Family histories
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Guide to Gabriel Aanensen Fedde Autobiography
This manuscript is an autobiography written by Gabriel Aanensen Fedde who was born in Fedde, Norway, in 1843. In 1881 he immigrated to New York. He died in 1917 at age seventy-four.
AW -Guide to the genealogical narrative of Marcus Hallvardson and Brita Sjursdatter Vangsness
A genealogical narrative of Markus Hallvardson and Brita Sjursdatter Vangsness and their familiee emigrants from Norway
Guide to the Gustav B. Jörgensen Papers
Gustav Joergenson was born February 22, 1883, one of eleven children of a Norwegian immigrant pastor. He started the first public library in Stanwood, the first literary society, the first Norwegian male chorus, and the first church choir. Gustav Joergenson died in 1963 and is buried in Our Saviours Lutheran Church Cemetery.
Guide to Hildur Larson Autobiography
Hildur Larson was born in Sweden in 1896. She travelled to the United States in 1927, married, and never returned to Scandinavia. The collection consists of a book written by Edgar Larson about his mother's early years, based on her oral history.
Guide to Thorsteinson Family History
The saga of two Point Roberts pioneers, Dagbjort and Helgi Thorsteinson.