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[TSL] Norway to US (was) Re: THESHIPSLIST Digest, Vol 5, Issue 12
Sue Swiggum <swig@ns.sympatico.ca> on 01/20/2010

Hi Scott,

Using the digitalarkivet I found "Andrew" departing Bergen on that date ...

1901    Mars    7       Andreas         Steffensen      Øfstegård       m 
     ug      Søn af 
Husmand  1882    19      Hammer  Hammer          Stjerne L pp

Using the same farm name spelling, I also found a Bernt  (no ship info 
included) ...

1893    Feb.    17      Bernt   Steffensen      Øfstegård       m       ug 
     Skomagerssøn    1871    22      Hammer  Hammer

I found Bernt once again in 1911 and Martin with his wife, in 1920

1911    Feb.    1       Bernt   Steffensen      (Øfstegård)     m       g 
     Farmer  1871    40      Hammer  State of So Dak         Amk Beresford 
So Dak    Nei     Været hjemme paa besøk [on a visit 
home]        Farmer  Amk B   Cunard
1920    Mars    10      Martin  Steffensen      Øfstegård       m       g 
     Farmer  1865    55      Hamre   State of So Dak         Amk Beresford 
So Dak    Nei     Været hjemme på besøk [on a visit home] Farmer  Reisepass 
Besøkende [visiting travel pass]      Norske Amk Lj III
1920    Mars    10      Cecilia         Stephensen              f       g 
     Forr Hustru     1879    41      Avaldsnes pr Haugesund  State of So 
Dak         Amk Beresford So Dak    Nei     Været hjemme på 
besøk   Husmor          Norske Amk Lj III

I didn't find Martin's emigration, but you can experiment here

http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/WebMeta.exe?spraak=e

Now, to explain what I found.

Andreas departed Bergen on March 7th 1901.  He would have taken a "feeder 
ship" to Hull, train to Liverpool to embark on a White Star Line ship, with 
a prepaid ticket [Stjerne L pp].
It looks like his "feeder ship" was the Wilson Line Spero (1)
http://www.norwayheritage.com/p_route.asp?ro=t46

For Norwegians leaving from Christiania on "feeder ships," the 'rule of 
thumb' is to add two weeks +/- to the emigration date to estimate the North 
American arrival date, being a Bergen departure, add a couple more 
days.  The SPERO sailed first from Trondheim to Kristiansund to Ålesund to 
Bergen to Stavanger, then Hull.

Wilson Line
http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/wilson.html
White Star Line
http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/whitestar.html

White Star Line was sailing to Boston or New York in 1901.

For Bernt in 1911, it was the same deal as Andreas only he was going to 
join a Cunard Line ship at Liverpool.  The "feeder-ship" names are here for 
1911, but no sailing date info to confirm which one
http://www.norwayheritage.com/p_year.asp?ye=1911

Cunard Line
http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/cunard.html

For Martin and his wife in 1920, it is different as they sailed direct on a 
Norwegian-America Line ship.

Norwegian-America Line
http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/noramerica.html

They would have taken the train to Christiania and sailed from there for 
New York on March 13th 1920 aboard the STAVANGERFJORD.
http://www.norwayheritage.com/p_route.asp?ro=n08

The Stavangerfjord arrived at New York on March 26th 1920.  I decided to 
check their passenger list on Ancestry and it says they were going to 
brother "Bert" in SD and that Martin had been in the US before 1902-1919 
and for his wife, 1906-1919, so now you have a better idea of their 
emigration date ... although, always keep in mind that the actual year is 
the most misremembered part of any date.

Ahhh ... on Ancestry I did find Martin's emigration in 1901  !!!   with his 
son Steffen, age 8, going to brother Berndt in SD.  They were on the 
American Line ST. LOUIS which arrived at New York July 14th 1901, from 
Southampton, England.

American Line
http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/american.html

When you go looking, he is indexed as   Martin Ostegaard

Enjoy,

Sue
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TheShipsList Website
http://www.theshipslist.com/

At 06:12 PM 2010-01-19 -0500, sthomp4297@aol.com wrote:
>Looking for Imigrant ship information on two relatives that came to 
>America from Hordaland, Hamre (near Bergen), Norway in 1901. I have a date 
>of 03/07/1901, but not sure if that is the departure or arrival date. 
>Thanks, Scott Thompson
>
>1. Andrew Steffensen Ofstegaard, DOB 1882
>2. Martin Steffensen Ofstegaard, DOB 1865



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