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Ola Gullikson BERGE

Male 1791 - 1881  (90 years)


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  • Name Ola Gullikson BERGE 
    Birth 1791  Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Berge 22/4
    Gender Male 
    Death 1881 
    Notes 
    • He is I5267 in Jim’s VS. Jim’s notes:

      Ola og Anne hadde barna: Marit (1821-), Ivar (1824-) til USA i 1849 sammen med broren Gudbrand (1826-), Torstein (1829- ) Anne (1835- ) til USA i 1854 og Berit (1837- ), Gullik (1817-) og Ambjørg (1819-) Våren 1825 var det utpanting hos Ola for gjeld til madam Hansen i Lærdal, med renter og kostnad 302 rd, og høsten 1833 ga han pantebrev til frk Susanne Hansen i Lærdal for gjeld på 279 sps. Dette er forfedrene til Hougen-Berge slekta i USA som Harvey Richard haougen har skrevet to bøker om. Den andre boka er skrevet sammen med Janie Hougen Peak. I den første boka finnes det et bilde av Ola og Anne:

      "The majority of Norwegian emigrants left home with adequate funds, enough to enable them to gain to toehold in the new land. Passage alone was expensive, about 35 specie dollars to New York, the equivalent of about three years wages for a hired farm laborer. The persons who are subjects of this study paid for their passage and the trip inland, and bought land soon after arriving in America. Departures continued at several hundred per year after 1836, before jumping to 1600 in 1843. During the depression years of 1849-50 departures leaped to 4,000 a year. Then, during the 1850s, ranged between 1,600 and 6,000, reaching a new high of 8,000 in 1861, before the Civil War imposes a moratorium.

      Most of the emigrants came from rural areas, especially the interior valleys. Many welcomed emigration as an alternative to leaving the gård and submitting to urbanization. During the years 1846-1861, two-thirds of all emigrants came from the districts of Valdres, Land, and Gudbrandsdal.

      The first member of Anne Olsdatter's family to emigrate was an uncle, a halfbrother of Ole Gulliksen called Gulbrand Gulbrandsen. He took passage with his wife Marit and an infant daughter in 1848; the child died during the voyage and was buried at sea. The Gulbrandesn family bought choice land in the present town of Liberty, but had too little money to establish their farm. So Gulbrand took a job near Port Washington, on Lake Michigan, a short distance north of Milwaukee. He would save some money, then return to start his farm.

      It is likely that Ole Gulliksen helped his children financially, for six of the eight chose emigration. Only Gullik, the eldest son, who inherited the farm and daughter Ambjor, who married a husmann, stayed in Valdres. A brother and two more half-brothers of Ole Gulliksen would also find their way to Manitowoc County.
    Person ID I25291  Don Carlson's Tree
    Last Modified 18 Sep 2020 

    Father Gullik Olsen LEINE,   b. 1761, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1803 (Age 42 years) 
    Mother Marit Arnfinnsdatter BERGE,   b. 1773, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1848 (Age 75 years) 
    Family ID F17383  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Anne Ivarsdatter TUNE,   b. 1795, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1880 (Age 85 years) 
    Children 
     1. Ola Olsen BERGE,   b. 11 Jul 1832, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Feb 1911, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
     2. Anna Olsdatter BERGE,   b. 12 Feb 1835, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Oct 1931, Manitowoc, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 96 years)
     3. Marit Olsdatter BERGE,   b. 25 Sep 1821, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Apr 1888, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)
    Family ID F17832  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 6 Jul 2022