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Name: Ole Petersen

Age: 22

Gender: m

Remarks: Farmers - Steerage

Ship: Brig Incognito

Year: 1852

Captain: Christophersen

Departure: Christiania - July 6

Arrival: New York - Sep. 12

Source: arr. no. 1294 and Newspaper Morgenbladet October 23, 1852 — Transcribed by Trond Austheim - 1999

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Berit Gullbekk (23.12.2009)

Hof, Hed CB #6, p.152 born 22/5 1827 Svennebykvern Ole Pedersen
Våler, Hed CB #1, p.330 emigration Ole Pedersen

Elisabeth Seland (06.04.2016)

He started to use the surname Lieberg around 1855. He lived several places in USA. He died in 1915 in Pasadena, California. See Anne Margrethe Seland: "Fra Våler via Oleana til Midtvesten" i Slækt & Slekt, Medlemsblad for Solør Slektshistorielag nr. 4/ 2002, p. 3-13.

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