Monday

Celtic Red Hair From Vikings?

photo: Eddie Van

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Being a flaming redhead, all my life people have said to me "Oh, you must be Irish". NO....... I am 100% Scandinavian, half Norwegian and half Swedish, a true descendant of the Vikings. Now science is making me legit? I knew it all along!



"the Red and Proud"



Saturday

How well do you know Norway?

How well do you know Norway? Click the link below. It takes you to another great blog: Norwegian Genealogy and then some. After the test check out the other interesting posts on Martin Roe Eidhammer's blog.




Thursday

Paul Skoglund Sevald

On this day, August 25, in 1894 my grandfather Paul Skoglund Sevald was born in Kragerø, Telemark, Norway. I have not yet been able to find an official birth record for him but perhaps I never will and I am not surprised. Birth, marriage, in fact all vital records were mandated by the Norwegian government to be recorded and handled through the Norwegian State Church. Paul's father was a dissenter, a Seventh Day Adventist, who after his conversion made a point to officially record the repudiation of his baptism in the State church. He may very well never have reported the birth of his oldest child to the church. Paul's relationship with his father is unknown (to me anyway) but it may have been strained as I never heard him even mention his father. Paul, though was a good father according to my mother and uncle and for sure I can tell you he was a good and loving grandfather.



my grandfather
Paul Skoglund Sevald
born: 25 Aug 1894 in Kragerø, Telemark, Norway
died: 5 Sep 1971 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA 


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Monday

Marriage of Hellek Olsen and Helga Hansdatter



Marriage #11 Bachelor Hellek Olsen of the farm Indlæggen, age 18 1/4 years, and unmarried young woman Helge Hansdatter of the farm Juvkaasa, aged 26 years, were married on May 22, 1835 in the beautiful Heddal stave church pictured below. Lars Larsen and Hans Christensen stood up for the couple.

Digitalarkivet Heddal kirkebøker, F/Fa/L0005: 
Parish register (official)  no. I 5, 1814-1837, p. 461-462


date @1890 photographer unknown, public domain
 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/HeddalStaveChurchNorway.jpg

My 3x great Grandparents
Hellek Olsen 11 May 1817 - 30 May 1898
Helga Hansdatter 12 Sep 1809 - 16 Mar 1847

Hellek & Helga ►  Ole Helleksen ►  Gunhild Marie Olsdatter ►  Dagmar Gundersen  ► Grace Sevald  ► ME!


Wednesday

Grandma and her siblings

This photo was taken on the occasion of Grandma's oldest sister Gudrun's 90th birthday. Missing is their brother Finn Gundersen Øvald. Finn, who was born in 1910, died in 1946. Grandma Dagmar believed he died of leukemia. 






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