Karen's brother Ole Nielsen was born 28 February 1829 and baptized 17 April 1829. [1] I searched the Archives for Solum for his confirmation record and did not find one. That is unusual as most Norwegian youth had a confirmation around age 14-15. That is true even today. It was required before one could marry in the church. See -childhood-to-adulthood-norwegian-confirmation-ceremonies or https://www.familysearch.org/node/1247 Ole was 28 years old when he left for Amerika [2] with his 12-year-old sister Karen Gurine and fifty-four-year old father Niels Hansen. I don't have records for him in the United States. More research could be done here.
birth record for Ole |
[1] The National Archives of Norway, scanned church records, Telemark, Solum: 1814-1833, Parish register (official), birth and baptism records 1829, page 144, entry 21, Ole
<http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read : accessed 15 Feb 2013>.
emigration record for Ole |
[2] The National Archives of
Norway, scanned church records, Telemark, Solum: 1856-1864, Parish register
(official), migration records 1857, page 411, entry 55, Ole Nielsen, <http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read : accessed 7
November 2009>.
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