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Annette Andreason, the sister of my great-grandmother Johanna Louise, and Ole Solberg arrived on American soil in 1867.
Johanna and Gustav, along with their daughter Carrie Olsen Sands corresponded with many of her cousins and I have photos of almost everyone and their extended families.
Four Generations: L to R: Anne Solberg Craft, Mollie Craft Quinn, Milton Quinn, Annette Andreason Solberg
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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 and ended up in Minnesota and Wisconsin. I will write more later. Tracing these families can be a challenge because of the patronymic naming of children, changes in spelling (Olsen/Olson) and a Swedish/Norwegian border that was always moving.
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 photo was hanging on her wall. Ole was indeed our common ancestor.
OLE OLSEN, BRATTESTÅ
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 as I tell their stories.
