Reunion

While my blog has remained dormant in the past few years, research has continued and a picture of my Norwegian ancestors has slowly emerged.  A recent family reunion served as impetus to assemble a brief overview of our Norwegian roots to share with my cousins.  It also spurred me to search the Norwegian archives again for information on other Norwegian branches.  I was well rewarded.

With the help of Google Maps and the Norwegian mapping website (http://www.norgeskart.no  ) together with the Norwegian digital archives (http://www.arkivverket.no), I was able to provide descriptions of the farms where our Hallingdal ancestors, lived and worked, the location of the churchyard in which many of the family were buried and the church building (moved from its original location) where the family celebrated rites of passage before leaving Norway for America.  I was also able to relate a story posted on Ancestry.com purporting to explain the reason for Knud Endresen's imprisonment at Akershus Festning Slaveri in the late 1830's.

Much to my delight, I was also able to determine the home of another branch of the family -- my g-grandmother's family (farfar's mor) -- and include this information in the material prepared for my cousins.  Since returning from the reunion other demands have taken priority and the weeks ahead promise to limit my discretionary time, so in the meantime, I'll post the following pedigree chart of the new-found information.

1)  Henry Starkey -- son of Sever S. Starkey and Justine Peterson
     2) Justine Eline Peterson (born (Eline Justine Hansdatter) 11 February 1856, Broum farm, Vik, Fosnes parish, Nord-Trondelag, Norway)
         3)  Hans Peterson (born 24 June 1819, Engesvik farm, Vik, Fosnes parish, Nord-Trondelag, Norway)
               4)  Peder Paulsen (Nord-Trondelag, Norway)
               4)  Ellen Ericksdatter  (Nord-Trondelag, Norway)
         3)  Caroline Margrete Jakobsdatter (born 4 September 1832, Halbostad farm, Beitstad parish, Nord-Trondelag, Norway)
               4)  Jacob Evensen (30 March 1800, Holien farm, Beitstad parish, Nord-Trondelag, Norway)
                    5)  Even Olsen (1752, Nord-Trondelag, Norway)
                         6)  Ole Thorsen (1725, Nord-Trondelag, Norway)
                    5)  Karen Bergsvendsdatter (1755, Nord-Trondelag, Norway)
               4)  Elen Olsdatter (9 February 1812, Halaasens farm, Beitstad parish, Nord-Trondelag, Norway)
                    5)  Ole Hendricksen (Nord-Trongelag, Norway)
                    5)  Martha Nielsdatter (Nord-Trondelag, Norway)