Bark Sjofna, H. Ellingsen

In 1851 she departed from Drammen again and arrived at New York on July 21st. Master was Capt. Hovland. 7 passengers died during the crossing. The passenger list for this voyage is kept at the US National Archives (NARA).

In 1852 she sailed from Drammen on May 18th with 240 passengers, this time to Quebec where she arrived on July 4th. Master was Capt. Hovland. Because the National Archives of Canada [NAC] did not start the archiving of passenger lists before 1865, and the Norwegian emigration records did not start before 1867, there is no surviving passenger list for this voyage in any of those archives.

From Drammen to Quebec on the Sjofna in 1852. This is an excerpt from "The ANDERSON FAMILY HISTORY" Written and Compiled by Albert G. Anderson, Jr., 1949 and privately published. Submitted and prepared by Eleanor H. Erdevig

She also made a voyage with emigrants from Drammen in 1853. She departed Drammen c. May 17th and arrived at Quebec after 8 weeks and 5 days. She was carrying about 350 passengers. Master was Capt. Søren A. Hovland. The 1853 newspaper announcement says the ship the previous years, along with the Christiane crossed in 6 weeks, and in all ways was a 1st classed ship.

An Autobiography of an Early Settler - (voyage on the Sjofna 1853) - The story of a Norwegian family traveling on the Sjofna in 1853.

Newspaper announcement from "Morgenbladet" Jan. 2nd, 1857: Passenger accommodation to America. If a sufficient number of passengers signs on, the ships Sjofna, 192 Commercial lasts, mastered by Capt. Buckholz, and the Geifon, 174 Commercial lasts, mastered by Capt. S. A. Hovland, both ships class A. - No 1, will depart in the middle of May. Conditions are negotiated and enrolling at H. Ellingsen in Drammen. There were two ships by the name "Sjofna" sailing with emigrants from Norway to America in 1857. This ship was mastered by Captain Buckholtz. The other Sjofna was mastered by Captain Petersen.

Ole Løkensgård's account of the crossing on the Sjofna in 1857. Ole Lokensgard, "Pioneer Stories," The Lokensgard Family, a Collection of Reminiscences, St. Paul Minnesota, 1994. (2d Printing). Originally published under the title "Nybygger Historier," in Hallingen, a Norwegian language monthly publication by and for immigrants from Hallingdal, Norway.

Because the National Archives of Canada [NAC] did not start the archiving of passenger lists before 1865, and the Norwegian emigration records did not start before 1867, there is no surviving passenger list for the pre 1865 Quebec arrivals in any of those archives. Timeline to records.