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Cecilia GRAVDAHL

Cecilia GRAVDAHL

Female 1884 - 1903  (19 years)

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  • Name Cecilia GRAVDAHL 
    Birth 8 Apr 1884  Eid, Fjelberg, Hordaland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Christening 4 May 1884  Eid, Fjelberg, Hordaland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Female 
    Emigration 10 Feb 1893  [4
    Emigration 20 Feb 1893  Bergen, Hordaland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Emigration 10 Apr 1893  New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Census 1895  Lafayette, Story, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Church member 22 Jul 1898  Story City, Story, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Immanuel Lutheran Church 
    Confirmation 9 Oct 1898  Story City, Story, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9
    Death 13 Jun 1903  Story City, Story, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 11, 12
    Obituary 25 Jun 1903  Ames, Story, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [13
    Departure Abt 1904  Story City, Story, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [14
    Person ID I99  Stanwood Family
    Last Modified 2 Oct 2021 

    Father Haldor Olsen GRAVDAHL,   b. 12 Nov 1841, Fjelberg, Hordaland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 20 Aug 1909, Tomahawk, Lincoln, Wisconsin, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years) 
    Mother Gunhild Antonsdatter LANDE,   b. 15 May 1849, Fjelberg, Hordaland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Nov 1917, Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years) 
    Marriage 29 Apr 1870  Fusa, Søndre Bergenhus, Norge Find all individuals with events at this location  [15, 16
    Family ID F339  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Sources 
    1. [S1605] DB: Emigrants from Bergen (Norway) 1874-1930, 26 July 2007.

    2. [S1718] DB: Norway Church Records, 1812-1938, Sisela, born 8 April 1884, baptized 4 May 1884; citing Kirkebøker 1812-1938, Arkivverket, Norge.
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    3. [S482] Eid, Fjelberg, Hordaland baptisms 1879-1900, database online, baptisms of Haldor, Margaretha, Gabriel, Martha, and Johanne Gravdahl; Regional State Archives of Bergen (http://digitalarkivet.uib.no).

    4. [S1574] DB: SAB, Fjelberg Soknepresetembete, H/Haa: Ministerialbok nr. C1, 1879-1918, s. 240, Haldor Olsen Gravdal with Gunhild Antonsdatter and children: Johanna Elisabeth, Ole, Anna Maria, Lars Olai, Margaret _____, Haldor Gusav, Cecilia (Secila), and Marta, 10 Feb 1893.
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      GRAVDAHL_Haldor_emigration_001


    5. [S1708] DB: New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924, Point of embarkation Kristiansand, to Ellis Island, ship Hekla; Gunhild Gravdal with children Anne, Margarethe, Cecilie, Martha, Haldor, Gabriel, Johanne, Ole, and Lars; 10 April 1893.
      Gunhnild Antonsdatter Lande emigration
      Gunhnild Antonsdatter Lande emigration


    6. [S1363] CENSUS: State, 1895 Iowa, Story, Lafayette, p. 258-259, Haldor, Gunhild, Lars, Haldor, Gabriel, Secilia, and Martha Gravdal, John and Elizabeth G. Veland; State Historical Society, Des Moines, FHL microfilm 1,022,183; images online, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : accessed 19 May 2021).
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      GRAVDAHL_Haldor_b1841_census_1895_001
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      GRAVDAHL_Haldor_b1841_census_1895_002


    7. [S344] "U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records, 1781-1969".
      Immanuel Lutheran Church member, 22 July 1898: Haldor Gravdal b. 12 Nov 1841 Fjelberg, Norge; Gunhild Gravdal b. 10Mai 1849 Fjelberg, Norge; Ole Gravdal b. 14 Mai 1872 Fjelberg, Norge; Anna Marie Gravdal b. 15 Aug 1874 Fjelberg, Norge; Lars Olai b. 19 Ma
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      GRAVDAHL_Haldor_b1841_church_001


    8. [S344] "U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records, 1781-1969", Confirmation of Cesilia Gravdal 9 October 1898, citing St. Petri Lutheran Church, Story City, Iowa, Ministerial Records 1879-1898, p. 266.
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      GRAVDAHL_Cecilia_b1884_confirmation_002


    9. [S76] St. Petri Lutheran Church, Story City, Iowa, "Church records, 1858-1898", p. 27, transcription of confirmation records, 9 Oct 1898, Ceselia Gravdal, citing FHL microfilm no. 986174, item 3.
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      GRAVDAHL_Cecilia_b1884_confirmation_001


    10. [S344] "U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records, 1781-1969", Cecilia Gravdal, 19 aar, d. 1903 Story City, b. Norge; images online, citing Immanuel Lutheran Church records, p. 57.
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      GRAVDAHL_Cecilia_b1884_death_003


    11. [S1626] DB: Iowa Deaths and Burials, 1850-1990, Secilia Gravdal, d. 13 Jun 1903.
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      GRAVDAHL_Cecilia_b1884_death_001


    12. [S698] Daughters of the American Revolution, (Iowa), Death records of Story County, Iowa, 1869-1870, 1880-1, p. 71, Gravdal, Secilia, age 19y., 2m., 5d, d. 13 Jun 1903, Story City.
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      GRAVDAHL_Cecilia_b1884_death_002


    13. [S1061] NEWS: Ames Times, local news; death announcement; 25 June 1903; Cecilia Gravdahl, p. 8, c. 1.
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      GRAVDAHL_Cecilia_b1884_obit_001


    14. [S344] "U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records, 1781-1969", Immanuel Lutheran Church Afgaaede (Departing) records, p. 116, listing Haldor and Gunhild Gravdal with Ole, Anna, Lars, Margaret, Haldor, Cecilie (død or deceased), Gabriel (død or deceased) and Martha.
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      GRAVDAHL_Haldor_b1841_departed_001


    15. [S609] Fusa Strandvik Hordaland Klokkerbok 1861-1885 - 35, Regional State Archives of Bergen.

    16. [S470] Norway, "Church book from Fusa parish 1855-1879 (1241P)", Images online, marriage of Haldor Olsen Lygren and Gunhild Antonsdr Lander, 29 April 1870 in Fusa.
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      GRAVDAHL_Haldor_b1841_marr_001




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