Georg SVERDRUP

1848 - 1907  (58 years)

• Name	Georg SVERDRUP
  Birth	16 Dec 1848	Balestrand, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway
  Gender	Male
  Minnesota Death Certificate	1907-57-766
  Occupation	Teacher, Theologian
  Death	3 May 1907	Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
  	“paralysis of the heart”
  Burial	7 May 1907	Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
  	Section 16, Lot 56, Grave 2
  Notes	From a biography in the History of Hennepin County and The City of Minneapolis: SVERDRUP, George was born in the western part of Norway. December 16th, 1848. He attended school at Christiana from 1862 to 1865, when he entered the University in the city of Christiana. During 1870, he traveled through Italy and Germany, and in 1871, passed theological exanimation at the University. The year 1873, he spent in Paris, in the study of the Semitic languages, Assyrian antiquities and other sciences connected with the study of the old testament. In 1874, he received a call from this conference since which time he has been closely identified with the history of Augsburg Seminary. He was the second president of Augsburg College (then called Augsburg Seminary). He served from 1876 until his death in 1907. This 31-year tenure is the longest of the college’s presidents. Shown as born in Norway in 1849 according to his death certificate. That is also the birthdate shown in the database for emigrants from Balestrand. In the 1865 Norwegian census, he is probably the Georg Sverdrup who is a student of Theology in Aker at Rosenhoff af Blinderen. He was born in Balestrand. The database for emigrants from Balestrand shows that the 25 year-old Georg Sverdrup, “cand. th.”, emigrated “over Bergen frå Balestrand” on July 22, 1874. He was married at the time. He departed on the Kong Sverre line. In the 1880 census (June 14th), Georg and family are living in Minneapolis. Georg, 31, is a professor of theology. The rest of the family is Catherine G., 26, Carl U., 5, Elsey M., 2, and George, 10 months. Also living with them was Catherine’s brother Jurgen Heiberg, 21, and Caroline Herslet, 31, a servant. The three children were born in Minnesota and the rest in Norway. Jurgen was a miller. Two doors away from the Sverdrups were the Sven Oftsdahls: another future president of Augsburg. It would appear that Georg the father went back to Norway, where Inga was born, after George the son was born in the United States. Georg the father’s first wife apparently died in the 1880s and Georg remarried (to Elise) in the late 1880s. {She married at age 20, which would have been 1886 or 1887, according to the 1930 census.} “Professor G. Sverdrup”, age 40, arrived in New York on 18 September 1886. He is headed for Minnesota. He arrived on the ship “Alabama” via Glasgow, Scotland, and Larne, Ireland. He appears to be traveling with someone either born in Iowa or destined for Iowa but the name is obscured by the fold in the original document. Living with Georg and his family at the time of the 1900 census were two “pupils” from Norway: 30 year old Gilbert Olson and 33 year old Henry Ytrehus each of whose occupations were shown as students. The family was living at 728 22nd Avenue S. in Minneapolis. Georg the father was a teacher at Augsburg Seminary. Founder of the Lutheran Free Church. There is a Georg Sverdrup society organized in December 2003 and open to anyone interested in the life and work of Georg Sverdrup (1848 - 1907), considered as among "the ablest theologians" in the history of Norwegian-American Lutheranism. The society is registered in the state of Minnesota as a 501(C)(3) nonprofit corporation.
  Person ID	I4090	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	12 Sep 2018

  
  

  Father	Harald Ulrik SVERDRUP,   b. 18 Feb 1813, Sem, Vestfold, Norway d. 23 Apr 1891, Balestrand, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Caroline Metella SUR,   b. 24 Jun 1816, Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway d. 27 May 1903, Balestrand, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	4 Jul 1844
  Family ID	F5473	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Cathrine Elisabeth HEIBERG,   b. 4 Nov 1853, Bergen, Hordaland, Norway d. 9 Oct 1887, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 33 years)
  Marriage	25 Jun 1874	Nykirken, Bergen, Hordaland, Norway
  Children	1. Carl Ulrik SVERDRUP,   b. Abt 1875, Minnesota d. 1887, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 12 years)   2. Andreas Severin SVERDRUP,   b. 1876, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota d. 1877, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 1 year)   3. Else Magdalene SVERDRUP,   b. 8 Nov 1877, Minnesota d. 22 May 1965, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 87 years)   4. George SVERDRUP,   b. 3 Aug 1879, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota d. 11 Nov 1937, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 58 years)   5. Inga SVERDRUP,   b. 9 Aug 1881, Norway d. 20 Apr 1927, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 45 years)   6. Gunhild SVERDRUP,   b. 15 Dec 1883, Minnesota d. 22 May 1955, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 71 years)   7. Ragna Marie SVERDRUP,   b. Jul 1885, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota d. 27 Sep 1953, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 68 years)
  Family ID	F3272	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Jul 2007

  
  

  Family 2	Elise Susanne HEIBERG,   b. Oct 1866, Bergen, Hordaland, Norway d. 10 Sep 1942, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	Aug 1890
  Children	1. Harald Ulrik SVERDRUP,   b. 10 Aug 1891, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota d. 6 May 1957, Yakima, Yakima County, Washington (Age 65 years)   2. Baby SVERDRUP   d. 25 Mar 1897, Minnesota   3. Edvard F SVERDRUP,   b. 14 Sep 1904, Minnesota d. Jun 1983, Irwin, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Age 78 years)   4. SVERDRUP   d. Unknown
  Family ID	F3276	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Jun 2005