tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71256475198650681732024-03-12T18:14:28.738-07:00From Olsen to PetterborgJust Pamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08373866310846731245noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7125647519865068173.post-4665770492631463142011-09-17T21:06:00.000-07:002011-09-17T21:06:57.984-07:00Anne Mathea's Conversion to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsThis is the final history I have received from M. G., written about Anne Mathea (Matilda). It is the story of her conversion to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It was written by her granddaughter, Lula Kendall Williams. Lula and her two siblings--older brother, Theone and younger sister, Bertha, were the children of Matilda's daughter, Ada. Ada and her husband, Joseph Bradford Kendall, Jr., died in 1917 and 1918 respectively and the children were then raised by their grandmother.<br />
Here is a picture of the 4 of them. It was previously posted <a href="http://petterborggenealogy.blogspot.com/2011/04/anne-mathea.html">here</a>.<br />
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Here is the account, written by Lula:<br />
"<i>A beautiful mental picture came to my mind as I tried to write this account of my grandmother's conversion to Mormonism. Many times I heard her relate this experience, and every time it brought tears to her eyes and a lump in her throat, because she had that burning testimony within her bosom that told her the information and knowledge she received at the time is true; that this is the only true church; that Joseph Smith was a true prophet</i>, <i>and that he did receive divine revelation from our Heavenly Father. I, too, feel touched by the account. It has increased my testimony and made me want to live worthy of it's blessings. I wish to show appreciation for the trials and hardships she encountered.</i><br />
<i> "Way back in 1865, Latter Day Saint Missionaries were scarce in Norway. Their districts were large, therefore, they could not hold meetings in these smaller branches more than twice a year. Many weeks before the welcome visit, the news of their coming was broadcast far and near. Thus it was that great-grandmother Olsen who was living in Nes Sogn Hedenmarkin decided to attend a cottage meeting and find out about this new religion. A cousin of hers, who was a member, issued the invitation and created the desire for attendance.</i><br />
<i> "The cottage meeting was held at Sister Petronella Anderson Briskeby's place. It was necessary for the journey to commence early in the morning in order to reach the appointed place in time for the services, which began at two o'clock in the afternoon. Yes, walking was the only means of travel they had so we can easily account for the time spent on the road. Grandmother Millard who was then eleven years old was then taken along as company for great-grandmother.</i><br />
<i> "The services were similar to our Sunday evening meetings except for the fact that two elders Brother Jensen and Brother Peterson had charge of it and also were the principal speakers. Each one in his turn gave wonderful sermons on the first principles of the gospel. Grandmother sat spellbound throughout the entire meeting. She said their testimonies thrilled her to the core; and she felt a tingling sensation go over her entire body. She knew the elders were speaking words of wisdom and the truth. Grandmother said the feeling she had was the same as when one hears a beautiful musical selection or sees a lovely painting or a gorgeous scene of nature.</i><br />
<i> "When the meeting was over great-grandmother tarried some time to talk longer with the missionaries. During the conversation great-grandmother purchased a Letter Day Saint hymn book from them but was afraid to let her husband know about it so she asked them to present it to grandmother as a gift. Grandmother prized the book very dearly. When she arrived home she was anxious to sing the new song she had learned, for her father and show him the lovely book the elders had given her. Great-grandfather was very pleased with her singing and enjoyed reading the other hymns in the book. That book did much to persuade great-grandfather to listen to Mormonism.<br />
"One year and one half elapsed before grandmother was baptised but during that time her testimony never wavered. On the contrary she became more interested and studied more intensely. Although she was but a child she could readily see that the Lutheran Church lacked much. She compared Lutherianism to an unseasoned meal, while Mormonism was like a seasoned meal because it was so satisfying to the soul."</i><br />
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This account helps me understand a little better the deep feelings that members of the family had for this new found religion and the sacrifices they made to have it in their lives. How grateful I am, that they followed the promptings and adopted a whole new way of life!<i><br />
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Just Pamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08373866310846731245noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7125647519865068173.post-69811119012836784672011-07-19T08:15:00.002-07:002011-07-20T10:40:01.958-07:00Another History of Anne Mathea (Matilda or 'Til)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> Anne Mathea's name was shown as Martha on the ship passenger list coming from Norway into New York. Once she arrived in Preston, Idaho she was known as Matilda and even 'Til to her friends. Both in Norway and in America she loved music and especially to sing. Below is a picture of the Preston, Idaho choir. She is the woman on the bottom right underlined in red.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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Both M. G. and R. P. sent me 2 different life histories for Anne Mathea, written by two different women. I became really confused when I saw these two women had the same surname--Kendall--but they were not mother and daughter or sisters. How could this be? I checked and Anne Mathea had six daughters--three of them married three brothers!<br />
Adea Matilda (1884-1918) married Joseph Bradford Kendall, Jr. (1873-1919); Ethel Julean (1890-1968) married William Edwin Kendall (1887-1958); and Lillia Irene (1892-1948) married David Earl Kendall (1889-1954). <br />
The history on <a href="http://petterborggenealogy.blogspot.com/2011/07/history-about-anne-mathea-matilda.html">this previous post</a> was written by Anne Mathea's daughter, Ethel. The history below is written by her granddaughter, Lula Kendall Williams. Lula was the daughter of Adea and Joseph Kendall. Adea and Joseph died a year apart, leaving three children to be raised by Anne Mathea.<br />
Lula also wrote the story of Anne Mathea's conversion to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I will post that soon. The following is posted just as I received it.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b>THE EARLY LIFE OF MY GRANDMOTHER ANNE MATHEA OLSON MILLARD</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"> By Lula Kendall Williams</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><i> Anne Mathea Olson Millard was born December 30, 1853 at Helgain Nes Sogn, Norway. She was the third child in a family of nine children. Her parents were among the sturdy peasant farmers who tilled the land rented to them by the Lutheran minister. Her early childhood was spent doing the same things as the normal child would do. She played some, worked much and learned all she could.</i><br />
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<i> When six years old the family moved to Nes Sogn Hedemarken where they resided until they joined the L.D.S. Church in 1866. It was here that she started to school when eight years of age under the tutorship of a Lutherian School Master. The lessons consisted of oral arithmetic, writing and Bible reading. She and her sisters and brothers walked to school which was four miles away. During the winter time they were able to ride most of the way on hand sleighs for the country was sloping but at night when they returned it was necessary for them to walk up the hill and pull the sleigh with them. Many a happy day was spent here but there were a few sad ones too. How Grandmother envied the minister’s daughter because she could bring lunch to school which consisted of milk and many other good things. Often, however, she was given rare treats by this pampered child for Grand-mother was her best girl friend. During recess and lunch hour the children played in row boats on the water for in Norway tiny children learn to swim and enjoy water sports. They use the waters as their chief playgrounds because of the abundance of beautiful clear, smooth fjords.</i><br />
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<i> Not all of Grandmothers childhood was as happy as this for when she was eleven it was necessary for her to take her mother’s place in the fields. At that time the wife as well as the husband must work in the land lord’s fields to help reap the crops. This work consisted of cutting the grain with a cycle and tying it into bundles with pieces of straw. Day after day Grandmother will toil away at this task but she was a very healthy child so this extra work only tended to make her more robust. Often during these times the children longed for more eatables but on many occasions food was scarce. It was not uncommon for Grandmother and her brothers to pick berries in the forest all day to give to the landlord in exchange for a soup bone or some other favorite food they seldom had.</i><br />
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<i> Christmas for the children was very different from ours. Many weeks ahead the girls made rag dolls while the boys made animals by carving them out of wood. These animals resembled real ones very much for they even added hair for the mane and tail. Christmas was one time when food was in abundance. Grandmother helped her mother as well as the other children, work for days ahead to prepare this feed. A fat pig was done on Christmas day. The table was spread the eve before in readiness. The largest feast was had Christmas Eve, and some pests for the birds to eat. Even the paths in the yards were decorated with pine bow and brisk to give the home a clean festive atmosphere.</i><br />
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<i> When Grandmother was twelve the entire future of her families life was changed by the Latter Day Saint Gospel for it was then they became converted to its teachings. Great-Grandmother was baptized first but she kept it a secret until a year later when her husband joined. It was at this time too when Grandmother was baptized. When the Lutherian Minister learned about them joining this new religion he bade them leave this Peterborg place they were renting. They had but a short time to dispose of the few personal belongings they could not take with them. It was a very sad parting for they had become so attached to the country and the lovely Peterborg place where they had lived so long. They left no friends for these people had turned bitterly against them. These former friends tormented and made moving as disagreeable as possible. The family had no place to go so they decided to move to Oslo for employment for the family could be found more easily there.</i><br />
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<i> Life in a big city goes well when one has plenty of money or a good job but when work cannot be had and money for the necessities of life is scarce, it brings a sad chill over one to be there. So it was with Grandmother and her family. The first winter in Oslo, was a dreadful one. Her father sprained his back and was “laid up” the entire winter. Her mother suffered illness too. Grandmother was sent to relatives to work for her board but it seemed like work was plentiful but food scarce. Can you imagine wealthy people baing so stingy as to deprive a growing child food necessary for body growth and development? Grandmother says it was here she really learned the pangs of hunger but she had no other place to go for her parents were even shorter of food than she. Grandmother says it was lack of food and worry that caused her mother to loose her baby prematurely that winter and to suffer the sickness she had. This good mother divided the last morsals of food in the house to her children and went without herself because there was not enough for both.</i><br />
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<i> Spring finally came. It was then that most of the family found employment in a brickyard. From the smallest to the largest were willing to work there to provide eatables for themselves although the salary were very small. Grandmother did her part at this job. Later in the year however she procured work in a cotton factory. She was fourteen years old when she started to work on the spinneries. She worked there until she was twenty-four. It was then that she migrated to America and Utah.</i><br />
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<i> Those years in the factory were some of the happiest and yet some of the hardest years of Grandmother’s life. They were hard because the boss was not always the kindest or the work which began at six in the morning and lasted until six at night was not always pleasant nor was the salary large enough to provide a young lady with the clothes she desired or the food she liked most. If a new dress was to be had the meals had to be more sparing. Happiness found its way to her during this time for she became a member of the L.D.S. Choir. This choir gained recognition from all religious choirs and many times participated in contests with them.On one occasion a double mixed quartet was chosen from this L.D.S. choir to compete with a group of Methodist singers. Before the appointed time arrived word was received there of the death of president Brigham Young. It was decided that Grandmother’s group dress in black with white accessories. Grandmother had been very ill and had been unable to work for sometime so was financially unable to buy her outfit. The members of the group each donated enough to buy here for her. Imagine their joy when the judge awarded them first place even though their hearts were grieved for their president. This choir won many contests and high honors. While a member of this choir Grandmother helped to sing many songs her mother had composed and set to music.</i><br />
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<i> Love found Grandmother for several suitors had she.One of them became more ordinary for their friendship budded into an ardent love, however fate played havoc with it later. She left this sweetheart in the old country but he later came here although he married someone else and lived in Salt Lake. She never saw him after their parting there.</i><br />
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<i> During these eight years the Olson family had been blessed with much work so along with their saving and scheming they finally accumulated enough money to take them to Utah. It was decided that father, mother and the youngest children come first then the older ones would come later. Grandmother remained in Oslo two years after her parents left before she could get enough money to come.</i><br />
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<i> In 1876, just one year before Grandmother came here she received the sad news that her mother had passed away. Her mother was unable to stand the added hardships which came to her with pioneering. She had been a sufferer of consumption for years. The news of her mother’s death (although she did not get the letter for a month after) was great shock to Grandmother for she had been so hopeful of meeting all her loved ones again when she came to Utah. However Great-grandmother left a song which she had composed which told about her life from the cradle to the grave which gave solace and inspiration to her children.The last verse was composed on her death-bed.</i><br />
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<i> In 1877 Grandmother was able to come here. She had enough money to pay her fare to Denmark by selling some of her handwork and her watch. Her father borrowed the money to bring her the rest of the way from Sister Lundegreen. This money was later paid back after she came here. When Grandmother came she still left two sisters and one brother there.(The oldest sister never did come here.) She traveled this long journey with friends. Her closest companion was Gundy Olsen. </i><br />
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<i> The long tiring trip took one month to complete due to slow means of travel. How well I remember her telling of the food box she took with her. (In second class and third board was not furnished.) What a hard task it would be to prepare food that would keep three weeks.Coffee was their main beverage and food along with the other non-perishable foods she could afford. Grandmother was never sick one day on the trip for when she felt nauseated she would go on deck where she could walk in the fresh air. The North Sea was rougher than it had been for years and as the waves beat the small steamship and tossed it to and fro Grandmother and Gundy sang all the L.D.S. hymns that had become so dear to them. During all their spare time they would administer to the wants of the sick and do their best to cheer them up. Her wonderful faith in the gospel made their cares change to joy.</i><br />
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<i> The trip from New York to Franklin was made by rail but fifty-five years ago accommodations were scarce. The seats were just wooden benches and the rate of speed was from fifteen to twenty miles an hour. How tiresome that ride became. Grandmother has often told me how dirty she got for she had no way of bathing since beginning the trip. Not only that but she got lice from some of her associates and they added to her discomforts until she could get rid of them. Her ticket called for Franklin but when her brother – Uncle Emil Peterborg – who was in Ogden after fruit in the lumber wagon, met her she decided to leave the train and ride with him from Ogden to Franklin.</i><br />
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<i> It was the first of October 1870, in one of the driest years the saints had seen since coming to the west when she arrived here. That area is now called Preston Fifth Ward, but then it was called Worm Creek. To her, who was used to Norway’s heavy rainfall and beautiful green vegetation, it really seemed as if she had come to a barren desert. Many times I have heard her tell of her lonesomeness for the water. The Grand River of Oslo had so many falls in it. These falls were used to run the many factories along its banks. As the river surged along its course the roaring sound could be heard all over the city. Grandmother often became so lonely that many times she would walk to Bear River to see and hear it, but even then she still felt that emptiness for Bear River is so quiet and still. Not until she visited the Yellowstone Park and later the Pacific Ocean did she finally find a comparison to her own country in the waterfalls and shrubbery. She often longed to return for a visit but when she was young and strong money was not available. Later years she hardly dared risk the long journey.</i><br />
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<i> During these trials Grandmother’s testimony never wavered. So great was her faith in the gospel that she was willing to deprive herself of much in order to enjoy its blessings. Each Sunday found her at Church and the first Thursday of each month she attended testimony meeting.Until she learned the English language she encountered many difficulties. I have heard her often say that when the Choir sang some song she had helped sing in Norway, that tears became uncontrolable.</i><br />
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<i> During the first year she was here she helped to shear the sheep, wash the wool and card it. Then she would borrow Mrs. Songberg’s (Thomas Songberg’s mother) spinning wheel so she could spin this wool into yarn.Then she went over to Mrs. Lund’s (Dagmar Jensen’s mother) and used her looms to weave it into cloth. From this cloth she made underwear for her father and herself. She also made dresses for herself. She learned to dye the wool too. All the soap they used she made. Grandmother was always an ambitious, thrifty person.</i><br />
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Here are a couple of facts I see a little differently--through the research I have been doing. Unless her mother was baptized twice and the first time was never recorded, I have her baptismal record showing that she was baptized almost 4 months after Ole. See the image below. I am sorry it is so small. If I make it larger it goes off the page! I can send a copy of the image to anyone who would like a copy. This was taken from LDS Church Record of Members 1850-1952, Oslo District; FHL film #123202, Item 5, no pages listed.<br />
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</tbody></table><i> </i>Lula wrote that Anne found out in 1876 that her mother had passed away. She also says that it was a year before she came to America. Ole, Marie and two of their children actually emigrated to America in 1876 and Marie died in January 1879. Anne Mathea is listed on the passenger list arriving into New York on 16 Sept 1879.<br />
The two children who emigrated with Ole and Marie were Emil and Beate.<br />
The copy of the history I have has Oct 1870 as a very dry year in Idaho. I think this is a typo and should be 1880.<br />
Interesting side note: The woman, Mrs. Lundegren, who lent the money for Anne Mathea's passage, was her brother, Emil's, mother-in-law. Emil married Erika Bjorkman Lundegren in 1877 after her husband had been killed in an accident. The two ladies had the same married last name because they had both been sealed to Martin Lundegren on the same day (1 Aug 1868) in the Endowment House in Salt Lake City.<i></i><br />
<i> </i> I am grateful to Lula for taking the time to write this information down so that we could have a glimpse into the lives of our Petterborg ancestors and what they went through so that we could be here today!<i><br />
</i>Just Pamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08373866310846731245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7125647519865068173.post-49378749179699780542011-07-11T08:33:00.002-07:002011-07-20T13:10:14.497-07:00A History About Anne Mathea (Matilda)<div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">One of the documents I recently received from M.G. was a short personal history written about 1965 by Ethel Julian Millard Kendall. She is the daughter of Anne Mathea, Ole and Marie's daughter. I am posting the part that tells Ethel's version of Anne Mathea's history. It is posted just as I received it.</span></span><br />
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</span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> I, Ethel Julian Millard Kendall, was born June 27, 1890 in Preston, Idaho. The house is located on East State Street. My father and mother are William Charles Millard and Anne Mathea Olsen (Peterborg) Millard.</span></i></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> My mother Anne Mathea Olsen (Peterborg) Millard was born in Helgain Nes Sagn, Norway to Marie and Ole Olsen (Peterborg). She joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints with her parents in Norway. Her family lived on the Peterborg estate.</span></i></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> When they joined the Mormon church, they were driven off the Estate and told never to return. They spent two very hard years in Oslo, Norway while trying to save money to come to America, and to Zion, so they might rear their children among the saints. However, at the end of the two years, they had saved only enough to bring two of their children with them. They brought their oldest boy ( who was 18, and would have been drafted, had they not), and the youngest girl, who was three years of age.</span></i></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> Upon reaching Zion, her parents and the two children filed a homestead in Preston, Idaho. Through the hardships, her mother took sick after three years, and on her death bed, her request was that Mathea ( or Matilda as she was called by her friends) be brought over from Norway to take care of her.</span></i></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> So mother left her fiancé in Norway and began her journey. He was to come the following year. When she had only begun her journey, she received word that her mother had already passed away. She moved in with her father, and kept house for him.</span></i></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> She became very lonely and homesick, so she let a rich farmer (Jacob Jensen) convince her to marry him in polygamy two years after she came. (Dec. 2, 1880). She was his second wife. After she had been married a little over a year she found that she was pregnant. At this time, the farmer’s wife became uncontrollably jealous. Mathea felt very hurt and unwanted. After standing it as long as she could, she left and went back to her father.</span></i></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> Three months later she gave birth to twins, Oliver and Hager Mathea. (13 April 1882). She took a stroke near the time of their birth, which almost took her life and the life of the twins. Hager Mathea lived until October of the same year. It was only through the special care given by a good neighbor lady, Mrs. Sophia Early, that Oliver’s life was saved.</span></i></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> She met my father, William Charles Millard, when Oliver was one year old. They fell in love and were married (24 Sept. 1883) civilly. (Later after obtaining temple divorce – 19 April 1933 – from the farmer, they were sealed from time and all eternity in the temple. Dad promply adopted Oliver. Mother and Dad had seven children. I was the fourth child. I was born 13 years after my mother came here—to this country. The other children were Ada, Pearl, William, Lillia, Lavean and Carl.</span></i></div><br />
<div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">As with any history written years after the event and by someone else, there can be inconsistencies. I found a couple of things that differ from some of the information I found as I have done research. I am showing a few of them, not to criticize but to clarify.<i> </i></span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i> </i></span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">In an earlier <a href="http://petterborggenealogy.blogspot.com/2011/03/why-was-name-changed.html">post </a>I wrote about the </span><span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">"farm books" or "bygdebøke" and it showed that the name of the farm was Petterborg. The only reason I am bringing this up is because there was also a farm Peterborg and I don't want someone looking at the wrong farm information. I have seen where the family spelled their name as Peterborg and Petterborg. It changed back and forth from one to the other over the first 50+ years.</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
<span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">The family joined the LDS Church in 1866 but did not emigrate to America until 1876. They lived in Oslo about 10 years, not just 2.</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">Emil was 20 years old when they came to America and Beate was 12 years old.</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">I am grateful </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">that Ethel took the time to write about her mother and share the things she knew about her.</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">I will be posting histories about Ole and Marie's family, written by other family members that I have been given. If anyone, reading this blog, knows of other histories that have been written about the family, please let me know so that we can share with others. Every little bit helps us learn more about this strong and courageous family.<i><br />
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</div></div>Just Pamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08373866310846731245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7125647519865068173.post-75360612408422530762011-07-10T19:07:00.000-07:002011-07-10T19:07:45.692-07:00I'm Back!!!Wow, it has been two months since I posted anything. It is not because I haven't been busy. I have been doing research on John's (Ole Johan) family. Akron, Ohio has some awesome websites and I am so grateful for all the information I have found! I have found about 25 obituaries and through the information listed, I have been able to construct families for John and Caroline's children. I had almost no information and now I have pretty good family group sheets. I was able to write a couple of letters and I connected with a new cousin--M.R. Ole and Marie are also her g-g-grandparents. She has filled in some of the gaps I have. It has been wonderful making contact with yet another cousin.<br />
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The Akron, Ohio public library has 2 databases with the obituaries from the local newspaper, The Akron Beacon Journal. One <a href="http://sc.akronlibrary.org/genealogy/akron-beacon-journal-indexes/">database</a> is the index for ALL published obituaries from 1841-1939 and the <a href="http://sc.akronlibrary.org/genealogy/obituary-only-indexes-to-the-akron-beacon-journal/">other</a> is the index for years 1937-2010. I was then able to go to the Newspaper Archives using my Pima County Library card and get the actual obits from 1984 until present. The ones before 1984 cost $.05 from the library!!!!! There was a $1.00 handling fee, so for $1.50 I got the digital obits for TEN people!!!!!! Amazing.<br />
I will be posting some of them.<br />
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I also was able to connect with another cousin, M.G. Her g-grandmother was Anne Mathea. I got some wonderful histories and more pictures to post for Anne Mathea. M.G. and I have spent lots of time on the phone trying to decide what we each have and how we can share it on this blog.<br />
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I am grateful for these two sweet ladies and the other new cousins I have connected with during my research. I am not sure how to calculate the true relationship with M.R. and M.G. My PAF (Personal Ancestral File) database shows relationships with others but it stops before it gets to them. It shows that Ole and Marie are our 2nd Great Grandparents. The 3 of us follow 3 different children of Ole and Marie. Those children become our Great Grand Aunt or Uncle. The next generation is our grandparent and they become our 1st cousin 2 times removed. I then click on our parent and it gives no relationship. I never have understood this "cousin ? times removed". I am very satisfied and happy to call them "COUSIN"!Just Pamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08373866310846731245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7125647519865068173.post-83842486336497529892011-05-12T09:42:00.000-07:002011-05-13T13:22:44.557-07:00New Information on the Petterborg FarmIt happened again--a cousin, reading the blog, shared new information about the Petterborg farm. The cousin is R.S. She speaks Norwegian, works part of the year as a consultant on the International floor at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City and has really helped me in the past.<br />
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I wrote <a href="http://petterborggenealogy.blogspot.com/search/label/Petterborg%20Farm">here </a>about not being able to find when Ole and Maria moved onto the Petterborg farm. R.S. sent an email with the information. Here is what she said:<br />
<blockquote><blockquote style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Here(below on this blog) are two images from tinglysingsdokumenter (the court documents). The first is from the register or Mortgage book index, the second is from the Mortgage book. This gives the date Ole Olsen leased the part of Prestegarden which was called Petterborg. They were dated the 29 January 1861 and read in court the 9 March 1861. </i></blockquote><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From The National Archives of Norway website</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; text-align: left;"></div></blockquote>Above: Image of the Mortgage Book Index. Since this image is so small you can see the original image <a href="http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:NBN:no-a1450-tl20071023350935.jpg">here</a>. It is on the right hand page, the next to the bottom entry.<br />
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Below: Image of the Mortgage Book document. The original can be seen <a href="http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:NBN:no-a1450-tl20070320340186.jpg">here</a>. It is #10 on page 181.<br />
<blockquote><blockquote><i> <span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">The document translates as: Lease document dated 29 January, court dated</span></i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span><i style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">9 March 1861, from Priest Wille to Ole Olsen at (on) the place, Petersborg. (That is the way it is spelled there).</i></blockquote></blockquote><br />
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</tbody></table>Marie & Ole came to America in 1876. Marie's health had not been very well for many years. They had lived under some pretty rough conditions. When they first got to Oslo, in the late 1860's, food was scarce and Marie went without many times. I am pretty sure the conditions in Idaho were not much better when they arrived. I have conflicting information on the exact year of her death. I have that she died 24 Jan 1879 but the grave marker says 1878. I will have to do some more research and see if I can find the correct date. She died from consumption or what is known today as tuberculosis.<br />
Ole and Marie were so poor that they couldn't afford to purchase burials plots.The story goes that Hans Olsen and his wife, Nettie, gave the family two plots. At the time they only put up wooden markers to show the grave locations. I am sure these rotted many years ago. Ole died in 1885. The cemetery records burned in a house fire, so the exact location of the unmarked graves in unknown. Lucille Petterborg Perkins showed some family members who attended her sister, Ruby's, funeral the location of the graves, as best you could remember them. She had been shown the location by Nettie Olsen. The Olsen family is no relation to Ole.<br />
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R.P. made the following drawing to show the actual location of Ole and Marie.He was with Lucille the day she showed the spot.<br />
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Lee Arnold Petterborg's family are the ones who had the marker placed as a memorial to Ole and Marie. Lee is Emil's oldest child with his wife, Annie Dobson. The marker is not on the exact location of the graves. Thank you for your kindness!Just Pamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08373866310846731245noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7125647519865068173.post-12165547406298921152011-05-03T21:25:00.001-07:002014-01-01T13:23:34.730-07:00Google EarthEaster Sunday I got home from church and saw the light blinking on the answering machine. That was quite unusual because most of the people who would be calling me, knew I would be at church, so I was anxious to hear the message.It was my cousin, R.P. He had been on Google Earth and had pictures of the Petterborg farm as it looks today!<br />
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Before I post the pictures, there needs to be a short explanation. Marie was born and raised on the island of Helgoya on a farm named Hovinsholm. According to Wikipedia, Helgoya is the largest fresh water island in Norway. It is connected to the peninsula known as Nes by a bridge since 1957. It was formerly a part of Nes municipality.</div>
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The island consists of 32 farms. The most notable of these are the old manor <i>Hovinsholm</i> that until 1612 had its own church. Here is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helg%C3%B8ya,_Hedmark">link</a> to the article on Wikipedia and a small map that puts into perspective where Helgoya and Nes are located.<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"></span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"></span></div>
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</span>I am not sure how Ole and Marie met--was Ole on Helgoya or was Marie on the peninsula? I do know that Marie was born on Hovinsholm. The parish records for her birth, christening and marriage show her birth place. The parish records for Gine, Ole Johan and Anne Mathea's christenings also show Hovinsholm. I always thought that meant the three children were also born there, but the more I look at things, the more I think it was in reference to her birth place and not theirs. <br />
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Enough said--here are the pictures:<br />
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Above: The land at the bottom of the picture is the peninsula. The picture is looking south onto Helgoya. Hovinsholm is at the far tip of the island.<br />
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Below: is a picture of the Hovinsholm farm. Pretend the red line is an arrow pointing down at the farm. I don't know how to make a real arrow and have it transfer to blogspot!<br />
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Below: A picture of the area in the winter time. This is gorgeous!!! It looks like a Christmas card.<br />
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Below: You can see the bride connecting the two pieces of land--Helgoya to Nes. Helgoya is at the top.<br />
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Below: Here is another picture of the bridge. The land on the left is Nes and Helgoya is on the right but is not showing. Notice the church on the tip by the head of the bridge.<br />
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Below: Here is a closer look at the church at the head of the bridge. <br />
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Below: Here is the chapel in the wintertime:<br />
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I am not sure when the family moved to the area of Nes known as the Petterborg farm. Here is an <a href="http://petterborggenealogy.blogspot.com/search/label/Farm%20Books">earlier post</a> about the books that give the history of the farms. It does not tell when they took over the farm.<br />
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Below: The picture sent by R.P.of the farm. The red line at the top of the picture is just above 3 buildings. This is where R.P. has figured out the farm in located. The red line at the bottom is pointing to the church that is shown in the 2 pictures above.<br />
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I am sorry these pictures are so small. If you would like bigger pictures, just double click on the image and it brings up a much larger image. When you are finished with the larger image, there is a white X in the right corner of the image. Click on that and the image closes and you will be back on the blog.<br />
If you want to save a copy of the image, right click on the larger image, a menu will pop up. Choose the choice that says something like "Save image as" (depending on the browser you are using, the wording may be a little different). Give the image a name and choose where you want to save it on your computer.<br />
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Below: A closer up view of the farm. This is from the side so that you can see more.<br />
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Thanks to R.P. for finding these modern day pictures.<br />
In an <a href="http://petterborggenealogy.blogspot.com/2011/04/modern-day-nes-norway-petterborg-farm.html">earlier post</a> I showed the farm as it was in 1988 when L.P. was able to visit in person.<br />
I hope someday, I too, can visit the farm.Just Pamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08373866310846731245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7125647519865068173.post-80464214492746255202011-04-27T14:47:00.000-07:002011-04-27T14:47:56.658-07:00Why I created this blog.From Oct. 2007-Sept. 2008 my husband, Leonard Ingermanson, and I served a full time mission for the LDS church in the Church & Family History Mission in Salt Lake City. We were assigned to be in the US/Canada zone which meant we worked at the Family History Library. We decided that after we were released, we would stay in Salt Lake the month of Oct. and do personal research.<br />
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In Sept. 2008 there were Norwegian research classes being held at the Library, so I decided I better take them and get some expert help before it was too late. The classes taught me a lot and gave me the confidence to branch out and try the websites and other tools that were available. With Ole Olsen's information written down, I went to the Norwegian archives website and within just a few minutes I had the image of his christening record up on my computer screen. It had been so much easier than I though it would be. I was hooked. I played around with doing research but did not really get too serious until just a few days before we were to be released. I looked in a book listing all the farm names and found the Petterborg farm. <a href="http://petterborggenealogy.blogspot.com/2011/03/why-was-name-changed.html">Here</a> is an earlier post about that book and what I found.<br />
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The last official day of our mission was 26 Set. 2008. The evening before, we decided to spend at the library doing research. I had a piece of paper with the Petterborg name written on it. I went up to the Scandinavian research desk to ask for some assistance with finding more information on them and their farm. I showed the consultant the paper and explained I needed help. Another consultant, who was standing right there, looked at the paper and said, "That is my family!" I about fell over. The consultant's name was R.S. and I had looked for her at the beginning of our mission but she was not working at the FHL at the time. I had left a message on her home answering machine but somehow we had never connected. She was back for her FIRST day after having hip replacement surgery and it was the last hours of my mission. Coincidence? I think not!! I spent the next couple of hours looking some things up and getting acquainted with R.S. Boy, was I excited to start my Petterborg research. I was flying high!!!<br />
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I am not sure where my information came for the Petterborg family that I have in my PAF (Personal Ancestral File) database. My husband was into genealogy, way before I was, and he spent quite a long time looking on the old Ancestral File (AF) and downloading information on my family. I had known the information on AF was not accurate but it still created a foundation on which to start researching. As I looked at what I had, I noticed there was very limited information on Ole and Maria's oldest children, Gine and Ole Johan. That was where I was going to start.<br />
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The last day of our mission was reserved for packing and wrapping things up but since we were staying another month, we had the whole day to work on research. I spent the whole day on the International floor next to the Scandinavian help desk and connected to a computer. I was so lucky because R.S. was on duty and I could ask her all kinds of questions. I really got a good start.<br />
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During the month, I found so much, that was new to me, and I am still not sure it is all where it needs to be. I hope this blog will be a place where others can find and share information. I was never quite sure where to go to learn about my family. It's probably because I did not realize there would come a time when those who knew would be gone and I would be left having to dig by myself. Oh how I wish I had taken the time to ask questions of those who had the answers--it would have been so much easier and a lot more fun!!!<br />
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I started this blog so that there was one place to go to coordinate what little I have to share and to organize the research I have done. I am hoping to find other Petterborgs who will enjoy reading and learning and might even have something to share.Just Pamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08373866310846731245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7125647519865068173.post-43313764085666799112011-04-18T13:52:00.000-07:002011-04-18T13:52:31.943-07:00Added information to today's earlier postI posted photos earlier <a href="http://petterborggenealogy.blogspot.com/2011/04/modern-day-nes-norway-petterborg-farm.html">today</a> and I received an email from L.P. He is the person who furnished the photos. He sent some added information about the family and area.<br />
Here is what he sent--<br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"> <i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">We were there in 1988. Nes (which means headland or promontory) is a common name in Norway, there may be a Nes in every county. Our Nes is in Hedmarken as you know. You can see it if you go to Google maps and find Hamar (north of Oslo) and then look to the west. At the tip of the peninsula into lake Mjsoa, you should find it. Petterborg is a place name; the name of a farm. The original settler (no relation) was named Petter and this was his borg (castle). Our name was taken from the site, not any person. The people that lived at the farm when we visited in 88 were named Stollen (the other name of the mailbox). If you look south from Nes, you will see an island, Helgoya, connected by a bridge. Our family lived on a farm at the southern tip of that island prior to moving to Petterborg. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The name should be pronounced <b><u>Petter Borg</u></b>, not Peter Berg the way I grew up.</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br />
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</div>Just Pamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08373866310846731245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7125647519865068173.post-5881950316944641692011-04-18T09:04:00.001-07:002011-04-18T13:33:31.290-07:00Modern Day Nes, Norway & the Petterborg FarmWhen cousin, R.P., learned about the blog he sent me some beautiful photographs that he had received several years ago from another cousin, L.P. I contacted L.P. and he gave his permission to post the pictures.<br />
In case this is the first post that you have read, I do not give the full names of living individuals. I will be more than happy to share contact information if you contact me personally. <br />
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They say a picture is worth a thousand words and I think these prove it.<br />
This is a view of modern Nes, Norway. <br />
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Just a little wider view.<br />
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The Petterborg farm. I am not sure if all of these buildings are part of the farm but I assume since they are so close together that they are. They also look newer than buildings that would have been there in the 1860's when Ole and Marie lived there.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Not much different than the bank of mailboxes found in rural America!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>Oh, to see this in person! Maybe, someday.<br />
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</tbody></table>Just Pamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08373866310846731245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7125647519865068173.post-71810496171554195672011-04-16T21:22:00.002-07:002011-05-06T17:09:44.801-07:00Anne MatheaIt happened!!! Just what I was hoping would happen. I have connected with cousins and they shared beautiful pictures with me. This is EXACTLY what I was hoping would happen.<br />
One cousin, R. P. sent pictures that were photocopied several years ago and I am trying to track down the originals. I will be excited to share those. D.R. sent pictures of Anne Mathea and gave permission to post them on the blog. <br />
I previously mentioned that I am not going to post the information of living individuals but I will be more than willing to share contact information, if you get in touch with me.<br />
If you see that I misspell a name, use the wrong date or post something that is not correct, please let me know. <br />
I don't have a lot of information on Anne Mathea (I wish I knew what name she went by. Maybe someone can tell me!) but I will share what I have found in my research--from the time she was born until she came to America. I know there is much more about her but I have done absolutely no further research. DR did tell me she has a booklet written about Anne Mathea's life for a family reunion and she will share that with me after her move into a new home. I will post that information in a future blog. There are three more pictures at the end of this post. Be sure to see them.<br />
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</tbody></table>Anne Mathea was <b>born</b> 23 Dec.1853 in Holvinsholm, Nes, Hedmark, Norway. She was <b>christened</b> 16 Apr 1854 in Nes, Hedmark, Norway. Here is an image of the record:<br />
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I found the digitized images on The National Archives of Norway website. The source is listed as: Hedmark county, Nes, Parish register (official) nr. 4 (1852-1886), Birth and baptism records 1854, page 17.<br />
The <a href="http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read?idx_kildeid=8848&idx_id=8848&uid=ny&idx_side=-22">permanent page link</a> will show the entire image.<br />
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I also found her <b>LDS Church baptism and confirmation</b> record. She was baptized 19 Aug 1867 and confirmed 20 Aug 1867 in Nes, Hedmark, Norway. Here is an image of the record:<br />
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I found this record on a roll of microfilm at the Family History Library. She is listed right below her parents. The source is film #123202 Item 5--Norway-LDS Church Records--Record of Members, 1861-1873 Hadeland. The image is not as clear as I would like it to be. I made them about 3 years ago and did not know how to enhance them. I was too anxious tonight to get them up on the blog to work with them. I may repost better images later.<br />
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I next found her <b>emigration record</b>. I found that she emigrated 30 Aug 1879 through Copenhagen, Denmark. It has her listed as Martha Peterborg, age 26 years and sailing on the ship Wyoming. The microfilm at the Family History Library was #0040994--<span style="font-size: small;">Passageer-liste for udvandrerskibene fra København til Hull, 1872-1894</span> (Passenger lists of the members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from the Scandinavian Mission who emigrated between the years 1872 to 1894), p.267. I think this record was kind of a synopsis of her emigration because the ship, Wyoming, only traveled between Liverpool and New York.<br />
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LDS emigrants usually came on ships that were chartered by the Church. The groups were very well organized and under the direction of priesthood leaders. The wiki at familysearch.org gives this information on emigration from Norway:<br />
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<div class="MsoNoSpacing"><i> In the mid 1860s, large numbers of people began leaving Norway on steamships. Most emigrants sailed to Hull, England; then traveled by train to Liverpool, England. From there they sailed to the United States and Canada. Steamships took only two to three weeks instead of three months, so emigration increased. During this time period 700,000 people left Norway.</i></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><i> After the mid-1860s, most Norwegian emigrants left through the ports of Kristiania (Oslo), Bergen, Trondheim, and Stavanger.</i></div><br />
When I knew the date she left Oslo, Norway for Hull, England, I then had an idea when to look on the <b>New York Passenger Lists</b> for her arrival in America. I found her arriving in New York 16 Sept 1879. Here is an image of the record:<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">She is listed as Martha Peterberg, age 26 and a spinster. She is passenger #107 in steerage. I don't recognize any names of other travelers. At least she had other family members waiting for her in America although I am not sure if she went to Utah or Idaho.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I next have her listed in the <b>1880 U.S. census</b>, living with her father and sister in Oneida County, Idaho. She is listed as Matilda, her sister as Beatrice and her father as Ole Peterson. Even with the inconsistencies, I think this is the correct family. The girls' ages are correct and the most convincing evidence is that they are living two houses from her brother, Emil and his family. They are on p. 18B, dwelling #162, family #164, and on lines 39-41.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I don't have much information about her after 1880. I hope that by posting this information I might connect with others who have things to share. I have that she <b>married Jacob Jensen and William Charles Millard.</b> I don't have accurate information to post, so I hope I can do that in the future.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here are the 3 extra pictures of her. I am not proficient in using an image editing program. That is next on my "to do" list! These untouched photos will have to do for now. The information about the photo is listed underneath each picture.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The children have numbers on them and the information is written on the back.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Left to right, back row: <b>Ada M., Anne Mathea, Oliver E., William Charles, Pearl</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Three children in front: Lilia, Ethel, William H.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The baby, Lilia, was born in Aug of 1882 which means this picture was taken the later part of <b>1882</b>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Left to right, back row: <b>Ada, William H., Ethel, Oliver, Lilia</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Front row: <b>Anne Mathea, Levean, Pearl holding her daughter, Hazel, Carl, William Charles</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I found that Hazel was born in 1906, so again I am supposing this picture was taken in <b>1906</b>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This is a picture of Anne Mathea and the three grandchildren she raised. Her daughter, Ada, passed away in 1918 and Ada's husband, <b>Joseph Bradford Kendall, Jr.</b>, died the next year in 1919. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Theone</b> is the son, <b>Lula</b> is the oldest daughter and <b>Bertha</b>, the youngest. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I have enjoyed learning about Anne Mathea and I look forward to learning more about her as I continue with my research and connecting with more cousins.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</style> <![endif]--> When I started doing genealogy, I didn't realize just how much these "people" would mean to me. They became more than just a name on a family group sheet or pedigree chart. There had to be more to them than just a birth date, marriage date and death date. I really wanted to know their stories, learn how they lived and see what they looked like.<br />
Even as a little girl, I loved to have my mom tell me stories about when she was a little girl but I never thought to ask my Grandma, Grandpa, aunts and uncles about their lives. By the time I realized the importance of the stories, it was too late to ask those who could tell me. They had either died or were lost in the darkness of dementia. Just like most of us, I had thought they would always be around. It didn't dawn on me, until I was almost 50, and becoming the oldest generation, that I didn't know a lot about my ancestors.<br />
As I became more interested in genealogy, I met wonderful friends who had beautiful pictures and stories of their ancestors. They had more than just the facts and it made me also want to know more than just the facts about my family. That is why this blog has become--I want to connect with others who are related and share what I know with them and learn what they know and want to share with me and others.<br />
I know that this life is just part of a long journey and that we knew each other before we were born. Life goes on, even after death, and I am grateful that I will one day again see my family. I will be able to really "get the facts" and learn about their lives. <br />
I once read a beautiful poem that showed that there is indeed more to a person's life than just the dates on their tombstone. The <b>dash</b> between the birth date and death date represents much more than the space it takes up. It encompasses all of life's experiences—good and bad, happy and sad. It is important what we do between our birth and death. The 36-line poem touches on other subjects but it really got me thinking about what that dash represents in my ancestor's lives. <br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 26pt; line-height: 115%;"> The Dash</span></b><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 26pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;"> by Linda Ellis</span></span><br />
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</style> <![endif]--><span style="font-family: "inherit","serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Here is a <a href="http://www.thedashmovie.com/linda">link</a> to the author's website. A short video illustrates the poem. I hope you enjoy it!</span><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 26pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></div>Just Pamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08373866310846731245noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7125647519865068173.post-17160526361538456532011-03-28T20:53:00.002-07:002011-04-17T16:26:58.735-07:00Marie's PoemI was given a copy of a poem that Marie wrote. It tells of her life from the cradle to the grave. It is very special and my heart is deeply touched each time I read it. She lived a very hard life, just like everyone else during that time. She was born in 1827 and died in 1879, just three short years after arriving in America. Seven of their nine children were still in Norway, two of them were resting in graves.She suffered several years from consumption (tuberculosis) and it eventually took her life.<br />
The last two stanzas were written shortly before her death.<br />
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<div style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">Far from the place where my cradle stood <br />
My widowed mother struggled and strove <br />
Against heavy odds with children three, <br />
But patient and trusting in God was she. </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">Want and work was our daily bread; <br />
We children oft went hungry to bed. <br />
She early in life sickened and died <br />
Thus ending her struggles. She was sorely tired. </div><div style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"></div><div style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">I, young as I was, found a faithful friend; <br />
Tried and true to the very end, <br />
We had many children and trials too <br />
And had to make shift as poor folk do. </div><div style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"></div><div style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">All too soon my youth took flight <br />
Like the roses in spring that die in the night. <br />
Life's bright morning soon changed to gloom <br />
Dark clouds arose with threatening doom. </div><div style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"></div><div style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">Thus passed the weary years away <br />
With labor and changing toil each day. <br />
Then came the Gospel's welcome sound <br />
We heard it gladly and happiness found. </div><div style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"></div><div style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">But the towers of darkness can stand <br />
The light that shines and brings joy to man. <br />
With children eight we were driven from home <br />
Into a cheerless world to roam. </div><div style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"></div><div style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">An industrious man soon finds his place <br />
This also happened in my husband's case. <br />
We found a living and were satisfied <br />
Though work was hard, it had its reward. </div><div style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"></div><div style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">Hope springs ever and laughs at want <br />
We stove to reach the Promised Land <br />
Where God could our labor approve and bless <br />
And we might live in happiness. </div><div style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"></div><div style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">Now I have reached my life's great goal <br />
But have also tasted the bitter cup <br />
Of parting from those I have loved best <br />
Yet through it all I was greatly blest. </div><div style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"></div><div style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">Now my dear children, who alone must stand <br />
Without your parents helping hand, <br />
Keep faith with him who all power is given <br />
He will erase your burden and grant you Heaven. </div><div style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Listen, my children, to my last few words </span><br />
<span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"> Think not that on earth only roses grow. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"> No, thither beyond, on the Blessed Shore </span><br />
<span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"> Neither trial nor thorns will hurt anymore. </span><br />
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Some of the information was quoted from <i><b>The Passing Years by David C. Jensen</b>.</i> It took me a long time and many phone calls to find a copy of the "book". It is not a published book but a typewritten manuscript that had been copied for family members. I was able to connect with David's son and he so graciously sent me a copy. I am not going to post the names of living individuals but I would be more than happy to share information if contacted.<br />
<b>David C. Jensen</b> was the son on <b>Antone H. Jensen</b> the son of <b>David Jensen</b>, Ole's younger brother. I am going to quote some of the book that tells about Ole.<br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 103.5pt 10pt 1in;"><i>Ole Petterborg was born August 15, 1825 in Toten, Norway. He was the son of Ole Olsen and Gulline Olsen. Ole had two half-brothers, David and Antone Jensen. Ole came to America in 1873.</i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 103.5pt 10pt 1in;"><i>Ole changed his name from Olsen to Petterborg. The name Olsen was common in Ole's section of Norway. The various Olsens were identified by the place they lived. So it was with Ole. He was called Ole of Petterborg. Ole liked Petterborg better than Olsen.</i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 103.5pt 10pt 1in;"><i>Ole married Marie Eriksen. Marie was born November 6, 1827 in Norway. She died January 24, 1878. To this union were born nine children. The children were born in Norway. There names are Gine, John, Matilda, Emil, Even, Beate, who died in 1862, Beate who was born in 1864, Christine, and Oliane.</i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 103.5pt 10pt 1in;"><i>Even did not marry. He drank considerably during his life time which caused him to be hospitalized. He died in Walla Walla, Washington at the age of 78. He was brought back to Preston to be buried.</i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 103.5pt 10pt 1in;"><i>Two of the children died, but the rest married and had families. John Olsen settled in Ohio. He married twice and had two families. He and two boys were killed in a saw mill.</i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 103.5pt 10pt 1in;"><i>Emil settled in Preston. He is the only one who retained the name Petterborg, so he is the main root of the Petterborgs.</i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 103.5pt 10pt 1in;"><i>Ole homesteaded the place across from the Fifth Ward church. His place ran one mile north and was 1/4 mile wide. Christensen owned the place were Ole's house sat.</i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 103.5pt 10pt 1in;"><i>Ole was tall and thin. While he was in Norway, he did some drinking. He was mean during this time and would beat his wife. He was good otherwise. He was very close on money matters.</i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 103.5pt 10pt 1in;"><i>Ole lived a very quiet life. He did not take an active part in the affairs of the day. He accepted the gospel in April 1866. He was the type of man who tended his own business in a very mild mannered way.</i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 103.5pt 10pt 1in;"><i>Ole died in December 1885. He is buried in the Preston cemetery.</i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 103.5pt 10pt 1in;"><i>The name Petterborg is becoming common in the West. Ole left to his kin a unique name. The name started with him and will grow and grow. (from page 49)</i></div> This information and a family group sheet is what I used to help me get started on my research for Ole and Maria. A few things are different than what I have since learned but it was such a thrill to have this information about <b>MY</b> family.<br />
Below is a little more information from The Passing Years. It was written about David but since David and Ole are half-brothers, it also gives a good insight into Ole's life.<br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 103.5pt 10pt 1in;"><i>David Jensen's father, <b>Jen Johansen</b>, was a miller. Jens operated a small water power mill on the river that runs through the central part of what is called East and West Toten [Norway].</i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 103.5pt 10pt 1in;"><i>David's mother, Gulline Olsen Johansen, was a very large woman. She was tall and stately. Her hands and feet were very large for a woman. She was known among the people of Toten as <b>Gulline Grotten</b>. Grotten was the name of the place or house that she lived in after her husband, Jens, died. Jens was sixty-four years old when he married Gulline. Gulline was thirty-seven when she married.</i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 103.5pt 10pt 1in;"><i>Gulline had a child, before her marriage to Jens, who was named Ole Olsen. The records show that Ole's father's name was Ole Olsen. Ole went by the name of Ole Petterborg in America. Ole was born August 15, 1825.</i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 103.5pt 10pt 1in;"><i>Jens had been married before he married Gulline, and had raised a large family. Jens' first wife was <b>Dorthe Gudmunsen </b>Johansen. David's seven half sisters names were <b>Marie, Agnethe, Johanne, Gulline, Hellene, Elline</b>, and one name unknown.</i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 103.5pt 10pt 1in;"><i>Jens and Gulline had three children: David, Johannes who lived just a few hours and, Antone. (from page 3)</i></div>Just Pamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08373866310846731245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7125647519865068173.post-5091655693097194662011-03-28T08:17:00.003-07:002011-03-28T10:25:25.847-07:00Two Brothers with Completely Different NamesIt seems that many of these beginning posts have dealt with names and their differences. As a genealogist, I have become aware of the importance of knowing a person's name or even names and the variations there may be. I have already written about <a href="http://petterborggenealogy.blogspot.com/2011/03/why-was-name-changed.html">patronymics</a> in the Scandinavian countries but the practice really does make a big difference in knowing who to search for.<br />
I decided, a couple of years ago, to try and find others who are related to Ole and Maria so that I could gather and share information with as many people as possible. I thought it might be a good idea to start doing collateral research--looking for Ole and Maria's brothers and sisters and their descendants.<br />
It had not dawned on me that Ole's siblings had a different surname but they did. Ole was the illegitimate child of <b>Ole Olsen</b> and <b>Gulline Olsdatter</b>. His parents never married but when he was almost 11 years old, his mother married Jens Johansen. Jens and Gulline had 3 children, <b>David, Johannes </b>and<b> Antone</b>. David and Anton's surname was <b>Jensen</b> and Johannes' was <b>Jensdatter</b>.<br />
A bell went off in my head--I had see a David Jensen also living in the <b>Preston, Idaho</b> area. Preston is where Ole and Maria settled in America. It ended up that this David Jensen was indeed Ole's younger brother. I have been blessed to find contacts on that side of Ole's family and they have shared wonderful information.<br />
David moved to Franklin, Idaho in 1867 and Ole arrived in the area in 1876.<br />
I am glad there was family waiting for them in this strange new country of America!Just Pamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08373866310846731245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7125647519865068173.post-53113971760133063672011-03-26T18:46:00.003-07:002011-04-07T16:30:02.360-07:00You say tomato and I say tomahto; I say potato and you say potahto!I thought it was bad enough growing up and having the name Petterborg ALWAYS misspelled and ALWAYS mispronounced. For those who may be reading this and do not know the pronunciation that most of the family has used, I will enter it the way it would be pronounced--Peterburg. Now you know why it was ALWAYS misspelled and mispronounced!<br />
My Dad's older brother, Lynn, has two sons, "N" & "R". Growing up, "N" got tired of the mispronunciations and misspellings and decided to pronounce Petterborg exactly as it is spelled. His reasoning was convincing enough so that when younger brother, "R" was old enough, he, too, decided to use that pronunciation. I have apologized to "R's" family because I ALWAYS mispronounce their last name when I am with them. It is really hard to change the pronunciation--it automatically comes out "my way".<br />
Ole and Maria's family got a double whammy since most of their first names were spelled one way in Norway and then another way in America and their last name being changed and then never pronounced or spelled correctly.<br />
Here are a few examples:<br />
<b>Ole</b> had it easy. How many ways can you misspell Ole? <br />
<b>Maria</b> was shown on most of the Norwegian records as Maria except she was shown as <b>Marie</b> on the farm books and in the LDS Church records.<br />
<b>Gina</b> stayed in Norway but I have seen her named also spelled <b>Gine</b> there.<br />
<b>Ole Johan</b> did not take the Petterborg name and became <b>John Olsen</b> in Akron, Ohio where he settled.<br />
<b>Anne Mathea</b> was shown on LDS Church records in Norway and her emigration and passenger lists as <b>Martha</b>. In America she was shown on census records as <b>Matilda</b>.<br />
<b>Emil</b> was like Ole, not a lot of ways to be misspelled. He sometimes was referred to as Ole once he came to America. Lots of men whose last name is Olsen have been nicknamed Ole.<br />
<b>Even</b>'s name was spelled <b>Evan</b> in America.<br />
<b>Oliane</b> was almost always spelled as Oliane although I did see her listed as <b>Oliana</b> or <b>Oleana</b>.<br />
<b>Beate</b> was the name of two daughters. I have listed them as <b>Beate1</b> and <b>Beate2</b>. Beate1 was born in 1862 and died in 1863. Beate2 was born in 1864 and was also named Beate. This was very common in European countries to name a new baby after a deceased sibling. It can be very confusing if careful attention is not paid to dates and places. I have seen Beate2 listed as <b>Beata</b>, <b>Beatte</b> and <b>Beatrice</b>.<br />
<b>Christina Bergetta</b> has had me stumped for a long time. I have never found any proof of her birth or death. She was born after the family joined the LDS Church. There are no records with the LDS Church, but their Norwegian records were very poor! They fell under the Swedish Mission and I found very few, if any, records of births among LDS church members. The national church in Norway had the legal responsibility of keeping tracks of all births, marriage and deaths. I have not been able to find a record there, either. I have not given up finding proof, so hopefully there will be a happy post in the future with her information.<br />
As I write about these family members I am sure that the spelling of their names will go back and forth but hopefully we will all know who is being written about.Just Pamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08373866310846731245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7125647519865068173.post-33346425153265085452011-03-25T20:24:00.002-07:002011-03-25T20:31:07.520-07:00EvenI don't have a lot of information on Even but I will post what I have.<br />
Before I started doing any research I had seen his headstone in the Preston, Idaho City Cemetery. There was just the date range of his life--1858-1936. It is a single headstone and I had no idea where he died.<br />
While I was looking in Norway for information on the family, I found his <b>birth and christening record</b>. He was born 14 Feb 1858 in Heljoen, Nes, Hedmark, Norway and was christened 21 March 1858 in Nes, Hedmark, Norway.<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gUXjxEQDGDQ/TYPLv_4EP-I/AAAAAAAAAMk/8W31tX44oLw/s1600/Olsen%252C+Even-Christening+%2526+Baptism.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="36" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gUXjxEQDGDQ/TYPLv_4EP-I/AAAAAAAAAMk/8W31tX44oLw/s400/Olsen%252C+Even-Christening+%2526+Baptism.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From The National Archives of Norway website</td></tr>
</tbody></table>I found the digitized images on The National Archives of Norway website.<br />
The source is listed as: Hedmark county, Nes, Parish register copy nr. 5 (1852-1889), Birth and baptism records men 1858, page 58-59. <br />
The <a href="http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read?idx_kildeid=9089&idx_id=9089&uid=ny&idx_side=-31">permanent page link</a> will show the entire image.<br />
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During the 1700s <b>smallpox vaccines</b> were encouraged in Norway. The parish priest kept records of those who received these shots. Even's name was found on the 10 Sept 1858 records.<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-ChjKTnaj65k/TYPRfKbmYqI/AAAAAAAAAMo/HAo5gvbWKjY/s1600/Olsen%252C+Even--Vaccination.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="25" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-ChjKTnaj65k/TYPRfKbmYqI/AAAAAAAAAMo/HAo5gvbWKjY/s400/Olsen%252C+Even--Vaccination.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From The National Archives of Norway website</td></tr>
</tbody></table>I found the digitized images on The National Archives of Norway website.<br />
The source is listed as: Hedmark county, Nes, Parish register (official) nr. 4 (1852-1886), Vaccination records 1858, page 362.<br />
The <a href="http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read?idx_kildeid=8848&idx_id=8848&uid=ny&idx_side=-374">permanent page link</a> will show the entire image.<br />
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Many of Even family member's joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I have not been able to find his name on any the LDS Church records except on the passenger lists for members <b>emigrating</b> to the United States. I found the information on a microfilm at the Family History Library (FHL). It was film #0040994--Passageer-liste for udvandrerskibene fra København til Hull, 1872-1894. The catalog gives this description of the film:<br />
<blockquote> <i> "Passenger lists of the members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day</i> <i>Saints (Mormoner) from the Scandinavian Mission who emigrated between the years 1872 to 1894. These lists may include the contract number, persons full name, age, last occupation, last place of residence, marital status, destination, and other miscellaneous information. The lists include the sailing date and the name of the ship. Most of these ships sailed from Copenhagen, Denmark to Hull, England where the passengers made their way to other ports and ships to continue their journey."</i></blockquote>I found him listed on page 359. His name was Even C. Pettersborg, age 22 years, leaving on the ship Wyoming and the date was 29 Aug 1881. I was not able to see the original record, but I bet the C. for a middle initial really was an O.<br />
I was able to find the <b>immigration</b> passenger list coming into New York City on ancestry.com. Here is the information I got from that database:<br />
Name: Owen Olsen Peterberg (it is indexed as Owen but it is Even when you know the name)<br />
Arrival Date: 13 Sep 1881<br />
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1859<br />
Age: 22<br />
Gender: Male<br />
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England and Queenstown, Ireland<br />
Destination: United States of America<br />
Place of Origin: Norway<br />
Ethnicity/Race-<br />
/Nationality: Norwegian<br />
Ship Name: Wyoming<br />
Search Ship Database: Search the Wyoming in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database<br />
Port of Arrival: New York<br />
Line: 27<br />
Microfilm Serial: M237<br />
Microfilm Roll: M237_441<br />
List Number: 1283<br />
Port Arrival State: New York<br />
Port Arrival Country: United States <br />
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I was sad when I saw that he arrived in the United States after his mother had died. I wonder if he knew she had died 2 years before. His father died in 1885.<br />
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I am not even sure if he ever went to Idaho, since he arrived after the 1880 census and the 1890 census was burned. I only find him in the 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 censuses. Each time he is living in the state of Washington.<br />
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<b>1900 census</b> shows he is living in Marengo Precinct, Columbia, Washington. The information listed for him in the extracted portion of database:<br />
Name: Eben Petersberg <br />
Residence: Marengo Precinct, Columbia, Washington<br />
Birth Date: Feb 1860<br />
Birthplace: Norway <br />
Father Birthplace: Norway <br />
Mother Birthplace: Norway<br />
Race or Color: White<br />
Gender: Male<br />
Marital Status: Single <br />
Immigration Year: 1882<br />
He is listed on page 6A, dwelling #105, family #105 and Even is on line #35. There are 6 men in the dwelling and five are listed as boarders and all are single. They range in age from 20-42 years. They are from New Zealand, Germany, Switzerland, France, Norway and Kansas. The "Head" is the one from New Zealand and he is a sheepman, the other 3 immigrants are listed as sheep herders and Even and the man from Kansas are farm laborers.<br />
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<b>1910 census</b> shows he is living in Spokane, Spokane, Washington. The information listed for him in the extracted portion of database:<br />
Name: Evan O Peterberg<br />
Age in 1910: 52<br />
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1858<br />
Birthplace: Norway<br />
Relation to Head of House: Lodger<br />
Father's Birth Place: Norway<br />
Mother's Birth Place: Norway<br />
Home in 1910: Spokane Ward 2, Spokane, Washington<br />
Marital Status: Single<br />
Race: White<br />
Gender: Male<br />
Year of Immigration: 1882 <br />
Occupation: Carman on street car<br />
Naturalized<br />
He is listed on page 7B, line #77. The page is very messy and it is hard to read and hard to know what the numbers are. He does live at 210 Sprague Ave. There are lots of lodgers listed all over the page but he is the only one listed for that address. I looked it up on MapQuest to see what the name of the street really was because it was hard to read. It asked if it was East or West. By looking at the other streets listed around his residence I have decided it was W. Sprague Ave.<br />
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<b>1920 census</b> shows he is living Espanola, Spokane, Washington. The information listed for him in the extracted portion of database:<br />
Name: Evan O Petterburg<br />
Home in 1920: Espanola, Spokane, Washington<br />
Age: 61 years <br />
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1859<br />
Birthplace: Norway<br />
Relation to Head of House: Inmate<br />
Father's Birth Place: Norway<br />
Mother's Birth Place: Norway<br />
Marital Status: Single<br />
Race: White<br />
Sex: Male<br />
Year of Immigration: 1882<br />
Able to read: Yes<br />
Able to Write: Yes<br />
He is listed on page 5B, line #53 and as an inmate of the Eastern State Hospital. His occupation is listed as a teamster on the farm. I wonder what condition caused him to be admitted to the hospital?<br />
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<b>1930 census</b> shows him living in the same Eastern State Hospital. The information listed for him in the extracted portion of database:<br />
Name: Evan Petersburg<br />
Home in 1930: Espanola, Spokane, Washington<br />
Age: 71<br />
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1859<br />
Birthplace: Norway<br />
Relation to Head of House: Inmate<br />
Race: White<br />
He is listed on page 6B, line #94. His occupation is listed as a laborer in the kitchen.<br />
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I found <b>sexton records</b> for Preston, Idaho City Cemetery on microfilm at the FHL. The film is #7551 and the date range is 1892-1953. The information from those records:<br />
Evan Petterborg, age 77 years, died 11 Jun 1936, buried 14 Jun 1936, died of old age. Emil Petterborg, Sr. owns plot. Death place was not listed. <br />
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I also found his <b>death information</b> from Washington State Death Certificates 1907-1960 at the familysearch.org website. There were no images attached. His death date is listed as 9 Jun 1936. The extracted information:<br />
Name: Evan Petersburg<br />
Death date: 09 Jun 1936<br />
Death place: Medical Lake, Spokane, Washington<br />
Gender: Male<br />
Age at death: 78 years<br />
Estimated birth year: 1858<br />
Father name: Ole Petersburg<br />
Mother name: Mary Erickson<br />
Film number: 2023357<br />
Digital GS number: 4222375<br />
Image number: 849<br />
Collection: Washington Death Certificates, 1907-1960 <br />
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I was really excited when I found his information in the death records so that I knew where he had died. I was glad to learn that he had been buried in Preston where he had family. Only one sibling was still alive, my great grandfather, Emil. Emil is the brother just older than Even. Here is a picture of his <b>headstone</b>.<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-GMpyWNfcGnU/TYTbuB0iJHI/AAAAAAAAAMw/ieb1OrjXtdk/s1600/Olsen%252C+Even+Petterborg--Grave.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="227" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-GMpyWNfcGnU/TYTbuB0iJHI/AAAAAAAAAMw/ieb1OrjXtdk/s320/Olsen%252C+Even+Petterborg--Grave.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Image taken from the Find A Grave website</td></tr>
</tbody></table>I look forward to the day when I can meet Even and the rest of those family members who have gone before me.Just Pamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08373866310846731245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7125647519865068173.post-78149077848229071812011-03-25T20:20:00.001-07:002011-03-26T17:30:45.750-07:00I'm Already Changing My MindWhen I started this blog, I was not quite sure what I wanted to do with it or what information I wanted to include. I have thought about it for 4 months and finally decided that I wanted to break it down into a section for each of the 9 children that are listed for Ole and Maria. I found that I could create "stand alone pages". I decided to create a page for each of the children. I started with Even because he never married and I thought it would be an easy place to begin. After I added all the information to Even's page, I realized that any additional information could only be added at the end and not as additional posts. That was not what I had in mind, since some of the children will have significant information to be posted.<br />
So. . . I have now decided to add the information, on each child, as a regular post with labels added to make it easy to zero in on a particular person or topic.<br />
I sure hope this method works. If it doesn't, stay tune for more changes!Just Pamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08373866310846731245noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7125647519865068173.post-14870834481146279672011-03-25T17:51:00.004-07:002011-09-17T21:11:34.798-07:00Why Was the Name Changed?With the maiden name of Petterborg, I had always been curious about the origin of the name. I was told that it had been changed from Olsen to Petterborg when the family came from Norway and that the name had some connection to the farm the family lived on before coming to America.<br />
The Scandinavian countries all practiced "<b>patronymics</b>"--each person's surname was the first name of their father with "sen" added for boys and "datter" added for the girls in Norway and Denmark and "son" and "dotter" in Sweden and Finland. Each generation had a new surname. When women married, they didn't change their surname to their husband's. Just by this naming practice, I knew Ole Olsen's father's name was Ole and Maria's father's name was Erik. I had already done research in Sweden and I was familiar with this pattern. I thought it would be very hard to figure out and find people but it turned out to be just the opposite--I could follow people and keep couples separated quite easily.<br />
As the population really grew, some men were assigned a "new" name to be added to their patronymic name. This helped to differentiate several men with the same names.<br />
I have read in one of Ole and Marie's daughter's journals (another post to come) that when the Olsen family joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, they lost their farm because of the local persecution. I noticed that in the LDS Church records they were listed as Olsen Petterborg. I am not sure if they took the name Petterborg to differentiate themselves from the other Olsen families or if they took the name because of the love they had for the farm they lost and that would be a way to remember.<br />
I may never know the answer until I can ask Ole and Maria themselves.<br />
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About Sept. 2008 I was able to take a Norwegian research class at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah. One of my main goals was to find the correct name of the farm where they lived. I found a book entitled, <i>Norsk stedsfortegnelse </i>(<b>Norwegian place name index</b>)<i>. </i>It shows the community, county, ZIP code, post office name, and the telegraph office name for all most of the villages and farms. As I was looking through the book, I found lots of names that looked familiar--Petersborg, Petersburg, Petraborg and Pettersborg. The reason these all looked so familiar was they were all the different ways my last name had been misspelled my whole life. Imagine how excited I was when I saw Petterborg listed. How was I ever going to know which one, if any, was the correct place where Ole, Marie and their children had lived?<br />
I was then introduced to using the <b>"farm books" or "bygdebøke"</b>. They are Norwegian books, arranged by large geographic areas, then broken down into smaller areas. I found one volume, <i>Utgitt av Nes Historielag ved Gunhild Kolstad</i> (<b>A genealogy and a history of the people and their farms in Nes and Helgøy, Hedmark County, Norway</b>). I checked the book for the area where I knew the family had lived--Nes. Then within Nes, they had lived in Hovinsholm. I found Hovinsholm-eie on page 56. The book was all in Norwegian, which made it hard to know exactly what I was reading. I am pretty sure I had help from some of the consultants at the Scandinavian desk at the Family History Library. As I am writing this, I am looking at the same pages and it is not as easy to figure out as it was that day. It all just fell into place so easily then. As I looked at the information, I could tell it was in chronological order, so I checked until I found when the family lived there and there they were--listed on page 58! They really had lived on the farm named <b>PETTERBORG</b>!!!!! Wow, my maiden name had been correct all along.<br />
The book listed Ole, Marie and their 8 children. It also gave the year and place they were born and the year of Ole and Maria's marriage.<br />
The following is the information listed in the book: <i>Utgitt av Nes Historielag ved Gunhild Kolstad</i> (FHL Call #948.23/N1 D2k volume 2 part 1), page 58.<br />
Ole Olsen f. ca. 1826 (Toten, pä Vien da han giftet seg) g. 1850 m. Marie Erikdtr. (Hovelsrud-eie).<br />
Barn:<br />
1. Gine f. 1850 (Hovinsholm-eie)<br />
2. Ole Johan f. 1851 (Hovinsholm-eie)<br />
3. Anne Mathea f. 1853 (Hovinsholm-eie)<br />
4. Emil f. 1856 (Hovinsholm-eie)<br />
5. Even f. 1858 (Hovinsholm-eie)<br />
6. Oleane f. 1860 (Prestegardsmoen)<br />
7. Beate f. 1862 (P.g.moen)<br />
8. Beata f. 1864 (Peterborg)<br />
Ole og Marie var husfolk i Øvremoen under Prestegarden i 1865.<br />
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There is another book, <i>Utgitt av Nes Historielag ved Gunhild Kolstad</i> (FHL Call #948.23/N1 D2k volume 2 part 2), page 109-110. It gives a one page history of the farm and then gives information on the families who have lived there. The information on Ole and Marie is a little different than in part 1. I am showing it below. The reason I am going into so much detail is because as a genealogist, I have tried to find all the information I can about a person or family. That way I can try and recreate the family as accurately as possible. I never know what information will be in any source. If I had only looked at this book, Part 2, I would have missed two of their children and where they all were born.<br />
Ole Olsen f. ca. 1842 (Toten) i var husmann med jord 1865. G. 1850 m. Marie Erikdtr. f ca 1844. Han var jeger og hadde tjent på Vien. I 1865 ble denne plassen kalt Øvermoen av Petterborg ikke ble nevnt.<br />
Barn:<br />
1. Johan f ca 1851<br />
2. Anne Mathea f ca 1853 <br />
3. Emil f 1855<br />
4. Even f 1857<br />
5. Oleane f 1859<br />
6. Beate f 1864<br />
I am going to get the information from these two books translated and I will add that as a later post.Just Pamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08373866310846731245noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7125647519865068173.post-22483467799748154732010-11-11T19:23:00.005-07:002011-05-04T10:49:09.595-07:00Here They Are<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Kx_X3HDX-Y4/TNyjqkj7SnI/AAAAAAAAAGo/Sa9HYViHMWM/s1600/Petterborg%252C+Ole+%2526+Maria.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="230" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Kx_X3HDX-Y4/TNyjqkj7SnI/AAAAAAAAAGo/Sa9HYViHMWM/s320/Petterborg%252C+Ole+%2526+Maria.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>This is Ole Olsen Petterborg and Maria Eriksdatter. This picture was sent to me in 2009 by A.M. from Brigham City, Utah. I have seen the pictures individually on the Internet but it was very special when I received this copy from A.M. I am hoping to find more pictures and stories about the Petterborg family so that I can share with others.<br />
I have a Petterborg database, in my genealogy software program, with names, dates and places but I am not sure where I got it. I am using the information as a foundation and a place to jump from into more detailed research.<br />
My goal is to show original records to back up any names, dates or places.<br />
When you read this, if you have anything to share, please contact me via my contact information at the bottom of the blog.<br />
I have set up this blog so that each of Ole and Maria's nine children will have their own separate page. I am hoping this will be an easier way to track them and for others to find and share information.<br />
Oh, how I wish I could have known and talked to these people. They have gone from names on a computer screen or family group sheet to someone who is real. Someone who I am related to, someone who sacrificed a lot for each other and for others who would follow. I feel a real connection to them but at the same time, I feel a real void because I don't have a lot of information. I look forward to the day when I can meet them and I can give them a hug and thank them for what they did for me.Just Pamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08373866310846731245noreply@blogger.com0