Inger Sorlien about 1842 born?

[dn24779]

Does anyone see the following person born or baptized? I just looked and couldn't find them.

Inger Sorlien
about 1842 born
Dokka


Takk, Joe Holman (Halsrud)

[Helene Kristine Gurihus]

Hi,

I think the Inger Sorlien you are looking for are Inger Hansdr, from Bjørnslien / Sørlien in Nordsinni, Nordre Land. See attached Family Group Sheet.

She was born April 13 1842, christned May 8th. Married to Kristoffer Olsen April 8, 1865, listed at Bjørnslien in the census same year.

They emigrated to the US in 1867, and lived in Bode, Iowa. She gave birth to 7 children there.

Her parents emigrated in 1870.

Regards,
Dag Gurihus

[dn24779]

Thanks for the information.

Yes, that'd be the one that went to Bode Iowa.

Where did you get that Family Group Sheet?

Do you have information on the parents more?

Thanks, Joe.

p.s. What's the story on why so many people out of Dokka ended up around Bode Iowa area? Do you know?

[Helene Kristine Gurihus]

Hi,

Attached is a family grup sheet of Inger Hansdrs parents. Her father got one son out of wedlock with Marte Andersdr before marrying Ingeborg.

All the children of Hans and Ingeborg emigrated to the US;

Hans Andreas, in 1866
Inger, in 1867
Olave, on June 11, 1869 with the ship Oder from Kristiania (Oslo)
Anton and Johan, on May 20, 1870 with the ship Hero from Kristiania

The family group sheets are from my own research. Distantly related to
Inger myself.

Regards,
Dag Gurihus

[Helene Kristine Gurihus]

Hi,

On the question of how there seems to be som many from around Dokka who settled around Bode, Iowa, the "Boka om Land", volume 4, subtitled "The emigration to America" gives some clues.

"En gang i slutten av 1860-årene kom brødrene Torkild og Christian Rossing til denne delen av Iowa og slo seg ned som farmere i det strøk hvor byen Bode ble grunnlagt omkring 1880. Snart fikk Rossingbrødrene selskap av flere landinger her ute, særlig mange østsinninger fant seg et hjem her ute på den treløse prærien. Da det ble lagt jernbane gjennom området, sørget den initiativrike kaptein T. Rossing for at jernbaneselskapet anla en stasjon der, og han lot selv oppføre den første butikkbygning der i 1882. Forretningen ble senere overtatt av tre Kinseth-brødre, sønner av Lars Knudsen Kjendseth som utv. i 1878. I det hele tatt bosatte det seg så mange landinger i og omkring byen Bode, at en får inntrykk av at de faktisk kom til å dominere dette settlementet. Biografiene forteller litt om hvem de var, og gir en pekepinn om den rolle disse landingene og deres etterkommere har spilt når det gjelder å forvandle dette strøket til et av staten Iowa's beste jordbruksområder."

Translation:

"Sometime in the end of the 1860ies, the brothers Torkild and Christian Rossing came to this part of Iowa. They settled in the area where the city Bode was incorporated around 1880. Soon, the Rossing-brothers was accompanied by more Landings out here, especially many from Østsinni found themselves a home out here on the tree-less praire. When the railway was built through the area, the initiative captain T. Rossing arranged that a railwaystation was constructed. He built the citys first store building in 1882. This store was later taken over by three Kinseth-brother, sons of Lars Knudsen Kjendseth, who emigrated in 1878. Overall, there settled som many Landings in the area, that one gets the impressin that they dominated this settlement. Their biographies tells some of who they were, and give some foundation for the role theese Landings and their descendants have played in changing this part into one of the state of Iowas best farmlands"


Regards,
Dag Gurhus
PS! Feel free to correct spelling errors in the translated text,
Notre Dame MBA, class of '95 is some years ago.