seeking ancestors & remaining families
trygvemy name is sina martin from canada. my family originated in trysil norway, and i wish to find survivng relatives of my ancestors and to gain knowledge of our history. the family names were viken and storbaken. several family members immigrated to canada in the late 1800 & early 1900's. i am trying to develoipe a family treee, and seek help from thos who may know of existing families or who i may contact to find out more?
MrWalkerHello! You can do a search in the Norwegian database Digitalarkivet ([url]http://digitalarkivet.uib.no[/url]), where you will probably find more information about your family. Do you have any further information about your relatives? Viken and Storbakken are farm names. I ran a search on the farm names Viken and Storbakken (or Storbaken), and found three farms by the name of Viken in Trysil in 1900. There are 21 farms by the name of Storbakken in Hedmark (the county where Trysil is) in 1900. I suggest you visit Digitalarkivet, and also that you provide us with a little more information on names of the ones who emigrated and when they left. Good luck! Jon-Inge
jwiborgHi, I found something which might be helpful for you. These people might be related to you? Their destination was Minnesota, but they could have moved to Canada later...? Emigrants from Oslo 1867-1930: http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/webcens.exe?slag=n&filnamn=arkivverket/EMIOSLO&spraak=e&eigar=Digitalarkivet a) 07-Jul-1904, Peter Henriksen Viken, male, married, worker, 29 years, residence=Trysil, destination=Minnesota. b) 07-Jul-1904, Pernille Henriksen Viken, female, married, 23 years, residence=Trysil, destination=Minnesota. 07-Jul-1904, Jenny Odvig Henriksen Viken, female, unmarried, 2.6/12 years, residence=Trysil, destination=Minnesota. 07-Jul-1904, Nora Henriksen Viken, female, unmarried, 2/12 years, residence=Trysil, destination=Minnesota. c) 07-Jul-1904, Matilde Henriksen Viken, female, unmarried, 20 years, residence=Trysil, destination=Minnesota. d) 07-Jul-1904, Johanne Marie Henriksen Viken, female, unmarried, 16 years, residence=Trysil, destination=Minnesota. e) 07-Jul-1904, Gulbrand Henriksen Viken, male, unmarried, joiner, 25 years, residence=Trysil, destination=New York. f) 07-Jul-1904, Johan Helmer Henriksen Lørdalen/viken, male, unmarried, lumberman, 23 years, residence=Trysil, destination=New York. 1900-census for Norway, Hedmark county, Trysil parish: http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/webcens.exe?slag=n&filnamn=arkivverket/ft1900/f00428&spraake=&eigar=RHD Digitalarkivet: 1900-census, Norway, Hedmark, Trysil, farm=Viken: Henrik Persen Viken, male, housefather, married, born 1846 in Sweden. Juline Viken, housemother, female, married, born 1854 in Elverum Hed. f) Johan H. Viken, male, temporary residence Sweden, son, not married, born 1881. Halvor H. Viken, male, temporary residence Sweden, son, not married, born 1885. Harald H. Viken, male, not married, son, born 1895. c) Mathilde Viken, female, not married, daughter, born 1883. Karoline Viken, female, not married, daughter, born 1876. d) Johanne Viken, female, not married, daughter, born 1887. Hilda Viken, female, not married, daughter, born 1891. Tina Viken, female, not married, daughter, born 1894. Helga Julie Viken, female, not married, daughter's daughter, born 270300 (my note: born 27-MAR-1900). a) Petter Viken, male, housefather, married, lumberman, born 1874. b) Pernille Viken, female, housemother, married, lumbermanwife, born 1881. Jenny Odveig Viken, female, not married, daughter, born 100799 (my note: born 10-JUL-1899). Digitalarkivet: 1900-census, Norway, Hedmark, Trysil, farm=Torgals (among 12 others) e) Gulbrand Viken, male, single lodger, not married, furniture maker, born 1878. I have put letters (a-f) in front of the names, so that "a" among the emigrants is prob. the same "a" as in the 1900-census. I wish you best the luck in your further search! :-) //Jan Peter
BorgeHi It is often a good idea to contact the local library. They will often know the people in the local historic societies, and might be able to help. Go to this the [url="http://home.online.no/~trysilkb/lokallitt.htm"]Trysil Library web page[/url] and you will find their e-mail address. Børge Solem