Name:

Anne

Tollefsdatter

Jontvet

2Jun1776/20Jul1854

 

(first name)

(surname)

(farm name)

(birth/death dates)

 

 

 

 

Name in America:

 

 

Kaasa (maybe Jacobson)

 

(first name)

(m.i.)

(last name)

 

 

 

Spouse:

Jacob

Clausen

Kaasa

17Apr1769/23Nov1839

 

(first name)

(surname)

(farm name at marriage)

(birth/death dates)

 

 

 

 

Children:

Claus

Anne

Peder Martin

 

Tollef

Jakob

Johannes

 

Niels

Anne

Anne Karine

 

 

 

 

 

 

Municipality (kommune) in Norway:

 Holla

 

 

Church Parish to which they belonged:

Holla (Holden)

 

 

Emigrant Ship:

Washington Brig

Depart Date:

1844

Port:

?

 

 

 

Destinations in America 

Early:

New York, NY; Muskego, WI;

 

Final:

Port Washington, WI

 

 

 

Occupations/Professions

in Norway:

 

 

in America:

 

 

 

 

Additional Information:  Anne was a widow when she came to America with three of her sons (Peder, Johannes, Niels) and their families in 1844. Her husband, Jacob, had died in Norway.  Son, Tollef, emigrated in 1859.  Claus and Jakob stayed in Norway.  Anne died in the cholera epidemic of 1854.

 

 

 

Contact:                     

Thelma (Aasen) Johnson

Relationship to emigrant:

Great-gr-granddaughter

Mail:

5405 10th Ave., S., Minneapolis, MN  55417

Email:

mjohn@mr.net

Date:

2 March 2005