My great grandparents, Anders and Ann Marie Sevaldsen were Seventh Day Adventist Missionaries to Fredrikstad in the early 20th century. They are found there in the 1900 National Norwegian Census along with their first three children; my grandfather Paul, Karl and Sally.
My maternal grandparents, Paul and Dagmar Sevald were Ellis Island immigrants coming from Norway and settling in Chicago, Illinois in the early 1920's. In this blog I post photos, documents, stories, memories and thoughts about my Norwegian ancestry, heritage, family and my life growing up Scandinavian-American in Chicago. WELCOME!