Emigrations from Norway to North America
Here you can see the timeline of all of the emigrations out of Norway in our tree that have moved to North America.
I will be adding more as i come across them and some will be given a separate page with more details on their move. Links to each person is in the boxes.
If you have additional information on them, please comment below or send me a message on our contact page and I will have it added.
1863
January 1st
Hessevåg-Bakke
Anne Didriksdatter moved to the USA around 1863. Do not have any dates on when and where she went yet.
- Anne Didriksdatter
1870
June 12th
Lien/Lida
Peder Abarahamsen moved to Wisconsin when he was 20. Married Olene in 1876 and had 8 kids.
1870
June 12th
Sira/Peterson
Ole Pettersen and wife Eli Bjertesdatter moved to the USA in 1871. They set up in Minnesota at Lake Hanska, had 10 kids.
1874
November 1st
Brøste/Brudeliøyen
Johan, his wife Gullow & 4 of their kids moved over to Minnesota sometime between 1871 & 1875.
1875
June 1st
Bakke
Abel Pedersen Bakke with his daughters moved to the USA around 1875. They established themselves in Minnesota.
1877
April 15th
Deknepoll
Abel Pedersen Bakke with his daughters moved to the USA around 1875. They established themselves in Minnesota.
1877
June 1st
Kolset
Hans and Gjertrud and their son moved to the USA June 1st 1877. They moved to Minnesota and settled down there.
1880
May 7th
Hennøy/Thorheim
Balsine Martine Pedersdatter moved to the USA in 1880 with her husband Kristen Ellefsen Torheim. Have found some records of “Sina P” in Duluth but would like to find more. Nothing on her husband so far other than mention in the death record.
1881
June 10th
Lofnes
Kari Steffensdatter moved out of Norway in 1881. Kari(Carrie) moved to Minnesota and stayed there until 1900 , she got remarried and moved to Washington state and lived in Tacoma.
1882
January 1st
Hessevåg
Hans Hessevåg moved out of Norway in 1882. Do not have any info on dates or where he went yet.
1882
January 1st
Lillehaug
Anton P Lillehaug & family moved out of Norway in 1882 and established them themselves in South Dakota, Washington and Minnesota.
1882
May 22nd
Deknepoll
Rebekka moved to Iowa in 1882 and got married the next year to John Amundson from Raudeberg and settled down.
1882
May 26th
Hessevåg-Bakke
Didrik Samuel moved out of Norway in May 26th 1882 and arrived in June 6th 1882. Found him on a census in Tacoma Washington january 1920, as a Fisherman visiting his cousin Carrie. Later in 1920 i found a death certificate from Alaska that matches him. Lived in Washington as a Fisherman, no marriage records so far.
1884
January 1st
Hennøy
Per Hennøy moved in 1884 to USA no info yet on where he went.
Ane Marie from Hennøy also left in 1884 to USA, do not have any info if she left the same as Per or where she went.
1887
July 8th
Berstad/Blålid
Abel & Marta moved out of Norway in 1886. They moved to Clearwater County in Minnesota and stayed there until 1910 when they returned to Norway and lived their remaining years. Abel’s daughter Anne Elise also moved to the same county a couple years later, got married and remained there.
1888
January 1st
Blomsnes
Anton Kristian Nilsen moved to the USA in 1888. No info on when he arrived or where he ended up yet.
1888
April 9th
Kolset/Hessevåg
Kristine moved with 4 of her children to the USA in 1888. Another 2 had previously traveled over in 1880/2 . They settled in Pennington County, Minnesota .
1888
April 26th
Hennøy
Elling Pedersen moved to the USA in 1888. Worked as a day labourer in Big Stone County, Minnesota. In 1901 he went back to Molde Norway, got married and returned to Minnesota with wife. They had 2 sons and then moved back to Norway in 1906 and settled in Møre og Romsdal.
1890
April 17th
Klubben/Lofnes
Katrine and her son moved to the USA around 1890. They settled down n Minnesota. Anders got married but did not have any kids.
1891
January 1st
Blomsnes
Peder Nilsen moved to the USA in 1891. No info on when he arrived or where he ended up yet.
1892
January 1st
Sletta/Rødstøl
Anders Jacobsen moved out of Norway in 1892. No info at this moment on where he went.
1892
January 1st
Hauge
Andreas Hauge moved out of Norway in 1892. No info at this moment on where he went.
1893
January 1st
Hauge
Louise Hauge moved out of Norway in 1893. No info at this moment on where she went.
1893
January 1st
Hersel
Brother and sister Ole & Gullow moved out of Norway in 1893. Ole was with his wife Inga. Ole and Inga settled in North Dakota. No info at this moment on Gullow and where she went.
1893
April 12th
Angelhaug
Anders Martinsson and wife and daughter moved out of Norway in 1893. They arrived in the USA in 1896 and moved to Washington state and got settled in there.
1893
April 27th
Hessevåg-Bakke
Hans Karl Daniel moved out of Norway in 1893. He arrived in the USA in June 1896 and moved to Minnesota. He got married there and took a degree in medicine.
1900
April 11th
Grindøy
Albert moved out of Norway in 1900. Only record so far is that he may have died around 1905 but no confirmation on that.
1905
January 1st
Monsen
Mathias moved out of Norway in 1905. He moved to Washington state and in 1912 married Karen Fanghol.
1905
January 1st
Fanghol
Karen moved out of Norway in 1910. She moved to Washington state and Mathias Monsen.
1910
February 28th
Nerbø
Sigvart Nerbø moved out of Norway in 1910. No info on dates or where he went.
1911
January 1st
Hennøy
Marie Katrine moved out of Norway in 1911. No info on dates or where she went.
1911
January 1st
Tennebø
Anfin Odin travelled the coast as fisherman until 1911 when he moved from Alta to the US. Came there in 1914, in 1917 he was with Ida(Ada) Johnson, Got registered in the enrollment with wife and child in June. Sadly died in Spetember, Child was born in January but passed away a year later. Not found record if he had a child before that or not or who Ida/Ada is.
1913
June 1st
Isane
Rasmus Jonas moved out of Norway in 1913, and lived at Wheaton, Minnesota for a few years before moving to Badger, Minnesota.
1920
September 14th
Hessevåg-Bakke.
Hans Bakke moved out of Norway in 1920. Lived in Las Vegas.
1922
April 28th
Holme.
Karl Matias Rasmussen moved out of Norway in 1922. Arrived in New York with note going to South Dakota. Not found any record of where he went except for a death register in the Ramsey County Minnesota matching his name and date of birth.
1923
November 23rd
Gjerde/Rasmussen.
1926
February 3rd
Hessevåg-Bakke.
Paul Bakke moved out of Norway in 1926. Lived in Chicago and was married to an American. Came back to Norway in …
1926
April 20th
Bakke.
Johannes Bakke moved out of Norway in 1926. Arrived in New Yoprk but do not have any more info on what happened after that.
1927
January 1st
Stårheimssæter.
1929
January 1st
Hessevåg.
Emil Kristoffer moved out of Norway in 1929. No info on dates or where he went. in WW2 he joined the US airforce. Returned to Hessevåg in 1968
1930
April 1st
Frøyen
1947
January 1st
Isane
Ola Isane took his family with him to South Dakota and settled in the Pennington County.
1950
April 1st
Isane
Sigurd Martin took his family with him to Minnesota and settled in the Roseau County.
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