A Norwegian Passport ~ Ole Iversen

Last week I shared the Migration Record of my 2nd great-granduncle, Ole Iversen with you. That document was found in Norway's Digital Archives website. While I was doing research in that amazing website, I found the passports for Ole Iversen, his wife Anne and their daughter Guri. How exciting!

Today I'd like to share Ole's passport with you.¹ I'll share Anne's and Guri's passports in future posts.

The full image above may be a bit difficult to read, so here's a cropped portion of the image showing Ole's information.

Information found in this document

Given name: Ole
Last name: Iversen Marteplads
Gender: m
Age: 35
Issued/presented: 20 April 1858
Individual remarks: af Naes, 65 Tommer, undersat, blaa, morkebrunt
Id: og00000000903791
Serial number: 121
Fee: 64 s

I cropped the "Individual remarks" section of the document even further.

As I mentioned in a previous post, I don't read or speak Norwegian. So once again I posted a translation request in the Norwegian Genealogy Group that I belong to on Facebook. And as before, I did get help. Two kind people responded. I was especially interested in this "Individual remarks" section of Ole's passport. It appears that this is a physical description of Ole Iversen. How cool is that!?

With the help from the kind people in the Facebook group, here is the translation of the "Individual remarks" section.

Individual remarks: of Nes, 65 Tommer = inches tall (5'5"), undersat could mean stocky build, blaa means blue which must refer to Ole's eye color, and morkebrunt = dark brown which must refer to Ole's hair color.

We don't have a photo of Ole, so reading this physical description of him is really wonderful.

Ole and his family immigrated to the United States in April of 1858. The Migration Record for Ole and his family didn't have a specific date. It only had April in the date column. Since Ole's passport was issued on 20 April 1858, this tells me they left Norway sometime after that date.

Norway's Digital Archive is such a wonderful website. If you have Norwegian ancestors, I highly recommend giving it a try. And, if you'd like to access the passports section of Norway's Digital Archive, click HERE.

Thanks for reading!

Jana

 

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1 “Passport protocol for Hallingsdal bailiff's office 1856-1865,” database, The Digital Archive (https://www.digitalarkivet.no : accessed 24 February 2015), entry for Ole Iversen Marteplads, 1858, Buskerud, Flå, Gol, Hemsedal, Hol, Nes, Ål, Hallingdal bailiff; citing: The State Archives in Kongsberg.^↩

Follow Friday ~ Fab Finds for March 13, 2015

My Fab Finds for this week are (in no particular order)

1. Presenter Interview: Lisa Louise Cooke, Genealogy Gems by Cynthia Shenette, author of Heritage Zen
2. Introducing Lisa Alzo, Guest Genealogist by Lorine McGinnis Schulze, author of The Olive Tree Genealogy
3. Bullying and Elitism by Tony Proctor, author of Parallax View
4. Ancestor's Mental Health or Any Medical Records Can Be Very Hard to Come By! AND 20 Free and (Relatively) New Genealogy and Family History Resources, Part 4 by Diane L. Richard for UPFRONT WITH NGS Blog
5. Breaking Genealogical Stereotypes: Interview with D. Joshua Taylor by Crestleaf Blog
6. Narrative Project: Writing a Simple Birth Story by Devon Lee, author of A Patient Genealogist
7. Being a Beginner Again by Barbara Poole, author of Life From The Roots
8. More than 4,500 Facebook groups and pages for genealogy by Gail Dever, author of Genealogy a la carte
9. Facebook Tags Forgotten Ancestor by Family Sleuther, author of Family Sleuther
10. Cousins ... Removed? by Amy Archibald, author of Revealing Roots and Branches
11. Genealogy Do-Over : Who Lived Where, The 1838 Norwegian Matrikul or Land Register by Mary Perkinson Nelson, author of Celebrating Family Stories
12. Genealogy on Facebook by NikiMarie, author of Copper Leaf Genealogy
13. Fearless Female…. by generationsgoneby, author of Generations Gone By's Weblog
14. Recording Family History by Taneya Koonce, author of Taneya's Genealogy Blog
15. Supporting Documents - A DAR Resource by Valerie Craft, author of Begin with 'Craft'
16. How and Why to Use Genealogy Gophers by Amy Johnson Crow, author of No Story Too Small
17. Finding the Connection to a DNA Match Within An Hour! by Melvin J. Collier, author of Roots Revealed
18. Without Means of Support Part 3 by Michelle Ganus Taggart, author of A Southern Sleuth
19. Genealogy is a marathon, not a sprint by Janine Adams, author of Organize Your Family History
20. Creating My Who Do You Think You Are? Story by Randy Seaver, author of Genea-Musings

The 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge by Amy Johnson Crow, author of No Story Too Small -

• 52 Ancestors Challenge 2015: Week 10 Recap

This week's "May I Introduce To You" Interview

• May I Introduce to You . . . Elizabeth Ross

New Blog Discoveries

• MORE THAN NAMES ON A PAGE
• Shaking My Family Tree
• Mystery Dancer

In Case You Missed It….My Contribution to the Blogosphere This Week

Jana's Genealogy and Family History Blog

• Leaving Norway ~ Ole Iversen

Thanks for reading!

Jana

 
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Leaving Norway ~ Ole Iversen

Last week I shared the Migration Record of my paternal 2nd great-grandfather, Iver Iverson. In that post, I mentioned that I also have the Migration Record for Iver's brother Ole. Today I'd like to share that record with you. It just so happens that it is the exact same record as Iver's. That's because Iver and Ole were listed on the same page in the Migration Record for 1858, which is part of a Parish Register for Nes, Buskerud, Norway.¹

Iver is listed inside the blue rectangle on this page and Ole and his family are inside the red rectangle near the bottom of the page.

Before we look at the information about Ole and his family in this document, I'd like to tell you a little bit about them.

Ole Iversen was born on 1 November 1822 and was christened on 8 December 1822 in Nes, Hallingdal, Buskerud, Norway. He was the son of Iver Stenersen and Guri Olsdatter.²

When Ole was 33 years old, he married Anne Gunbjornsdatter. Their marriage took place on 29 September 1856 in Nes, Hallingdal, Buskerud, Norway.³

Their daughter, Guri, was born on 28 May 1857 and was christened on 14 June 1857 in Nes, Hallingdal, Buskerud, Norway.⁴

Guri was only about a year old when Ole and his young family immigrated to the United States.  What must it have been like for them to make this long voyage across the Atlantic Ocean in 1858?  I can only imagine how difficult it must have been for them.

Let's look at the information in the Migration Record. I don't speak or read Norwegian, so reading some of the words in this document was a bit difficult.

Here's a cropped view showing Ole and his family in the Migration Record.

I couldn't figure out what some of the words were in these columns, so I asked for help in two of the Norwegian Genealogy groups that I belong to on Facebook. I uploaded these images and posted my query. Within half an hour two kind and helpful people from one of the groups translated the words in the document for me. I was told that the word in front of Ole's name is an abbreviated form of "husmann" which means tenant farmer. And I was told that the word in front of Anne's name is "hustru" which means wife, and that the word in front of Guri's name is "barn" which means child.

Information for Ole

Number: 52
Date: April
Name: Ole Iversen Mar. (Mar. is short for Marteplads, Ole's place of birth)
Age: 36
Destination: Amerika

Information for Anne

Number: 53
Date: April
Name: Anne Gunbjornsdr Opdal (Opdal is Anne's place of birth)
Age: 1827 (year of birth instead of age)
Destination: Amerika

Information for Guri

Number: 54
Date: April
Name: Guri
Age: 1
Destination: Amerika

Ole and Anne had two more children after they arrived in the United States. Here's the complete list of their children.

1. Guri Olesdatter (1857-1922) [born in Norway]
2. Isabelle Marie Iversen (1863-1954) [born in Minnesota]
3. Iver O. Iversen (1864-1928) [born in Iowa]

Ole's parents, Iver and Guri, and his brother Christopher, immigrated to the United States in 1861. I will be sharing their Migration Record in a future post.

Thanks for reading!

Jana

 
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1 The National Archives of Norway, Digital Archives, Buskerud county, Nes, Parish register (official) nr. 9 (1834-1863), Migration records 1858, Ole Iversen, page 593. Line 52.^↩
2 "Norway, Baptisms, 1634-1927," index, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org : accessed 10 March 2015), Ole Iversen, 01 Nov 1822; citing FHL microfilm 123840.^↩
3 ] "Norway, Marriages, 1660-1926," index, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org : accessed 10 March 2015), Ole Iversen and Anne Gunbjornsdr, 29 Sep 1856; citing Nes I Hallingdal, Buskerud, Norway; FHL microfilm 278,204.^↩
4 "Norway, Baptisms, 1634-1927," index, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org : accessed 10 March 2015), Guri Olesdatter, 28 May 1857; citing FHL microfilm 123,841.^↩

Follow Friday ~ Fab Finds for March 6, 2015

My Fab Finds for this week are (in no particular order)

1. Slave Name Roll Project by Schalene Dagutis, author of Tangled Roots and Trees
2. What's In A Name? AND Relative Finder - Cousins Around Every Corner by Amy Archibald, author of Revealing Roots and Branches
3. About Genealogy Conferences and Salt Lake City. . . One More Thing by Denise Levenick, author of The Family Curator
4. The Two Companies that will print your Genealogy Blog Books by Heather Wilkinson Rojo, author of Nutfield Genealogy
5. Genealogy Tool – Common genealogical words in eight languages AND My genealogical words list now includes EIGHT languages–Latin added! by Christina George, author of CHRISTINA GEORGE
6. USING INSTAGRAM TO SHARE YOUR FAMILY HISTORY by Leigh Anne, author of Your Homebased Mom
7. 19 Strange Professions of Your Ancestors That Don’t Exist Today by Crestleaf Blog
8. Findmypast Announces Free Weekend 6-9 March 2015 AND New records available to search during Findmypast’s Free Weekend by Thomas MacEntee, author of GeneaPress
9. Copyright and the photo negatives by Judy G. Russell, author of The Legal Genealogist
10. SWEDISH GENEALOGY RESOURCES AND JUST WHAT IS IN A CITY DIRECTORY? by Linda Stufflebean, author of Empty Branches on the Family Tree
11. Win a 6 Month U.S. Discovery Membership to Ancestry! by Lorine McGinnis Schulze, author of The Olive Tree Genealogy
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13. Who Do You Think You Are? Sweepstakes Begins March 8th by Thomas MacEntee, author of GeneaBloggers
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15. Rootstech 2015 and Is It Worth Attending Again? by Valerie Elkins, author of Family Cherished
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17. Genealogy Gophers Website is Launched - Free Genealogy Books by Randy Seaver, author of Genea-Musings
18. FamilySearch Family Tree 2014 and beyond (#RootsTech #RTATEAM) by Ancestry Insider, author of The Ancestry Insider
19. TREASURE CHEST THURSDAY: RATION BOOKS by Lacey Holley, author of Adventures of an Untameable Genealogist
20. A BOX FULL OF TREASURES, SIGNATURES & MORE by Diane Gould Hall, author of MICHIGAN FAMILY TRAILS

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In Case You Missed Them….My Contributions to the Blogosphere This Week

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• Leaving Norway ~ Iver Iverson

Jana's Place

• Temple Square: Winter 2014 ~ Part 3

Thanks for reading!

Jana

 
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Leaving Norway ~ Iver Iverson

My paternal 2nd great-grandfather, Iver Iverson, was born in Marteplads, Nes, Buskerud, Norway on 2 August 1827. Research that I inherited from my dad stated that Iver and his brother Ole immigrated to the United States in April of 1858. Last year I downloaded a digital copy of an immigration record that shows that they did emigrate from Norway in April of 1858.

While doing research for this blog post, I found a query from 2004 in the Norway Heritage website forum asking for help to find an immigration list and passenger list for Iver Iverson. This query was written by my dad. Here's what he asked:

"My great grandfather immigrated from Marteplads, Nes, Buskerud, Norway sometime between 1850 and 1860. He came to America and fought in the Civil War with the Iowa Regulars. He settled in Benson, Minnesota. I am looking for a passenger list and immigrant list showing him as an immigrant from Norway. Any pointers would be appreciated. Thanks."

Jan Iverson

My dad passed away almost six years ago. To find his query while I was writing this blog post was bittersweet. Before my dad passed away, I focused my family history research on my mom's family lines. But now I'm researching my mom's and my dad's family lines.

In my dad's query from 2004 he didn't seem to know exactly when Iver had immigrated. After posting his query he must have found the answer he was looking for. I copied some of his research notes from his genealogy database into mine. And the notes he had for Iver Iverson indicate that he found the date of Iver's immigration from looking at a microfilm of parish records for Nes, Buskerud, Norway (film 278204). It's amazing that today I can just look online and find that information.

Iver is found in this Migration Record for 1858. It's part of a Parish Register for Nes, Buskerud, Norway.¹



This document is found in The National Archives of Norway website. This website is absolutely wonderful. If you have Norwegian ancestry, I highly recommend it to you. It's free to access, which is awesome.

Iver Iverson (spelled Iversen in Norway) is found on page 593, line 30. Iver's entry is inside the red rectangle.

I cropped Iver's entry to get a better view.



And here's the information found within this record.

Number: 30
Date: 17 April 1858
Name: Iver Iversen (Marteplads)
Age: 2/8 27 = 2 August 1827 [I'm not sure why Iver's birthdate is listed instead of his age]
Destination: Amerika

In a blog post last week, I mentioned that I have digital copies of immigration records for Iver's brothers Ole and Christopher, as well as for his parents Iver and Guri. I'll be sharing those records in future posts.

Thanks for reading!

Jana

 
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1 The National Archives of Norway, Digital Archives, Buskerud county, Nes, Parish register (official) nr. 9 (1834-1863), Migration records 1858, Iver Iversen, page 593. Line 30.^↩