Martha Olsdatter Jordal - immigration passenger list

The passenger list for Marta's arrival in the United States had eluded me, even though I had located those of her siblings, Lars, Gunder and Omund (my great grandfather) Jordal.

After tracking down her marriage record, I then located the baptism record for her husband, Ingebrigt Knudtsen to verify his date of birth and potential spellings of his father's name as well as their farm name.    His baptism record was located in the Odda parish, Hordaland County, Norway.    Ingebrigt is entry #9, though no mention of his farm.   His father, Knud Larson apparently was born or had lived in Strand, Rogaland county.

The handwriting on the baptism record wasn't too clear, so I located the Norwegian 1865 census record for the Knudtson family, (which did match the marriage record) as Knudts (abbreviated).   The complete spelling has a few variations including Knudtson, Knudtsen, Knutson, Knutsen Knudson, Knudsen and for daughters, Knudtsdatter, etc.   It was also easier to read the transcription of the unusual name given his mother which matched the First Lutheran Church marriage record.

I then located Ingebrigt's emigration record (entry #51) from the Odda parish dated April 13, 1881, which was the page prior to the Marta's.

Then I found the transcribed 'Emigration from Bergen' record for Ingebright (#8401).

At this point it became clear that Marta and Ingebright were possibly traveling on the same ship to the United States.

Cross-referencing with other passengers having left on May 5, 1881 from Bergen, I located the SS Abyssinia which left Liverpool, England and arrived in New York on May 28, 1881.

Marta is listed as entry as 8205 "Martha Olsdatter" and Ingebrigt is listed at entry 8207 as "I Knudsen".
Martha is listed as a 25 year old "spinster" and Ingebrigt a 21 year old laborer.   Again, like the marriage record, Martha was not 25, but rather had turned 26 fifteen days earlier on May 13, 1881, prior to the arrival in New York harbor.

More about the SS Abyssinia can be found here.     Below is a drawing of the ship.

Omund Jordal - immigration

My great grandfather, Omund Olson Jordal, the 6th and final child born to Sigri Gunnersdatter and Ole Larson had been living in the United States since 1884 when he filed citizenship papers 8 years later.

Here is an index card indicating he had filed on November 1, 1892 in Dixon, the county seat of Lee County, Illinois.  










It appears one of the witnesses, Ole Jordal, was most likely his nephew, the eldest son of Omund's older brother, Lars Jordal and wife Isabelle (Sigursdatter).

Gunder Jordal - immigration

Gunder Olson Jordal, the 4th child born to Sigri Gunnersdatter and Ole Larson had been living in the United States since 1880 when he filed citizenship papers 9 years later.

Here is an index card indicating he had filed on February 7, 1889 in Dixon the county seat of Lee County, Illinois.

Omund Olson - immigration

My great grandfather, Omund Olson, the 6th and last child born to Sigri Gunnersdatter and Ole Larson left Norway and moved to the United States in 1884.     Here is the Odda parish, Hordaland County, Norway emigration record (right side, entry #2) leaving the parish on April 16, 1884.

Here is the transcribed emigration record indicating Omund left Bergen, Hordaland County, Norway on April 24, 1884 traveling on a ship on the American Line.

Here is page 1 of the passenger list showing the ship, SS Ohio, left Liverpool, England and arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on  May 13, 1884.

Here is the passenger list with Omund listed (entry #6).    The passenger list indicates "place of birth" and "last legal settlement" as Sweden.   Norway became an independent nation from Sweden on June 7, 1905.

Here is a drawing of the SS Ohio.

Marta Olsdatter - immigration

Marta Olsdatter, the 3rd child born to Sigri Gunnersdatter and Ole Larson was also the 3rd of their 6 children to leave Norway and (I assume) move to the United States.  As of today's date, these are the last records I have found for Marta.   The search continues.....

Here is the Odda parish emigration record, Hordaland County, Norway for Marta (entry #63) who left the parish on April 21, 1881.    This was the first document I've encountered that spelled her name as Martha rather than Marta.   

Here is the transcribed emigration record from Bergen which indicates Marta (again, spelled Martha) left Norway on May 5, 1881 traveling on one of the ships from the American Line.    I have not been able to locate a passenger list which included Marta so I do not know on which ship she sailed.  There were 24 ships built prior to 1881 on the American Line. 

Gunder Olson - immigration

Gunder Olson, the 4th child born to Sigri Gunnersdatter and Ole Larson was the second child to leave Norway and move to the United States.

There does not appear to be an emigration document in the Odda parish records from Hordaland County, Norway, for Gunder, but I was able to locate the transcribed emigration records from Bergen, Norway.

Gunder is listed at number 6074 (spelled Gunner) and left Bergen on May 3, 1880.  The word  "ugifte' translates to "unmarried".

Gunder traveled on the ship, Circassian on the Allan Line.  (More information can be found by clicking on the respective links).

Below is the passenger list; Gunder is listed toward the bottom second above the black line.    If you look to the far right column, you will note the destination is listed as Lee, Illinois.

The ship Circassian sailed from Liverpool, England on May 7, 1880, arriving in Quebec, Canada on May 19, 1880.

Lars Jordal - immigration

Lars Olson Jordal, the eldest son of Sigri Gunnersdatter and Ole Larson had been living in the United States since 1871 when he filed citizenship papers 9 years later.

Here is an index card indicating he filed on February 9, 1880 in Dixon, the county seat of Lee County, Illinois.

Lars Olson - Immigration

Lars Olson, the eldest child of Sigri Gunnersdatter and Ole Larson was the first to move to the United States.     The Odda parish, emigration record below, indicates Lars left the parish (right side, lower portion entry #3) on April 3, 1871.

Below is a portion of the passenger list from the ship, Frigate Bird which includes Lars Olson Jordal (line #7).     His age is listed as 20, though he was actually 21 at the time.   Both the 1900 and 1910 US Census confirms Lars immigrated to the United States in 1871.

















A transcribed passenger list can be found here.  Lars Olson Jordal is listed at #105.   The ship, Frigate Bird left Bergen, Norway on April 23 1871 and arrived in Quebec, Canada on June 4, 1871.