Category Archives: NORWAY

These are posts related to ancestors who immigrated to the United States from Norway.

Uff da: Ancestry updates Norwegian DNA results

Posted on October 27, 2019 by Laura

My “Norwegianness” has been refined.  Ancestry has been updating DNA estimates again, placing me in five distinct subgroups of Norwegian DNA. That’s pretty … specific. This is mostly confirmation of known info, but the named sub-categories should provide more specific … Continue reading →

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Petra Hendrickson: Born in Norway, she lived a classic American farm life

Posted on September 2, 2019 by Laura

“She always had time for me,” Dad said. It’s probably the most important thing I remember my dad saying about his paternal grandmother, Petra Malum Hendrickson. Petra was born in the village of Faeberg, near Lillehammer, Norway, more than 150 … Continue reading →

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Picturing Arne and Marit

Posted on November 17, 2015 by Laura

I see so much character and history in those faces on the left, and given all that I’ve learned about the people pictured, I wish I could meet and talk with them. By all available accounts, this is Arne and Marit Malum, our … Continue reading →

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The death of Peder Malum: I wish I’d known him …

Posted on August 30, 2014 by Laura

In recent years, I’ve come into possession of a lot of information about our Norwegian ancestors who settled in Iowa. Sometimes it’s the result of diligent, focused searching, and sometimes it’s somewhat random … what some would call “luck” but I prefer to … Continue reading →

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Climbing through those Illinois branches

Posted on December 13, 2012 by Laura

We are a family from Iowa. On both sides. Sure, our grandfather talked about his ancestors being from Illinois, but since he himself grew up in Iowa and his parents are laid to rest there — right in the middle … Continue reading →

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They came from Lillehammer

Posted on October 6, 2012 by Laura

One of the Norwegian branches of our family tree, it seems, passed through Lillehammer long enough for our great-grandmother, Petra, to have been born there. The story is that Petra’s father (shown here) moved from Oyer to Lillehammer for a time before … Continue reading →

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Norwegian-American history at the Vesterheim

Posted on September 10, 2012 by Laura

I’ve been away for a bit and am still catching up with my own blog and those I follow. While I was away, one thing I did was tour a lovely little museum in northeast Iowa that shows the experience … Continue reading →

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Maritime Monday: Norway to America through Port of Quebec

Posted on August 20, 2012 by Laura

When in my research I found suggestions that some of our ancestors, after sailing from Norway, had arrived on the coast of Quebec, rather than New York, my first reaction was skepticism. After seeing such suggestions about more than one … Continue reading →

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Discovering Hendrick

Posted on June 28, 2012 by Laura

It’s hard to say just why, but I’m fascinated to start learning more about the man from whom the Hendrickson family derived its name. I’ve always known that Hendrickson means “son of Hendrick,” but it was just a vague historical … Continue reading →

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They came from Øyer

Posted on June 2, 2012 by Laura

I still have a lot to learn about geographical references in Norway, but I’ll give this a whirl. It seems some of our ancestors came from Øyer, in the state (or county) of Oppland, about 94 miles north of Oslo and … Continue reading →

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