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Name:
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Halvor
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Gunderson
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Walle
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1830-1915
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(first name)
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(surname)
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(farm name)
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Name in America:
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Halvor
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Gunderson
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(first name)
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(m.i.)
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(last name)
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Spouse:
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Gunhild Maria
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Torgeson
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Sannidal
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1838 – 1912
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(first name)
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(surname)
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(farm name at marriage)
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(birth/death dates)
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Children:
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Carrie
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Annie
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Halbert
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Louisa
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Henry
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Thomas
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Amelia
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Municipality (kommune) in Norway:
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Holleh (?)
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Church Parish to which they belonged:
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?
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Emigrant Ship:
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Vesta
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Depart Date:
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1851
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Port:
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Langesund
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Destinations in
America
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Early:
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New York
City; Whitewater
& Wyocena, WI;
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Final:
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South Dakota
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Occupations/Professions
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in Norway:
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Sailor
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in America:
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Warehouse, factory worker, papermill, meat market
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Additional Information: As a sailor, Halvor
made many trips across the Atlantic Ocean. One time, 100 passengers aboard his
ship, the “Leonides” got sick with Yellow Fever
and died. He survived.
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Contact:
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Lowell Jevens
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Relationship to emigrant:
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Great-grandson
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Email:
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jfolks@execpc.com
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Date:
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18Nov2004
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