Anna Olsdatter BERGE

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 8 Mar 1835, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Her obit said that she came to the U.S. on July 6, 1854, with her family and settled in Manitowoc County.

Anna married Torger Knutsen HOUGEN on 30 Nov 1857 in Wisconsin. Torger (son of Knut Nilsen JØRSTAD and Marit Knutsdatter ONSTAD) was born on 24 Mar 1833 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 15 Feb 1916 in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Edward HOUGEN
2. Marian HOUGEN was born in Jan 1859 in Wisconsin; died on 6 Jun 1956 in Wisconsin; was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Neenah, Winnebago County, Wisconsin.
3. Emma HOUGEN was born on 4 May 1869 in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin; died on 2 Feb 1955 in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.

Notes:

He is I5267 in Jim’s VS. Jim’s notes:

Ola og Anne hadde barna: Marit (1821-), Ivar (1824-) til USA i 1849 sammen med broren Gudbrand (1826-), Torstein (1829- ) Anne (1835- ) til USA i 1854 og Berit (1837- ), Gullik (1817-) og Ambjørg (1819-) Våren 1825 var det utpanting hos Ola for gjeld til madam Hansen i Lærdal, med renter og kostnad 302 rd, og høsten 1833 ga han pantebrev til frk Susanne Hansen i Lærdal for gjeld på 279 sps. Dette er forfedrene til Hougen-Berge slekta i USA som Harvey Richard haougen har skrevet to bøker om. Den andre boka er skrevet sammen med Janie Hougen Peak. I den første boka finnes det et bilde av Ola og Anne:

"The majority of Norwegian emigrants left home with adequate funds, enough to enable them to gain to toehold in the new land. Passage alone was expensive, about 35 specie dollars to New York, the equivalent of about three years wages for a hired farm laborer. The persons who are subjects of this study paid for their passage and the trip inland, and bought land soon after arriving in America. Departures continued at several hundred per year after 1836, before jumping to 1600 in 1843. During the depression years of 1849-50 departures leaped to 4,000 a year. Then, during the 1850s, ranged between 1,600 and 6,000, reaching a new high of 8,000 in 1861, before the Civil War imposes a moratorium.

Most of the emigrants came from rural areas, especially the interior valleys. Many welcomed emigration as an alternative to leaving the gård and submitting to urbanization. During the years 1846-1861, two-thirds of all emigrants came from the districts of Valdres, Land, and Gudbrandsdal.

The first member of Anne Olsdatter's family to emigrate was an uncle, a halfbrother of Ole Gulliksen called Gulbrand Gulbrandsen. He took passage with his wife Marit and an infant daughter in 1848; the child died during the voyage and was buried at sea. The Gulbrandesn family bought choice land in the present town of Liberty, but had too little money to establish their farm. So Gulbrand took a job near Port Washington, on Lake Michigan, a short distance north of Milwaukee. He would save some money, then return to start his farm.

It is likely that Ole Gulliksen helped his children financially, for six of the eight chose emigration. Only Gullik, the eldest son, who inherited the farm and daughter Ambjor, who married a husmann, stayed in Valdres. A brother and two more half-brothers of Ole Gulliksen would also find their way to Manitowoc County.

Birth:
Berge 22/4

Ola married Anne Ivarsdatter TUNE. Anne (daughter of Ivar Andrisson TUNE and Ambjørg Olsdatter KVIEN) was born in 1795 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1880. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She is I3439 in Jim’s VS. Jim’s notes: Gullicksen's wife, Anne Iversdatter, came from a bonde family who owned for many generations a nearby gård called Thune. Ole Gullicksen and Anne Iversdatter had eight children, the seventh being Anne Olsdatter, probably named for her mother. Anne had been preceded by Gullik, Ambjor, Marit, Iver, Gulbrand,and Ole; followed by Berit.

Birth:
Tune 36/2 Nørre, Nordigarden

Notes:

Birth:
Leine 56/1 Sørre

Gullik married Marit Arnfinnsdatter BERGE. Marit was born in 1773 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1848. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Berge 22/4

Notes:

Birth:
Tune 36/2 Nørre, Nordigarden

Ivar married Ambjørg Olsdatter KVIEN in 1788. Ambjørg (daughter of Ola Kristoffersen KVIEN and Anne Eiriksdatter KJØS) was born in 1765 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Kvien 96/1

Notes:

Birth:
Leine 56/1 Sørre

Ola married Berit Knutsdatter JEVNE. Berit (daughter of Knut Olsson MO and Guri Gulliksdatter JEVNE) was born in 1718 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1793 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Jevne 88/1

Notes:

Born in Tune 36/2 nørre, Nordigarden.

Andris married Ingeborg Jonsdatter ELLINGBØ. Ingeborg (daughter of Jon Trondsen STEINDE and Berit Embriksdatter ELLINGBØ) was born about 1734 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1832 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Born in Bøkkadn 33/3 av Ellingbø.

She is Ingebjørg Jonsdatter Ellingbø, I2482, in Jim’s VS.

dwfrench1 calls her Ingri Jonsdatter Ellingbo.

Notes:

Birth:
Kvien 96/1

Died:
Kvien 96/1

Ola married Anne Eiriksdatter KJØS. Anne (daughter of Erik Einarson KJØS and Marit Olsdatter KVÅLE) was born in 1728 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1795. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Kjøs 94/1, Nerre, Lalim