Norwegian Emigrant Database

Passenger Information

Name: Ole Olsen Mellum

Age: 20

Remarks: Farmer - Residence Brandvald - Destination Decorah

Ship: Bark Edda

Year: 1873

Captain: Andersen

Departure: Christiania - Apr. 26

Arrival: Quebec - June 4

Source: Police emigrant protocol and passenger list — Transcribed by Sue Swiggum and Trond Austheim

Passenger list: View list

Additional information

Kendall Mellem (28.07.2011)

Ole Olsen Mellem
Grue/Brandval /Hedmark Church book 8, page 81, entry 81, shows Ole Olsen Mellem was born 2 Feb 1853 and baptized 17 Feb. 1853. Son of Ole Johansen Kopmoen/Mellem and Olea Eriksdatter Skrigerud.

Brandval Parish records, FHC microfilm 307244, p. 348. These records show that Ole Olsen Mellem left Brandval with the family of his sister, Maren Olsdatter Mellem, who was married to Peder Olsen Korsmoe.

Ole Olsen Mellem shows up in the fall of 1873 as a witness of the baptism of his brother Erik's son in Decorah, Iowa. What he did next I've not discovered, but he is buried in Memorial Cemetery, Grand Forks, ND. The ND Death Certificates Index shows he died 12 Feb. 1943. (Erik's son Louis Mellem and Louis' son Walter Mellem are also buried in this cemetery. Erik Mellem is buried in Lutheran Cemetery in Decorah and the Korsmoes are buried in Eau Claire, WI.)

Submit Additional Information

Please do not post questions here — use the Norway Heritage forum instead. Avoid posting links, as they may become outdated. Your submission will only become visible after it has been reviewed and approved by an administrator.

« Back to search results | New search

Special signs:

?? signifies that the handwriting in the original is indistinct or illegible. Part of a name, or an entire name might not be possible to decipher.

!! signifies that this information in the source must be wrong for obvious reasons. !! alone in a field means that the information is missing.

@ is used as a separator between two alternative readings of the original when it is impossible to decide which is the correct one.

% indicates stricken out text in the source. If a word or a sentence is stricken out it is marked with a % in front and behind the stricken out word.

* after a piece of information, e.g. a patronymic or surname/farmname, indicates that the information is not given in the original, but included by the registrator on the basis of the information regarding the surrounding persons in the source.