Was your Martin Hegstad named Martin Julius Hegstad, and was he from Trondheim, Norway and born in the 1840's? I've been trying to find what happened to Martin Julius Hegstad because he or his half brother, Christian Thoresen, children of Johanna Hegstad and Johann Hegstad might be my great grandfather. They are on the 1865 Norwegian census and not on the 1875 census.My ggrandfather showed up in Galveston about 1868, age 22, and took the name James Johnson.He was captain of various vesels and then a bar pilot for the Port of Galveston. He named his first son John Haegstad Johnson. He died at age 38. My grandfather was the only one of his 4 children who lived to grow up.Please let me hear from you.
Joyce (Mrs. Dan) Louis, jlouis1939@aol.com Bryan, Texas