Name:

Halvor

Gunderson

Walle

1830-1915

(first name)

(surname)

(farm name)

(birth/death dates)

Name in America:

Halvor

Gunderson

(first name)

(m.i.)

(last name)

Spouse:

Gunhild Maria

Torgeson

Sannidal

1838 – 1912

(first name)

(surname)

(farm name at marriage)

(birth/death dates)

Children:

Carrie

Annie

Halbert

Louisa

Henry

Thomas

Amelia

Municipality (kommune) in Norway:

Holleh (?)

Church Parish to which they belonged:

?

Emigrant Ship:

Vesta

Depart Date:

1851

Port:

Langesund

Destinations in America 

Early:

New York City; Whitewater & Wyocena, WI;

Final:

South Dakota

Occupations/Professions

in Norway:

Sailor

in America:

Warehouse, factory worker, papermill, meat market

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. 

Contact:                     

Lowell Jevens

Relationship to emigrant:

Great-grandson

Email:

jfolks@execpc.com

Date:

18Nov2004