Skydal or Hobbesland family - Eiken Norway
Started by SherryJohnson · 2009-10-23
SherryJohnson · 2009-10-23#1
My g-grandfather emigrated to the United States from Eiken Norway with his two small children. His name was Tobias Staalesen Skydal. He changed his name to Thomas Dahl when he arrived here. His sister, Inge Marie (called Marie) immigrated before him and took the name Dahl as well. She married a Charles Gotfredson from Denmark. They all settled in Escanaba, Michigan.
My grandmother's name was Alma Dahl Gasman - she and her older brother were born in Eiken, Norway. Her older brother was Severin. Tobias, Alma and Severin emigrated in May of 1920 (my grandmother was 4 years old). My grandmother's mother died in 1919, during childbirth - the twin sons also died. Her name was Anna Hobbesland - also from Eiken, Norway. I am looking for relatives in Norway. I know my grandmother corresponded with some of them prior to her death, but can't find the letters. My grandmother visited Eiken in 1960 with 5 of her children and they met with her mother's relatives. There was also an uncle - a brother of her father named Andrew. If anybody has any information on either of these two familys in Norway and their descendents, I can share with you all of the relatives in the US from my grandmother (she had quite a large family). ThankYou.