'Odemark' Norway

[Carla J Tweeton]

My gt. grandfather sought permission from Vastra Fagelvik parish, Varmland.  This was about 1880

to seek work.  His name was Anders Andersson Sloreby. He was married to Anna Olsdotter about the same time.

Their first child was born  June 2, 1881. My grandmother always said she was a Swede born in Norway.

The census in the US give her as born in Norway but Swedish; her baptism is recorded in the Vastra Fagelvik Parish , SW.

I have a small metal container with a residue of tobacco or whatever  .  The engraving on top is written

Anders Anderson   SLOREBY  'Odemark'.  Before I donate this to our County Historical Society I'd like to know if this area in 

Norway had more employment areas such as carpentry.  They were there only a short time before coming to America. it is 

also possible that my grandmother did not go to this Norwegian area but stayed  with her husband's family who had 

moved to the Sloreby farm in Oymark Parish in Ostfold, Norway.  I am just interested in what attracted Anders to this move.

Thank  you

[Anton Hagelee]

This looks as if it might be Anders and his family at the Slorbye farm in the 1875 Census. He is 19 years old. His fathers occupation is listed as carpenter.

 

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/census/person/pf01052014004635

 

 

[Anton Hagelee]

This record would indicate that Anders and his family emigrated from Sweden to Norway in 1870.

 

Anders Andersson

in the Sweden, Emigrants Registered in Church Books, 1783-1991

Name:Anders Andersson

Gender:Man (Male)

Birth Date:29 Dec 1856

Birth Place:Värmland, Västra Fågelvik

Departure Date:15 Nov 1870

Departure Place:Värmland, Västra Fågelvik

Arrival Place:Ödemark, Norge (Norway)

Occupation or Relation:Son

Marital Status:Unmarried (Single)

Father:Anders Andersson

Mother:Cajsa Andersdotter

Notes:Travels with family

Page:34

Original Page:128

Source:V Fågelvik Hfl 1861-1870

Household Members

Anders Andersson

Cajsa Andersdotter

Anders Andersson

Carolina Andersdotter

Anna Maria Andersdotter

 

https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1249108:61085

 

[Anton Hagelee]

Anders Andersen born in 1856 travelled back to Sweden in 1876. Nr. 23

 

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/kb20060919050316

 

And probably left for America in 1882. Listed as traveling alone. 

 

Anders Andersson

in the Sweden, Emigrants Registered in Church Books, 1783-1991

Name:Anders Andersson

Gender:Man (Male)

Birth Date:29 Dec 1856

Birth Place:Värmland, Västra Fågelvik

Departure Date:4 Mar 1882

Departure Place:Värmland, Västra Fågelvik

Arrival Place:Nordamerika

Occupation or Relation:Dräng

Notes:Travels alone

Page:10

Original Page:206

Household Members

Anders Andersson

 

 

Endret Juni 6, 2022 av Anton Hagelee

[Anton Hagelee]

His wife Anna and his daughter Karolina left in May of that same year. 

 

Anna Olsdotter

in the Sweden, Emigrants Registered in Church Books, 1783-1991

Name:Anna Olsdotter

Gender:Kvinna (Female)

Birth Date:31 okt 1856 (31 Oct 1856)

Birth Place:Värmland, Västra Fågelvik

Departure Date:20 maj 1882 (20 May 1882)

Departure Place:Värmland, Västra Fågelvik

Arrival Place:Nordamerika

Occupation or Relation:Hustru

Marital Status:Married

Notes:Travels with family

Page:46

Original Page:206

Household Members

Anna Olsdotter

Karolina Elvira Kerstin Andersdotter

 

https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1204765:61085

[Anton Hagelee]

According to the  Selected Indexed Household Clerical Surveys, 1880-1893, Anders, wife Anna and baby girl Karolina were living in Västra Fågelvik, Värmland just before  they left for America. 

 

Anders Andersson

in the Sweden, Selected Indexed Household Clerical Surveys, 1880-1893

Name:Anders Andersson

Gender:Man (Male)

Relationship or Occupation:Måg

Birth Date:29 Dec 1856

Birth Place:Fvik

Year range:1881 - 1890

Residence:Västra Fågelvik, Värmland, Sverige (Sweden)

Village, Farm, or Croft:Öjersbyn

Moved Into Parish:10 okt 1881 (10 Oct 1881)

Moved Out of Parish:4 Mar 1882

Moved To:N Amerika

GID Number:543.4.32300

Household MembersAgeRelationship

Anders22Head

Ingeborg18Barn (Child)

Anders Andersson25Måg

Anna Olsdotter25Måg h

Karolina Elvin0Barn (Child)

 

https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/604925:9731

[Anton Hagelee]

Probably the mother of Anders Andersen Soleby in the 1891 Census living on Soleby with her daughter. 

 

Keisa Andersdtr

 

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/census/person/pf01052679001489

 

Kaisa Andersd. in 1900 Census 

 

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/census/person/pf01037003003458

 

 

[Anton Hagelee]

The father of Anders Andersson also named Anders Anderson died in 19 July 1889. He was living on Soleby at the time 

 

See Nr. 13 

 

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/kb20060904030022

 

 

[Anton Hagelee]

A second child, daughter Karolina born in 1861 must also have emigrated to Minnesota. 

 

Cardine Andersen

in the U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records, 1781-1969

Name:Cardine Andersen

Gender:Female

Record Type:Marriage

Marriage Date:11 Nov 1885

Marriage Place:Otter Tail, Minnesota, USA

Father:Anders Andersen

Mother:Kaisa Andersen

Spouse:A O Berg

Church Name:First English Lutheran

Church Location:Fergus Falls, Minnesota

 

She was confirmed in 1876 on Sloreby

 

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/view/279/pk00000002155635

 

 

[Anne-Lise Hansen]

About Swedish immigration to Norway:

https://nordics.info/show/artikel/population-movement-to-and-within-norway-1830-1914/

 

 

«- The Swedes completely dominated immigration in the 19th century and until around 1920. Along the entire Oslo Fjord, north to Hedmark and south along the Sørland coast, they settled down, young women and men, and offered their labor. The Swedish migrant workers came mainly from three landscapes in Sweden: Värmland, Dalsland and Bohuslän. Over 80 percent came from these areas, says professor of history, Jan Eivind Myhre. From the middle of the 19th century until the First World War, more than 100,000 Swedes came to Norway.»

 

Av Trine Nickelsen

Publisert 1. feb. 2012

 

(Translated excerpt from the next link that is in Norwegian.)

 

https://www.apollon.uio.no/artikler/2002/svenskenes.html

 

@Carla J Tweeton

Endret Juni 8, 2022 av Anne-Lise Hansen

[Carla J Tweeton]

Thank you both.

[Lars Hanssen]

Hi Carla,

 

Just a brief decription of Odemark/Øymark from Wiki:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Øymark

 

With regards to Sloreby, you may see how close it is to the Swedish border by following the link below (Sweden on the eastern side):

https://norgeskart.no/#!?project=seeiendom&zoom=14&markerLat=6595062.159717811&markerLon=314592.8671559762&panel=searchOptionsPanel&layers=1002,1013,1014,1015&lat=6594881.02&lon=314506.71&showSelection=false&p=searchOptionsPanel&sok=sloreby

 

I am myself from a place even further down to the south on the map, with the Swedish borders almost closing in on both east, south and western part of the Norwegian area. As a modern citizen of the Nordic and Scandinavian area, I do consider myself to be Svorsk (Swedorgian). What my passport is saying is just words written on a paper.. 😉

 

In the late 1800s, a lot of Swedes were indeed looking for better opportunities, times were though in Sweden. Some found those opportunities in the neighboring countries, whereas others also moved all the way to Americas looking for the better life... Living this far north, your family might have emigrated to US through Oslo.

 

In Sweden you may follow the life of your family through "husförshörslängder" as published by the Swedish national archive. In Norway, you will only have census at given years and potentially their registration of moving in and out of the area, in addition to emigration records (if emigrating out of Oslo/Christiania). Some parts of my family is listed in both the Swedish husförhörslängder and the Norwegian census at the same time, so it might be difficult to actually identify where they actually lived at the time (as it is so close to the border for you as well), birth records of any potential children might give a better and clearer answer to same...