Chat | Daily Search | My GenForum | Community Standards | Terms of Service Jump to Forum Home: Regional: U.S. States: Minnesota Genealogy Forum Re: Martha Torgerson (maiden name Halvorsdatter) Ottertail co MN Posted by: Taryn (ID *****2998) Date: June 30, 2008 at 21:02:31 In Reply to: Martha Torgerson (maiden name Halvorsdatter) Ottertail co MN by thea of 14465 You might be very lucky with the clue that you had, In Telemark fylke (county) in southern Norway, on the 1865 census, there is a parish spelled Bø, also spelled Bøe, and at that parish is a main farm area called/spelled Svendsø. Svendsø from (fra) Bø. If you go to familysearch.org and put in Marthe Halvorsdatter then born 1819 but with a plus or minus of 2 years, then choose Norway from the drop down menu, you can find her, b. 1818 it says, with parents Marte <HALVORSDATTER> Sex: F -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Event(s): Birth: 29 Aug 1818 Place: <Bo, Telemark, Norway> Christening: 13 Sep 1818 Place: Bo, Telemark, Norway -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Parents: Father: Halvor HALVORSEN Notify Administrator about this message? Followups: Re: Martha Torgerson (maiden name Halvorsdatter) Ottertail co MN thea 7/01/08 http://genforum.genealogy.com/mn/messages/14338.html Search this forum: Find all of the words Find any of the words Search all of GenForum: Proximity matching Link to GenForum Add Forum

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