In 1867 my first ancestor left Norway for America. Annette (Andreasdatter) Solberg was the older sister of my great grandmother, Johanna (Andreasdatter) Olsen. Annette was the catalyst for additional emigration of family members in the fifteen years to follow. Annette was born in the Knile Sogn (parish), Bohuslän, Sweden, on December 11, 1840. She was […]
Johan Aron Andreasen & Karen Marie Olsdatter Andreas and Johanna are my Swedish great-great grandparents and parent of my great-grandmother Johanna Olsen. They moved from Sweden (very near the Norwegian border) to Telemark, Norway in the mid-1800’s. . As with the Olsen family, some of their children stayed in Norway and some left for America […]
This photo came from my collection of family photos taken in Norway. Someone had written “Ole Olsen Bratteså ??” on the back. When I traveled to Norway to meet my cousins for the first time I carried this photo in the hopes that it could be identified. When I walked into cousin Elsie’s home this […]
This is a box of memorabilia from Norway that belonged to my great-grandfather, Gustav Olsen. It contains photos, newspaper clippings, and letters all written in Swedish or Norwegian. I had all of it translated and did some detective work regarding family groups. It was this material that prompted me to find my ancestors in Norway. […]
In 1890 my Norwegian great-grandfather and Swedish great-grandmother moved to Humboldt County, California. They traveled to their homestead in Showers Pass with seven of their children and Johanna gave birth to her tenth child upon arrival. Two children were lost to malaria in Texas around 1886. The following family tree should help you place them […]