Peder Anker Eriksen Björnstad fra Tune f. 1903

[dn27389]

Hej
Min farmors morbror, ska enligt uppgift ha rest till amerika, och lämnat efter sig en fru och barn (skandal javisst). Enligt farmor skulle han ha hetat Ole någonting, men jag har däremot hittat att han bör ha hetat Peder Anker Eriksen Björnstad och vara född 21 sept 1903, tune. Peders födäldrar var Erik Andreasen (Pröiz) Björnstad och Kristine Johannesdatter Björnstad
Jag har hittat att han skall ha utvandrat till Canada år 1927. http://digitalarkivet.no/cgi-win/webcen ... 74241#ovre

Jag har nu några frågor som jag hoppas någon kan hjälpa mig med:
1. Var i canada hamnade han?
2. Vad hände med han där? Gifte han om sig? När/var dog han?
3. Vem var han gift med i Tune?
4. Vad hette barnet?

Tack för all hjälp.

Då jag har frågor rörande både emigrasjon och eferlysningar i Tune lägger jag upp detta på båda platser.

/Trond Stenvard

[dn19075]

Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1935
about Peder Bjørnstad

Name: Peder Bjørnstad
Gender: Male
Age: 23
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1904
Birth Country: Norway
Date of Arrival: 30 Apr 1927
Vessel: Bergensfjord
Search Ship Database: View the 'Bergensfjord' in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database
Port of Arrival: Halifax, Nova Scotia
Port of Departure: Oslo, Norway
Roll: T-14810

Kona heter Hilda. Tune community har betalt reisen for han og mange andre.

[Tom Kaasen]

Hei

Jeg fant denne tråden fra 2006

Det lønner seg å søke gjennom forumene før ny etterlysning legges ut. Denne tråden er jo død, uten å ha gitt svaret på hva som skjedde med Peder Bjørnstad, men den inneholder interessante opplysninger om ekteskapet og barnet i Tune

mvh
Tom Kaasen

[Tom Kaasen]

Her er dåpen til Else, øverst på kvindekjønn

Se kirkeboka

Helt til høyre slås det fast at vielsen var i Skjeberg i 1924


mvh
Tom Kaasen

[dn27389]

Tack tack för all hjälp från alla som engagerat sig!!
Tänk att det redan fanns en fråga om Peder här?! Ja man skulle ju kollat det innan hehe.

/Trond

[dn27264]

Hei Trond,

If you like, I can try to find Peder Anker Bjørnstad for you. The ship record that you have found notes that the arrived in the City of Halifax in the Province of Nova Scotia. It notes too however that his destination of Canadian National Railway's office in Winnipeg (which is where I'm from) in the Province of Manitoba, and that his intended occupation was that of a 'farmhand'. It also notes that he was a 'landed immigrant', meaning that his intention was of course to stay in Canada.

It would seem to me that as a farmhand he would have found work on the Canadian Prairies, either in the Province of Manitoba, Saskatchewan or Alberta, likel bringing in the large wheat harvests, but this is just a guess, it could have been other farm work too.

I'll check a few other possibilities (sources) and post something on this site soon.

Erik Aasland

[dn27389]

Thanks Erik! It would be great!

According to the other request "Da datteren Else ble konfirmert i 1940 sendte han imidlertid gave fra Saskatoon."
But it would be nice to know anythingg more about it, if he married someone in Canada,

THANKS!

/Trond

[dn27264]

Hi Trond,

Happy New Year and my apologies for taking so long to get back to you about Peder Anker Bjørnstad.

Okay, I have done a bit of 'digging' online into the life of Peder Anker and have sadly come up with nothing. However, this bit of news should not discourage you, as there are other options. From the little I know of Peder's life in Canada, this is how I think unfolded for him upon his arrival in Canada.

First, since he was a landed immigrant when he arrived in Halifax in the Province of Nova Scotia, I have a feeling that he would have met with a Canadian immigration agent based in Norway. He and the agent must have talked about his future in Canada and at that time most of the immigration was going to the Canadian Prairies (the provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba) as immigrants were being given land grants (homestead) and could own their own land (farm) in just three years. The immigration record shows that he went to Winnipeg, so about a three- to four-day trip on the train from Halifax to Winnipeg. There he would have likely met with Canadian immigration or settlement officials to help him find work. Anyhow, this is just a bit of speculation on my part, but something to this effect would have happended.

So, it looks like he spent some time in Winnipeg in the Province of Manitoba before making his way west to Saskatoon in the Province of Saskatchewan. If he was using the name Peter Bjornstad, it does not look like applied for a homestead from the Canadian government. So, I think the first thing to do is to pursue the surnames that he was using.

If he gave Bjornstad as his surname to the immigration and shipping line then I would think that he might continue to use that surname, but as it's noted in this forum's posts, he might have used Prøis. He might well have used Eriksen, which was commonly, but not always spelt 'Erickson'.

What needs to happen now is I have to make a trip to the Library and Archives Canada in order to see if I can find him in the city directories for Winnipeg and Saskatoon. Most cities in Canada, especially Winnipeg and Saskatoon compiled a type of registry for all it citizens. One was produced for each city every year. So, I'm pretty confident that he'll show up in the Winnipeg Henderson Directory (as it's called) and later in the Saskatoon Henderson Directory. I'll check all varients of the surname and this should find him.

Once I have located him and found out which surname he was using then I can look into other sources. For example, he might well have become a naturalised Canadian (British Subject). If this is the case, then his naturalisation file would hold a wealth of information, including information on a wife or children.

So, I'll get down to the Archives to see if I can find him in the Henderson directories for Winnipeg and Saskatoon.

Perhaps you could e-mail at home ([email protected]) to let me know if you get this.

Erik