From Lier to Leer
fiksleerHallo everybody! I'm new to this forum. I'm from Germany and would like to know if anybody knows something about Norwegian immigrants from Lier/Buskerud who settled at Leer/Michigan. I would be pleased to get an answer. Best regards Norbert www.fiks.de
BorgeHello Norbert, welcome on(the)board You do not give many clues, but by searching the Digitalarkivet for emigrants out of Kristiania, I find 41 persons from Lier going to Michigan, mainly Port Huron and Alpena, where such info is given. Børge Solem
fiksleerBørge, thanks for the response. But I also need more specific informations about Norwegians in Leer/Michigan. Leer is a very small settlement in the Alpena County, so it seems probable that Norwegians settled there. Norbert
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Hello Norbert, welcome on(the)board You do not give many clues, but by searching the Digitalarkivet for emigrants out of Kristiania, I find 41 persons from Lier going to Michigan, mainly Port Huron and Alpena, where such info is given. Børge Solem
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BorgeHere is a list from the Digitalarkiver database: [url="http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/webcens.exe"]Emigrants sailing from Kristiania 1871-1921[/url] Børge Solem
BriningAt this site http://clarke.cmich.edu/lhbalpena.htm there is "Norwegian Migration from Lier, Norway to Leer, Michigan. CMU Term Paper, 1966". listed. This is a library so don't know if you could get copies of the information but you could try contacting them. This link has an email address http://clarke.cmich.edu/contact.htm Also this website has info about Alpena county http://www.rootsweb.com/~mialpena/ Carla The links have been updated
Don1825I am looking for an Anna Johnson that had sisters by the names of Mable and Georgia They seemed to have changed their family name to Wilson. I understand that they moved to a place called Leer, close to Alpena, MI She then married Herman Schroeder sometime in the early 1880s. If anyone has any information on this family I would appreciate communication. Thank you, Don
Hopkins1900 US census for Alpena County shows headed by Norway born person using Wilson as a surname who is old enough to have any daughter who married about 1880. His name is William Wilson (b. 1838 in Norway). Only 3 of 8 children still living at home. Two other Norway-born Wilsons in that county - both too young to be parent to a woman (of unspecified birth year) but married about 1880. Source - US National Archives Microfilm Series: T623 Roll: 699 Page: 125 1880 US census indicates several families (head of family born in Norway) using surname Wilson. Check at LDS website - familysearch.org Marriage records in Alpena County for the years around 1880 appear also to be available for research on LDS microfilm.
kjenterHi, I just found this forum and joined My mom was born in Alpena Michigan. She is June Lucille Olson Jenter. We descend from some of the 5 original Norwegian families who came from Lier, Norway and setteled in Alpena, then to Leer, Alpena County, Michigan. My Norwegian surnames include Olson Olsen Olesen Ottersen Olsdt Aagesdt Karen JENTER Michigan