Norwegian Emigrant Database

Passenger Information

Name: Marte Hansdatter

Age: 24

Gender: F

Ship: Sail 17de Mai

Year: 1849

Captain: Serck

Departure: Bergen - May 12

Arrival: New York - June 26

Source: NARA M237, roll #80 — Transcribed by Jo Anne Sadler 2005

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Louise Benston Kjosa (26.12.2010)

Marte Hansdtr.Mundahl married Ellend Olson Børlaug Feb 10, 1856. After an attempt to settle in South Dakota, they made their home in Calmar, Iowa. Four children. Both buried in Lutheran Cemetery in Calmar, Iowa. See "As I Recall" by Alice Twedt, Kelly Foss, Aspen Ranch Press, 1998.

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