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Fleurchild
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Posted - 25/01/2026 :  02:58:50  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I know that my great grandmother and her siblings traveled to Norway, we are assuming Bergen, in 1903 after both their parents died. I can find one sibling who stayed in Norway and would die in 1940 of typhus, but all the rest of the children went back to the US, probably through Boston since that is where my great grandmother met my great grandfather.

I cannot find their ship manifest. No idea of the ship name or date of sail. Thoughts? Their mother's maiden name was Magnesen in the US, Rasmusdatter in Norway

Ragna Sophie Hansen
15 APR 1889 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States

Pearl Mabel Hansen
1 Aug 1890 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States

Charlotte Mary Hansen
01 MAR 1892 in Chicago, Illinois, United States

Charles Walter Hansen
14 JUL 1899 in Chicago, Illinois, United States

Gerhard Edvin Chester Hansen (He was a foster child of a family named Knutsen in Bergen in 1910)
16 AUG 1901 in Chicago, Illinois, United States

Florence Fredrika Hansen Seaver
7 Sep 1902 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States

AntonH
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USA
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Posted - 25/01/2026 :  17:19:11  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
If you are looking for ships manifests from US to Norway in the early 1900's you will not find much information. Records coming into the US are online in large numbers but records of people leaving America are very scarce.

Is this your Charles Walter Hansen living in Norway in the 1910 Norwegian Census. I am assuming that Sjarlys Hansen is just a mistranslation of Charles. Birth date is a little off. He is living with a Hanna Magnesen of Haugesund, Rogaland, Norge (Norway) and listed as his grandmother.

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/census/person/pf01036618006255

https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60605/records/2243943?tid=5006839&pid=1477794291&ssrc=pt
Edited by - AntonH on 25/01/2026 17:23:02
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AntonH
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USA
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Posted - 25/01/2026 :  17:36:39  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Records of people retuning to the US can be found. Here is Charles retuning to America in 1919.

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/view/557/pe00000000743626
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Fleurchild
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Posted - 25/01/2026 :  18:27:17  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Ah, that is great. I definitely wouldn't have thought to look for Sjarlys haha

I don't have ancestry world, so I can't look at that document, but thanks for your help on this!
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AntonH
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USA
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Posted - 25/01/2026 :  21:35:37  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Here is he transcription of the document.

Sjarlys Hansen
1910 Norway Census
Name Sjarlys Hansen
Gender Mannlig (Male)
Birth Date 16. jul 1899 (16 Jul 1899)
Birth Place Amerika (USA)
Apartment Etasje 1ste Leilighetsnummer 01
Residence Place Haugesund, Rogaland, Norge (Norway)
Relation to Head Fostersønn
Settled or Nomadic B
Counting District Kirkegate 53
Counting District Number 0079
Enumeration District Number 004
Household Members (Name) Age Relationship
Hanna Magnesen
87
Bestemor (Grandmother)
Fredrikke Magnesen
57
Husmor (Housekeeper)
Ragna Magnesen
48
Einsleg Losjerande
Hanna Magnesen
14
Fosterdatter (Foster Daughter)
Ines Magnesen
13
Fosterdatter (Foster Daughter)
Rut Magnesen
13
Fosterdatter (Foster Daughter)
Sjarlys Hansen 11 Fostersønn
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AntonH
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Posted - 25/01/2026 :  21:53:17  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
There is a large number of Family Trees on various members of this family, on Ancestry.com but in none of the ones that I have looked at is there any mention of how and when they traveled to Norway. It appears that most of them traveled to Norway sometime between the 1900 US Census and the 1910 Census as they are usually found in both of those census transcriptions. With the exception of Charles of course

Ragna S Hanson
Census • United States, Census, 1900

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS3C-J3S?lang=en

https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/pedigree/landscape/L2K4-RDG

Ragna Hanson
Census • United States, Census, 1910

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKZL-Q3Y?lang=en
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AntonH
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USA
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Posted - 25/01/2026 :  22:08:26  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Here is probably your Pearl arriving in 1907. However she did leave from Stavanger?

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/view/557/pe00000000365593

Pearl Hansen
Massachusetts, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists, 1820-1963
Name Pearl Hansen
Gender Female
Nationality American
Marital Status Single
Arrival Age 17
Birth Date abt 1890
Birth Place Chicago,IL, Norway
Departure Place Liverpool, England
Last Residence Place Stavanger, Norway
Final Destination Place Chicago, Illinois
Residence Place Norway
Arrival Date 4 Jul 1907
Arrival Place Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Complexion Light
Eye Color Blue
Hair Color Light
Height 5 Feet., 5 Inches
Ship Saxonia
Friend Anderson
Person in Old Country Name Ingeborg Elfervig
Person in Old Country Residence Place Stavanger
Person in US Name Mr Anderson
Person in US Relationship Friend

https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8745/records/2676924?tid=5006839&pid=-1511338293&ssrc=pt
Edited by - AntonH on 25/01/2026 22:53:58
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AntonH
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Posted - 25/01/2026 :  22:26:47  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
So is this the one who was born in US and went to Norway and never returned.

Gerhard Hansen
1910 Norway Census
Name Gerhard Hansen
Gender Mannlig (Male)
Marital Status Ugift (Single)
Birth Date 15. aug 1902 (15 Aug 1902)
Birth Place Chicago U.s.a (USA).
Apartment Etasje 1ste Etage Leilighetsnummer 01
Residence Place Haugesund, Rogaland, Norge (Norway)
Relation to Head Pleiesønn
Settled or Nomadic B
Counting District Sørhauggate 4
Counting District Number 0099
Enumeration District Number 001
Household Members (Name) Age Relationship
Ken?? Knutsen ??
39
Husfar (Head)
Elisabeth Knutsen
43
Hustru (Wife)
Ida Knutsen
16
Datter (Daughter)
Ole Andreas Knutsen
11
Sønn (Son)
Gerhard Hansen 8 Pleiesønn
Nora Kristoffersen
27
Tjenestetyende (Domestic)
Anna Botner
21
Tjenestetyende (Domestic)


https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60605/records/1177572?tid=5006839&pid=1523118482&ssrc=pt

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/census/person/pf01036618001383
Edited by - AntonH on 25/01/2026 22:28:33
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AntonH
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USA
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Posted - 25/01/2026 :  22:34:24  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Gerhard in the 1920 Norwegian Census

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/census/person/pf01073938002109
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AntonH
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USA
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Posted - 25/01/2026 :  23:21:04  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Do you have any interest in tracing the ancestors back in time. Here is the family of Valborg Rasmusdatter in the 1875 Norwegian Census.

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/census/person/pf01052237003318
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AntonH
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USA
9647 Posts
Posted - 26/01/2026 :  00:41:20  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Do you have any interest in tracing the ancestors back in time. Here is the family of Valborg Rasmusdatter in the 1875 Norwegian Census.

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/census/person/pf01052237003318
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