[#84270] forfatter Greg Mortenson, norske aner?

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[url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Mortenson>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_MortensonEn bekjent av meg leser boken 'Tre kopper te' av denne forfatteren. Hun har tenkt seg at han kanskje kunne ha norske aner. Det ser slik ut i omtalen nedenfor. Er det mulig for noen amerikakjennere å finne nærmere ut av dette norske opphavet hans?

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LenkeFinner at faren het Dempsey Mortenson, døde av kreft i 1981, moren er Jerene Mortenson.

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Greg MortensonLenke

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Her fant jeg visst noen avgjørende stikkord:FamilyGreg Mortenson's home is in Montana, where he lives with his wife Dr. Tara Bishop, a clinical psychologist, and their two children. His paternal Norwegian ancestor, Eilert Carlson (1840–1870) was a farmer in Djupvik, Norway, near Tromsø, north of the Arctic Circle, who immigrated by ship to Quebec, Canada in 1864. Later, he went by ox-cart carriage to Starbuck, Minnesota, USA and homesteaded in sod-dung shelters, and set up the first school house near Benson, Minnesota in 1868, one year after migrating to the region. Mortenson's father (1932–1981), Irvin, died from cancer in his mid forties, and his mother, Jerene (born 1933) is a retired elementary school principal living in Alaska.Fra denne siden:Lenke

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http://korseberg.com/tekster/ronnogs_family.pdfHer finnes 'hele familiebakgrunnen'. Eilert Carlsen og Rønnaug Olsdatter fra Djupvik i Lyngen, Troms, fikk flere barn, hvorav i alle fall to bosatte seg i Minnesota. Vi får ikke vite helt hvem som blir stamfar til Irving 'Dempsey' Mortenson, men slektsskapet er greit dokumentert til Lyngen og Troms.

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Minnesota Birth Index, 1935-2002Name: Greg Mortenson Birth Date: 27 Dec 1957 Birth County: Stearns Father: Irvin D. Mortenson Mother: Jerene Doerring File Number: 1957-MN-019440

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U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006Name: Irvin D Mortenson Service Info.: CPL US ARMY KOREA Birth Date: 5 Jul 1932 Death Date: 30 Sep 1981 Service Start Date: 12 Nov 1953 Interment Date: 5 Oct 1981 Cemetery: Ft. Snelling National Cemetery Cemetery Address: 7601 34th Avenue, South Minneapolis, MN 55450 Buried At: Section W Site 5967-Social Security Death IndexName: Irvin Mortenson SSN: 475-28-4633 Born: 5 Jul 1932 Died: Sep 1981 State (Year) SSN issued: Minnesota (Before 1951)-Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002Name: Irvin D. Mortenson Birth Date: 5 Jul 1932 Death Date: 30 Sep 1981 Death County: Ramsey Mother's Maiden Name: Aslakson State File Number: 023552 Certificate Number: 023552 Certificate Year: 1981 Record Number: 2057092

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Mortenson, Irvin DuWayneDate of Birth: 05 Jul 1932 Mother Maiden Name: Aslakson certid# 1932-06648 County of Birth: Crow Wing

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1930 United States Federal CensusName: Carl A Mortenson Home in 1930: Pequot Lakes, Crow Wing, Minnesota View Map Age: 54 Estimated birth year: abt 1876 Birthplace: Minnesota Relation to Head of House: Head Spouse's name: Regina S Mortenson Race: WhiteHousehold Members: Name Age Carl A Mortenson 54 Regina S Mortenson 34 Alice S Mortenson 18 Howard O Mortenson 10 Irene E Mortenson 8 Robert C Mortenson 5 Florence L Mortenson 3 10/12 Sarah Aslakson 75-Name: Regina S Mortenson [Regina S Aslakson] Home in 1930: Pequot Lakes, Crow Wing, Minnesota View Map Age: 34 Estimated birth year: abt 1896 Relation to Head of House: Wife Mother's name: Sarah Aslakson Spouse's name: Carl A Mortenson Race: White

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