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Subject: Re: Looking for Ole Weborg and spouse in Norway
Author: thoraway
Date: Friday, January 30, 2015
Classification: Query
Surnames:
You MIGHT be talking about the Ole Wiborg family that lived in Door Co. WI in 1880 -
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN4X-DRD
That couple had at least three additional children not listed in 1880 - names in Norwegian were Henrik, Anders and Barbro.
http://www.rhd.uit.no/folketellinger/ftliste_e.aspx?ft=1865&knr=0515&kenr=001&bnr=0017&lnr=000
The mother in that family had an earlier family connection to a farm called Barlund.
The family (not including the son Anders - later known as Andrew) emigrated from the port of Oslo, Norway in June of 1868 listing their intended destination as Detroit.
http://gda.arkivverket.no/cgi-win/webcens.exe?slag=visbase&sidenr=19&filnamn=EMIOSLO&gardpostnr=153&sokefelt=skjul