Torbjørn Kellesvig, d USA before 1860

[gj09631]

I am looking for information for a Torbjørn Kjellesvig, who died between 1850 and 1860 in Green County, WI.

We believe that he was born on the Skjellesvik farm in Trondenes.

De kan skrive på norsk,

Takk,

John

PS ~ What might be the American name used for Torbjørn?

[dn03738]

Hi, John!

If your evidence for Trondenes is solid, you might want to ignore the following candidate, who otherwise seems promising:

Torbiørn Michelsen at Kiellesvig in Fjelberg (Hordaland), (going on) 4 years old in 1801:

http://digitalarkivet.arkivverket.no/ft ... 8370001802

Torbjørn appears not to have been a frequent name in Troms at the time, but all the more common in Western Norway.

Regards,
Torodd

[gj09631]

Thanks, Torodd.

Our evidence on where he was born is not strong, so we will search on the record that you found.

Thanks so much!

Best wishes from America,

John

[dn15881]

Do you know how old he was when he died?

Jan

[Gry Onarheim Dahlmo]

Til informasjon:

Etterlysning også under Hordaland-ukjent sted: https://slektsforum.slektogdata.no/view ... ht=#604731

[gj09631]

Hei Jan ~

No, unfortunately, he was buried in a group grave, and we don't have any other data on him.

We did find a bygdebok for Ølen in Hordaland which lists a man of the same first and farm names who immigrated to America, but the book did not list where he went.

So, I think we will focus on that area and see what we can find.

Takk igjen!

John