Nils George Holten family from Stamnes

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Nils George Holten family from Stamnes

Legg inn av gj03146 » 20 mai 2006 03:39:34

Hello. I don't know if this is the right forum for Stamnes, just guessing.
I'm looking for the man my great-great aunt married:

Nils George Holten
Born:2 Jan 1875 at Stamnes, Nordland, Norway
Immigrated: 1883 from Norway
Died:1 May 1955 at Thief River Falls, Minnesota

It seems likely the name Holten was not from Norway, although it may have been a farm name. I have searched the archives online and don't think the records are digitized yet. or maybe I don't know how to use the search function.

More information can be found here: worldconnect.rootsweb.com - HoltenOfWildrose

Father: Hans Johanson Holten
Born: 5 Feb 1846 at Trosmos, Norway
Died: 21 Dec 1920 at Thief River Falls, Minnesota
Married: abt 1872
Wife: Tornilla Neilsdatter Tanke (1846-1932)
Children:
Anna Gurine Holten (1873-1957)
Nils George Holten (1875-1955)
Alfred Holten (c1878-1962)
Edward Holte/ (1882-1963)
Theodore "Ted" Holten (c1884-1966)
John Holden (1886-)
Nora Holten (1888-)
Olaf /Holten/ (1891-1971)
Walter Holten (1895-1957)

Note: John took the name "Holden", which may offer a clue...

Of these children, the first two were born in Norway:

Anna Gurine Holten
Born: 13 Apr 1873 at Stamnes, Norway

Nils George Holten
Born: 2 Jan 1875 at Stamnes, Nordland, Norway
Children:
Harold Oliver Holten (1903-1986)
Thorwald Amandus Holten (1904-1992)
Olga Nelvine Holten (1907-1982)
Walter Orvil Holten (1909-1993)
Norman Arnold Holten (1911-1911)
Anna Marie Holten (1913-1970)
Ethel Tonnilla Holten (1916-1999)

I am including these children in case they offer some clue as to ancestors in Norway.

Thanks for any help tracking these people down.

-- Rachel Cogent in Santa Fe

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Re: Nils George Holten family from Stamnes

Legg inn av 7205 » 20 mai 2006 06:34:02

Hi Rachel.

Here are Nils's parents in the 1875-census. Here it says that Hans Johansen Holten is born in Tingvold, that is a parish in More and Romsdal, in between Trondheim and Bergen.

How sure are you that Nils is born in 1875? The 1875-census were done January 3. 1876 and then it is strange that Nils isn't living with his parents.

Thisis probably Hans Johansen's christening in Tingvoll. His parents are Johannes Olsen and Guraa Halvorsdatter.

And here are his parents in the 1865-census. Nils has already moved out of his parents home.

Thisis probably Hans Johansen in 1865. He is living at Johannes Mikkelsen's farm where he is a servant.

I hope this helps you some one the way.

Best wishes

Remi
Remi Pedersen
"Don't be afraid of my Phoenix. He will burn up (but will be reborn from the ashes)."

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Re: Nils George Holten family from Stamnes

Legg inn av gj03146 » 20 mai 2006 07:50:56

Yes! Thank you, :D that does connect my great-great uncles family to Norway. I don't know why my searches in Alstahaug returned nothing.

All this information we have is anecdotal. Over the generations it could have been mistakenly transcribed, so the birthdates are not very reliable.

I guess you found nothing on the Tonille Nielsdatter Tanke family. We had been misspelling her name for decades. Thank you for solving these mysteries.

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Legg inn av Hilde Elisabeth Wedde » 20 mai 2006 11:36:54

Here is the emigration list from Norway in 1884
Hans And Tornille with 5 children; Ane, Nils, Halfdan, Alfred og Einar.

Here is Tonille with her family i 1865

Hilde

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Re: Nils George Holten family from Stamnes

Legg inn av gj03146 » 21 mai 2006 03:32:34

Thank you for that information, this is a valuable website and you are all very helpful. I have updated my database and uploaded to here:
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com: Holten of Wildrose, North Dakota

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Re: Nils George Holten family from Stamnes

Legg inn av dn19075 » 23 aug 2006 12:48:06

From the parish register (emigration records): http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read?i ... _side=-182

This shows that Nils was bor Jan 2th 1876.

The parish register showing births of the children is not yet available on the net.

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