Norway, Lofoten geography knowledge needed

[Gnarlodious]

My great-grandfather offers this information:

Ahnfelt Cornelius OLESON (Albert Sundsmo) was born ABT 1872 in Indersund,
Vigtin Island, Naro Bishoric, Norway.

Can anyone say exactly where this is? My great-uncle says they were in the
fish drying business, so I would guess it is this place:
<http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?lat=68.1432&lon=13.3154&scale=200000
&icon=x>

We know Albert's father and mother were born in Rørvik, and there is a
Rørvik close to Viktin

I assume the place names were all corrupted by census takers. Literally
spelled, none of these places show up in Multimap. Can anyone clear this up?

-- Gnarlie
http://Gnarlodious.com/Cogent/

[etos]

"Gnarlodious" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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My great-grandfather offers this information:

Ahnfelt Cornelius OLESON (Albert Sundsmo) was born ABT 1872 in Indersund,
Vigtin Island, Naro Bishoric, Norway.

Can anyone say exactly where this is? My great-uncle says they were in the
fish drying business, so I would guess it is this place:
http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi? ... ale=200000
&icon=x

We know Albert's father and mother were born in Rørvik, and there is a
Rørvik close to Viktin

I assume the place names were all corrupted by census takers. Literally
spelled, none of these places show up in Multimap. Can anyone clear this
up?

My best guess is Indersund, Vikna Island in Nærøy (Naeroy) Bishopric. That's
very close to Rørvik

Best regards,
Eirik

[Stein R]

Gnarlodious <[email protected]> wrote in
news:BF7D31EE.15E01%[email protected]:

My great-grandfather offers this information:

Ahnfelt Cornelius OLESON (Albert Sundsmo) was born ABT 1872 in
Indersund, Vigtin Island, Naro Bishoric, Norway.

Can anyone say exactly where this is? My great-uncle says they were in
the fish drying business, so I would guess it is this place:
http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi? ... 154&scale=
2
00000 &icon=x

We know Albert's father and mother were born in Rørvik, and there is a
Rørvik close to Viktin

I assume the place names were all corrupted by census takers.
Literally spelled, none of these places show up in Multimap. Can
anyone clear this up?

Norwegian spelling has gone through a series of spelling reforms
since the 1800s. Generally, you will see names changing e.g from
using "g" to using "k".

Also ending "-en" has in many cases been replaced with "-a".

And we have had many redrawings of administrative boundaries.

This URL lists municipalities in Norway (past and present).

http://home.eunet.no/~jeri/kommuner.shtml

Check no 1750 on the list (17xx is Nord Trondelag). From 1800 until
1910 municipality no 1750 was known as Vikten muncipality, from 1911
it has been known as Vikna municipality.

You will also see that municipality no 1751 Nærøy (Naeroey) existed
from 1800 until 1875, when about 54% of old Nærøy was merged into
municipality 1750 (Vikten).

Smile,
Stein

[Gnarlodious]

Entity etos spoke thus:

Ahnfelt Cornelius OLESON (Albert Sundsmo) was born ABT 1872 in Indersund,
Vigtin Island, Naro Bishoric, Norway.
Albert's father and mother were born in Rørvik, and there is a
Rørvik close to Viktin

My best guess is Indersund, Vikna Island in Nærøy (Naeroy) Bishopric. That's
very close to Rørvik
Thank you Stein and etos, that looks like the place!

Here is what I learned on the internet:

Nærøy is a municipality and town in the county of Nord-Trøndelag, Norway.
The Old Norse form of the name is Njarðey ('Njörd's-Isle'), found anglicized
as Njardey or less often as Njarthey.
Rørvik was also Røyrvik.
Vikna was an important coastal centre during the Viking Age judging from the
numerous burial mounds on its three principal islands: Indre Vikna, Mellom
Vikna, and the Ytre Vikna.

Rørvik is on the inside island, Indre Vikna:
<http://multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?lat=64.9254&lon=10.7798&scale=1000000>

That leaves the mystery word "Indersund" (indre sund). Could this be a local
name of a place? It appears nowhere on the internet. Or would it more likely
be "The inner sound" of Indre Vikna?

Thanks for all your help.

-- Rachel in Santa Fe

[Anne Berit Hildrum]

"Gnarlodious" <[email protected]> skrev i melding
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Entity etos spoke thus:

Ahnfelt Cornelius OLESON (Albert Sundsmo) was born ABT 1872 in
Indersund,
Vigtin Island, Naro Bishoric, Norway.
Albert's father and mother were born in Rørvik, and there is a
Rørvik close to Viktin

Rørvik is on the inside island, Indre Vikna:
http://multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?lat= ... le=1000000

That leaves the mystery word "Indersund" (indre sund). Could this be a
local
name of a place? It appears nowhere on the internet. Or would it more
likely
be "The inner sound" of Indre Vikna?

Innersund Gnr 21 in Vikna.

Innersund the farm lies on a halfisland on Middle-Vikna.
between Dragspøyta and Sundsvågen. The farm borders to
Stangring and Drag in Norh-east, and Settenøy in south.

These are all farms. The farmname most liley comes form
the fact the farm was in sound between Inner-Vikna and middle.Vikna.
This according to the Vikna bygdebook.

Anne

[Gnarlodious]

Thanks! My great-grandfather Sundsmo/Oleson was born on this island. Any
idea about Norwegian genealogy researchers who know about this family?

-- Rachel


Entity Anne Hildrum spoke thus:

Innersund Gnr 21 in Vikna.

Innersund the farm lies on a halfisland on Middle-Vikna.
between Dragspøyta and Sundsvågen. The farm borders to
Stangring and Drag in Norh-east, and Settenøy in south.

These are all farms. The farmname most liley comes form
the fact the farm was in sound between Inner-Vikna and middle.Vikna.
This according to the Vikna bygdebook.

[Anne Berit Hildrum]

I have the bygdebooks, so why not give us
all the information you have about him, and
I'll check my database to see i9f I have him already
there.

When was he born, his parents name, did he marry here or there,
and if here her name, anything you know about his parents and so on.

Anne

"Gnarlodious" <[email protected]> skrev i melding
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Thanks! My great-grandfather Sundsmo/Oleson was born on this island. Any
idea about Norwegian genealogy researchers who know about this family?

-- Rachel


Entity Anne Hildrum spoke thus:

Innersund Gnr 21 in Vikna.

Innersund the farm lies on a halfisland on Middle-Vikna.
between Dragspøyta and Sundsvågen. The farm borders to
Stangring and Drag in Norh-east, and Settenøy in south.

These are all farms. The farmname most liley comes form
the fact the farm was in sound between Inner-Vikna and middle.Vikna.
This according to the Vikna bygdebook.

[Gnarlodious]

Thank you very much!
Although their name was Oleson, there was another name "Sundsmo" attached to
them. I am especially interested where this name came from. Possibly there
is a local place of that name, or they added a suffix to make a name from
"Sund". Any ideas would be welcome.
When they came to Wisconsin, they discovered way too many Oleson names in
their neighborhood, so Sundsmo became their used name.

Family legend has it that they were in the fish drying business, so it was
probably on the water somewhere.


Andreas Henrick "Henry" /Oleson/ (M)
Born: abt Apr 1846 at Rørvik, Norway

Wife: Ane Elise /Oldsdaughter/ (F)
Born: 28 May 1846 at Rørvik, Norway

Children:

Ahnfelt Cornelius "Albert" /Sundsmo/ (M)
Born: 18 Sep 1871 at Indresund, Vikna Island, Nærøy, Norway

Ole Sivert /Oleson/ (M)
Born: 12 May 1875 at Indresund, Vikna Island, Nærøy, Norway

Casper O. /Sundsmo/ (M)
Born: 26 Mar 1879 at Indresund, Vikna Island, Nærøy, Norway

John Frederick /Oleson/ (M)
Born: 05 Nov 1884 at Indresund, Vikna Island, Nærøy, Norway




Entity Anne Hildrum spoke thus:

I have the bygdebooks, so why not give us
all the information you have about him, and
I'll check my database to see i9f I have him already
there.

When was he born, his parents name, did he marry here or there,
and if here her name, anything you know about his parents and so on.

Anne

"Gnarlodious" <[email protected]> skrev i melding
news:BF7E7A31.15FB3%[email protected]...
Thanks! My great-grandfather Sundsmo/Oleson was born on this island. Any
idea about Norwegian genealogy researchers who know about this family?

-- Rachel


Entity Anne Hildrum spoke thus:

Innersund Gnr 21 in Vikna.

Innersund the farm lies on a halfisland on Middle-Vikna.
between Dragspøyta and Sundsvågen. The farm borders to
Stangring and Drag in Norh-east, and Settenøy in south.

These are all farms. The farmname most liley comes form
the fact the farm was in sound between Inner-Vikna and middle.Vikna.
This according to the Vikna bygdebook.