Svardal

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 Erik found in the digital records seems to be born and died right there in Budal!</B></div> <bR> <div> (detail on 2nd image below)</div> <div> <IMG SRC="27c69760.jpg" border=0 width="617" height="630" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> (4th child -  Erik - born 1811, died 1877 - in Budal)</div> <div> <IMG SRC="27d6e6d0.jpg" border=0 width="622" height="1133" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> That brings up the question - who really were the Erik and Siri Svardal who migrated to Hendricks and are buried in that cemetery?</div> <bR> <div> Any assistance would be so appreciated now by the families and all of us who have worked on this.</div> <bR> <div> Jim Winsness</div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Update 2011 10 03:</U></B></div> <div> I have no idea how Bev Johnson made this connection, but while it does not solve the Erik and Siri question, it sure has others buried in that plot identified!  She said that it was possibly in the lineage of Peder Kosberg 1917.  I exported Peder's ancestry and had to use a 'search' function in the report to find a Svardal - it was Buru Eriksdatter Svardalshammer!  Here is that page from the Budal Bygdebok - In this family below are Lars E 1852/1853 and Peder E 1856/1855 - both who "reiste til Amerika"!</div> <bR> <div> <B>PARENTS were shown to be Erik Larsen Svardal 1811 and Sirri Sivertsdatter Aunegrinda 1818.  </B></div> <div> <B><U>Clearly, those are the same Erik and Siri, but now we have to find out why they are shown died in Norway in the Bygdebok and with different death dates in Norway and US! </U></B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="28020e40.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="996" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Could the bygdebok be wrong?</B></div> <div> <B>Torill Johnson provides the following items:</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>1.  The emigration database shows Erik and Siri's departure from Norway on June 5, 1878. </B></div> <div> <B>(errors are in their reported age - she is shown as "Sigri")</B></div> <div> <B>Further review - this is not the same couple!  </B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="28120460.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="70" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>2. The church records show Erik as dead - but were then crossed out.  </B></div> <div> <B>Having no other information, the bygdebok authors assumed he was dead.</B></div> <div> <B>It is the first line 14.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="282e5990.jpg" border=0 width="741" height="153" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Here is the family in an 1875 Budal Census:</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="283ba320.jpg" border=0 width="954" height="306" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Siri's baptism record - birth 10 Dec 1818:</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="2851a530.jpg" border=0 width="794" height="339" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Oct. 4, 2011 - no solution yet!</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Photos from the Bygdebok</div> <bR> <div> The only double page full senic view of the area - and look who the photographer</div> <div> was - <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Trond Svardal</B></FONT>!!!!</div> <div> <IMG SRC="27e20490.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="585" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> The town today, and the people behind this bygdebok!</div> <div> <IMG SRC="27f40a00.jpg" border=0 width="832" height="1184" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </td> </tr></table></body>