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The real name is Østby, not Ostby

The real name is Østby, not Ostby

Are Ostby (View posts)
Posted: 19 Apr 2000 12:08PM GMT
Any Østbys out there?
There are already a few Ostbys under the Ostby community.
Best rgds, Are (from Oslo, Norway)

Please e-mail me back - I need info !

Glenda Ostby Sorensen (View posts)
Posted: 3 May 2000 7:40AM GMT
You seem to have a ton of information Are - may I call you by your first name ? I have always wondered if Ostby was actually spelled with the slash through the O ! My father will be very interested in that ! My family comes from the Telemarken (am I spelling that correct ?) area in Norway, or at least that is the information that I have. My grandfather was Ole Ostby, my father is Vernon Orman Ostby. We live in North Dakota. Do you have any information that will help me ? You mentioned some books in your e-mail - do you have any titles that I could get from you ! I will appreciate any help or e-mails that you have time to give, Sincerely, Glenda Ostby Sorensen.

Glenda: Ole Ostby and Telemark

Are Ostby (View posts)
Posted: 6 May 2000 6:09AM GMT
Dear Glenda!
Your family comes from Telemark (without 'en' at the end) - it is a county in the middle of Norway in the south. Telemark is the cradle of skiing, by the way (slalom is a Norwegian word and means skiing zig-zag). I have a cottage up there. I will ask my dad to send me the familytree book and look through it for Ole Ostby - I'll ask my Grandma, as well - she knows all about families... (I know that we have relatives over in Canada - maybe also in North Dakota?). By for now (flying to Houston in a few hours).

Best rgds, Are Ostby.

Thanks so much for your e-mail !

Glenda Ostby (View posts)
Posted: 6 May 2000 8:32AM GMT
Thank you so much for taking the time to answer my e-mail ! I really appreciate that ! I want to especially that you for asking your father to send you the family tree book and helping me look up our family ! I will love any information you can give me ! I suppose you have checked in to this - but are you related to the Englehardt C. Ostby (correct spelling on the first name ?) and his daughter that were passengers on the Titanic ?? That facinates me ! I will eagerly await your reply - have safe travels, Glenda.

Titanic - Ostby

Are Ostby (View posts)
Posted: 6 May 2000 8:44AM GMT
Dear Glenda, I am not sure about the Titanic etc - will have to check the family books.

Best rgds, Are.

Once again, thanks for the reply.

Glenda Ostby Sorensen (View posts)
Posted: 6 May 2000 12:18PM GMT
I will wait eagerly to learn more from you. Until then . . . safe travels, Glenda.

Ostbys in MN--Looking for info on Erik

Aaron Hartnell (View posts)
Posted: 5 Mar 2001 5:06AM GMT
Erik and Johanna married in Norway and came to the US in 1890 -- their first daughter was Anne Davis Ostby. She was born in Norway. I can't find their passage records. Johanna died in childbirth in 1903 and her daughter Mamie raised the brothers and sisters. Erik was a loud and raucous man. If anyone can help me I would be delighted. Please e mail me at
ajhartnell@aol.com or
ajhartnell@hotmail.com
Descendants of Erik A. ØSTBY
Page 1
9 Jan 2001
1. Erik A. ØSTBY (b.1861;d.1949)
sp: Johanna Marie ERIKSON (b.1867;d.1903)
2. Anna ØSTBY (b.1890)
2. Mamie Ovidia ØSTBY (b.1891;d.1964)
sp: Arne Theodore TORGELSON (b.1881;m.1911;d.1956)
3. Evelyn Alvira TORGELSON (b.1912)
sp: Clarence THOMPSON (m.1931)
4. Constance THOMPSON (b.1936)
4. Gail THOMPSON (b.1944)
sp: Dave SUNDAHL
3. Myrtle Theresea TORGELSON (b.1915)
sp: Ernie GILSRUD (b.1907;d.1985)
4. Gloria GILSRUD (b.1940)
3. Ruth Evangeline TORGELSON (b.1922)
sp: Harold SHELLUM
4. Roberta Lynne SHELLUM (b.1949)
sp: Craig Clayton DOHSE (b.1948)
5. Gretchen Noelle DOHSE (b.1974)
sp: Louis OWENSBY (m.2000)
5. Kari Danika SHELLUM DOHSE (b.1976)
sp: Brian LAPOINT (m.1995)
5. Chistian Robert SHELLUM DOHSE (b.1984)
4. Cynthia SHELLUM (b.1954)
sp: James Eben WIGHT MD (b.1943)
5. Jenny Evangeline WIGHT (b.1987)
5. Elizabeth Caroline Kinau WIGHT (b.1988)
5. Rachel Hayley Mei WIGHT (b.1993)
3. Judith Ione TORGELSON (b.1925)
sp: Ronald LUNGSTROM (b.1923;d.2000)
4. Julie Anne LUNGSTROM (b.1952)
sp: Larry Glenn VANNOY (b.50)
5. Heather Shea VANNOY (b.1973)
5. Mathias John VANNOY (b.1975)
5. William VANNOY
4. Jon Edward LUNGSTROM (b.1965)
sp: Naomi Louise PFLUEGER (b.1955;m.1991)
5. Gabriel Jennings LUNGSTROM (b.1993)
5. Nathan Daniel LUNGSTROM (b.1995)
5. Nicholas Alexander LUNGSTROM (b.1995)
sp: Harry James HARTNELL (b.1928)
4. Aaron Jennings HARTNELL (b.1964)
sp: UNKNOWN
5. Claude Doggle HARTNELL (b.1997)
3. Theodore Jennings TORGELSON (b.1929)
sp: Margaret Ann LINDSTROM (m.1962)
4. Thomas Jennings TORGELSON (b.1966)




Descendants of Erik A. ØSTBY
Page 2
9 Jan 2001
sp: Alana MINTZER
4. Ann Elizabeth TORGELSON (b.1969)
sp: Gregory Roger STEHN (b.1965;m.1990)
4. Amy Marie TORGELSON (b.1972)
sp: David Cory FORSBERG (b.1972;m.1997)
2. Alma ØSTBY (b.1899)
2. Edward ØSTBY (b.1900;d.1987)
2. Fred ØSTBY (b.1892;d.1969)
2. Ludvig ØSTBY (b.1894;d.1922)
2. Olga Isabelle OTSBY (b.1901;d.1962)
sp: Oscar SNELLING-5VF8-VV (b.1894)
2. Merriam ØSTBY Gabrielson (b.1903;d.1968)
2. Magda ØSTBY (b.20)
sp: Nelvin RETRUM (b.1892;m.1917;d.1978)

Re: The real name is Østby, not Ostby

Gareth Flostrand (View posts)
Posted: 4 Feb 2004 6:05AM GMT
Classification: Query
My husband's grandmother was Minnie Ostby. She was born in Minnesota, USA. Her father was Lars Ostby from Hof, Norway. Do you have any ancestors from the Hof area of Hedmark?
Gareth

Re: The real name is Østby, not Ostby

Posted: 31 Jul 2013 12:16AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Østby, Ostby
Is there an Østby Mail List? My cousin would like to receive email alerts when new messages are sent out containing Østby/Ostby.
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