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.

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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.

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1923

November 23rd

Gjerde/Rasmussen.

Reidar Olai  moved out of Norway in 1923. Moved to Washington state and settled there.

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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 …

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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.

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1927

January 1st

Stårheimssæter.

Kristian Sigurd moved out of Norway in 1927. No info on dates or where he went.

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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

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1930

April 1st

Frøyen

Lars Andreas was married to Helen Rooney and worked on a tugboat in Newyork. 

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1947

January 1st

Isane

Ola Isane took his family with him to  South Dakota and settled in the Pennington County. 

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1950

April 1st

Isane

Sigurd Martin took his family with him to Minnesota and settled in the Roseau County. 

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