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•~i~b~lsl~~~ja• VOL XIV NO 3 OCTOBER, 1994 Serving Norwegian-Americans of Sigdal - Eggedal & KrfJdsherad Ancestry 7 Lag Officers Will Begin Planning For 1995 Stevne October 29 Leaders representing the following Norwegian areas--Numedal, Ringerike-Modum-Eiker, and Sigdal in Buskerud fylke; Hadeland, Land, and Toten in Oppland fylke; and Telelag in Telemark fylke will meet in Bloomington, MN, October 29, 1994, to begin planning the 7 Lag Stevne for 1995. Members should mark their calendars for July Saturday activities began in Sigdal Lag's 13 - 15, 1995, at NO State College of meeting room with a catered breakfast at Science, Wahpeton, NO, for this event and 8:30 a.m. Skits and musical entertainment make plans to attend. by the Valheimers of Spring Grove, MN, followed, including Sam and Leva Haugland . In order to build on what the stevne already does well, leaders will evaluate the recent At the business meeting all incumbent officers stevne at La Crosse, WI, with regard to were re-elected for one-year terms. Deb program, banquet, genealogy sessions, local Shortino, Grand Forks, NO, will be the lag's ethnic sites, and member satisfaction. first historian. The suggestion for a named historian was filled by appointment since the Election of officers will be held and a site present constitution does not call for any selection committee is expected to be named other elective officers. for the 1996 stevne. Irene Navarre, a registered parliamentarian, asked to have a copy of the present constitution forwarded to her. With 60 registrants each, Sigdal Lag tied one Then with the aid of an overhead projector for other lag at the La Crosse Stevne for the maps and pictures, Tim and John Donlan and most registrants. Sigdal had 43 lag members Eunice Helgeson told about the early days of and guests at the banquet Saturday evening. an interesting Glesne relative, Even Railsen, who founded Norway Lake, MN. Genealogy continues to draw new people to each stevne because both resources and Members attending their first US stevne for helpful people are available all day Thursday Sigdal Lag included Olaug (Skalland) & and Friday morning. Ole Granum, Toten, Sigstein Finsrud, l\IIagnor, Norway. Others Norway, and Marit Lucy, Salt Lake City, UT, are listed elsewhere. If you attended or provided further expertise and excitement in brought a guest and are not listed, please solving the dilemmas r~earchers face. send correct information to the editor. Sorry to say, a number of Sigdal computer files Lee Rokke, who ha? been designing Sigdal's vanished with only limited retreival. badges on her computer for many years, chose an old-fashioned tall churn for the Darrell Henning, curator of Vesterheim 1994 badge. The theme, "Land of Milk and Museum, Decorah, IA spoke Friday evening as' Honey", was appropriate for Wisconsin since he showed a visual sampling of the museum's many early Norwegian settlements were collections with the philosophy of its mission located there, including Koshkonong which and history for Norwegian-Americans. LeRoy was detailed by Mike Bovre in the Saturday Larsen and the Minnesota Scandinavian afternoon program along with a presentation Ensemble Show Band played a concert and by Jim Nestigen about Norskedalen at Coon afterward provided music for dancing. Valley, WI. Dr. Verlyn Anderson was the popular emcee, Today Wisconsin dairies are well known, and presenting the Norskedalen Trio, Wergeland Marigold Foods supplied pint cream carton Dancers, violinist Pat La Rue and "Ole & "vases" to hold red and white flowers which Lena" who sang duets from the 1930s and were set on blue bases for banquet table 1940s Saturday evening after the feast. decorations. White cloths and red napkins were chosen. Takk for ass! Fourteen years have passed since we moved into the parsonage in Sigda!. Fourteen years of attending school, leisure time activites, meetings with people at work and free time. We have acquired many good friends in Sigdal and Eggedal, and we were delighted to grow up in safe and good surroundings. We take with us a multitude of good memories and wider experiences, knowing that we'll never be completely finished with Sigdal--we'll come again, to be sure. Life itself changes-- we have developed and know now that it is time for departure: education and jobs for us younger ones and new challenges in school and congregation for mother and father. But what we have learned and lived here i bygda --this lent a hand in shaping us. Perhaps we will always be a little bit Sigdnlinger in our hearts? Thanks for friendship and common interests at school, in church, and for celebrations or every day. We are happy to maintain this connection with our peers! Requests For More Immigrant Information: Please respond to Lee Rokke, Genealogist, 13465 Garden View Dr, Apple Valley, MN 55124 if you can identify persons from an 1884 Oslo passenger list and a church book from Norway Lake, MN. From Sigdal. On board Drammen May 16, Immigrants needing identification as listed in 1884. Destination: Portland, NO. Festskrift: En Frenstilling af det Kirkelige 1. Berit Andersen, unmarried, age 31 arbeide i Norway Lake fra 1862 - 1916: 2. Peder Andersen, child, age 9, (very likely Berit's son). 15. Page 17 - Helge Hellerud, from Eggedal. 3. Helge Ellingsen, worker, age 32 Came to Hamilton Co, Wis 1854; to Rice Co, 4. Ingeborg Ellingsen, age 28 MN 1857; and to Norway Lake 1865. Married 5. Ingeborg Ellingsen, child age 5 Ingeborg Thorsdtr from Hallingdal. 6. Ragnhild Ellingsen, child age 1/2 7. Live Andersen, married, age 30 16. Page 17 - Engebret Strandbraaten, from 8. Ragnhild Andersen, child age 5 Eggedal. Came to Rice Co, MN 1861; to 9. Anne Andersen, child age 4 Norway Lake 1865. Married Gunhild Olsdatter Modum from Hallingdal. 10. Mikel Martinson, \ge 36, Eggedal, on board Angelo May 29, 1884. 17. Page 23 - Ole Husa, from SigdaI. Came to Fillmore Co, MN 1861; to Norway Lake 1866. 11. Ragna Halvorsdatter, unmarried, age 51, Married Anna Olsdtr Aasen from Telemark. Sigdal, on board Thingvolla April 30, 1884. Destination: Fergus Falls, MN. 18. Pages 32 & 85 - John O. Hanre, born in Eggedal. Came to Decorah, IA 1858; to 12. Andres (Svends?L worker, age 23, Sigdal, Norway Lake 1868. Married Borgilla on board Thingvolla April 30, 1884. Aagenson, born in Stavanger. Destination: Fergus Falls, MN 19. Page 51 - Kristi Langbraaten, born in 13. Marie Thors m, unmarried, age 18, SigdaI. Married Christopher C. Bjerkerud of Eggedal, on board Angelo May 2, 1884. Hallingdal. Destination: New York 20. Page 51 - Margit Sermo, born in Sigda!. 14. Thorsten Thorstensen, age 25, Eggedal, on Married Stener Basol of Sigdal, who was easy board Angelo May 2, 1884. Dest: NY to identify. Genealogy Views and News June Green, 3831 Mt. Tabor Sampson, Hoffman, MN; June Road, Lonoke, AR 72086, is Barrett, Colorado Springs, CO; seeking information about the Claryce Johnson, Garrison, ND; family of Henry Thompson (1867- Jean Shogren & Clara Negaard, 1917). Came to the U.S. as Pennock, MN; Grace Jensen, Henre Tomsen, port ~ New Yo~ Ashby, MN; and Forrest Brown, (May 1887). Went to St. Louis NAHA Archivist, Northfield, MN. County, MN, and moved to homestead (Nov. 1892) at New Effington, Roberts Co, SD. Harald W. Kastelle also sent Married (12 Nov. 1899) Viii Sigdalslag a copy of an index that Tostensdatter Lesteberg (b. 2 Jan. he did of the History of Stony 1876) Kr0dsherad, Buskerud, Brook Township by Louis O. Foss. Norway. Their eight children the index is 164 pages long, were Thea Helgena, Theodore, arranged by family name and by Hilda Sofie, Hannah, Elmer, Susie, first name. He has also added Thea Helga, Anna Oline. notes such as women's married names, as well as some of the Because she has been using our family connections. These notes Sigda I library frequently, June will be helpful to the researchers Green has sent an extra gift for who use the index. Thank you to our postage fund each time she paid for Harald for his gift. postage on books shipped to her. Because of her generosity, there was still $1 7 in our library postage fund, as of October 1. Diane Kirst, Sequim, WA, gave the Sigdalslag Sending books and letters out to our members a copy of Firehundredaarig Lutherdom, edited does get expensive, and we are thankful for by Henrik Voldal, Olaf Lysnes and E. Kr. the help. Johnson. It was published by Augsburg Publishing House, Minneapolis, MN, in 1917. It contains biographies of several of the early There is an obituary in the "Rowberg File" at Norwe{;lian-American church leaders. the Norwegian American Historical Association, Northfield, MN, that is a real puzzle to me. Torkel C. Aasen who died in Olga Berglund, Northfield, MN, has sent the Lenwale, Sask., Canada, is identified as lag a copy of Sleksstevne Pc'i Narum Gc'ird, coming from Sigda!. He was born in 1858. Sigdal, 7 July 1963. It was probably put According to the obituary, he came to his together by H. Stangebye. It contains a country in 1869 with his parents, and lived history of the Narum' family and som~ charts. for a while in Bagley, MN. I have not been able, even with all 01' this information, to identify Torkel Aasen, '8r to place him on a AI Gronvold, Orlando, FL, has sent a $50 gift farm in Sigda!. Can anyone tell me about of thanks for work that was done on a Torkel or his family? . pedigree chart for his father, Fingar T. Gronvold. Fingar was born in 1868 on Gmnvold, a husmann's place on Kopseng,' Thanks to those of you who answered my Eggedal, immigrating in 1886 to the U.S.