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Halvor Steinarsen Kjemhus

1835 – 1888 · aged c. 53 · Farmer, Timber merchant


Timeline

  • 1835Born Kjemhus, Veggli, Rollag, Buskerud, Norway
  • 1865–1875Lived Kjemhus, Veggli, Rollag, Buskerud, Norway source
  • Dec 19, 1868Married Kjersti Tollevsdatter, Rollag, Buskerud, Norway source
  • May 27, 1887Emigrated ChristianiaChristiania Norway's capital, spelled Kristiania from the late 1800s and renamed Oslo in 1925. Emigrants from eastern Norway sailed from its harbor, and the city's police kept a register of them as they left. All the words (Oslo), Norway, Aboard the Rollo from Christiania. source
  • Jun 14, 1887Arrived Quebec, Quebec, Canada, Arrived aboard Toronto (Dominion Line) with the Kjemhus family, from Liverpool 3 June via Belfast 4 June; ticket destination Montevideo, Minnesota. source
  • 1888Died Sandnes Township, Yellow Medicine, Minnesota, United States

Family

Parents
Steinar Halvorsen Gladheim 1802–1864
Kari Tollefsdatter Kjøntveit 1803–1887
Spouse
Kjersti Tollevsdatter
Children
Siblings
Kristi 1832–1934
Helge 1833–1884
Knut 1838–1924
Tollef 1844–1847
Tollef b. 1847
Farms
Kjemhus born here, lived here

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Sources

  1. Residence · 18651865 census, Rollag — Kjemhuus nordre, household 29, løpenr. 42
  2. Marriage · Dec 19, 1868Rollag ministerialbok I9 — Halvor Stenersen and Kjersti Tollefsdatter marriage (19 Dec1868), p124
  3. Census · 18751875 census — Norway
  4. Emigration · May 27, 1887Rollag ministerialbok I11 — Halvor Stenersen Kjemhus household, departures1887, p225
  5. Emigration · May 27, 1887Oslo police emigrant protocol14 (1887–1888) — Halvor Stenersen household, p79
  6. Emigration · May 27, 1887Christiania emigrant protocol 14 — Kjemhus family, Rollo departure, 27 May 1887. National Archives of Norway ↗
  7. Arrival · Jun 14, 1887Canada passenger lists — Toronto, Liverpool to Quebec, 14 June 1887, Kjemhus family. Ancestry ↗ (account needed)

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