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robin a. gjerde (View posts)
Posted: 26 Jul 2002 11:39PM GMT
Classification: Query
my name is robin a. gjerde, i live in california, fathers name was ronald gjerde( passed away,july7, 2002), mother helen, brothers rick, ron jr, sister lorraine.
have many relatives in minnesota, i live in lake elsinore california and would enjoy hearing from any "gjerde" that relates to me.

thank you

robin a. gjerde

Re: seeking Gjerde relatives

Posted: 1 Jun 2003 3:41AM GMT
Classification: Query
Hello Robin;
I am Patrice Gjerde, and live just north of Los Angeles. I think my dad once spoke to your dad after finding his name in the phone book and they agreed they were related but couldn't figure out how. My dad grew up in Tomrefjord, Norway on the Gjerde farm. Is that where your Gjerde's are from too?

Re: seeking Gjerde relatives

robin gjerde (View posts)
Posted: 31 Jul 2004 11:21PM GMT
Classification: Query
hi patrice:)
i think my great grandfather was from norway.
im sure in someway we may be related, but tracing the root that far back could be difficult.
in any even, lets talk a bit back and forth and see what happens, maybe by doing this we can clearly tell if a relation is there or not
take care
robin

Re: seeking Gjerde relatives

Patrice (View posts)
Posted: 2 Aug 2004 4:44PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: GJERDE
Hello Robin, I got your message on ancestry.com. Certainly the name Gjerde is from Norway at some point. Maybe your grandfather or great grandfather? Did you know that it means "fence" in Norwegian? Anyway, my father is Steinar Gjerde, and he grew up in Tomrefjord, More og Romsdal, Norway and moved to the United States in the 1950's where he started our family in Washington. There were a lot of Gjerde's in Tomrefjord for hundreds of years. I think there are a few more places in Norway where there were Gjerde families, but this was probably one of the biggest, so maybe your grandfather is related. Do you have any information where in Norway he would have been from? Do you know your grandmother's maiden name? I could probably tell if she was from the More og Romsdal area by her last name. I look forward to hearing from you...

Re: seeking relatives

Laurie Jensen (View posts)
Posted: 30 Jul 2006 6:48PM GMT
Classification: Query
Hi,
I have Gjerde relatives in Minnesota. My grandmother was Elsie Gjerde and her brother was Mons Gjerde, who had some children who moved to California. Mons was a Lutheran Pastor, and I believe he and his wife Christine had 9 children: Palma, Signe, Christopher, Waldemar, Manley, Luthard, Clayton, Reuben and Ruth. I am wondering if perhaps one of these men would have been your grandfather?
Laurie Jensen

Re: seeking relatives

Posted: 25 Feb 2007 2:34PM GMT
Classification: Query
Luthard Gjerde is my grandfather and I grew up in Minnesota. Clayton is the one who moved to California, San Diego, to be precise. Clayton worked for one of the universities in San Diego. Luthard was a Lutheran Pastor who later became the head of Lutheran Social Services.

I have been to Gjerde, Norway and met my relatives there. The nearest town is Valdall. I believe there are four 'towns' in Norway that were called Gjerde, and because of the way Norwegians at the time treated last names and how they would introduce themselves "from town X" they took the place name as their last name.

Therefore, to the original poster, you might try to search back to each of the four different Gjerde towns in Norway and see who immigrated to California. Mons Pederson Gjerde (he was Peder's son and came from Gjerde) settled in North Dakota and was a Luthern Pastor.

Hope this information helps.

- Aaron Gjerde

Re: seeking relatives

Posted: 26 Feb 2007 2:51PM GMT
Classification: Query
Hi Aaron Gjerde!
Well, I do know that we are related. Your grandfather Mons Gjerde and my grandmother Else Gjerde Dahlager were brother & sister. I have now completed my family history, and I do have information on the Gjerde's in Norway. If you would like additional information, let me know!
Laurie Jensen
Dalton, MN

Re: seeking relatives

Posted: 15 Apr 2009 6:21AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Gjerde
Hi Robin,
Searching for Gjerde relatives. My grandfather Melvin Gjerde (born in Minn. later moved to So.Calif area)had a Ronald Gjerde listed in his address book (Torrance, CA area). Melvin had a brother Henry(he had sons, William, Harry, Marvin, daughters- Nona, LaVina) and Alfred, sisters, Sophia, Julia, Josephine, Alma. All from Minn. Father is Peder Hanssen Gjerde from Norway (1847-1912), died in Fertile, Mn., Mother Anna Overby (1859-1932), born in Goodhue, Mn., Died in Mentor.

Any of this familiar?
Please contact me at nancylk@msn.com
Nancy

Re: seeking relatives

Posted: 17 Apr 2009 2:58PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Gjerde
Also looking for Gjerde family info. Melvin N.Gjerde-my grand father, Parents: Peder Hansson Gjerde, Anna Overby, Brothers-sisters: Henry Gilbert Gjerde(married: Elsie-kids: Harry, William, Marvin, Nona, LaVina), Alfred, Alma, Josephine, Julia, Sophia.
All were from Minnesota. I have lots of pictures, some need identification. Please contact-nancylk@msn.com

Thanks,
Nancy
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