Loberg
lklobergMy Grand fathers name was lauritz konrad Loberg the son of Johan and Thorberg Loberg.. They sailed from Norway in the early 1930's to Alaska and homesteded. Thats were we are from. I am looking for more information..
BorgeIt would help if you included a little more info, like year of birth, parents names and so on. Børge Solem
BorgeFound them in the 1900 census at Digitalarkivet: http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/webcens.exe?slag=visbase&filnamn=arkivverket/ft1900/f01115&postnr=369&spraak=e Johan Anton Lauritzen Løberg, b. 1872 in Skien (occupation was railway worker foreman) Thorborg Thorkilsdatter Løberg, b. 1876 in Stavanger Kristina Teresia. J.A. Løberg (daugther) b. 29.08.1900 in Egersund No mention of their son Lauritz Konrad, but at least you have some leads to go on. Børge Solem
lklobergThank you for that information on my family..I will to try to get some more names, bithdates ect.. Do you Know any thing about the loberg farm?
askeroiTry starting a debate about the Løberg farms (49 in 1900-cencus) here: http://pub42.bravenet.com/forum/show.php?usernum=3546462695&cpv=1 GOOD LUCK!! askeroi
BorgeThis must be the Løberg farm: Løberg Gjerpen - Gjerpen - Bratsberg amt (Telemark) described in O. Rygh: 112. Løberg. Udt. lø1bbær. -- Ladeberg Reg. 110, c. 1210. La- berg NRJ. IV 29 (NG. Mscr. har Labierg). Løbergh 1585. 1593. Lø- berg 1604.1/1, 1/1, 1/1. Løberg søndre med Ødegaarden, Løberg Middel, Løeberg nordre 1665. Løeberg søndre, Mid-Løeberg og Løeberg nordre 1723. *L&bmaapeno;ðuberg; af laða (hlaða) f., Lade (Indl. S. 63). In the 1900 census there were 11 units: Gjerpen Løbergrydningen Gjerpen Løbergrydningen Gjerpen Løberg nordre (gaard) Gjerpen Løberg nordre (gaard) Gjerpen Løberg nordre Gjerpen Løberg nordre (gaard) Gjerpen Løberg nordre (gaard) Gjerpen Løberg søndre Gjerpen Løberg søndre (gaard) Gjerpen Løberghaugen (gaard) Gjerpen Løbergmyren There might be a bydebok covering the area. I also found a reference to a genealogy book: Tittel : Løberg. Serie : Emneord : Slektshistorie - Skien, ISBN/ISSN: Forlag : Skien kommune Utg.sted : Skien Utg. år : 1985 Omfang : S.327-337 : ill. Noter : I: Gjerpen bygds historie : gårdshistorie / Terje Christensen. - 1985. - B.3. Bestandsopplysninger: Plassering: 948.2812 C - B.3 antall: 0, res.: 0, utl.: 0 Børge Solem
lkloberg Thank you so much for all the information... Its been real helpful, I dont know a lot about my family, and I only can read english......Do you have a map of the Loberg farm.. [/quote]
BorgeSee if this works: http://kart.norge.no/ Pooh, could not get this links to work directly to the Løberg farm, what you do is: Zoom in Telemerk Zoom in Skien Zoom in Skien again (click the zoom icon first) Zoom in Hoppestad You will se Løberg in the lower right corner, zoom in and navigate by using the arrows in the map's frame Edited by - borge on 31/03/2002 11:27:34
lklobergThank you for all the information, You have been so helpful.. Could you tell me why so many people have the name of farms? They cant all be related .What is the connection?
Borge
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Thank you for all the information, You have been so helpful.. Could you tell me why so many people have the name of farms? They cant all be related .What is the connection?
You will find information about naming practice in my article: http://www.norwayheritage.com/ships/names.htm Børge Solem
lkloberg Do you know of a web sight that will translate Norwegen to English?????
BorgeTake a look at this: TOLKEN99 - Ziff-Davis 5-Star award winning language translation software. It translates documents, e-mail and web-pages to and from both English and Swedish and the following languages: German, French, Spanish, Danish, and Norwegian. Tolken99 also includes a text editor, a dictionary, and a vocabulary tester. Easy to install or uninstall with WISE-installation. Works on Windows 95, Windows NT, or Windows 3.x. http://www.alberts.com/authorpages/00014773/prod_593s.htm Børge Solem
lklobergWhat about mac's I have an I-Mac and would like to translate Norwegen to English........ Edited by - lkloberg on 06/04/2002 22:37:34
BorgeWell, I'm not sure about Macs. Why don't you send a request to the TOLKEN99 people to find out if they have a version wich can be used with Mac, or if they can recommend something? Børge Solem
lklobergmy greatgreat grand fathers name is Lauritz Christiansen Loberg(b 1839 Ostfold).....some one said there is a lot of Lobergs in Gjerpen, Norway..Is that near the Loberg farm? Can you find some information on him.....?
lklobergIs the Loberg Farm in Norway still there..