGWICK BENJAMIN 23 M W NORW NY ULSTER 2-WD NEW PALTZ he emigrated in 1906 Finding them in the census would give you the date of emigration. The Digitalarkivet [url="http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/WebFront.exe?slag=vis&tekst=meldingar&spraak=e"]Click Here[/url] has Norwegian census, emigration records plus much more. Carla
jwiborg	Hi, Lisleby is east of Fredrikstad, Østfold, Norway, and possible ports of emigration would be Fredrikstad or Oslo. The is noone by the name of Langvik/Langvig in the database from Fredrikstad, but 7 records in the Oslo database: [url="http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/webcens.exe?slag=visbase&filnamn=EMIOSLO&spraak=n&metanr=1399"]Emigrants from Oslo 1867-1930:[/url] 1884 Feb. 01 - John Langvig, male, unmarried, seaman, 25, residence New York, dest. New York, line Hero 1884 Apr. 03 - Johan Langvik, male, married, mate, 31, residence Fredrikstad, dest. Cleveland, line Island 1905 Apr. 20 - Even Evensen Langvig, male, unmarried, worker, 20, residence Ringsaker, destination Minnesota, ship Hellig Olav 1906 Aug. 17 - Nils Langvik, male, married, clerk, 42, residence Glemminge, dest New York, ship Oslo 1906 Sep. 07 - Olaf Benny Langvig, male, unmarried, clerk, 20, residence Glemminge, dest. New York, ship Hellig Olav 1906 Sep. 21 - Karl Fredrik Langvik, male, married, shipbroker, 35, residence Fredrikstad, dest. San Francesco, ship United States 1910 Oct. 07 - Jørga Elise Langvik, female, unmarried, at home, born 20 MAY 1889, residence Glemminge, destination New York (to her brother), ship Hellig Olav Glemminge is now called Glemmen, and is an area in Fredrikstad, Østfold. Very close to Lisleby! [:)] This "Benjamin Langwick" which Carla found in New York 1910, is prob. Olaf Benny Langvig from Glemminge (Fredrikstad, Østfold) Here is Benny living with his family (also sister Jørga Elise) on the farm Torp in Glemminge in census 1900, [url="http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/webcens.exe?slag=visbase&filnamn=f00132&gardpostnr=1147&personpostnr=9840#nedre"]click here[/url] The Oslo database are unfortunately still split in two; here are some more Landvik's, in the Christiania (also Oslo!) database: 1886 Sep. 03 - Petra Langvik, female, married, 30, residence Fredrikstad, dest. Chicago 1886 Sep. 03 - Ingvald Langvik, male, children, 3, residence Fredrikstad, dest. Chicago 1911 Mar. 10 - Sverre Jørgensen Langvik, male, unmarried, farmworker, born 15 FEB 1893, residence Glemminge, dest. New York Jan Peter
kir	Thanks, after checking with family it seems to make sense that Olaf Benny Langvik, not Langvig would have been my great grand-father, on old photos and what not he went by the name Benny when he came to the United States and Jorga Elise Langvik was his sister or known as aunt Margret. So, Thanks I guess I now see what info I can find in and about Glemmen.
jwiborg	Hi Langvig and Langvik means the same in Norway, it can be translated into "Long Bay". Langvig is an older way of writting it, ...vik is more modern. But Benny could very well have written his name Langvig, especially in his early years. And for instance, you can very well find two brothers spelling their lastname differently, depending mostly on their preference, but it could also be depending on the person who wrote it down... [:)] But on the other side, it's written "Benny Langvik" in the Ellis Island records, so the "g" could be a typo from when he signed in at Oslo Harbour. Btw, his destination in 1906 was 218 Hamilton Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y., to his brother-in-law Mr. Harald Arnfindsen(?). Jørga Langvik mention her father "Jørg Langvik in Lisleby" as her closest relative when arriving Ellis Islands in 1910. Her destination is brother Benny Langvik in New Paltz, N.Y. Jan Peter