[#13365] Martin Knutsen, f. 1849 i Bergen, og Anna Nilsd. f. 1861 i Hallingdal

[Gjest Torill Hokstad Steivang]

Er det noen som kan hjelpe med flere opplysninger om denne familien:Martin Knutsen Berg, f. 14.10.1849 i Bergen, gift med Anna Nilsd, f. 27.05.1861 i Hallingdal. De reiste til Minnesota i 1884, og hadde da en datter Marie, f. 14.06.1883 i Oslo.I følge den amerikanske folketellinga i 1900, hadde de da vært gift i 18 år, hatt 11 barn, hvorav 9 levde i 1900.Jeg skriver dette på vegne av en canadisk dame. Hun har prøvd å legge inn dette her i brukerforumet selv, uten å få det til - er ikke helt sikker på hvorfor det ikke gikk.Men altså, er det noen som vet noe mer om denne familien FØR de emigrerte - foreldre, søsken, bosteder etc.Damen som spør heter Charlotte Brown. Navnene og datoene ovenfor er noe hun har fått overlevert fra tidligere generasjoner.Det er fint om dere som eventuelt svarer på dette kan gjøre det på ENGELSK, slik at hun selv kan følge med på svarene.

[Gjest Harald Storaker]

Her er det tilsynelatande gode opplysningar. Likevel er dei vanskelige å finne, både i FT1865, emigrantlister og Familysearch.Kanskje er Martin denne Carl Martin, f. 17/11 1849 i Bergen: Lenke

[Gjest Berit Knudsen]

Om du sjekker 1865 tror jeg ikke du finner noen Anna Nilsdatter født 1861 i Hallingdal.

[Gjest Charlotte Sagmoen-Brown]

Thank you to Harald Storaker, for answering the query. Also thank you to Torill Steivang for posting the query for me when I couldn't get it to work for me.I am having a very hard time translating Norwegian to English, so am at a loss as to the correct contents of your answers. Please if some kind soul could translate these into English for me, I would be so very happy.

[Gjest Harald Storaker]

It should be possible to trace your folks in the 1865 census, in the emigration lists and probably also in Familysearch IGI/VRI. But they are difficult to find. I wonder why?I found one candidate in Bergen: Lenke His name is Carl Martin, born out of wedlock, son of Petter Knudsen, a tin-maker and UK (=?). His birth is Nov 17, so it is no accurate match.Do you have any more data? Do you know the names of the children of Martin and Anna? - They may be named after their grand-parents.

[Gjest Charlotte Sagmoen-Brown]

MARTIN KNUTSEN (Name in Norway) aka Martin Berg (on 1900 US census) aka Martin Bergh (on 1910 US census) If this family followed the traditional Norwegian naming and address practice. It should mean that Martin's Father was KNUTE. It should follow that the last place they lived in Norway, before emigrating to America, would have been either BERG or BERGH. MARTIN AND ANNA KNUTSEN (BERG) (BERGH) CHILDREN 1) MARIE born 14 june 1883 in Oslo, Norway Was 2 Years old when left for America, in 1885. 2) HANS KNUTE BERGH born 25 may 1885 in Gary, Minnesota. 3) BORGILD (BELLA) BERGH born 22 January , 1889 in Gary, Minnesota 4) MINNIE WILHELMINA BERGH born 28 March, 1891 in Gary, Minnesota 5) NELS BERGH born 1893 in Gary, Minnesota 6) MARTHA BERGH born 21 January 1895 in Gary, Minnesota 7) SEVERT BERGH born unknown when or where 8) ELMER BERGH born 17 January 1898 in Garnes Township Red Lake, Minnesota 9) THEODORE BERGH born 2 May, 1900 in Garnes Township Red Lake, Minnesota 10) ELLA BERGH born 7 November, 1904 in Garnes township, Red Lake, MinnesotaI checked in the 1865 Norway Census. All I typed in was MARTIN KNUTSEN. I then found only one born in 1849. When I clicked on this Martin, it took me to place called LINDAS. Some of the names would fit with the naming practices of the time period. Could thid be my Great Grandpa?

[Gjest Charlotte Sagmoen-Brown]

Is the Municipality of Lindas and the Parish of Lindas, in the Bergen area of Norway?

[Gjest Berit Knudsen]

(3) I am sorry I forgot to write in English.I wrote: If you take look at the 1865 census I do not belive you will find any Anna Nilsdatter born 1861 in Hallingdal: Aal, Go(e)l, Ho(e)l, and Næs.Later I have found one Anne Nielsdatter 4y. b. Aal, Jøtebakken farm, and 2 younger girls born in Aal with the same name.Lenke

[Gjest Berit Knudsen]

Maybe this link is better.Lenke

[Gjest Håvard Viko]

The 1865 census for Gol is lost.