Jensine & Inga Bertelsen (Tune/Greaker 1883/1876)

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Hi, I am hoping to find some information on my great grandmother (Jensine) and her sister (Inga). Their last name was Bertelsen.

Inga, from Greaker Norway, left Norway on 9/6/1894 headed towards Sioux Falls, South Daktota, USA. Eventually she married a Samuel Brusstar (died in 1916) in Baltimore, Maryland USA and then remarried a Carl O'Dell. She is buried in Druid Ridge Cemetery, Pikesville, Maryland, USA. Inga was born in 1876 and died in 1954.

Jensine, from Thune(=Tune) left Norway on 9/11/1897 headed towards Siuox Falls, South Daktota, USA. She married a James Dew in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Jensine was born in 1883 although she lists her birth year as 1881 on the passenger lists of the ship she left Norway on). She died in 1958 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

I am trying to find out any information on their family. I know that they did have 1 sister who stayed in Norway.

Any help is much appreciated!!! Thank you, Jodi

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I think I found the parents of Inga and Jensine Bertelsen and I am looking for more information. Parents name were:

Jens (spelled Yens on his daughter's US death dertificate) Bertelsen and Joanne Otto.

Their daughter Inga Bertelsen was born on 4/19/1876 in Norway. On her emmigration papers in 1894, she listed her last residence as Greaker Norway.

Another daughter Jensine Bertelsen was born about April 07, 1883 in Norway. Her emmigration papers in 1897 says her last residence was Tune, Norway.

I know that the sisters had at least 1 other sister who stayed in Norway, and that they left Norway to escape a "mean" stepmom. So Joanne must have died before 1894.

I did find this listing in the 1900 census from Tune that could possibly be Jens Bertelsen

Hushald nr. Førenamn Etternamn Kjønn Busett Fam. stilling Sivilstand Yrke Fødd år Fødestad Nasjonalitet Trussamf. Merknad
Jens Bertels. m b hf g Arbeider i Lændse 1851 t n s Bryggerhusbygningen
Emilie Bertels. k b hm g Arbeiderkone 1846 Hvaler Sm n s
Antonie Bertels. k b d ug Datter 1887 t n s
Nathalie Bertels. k b d ug Datter 1889 t n s

Also, I have search Familysearch.org, ancestry.com, and the Digitalarkivet site, but still havent been able to find anything else. Does anyone have access to other research online that could possibly help me?? I would really appreicate the help!!

Thanks, Jodi