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Margretha Antonette GRAVDAHL

Margretha Antonette GRAVDAHL

Female 1879 - 1906  (26 years)

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  • Name Margretha Antonette GRAVDAHL  [1
    Birth 16 Feb 1879  Eid, Fjelberg, Hordaland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Christening 16 Mar 1879  Eid, Fjelberg, Hordaland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    • Herborg Gundersdatter a sponsor
    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
    Confirmation 19 Nov 1893  Story City, Story, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7
    Church member 22 Jul 1898  Story City, Story, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Immanuel Lutheran Church 
    Census 1900  Story City, Story, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Departure Abt 1904  Story City, Story, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Death 1906  Wisconsin, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    Burial 1906  Tomahawk, Lincoln, Wisconsin, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    Correspondence 22 Jun 1967  [12
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    VELAND_Elmer_b1907_correspondence_1967_001
    Person ID I1330  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  [13, 14
    Family ID F339  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
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    norwegian girl vintage - Google Search 2021-09-06 17-15-20
    norwegian girl vintage - Google Search 2021-09-06 17-15-20
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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, Margrete Antonette, born 16 February 1879, baptized 16 March 1879, citing Kirkebøker 1812-1938, Arkivverket, Norge.
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      GRAVDAHL_Margretha_b1879_bapt_001


    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. [S344] "U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records, 1781-1969", Margretha Gravdal confirmation 19 November 1893, citing citing St. Petri Lutheran Church, Story City, Iowa, Ministerial Records 1879-1898, p. 260.
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      GRAVDAHL_Margretha_b1879_confirmation_002


    7. [S76] St. Petri Lutheran Church, Story City, Iowa, "Church records, 1858-1898", p. 25, transcription of confirmation records, 19 Nov 1893, Margrethe Antonette Gravdal, citing FHL microfilm no. 986174, item 3.
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      GRAVDAHL_Margretha_b1879_confirmation_001


    8. [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


    9. [S1272] CENSUS: U.S., 1900 Iowa, Story, Story City; 119; sheet 8A; dwelling 159, family 164; Haldor and Gunhild Gravdall, with ch. Haldor G., Gabriel, and Margaretha and Martha Gravdall; 1 May 2016.
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      VELAND_Johannes_b1900_census_US_Story_001


    10. [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


    11. [S1039] Greenwood Cemetery (Tomahawk, Lincoln, Wisconsin, United States) to Lauren Rogers, Death and burial,, Haldor Gravdal (died [MM] / [DD] /1909) and Margareth Gravdahl (died [MM] /[ DD] /1906), block 39, lot 4, NE quarter, unmarked graves.

    12. [S800] Olson, Oscar G., Letter to Elmer J. Veland, 22 June 1967, Photocopy, provided via correspondence, Sandra Hesse to Lauren Rogers, 2021.

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

    14. [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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