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Name:

Olaf

Jensen

Tangen

1857-1932

 

(first name)

(surname)

(farm name)

(birth/death dates)

 

Name in America:

Ole

Jensen

Tangen

 

(first name)

(m.i.)

(last name)

 

Spouse:

Gunvor

Halvorsdotter

Hegland

1850 - ?

 

(first name)

(surname)

(farm name at marriage)

(birth/death dates)

 

Children:

Louise

Clara

Maria

 

Bertha

Jens

Thea

 

Sena

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Municipality (kommune) in Norway:

Kviteseid

 

Church Parish to which they belonged:

Vraadal

 

Emigrant Ship:

Hohenstavfen

Depart Date:

1880

Port:

Kristiania

 

Destinations in America 

Early:

 

 

Final:

Houston Co., Minnesota

 

Occupations/Professions

in Norway:

Farmer

 

in America:

Farmer

 

Additional Information:  Olaf and Gunvor got on the boat together and were married within a couple weeks of arriving in Houston County.

 

 

 

 

Contact:                     

Brad Flatten

Relationship to emigrant:

Great-grandson

Mail:

P.O. Box 3203,                                 Omak

WA

98841

Email:

jbflatten@charter.net

Date:

10Jan2006

 

 

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