Re: Haakon & Gjertrud (Olsson) Pederson, Nor>Mn>Wi
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Haakon & Gjertrud (Olsson) Pederson, Nor>Mn>Wi
peter hawkins 2/26/03
Hello there, I can attest to the fact that these people existed, and some of them did in fact change their names to Hawkins. I have the old Norweigan family Bible, with most of all these names, starting with Haakon Pederson at the top, followed by Peder Haagensen, Ole Haagensen, John Haagensen (my great great Grandfather who did change his name to "hawkins" and begot Edward Palmer, Orvin, Harry, and Margeret(Dake).
Edward Palmer Hawkins was my grandfather, and my dad's named after John Haagensen. We don't know a lot about our family, but I can send you a scanned copy of the family names in our Bible.