Tosten and Tora Olson and Ole H Thompson
SaintOlaf	I am a descendent of Ole H. Thompson born September 8, 1876 in Telemarken, Norway. Ole H. Thompson married Johanna Aarseth born December 3. 1888. They settled in Big Bend Township, Chipprewa County, Minnesota. Ole passed away April 11, 1959. Johanna passed away August 9, 1940. Ole H. Thompson was one and a half years old when the family came on their own boat to America. Parents are said to be Tosten and Thora Olson. If Ole was born in Telemark then I assume his parents are from the area. Ole had a brother named Kettel that died at sea. Ole has two sisters Margit Thompson and Ragnhild Thompson Ole has two brothers Johannes Thompson and Even Thompson. I know Ole's descendents and some on the other siblings. I am trying to find more about Thosten/Tosten and Thora/Tora Olson. I have info that Thosten Olson was born Sep 22, 1827 in Silver, Norway and died Aug 22, 1888. Thora Olson born Sep 29, 1838 and died Oct 29, 1919. I believe they both passed away near Montevideo, Chippewa County, Minnesota. Mike Andrews, hometown: Milan, Minnesota Hopkins, Minnesota
DALB	Here is your family on the Oslo emigrant list http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/webcens.exe?slag=visbase&filnamn=EMIOSLO&gardpostnr=45826&merk=45826#ovre Emigranter fra Oslo 1867-1930 Harbour No. Year Month Day Given name Last name Sex Position Occupation Age Residence Destination Remarks Foreigner Freight Line 45826 Oslo 1261A 1878 Juni 21 Torsten Olsen Heien m G Husmand 50 Thelemarken Madison Wisconsin 3343 Norge 1015.15 Hero 45827 Oslo 1261B 1878 Juni 21 Thora Heien f G 40 Thelemarken Madison Wisconsin 3344 Norge Hero 45828 Oslo 1261C 1878 Juni 21 Margit Heien f u Pige 17 Thelemarken Madison Wisconsin 3345 Norge Hero 45829 Oslo 1261D 1878 Juni 21 Johannes Heien m u Pige 15 Thelemarken Madison Wisconsin 3346 Norge Hero 45830 Oslo 1261E 1878 Juni 21 Kittel Heien m u Pige 9 Thelemarken Madison Wisconsin 3347 Norge 45831 Oslo 1261F 1878 Juni 21 Ragnhild Heien f u Pige 11 Thelemarken Madison Wisconsin 3348 Norge 45832 Oslo 1261G 1878 Juni 21 Even Heien m u Pige 4 Thelemarken Madison Wisconsin 3349 Norge Hero 45833 Oslo 1261H 1878 Juni 21 Olaf Heien m u Pige 1 Thelemarken Madison Wisconsin 3350 Norge Hero
Hopkins	The emigrants from Telemark microfiche set (LDS) includes the family, but does not list what part of Telemark they were from. The farm name identifier is hard to read but appears more like 'Reier' on that record. (But my eyes are not that good - I could be mistaken.) Torsten/Thorsten Olsen was born in Seljord district of Telemark, his wife Thora/Thore Johannesdtr was born in Rauland district of Telemark. At the time of the 1865 census they and their two oldest children were living in Vinje, Telemark. http://www.rhd.uit.no/folketellinger/ftliste_e.aspx?ft=1865&knr=0834&kenr=003&bnr=0047&lnr=00
Hopkins	The family in the 1875 Norwegian census - http://www.rhd.uit.no/folketellinger/ftliste_e.aspx?ft=1875&knr=0834&kenr=007&bnr=0024&lnr=00
DALB	Do you have this data? http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=census/search_census.asp Household Record 1880 United States Census Search results | Download Previous Household Next Household -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Household: Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace Torsten OLSON Self M Male W 53 NOR Farmer NOR NOR Tora OLSON Wife M Female W 42 NOR Keeping House NOR NOR Margit OLSON Dau S Female W 19 NOR At Home NOR NOR Johan OLSON Son S Male W 17 NOR At Home NOR NOR Ragnhild OLSON Dau Female W 14 NOR At Home NOR NOR Even OLSON Son S Male W 6 NOR NOR NOR Olaf OLSON Son S Male W 3 NOR NOR NOR A. Carl OLSON Son S Male W 1 MN NOR NOR Ole RONNING Other S Male W 35 NOR Farmer NOR NOR -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source Information: Census Place Big Bend, Chippewa, Minnesota Family History Library Film 1254617 NA Film Number T9-0617 Page Number 336C -------------- LDS - IGI IGI Individual Record FamilySearch™ International Genealogical Index v5.0 Norway Search Results | Download | Pedigree -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RAGNHILD OLSEN Female -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Event(s): Birth: 20 JAN 1866 Christening: 04 MAR 1866 Vinje, Telemark, Norway Death: 08 SEP 1883 Burial: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Parents: Father: THERSTEN OLSEN Family Mother: THONE JOHANNESDATTER
Jo Anne Sadler	They would not have come on their own boat, sometimes family stories get embellished in the retelling.[:p] In the Oslo emigrant list unfortuately does not give the line they contracted with but it does indicate they took the feeder ship - Hero - to Hull, England. There is information and a picture of the Hero on this site as well as much information on the trip to Hull and final destination in North America. If you look at the Index of Departures and July 1878 Index of Arrivals here, they could have arrived at the Port of New York or Quebec. I could not find them in the online New York or Philadelphia arrival databases so they probably went through Quebec. These microfilm passenger lists can be rented at a local Family History Center, since you have the exact date of departure finding the correct list should be fairly easy.