My great-grandfather was Olaf Berent Skaanes, b. in Trondheim, NOR. His wife, Olafina Pederson was b. in Stavanger, NOR. He worked as a longshoreman in Tacoma, WA. His brother's name was Martin, who had worked on Randolph Hearst's yacht. Olaf's children were: Henry "Hank", Jackson "Jack", Genevieve "Genny", and Sunya "Sunnie"--my grandmother.