Samuel Jorgensen Bjerke

1815 - 1880  (64 years)

• Name	Samuel Jorgensen Bjerke
  Born	20 Dec 1815	Tretten, Oppland, Norway   [1]
  Christened	26 Dec 1815	Tretten, Oppland, Norway   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	1 Jun 1877	Sparta, Monroe, Wisconsin, USA   [2]
  Name	Samuel Samuelson  [3]
  Buried	1880	Vernon, Wisconsin, USA   [4]
  Died	1 May 1880	Vernon, Wisconsin, USA   [4]
  Person ID	I60	Larson
  Last Modified	18 Oct 2019

  
  

  Father	Jorgen Gulbrandsen Bjerkestuen,   b. 1 Jan 1789, Tretten, Oppland, Norway ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Ømbjor Samuelsdatter Bjerke,   b. 27 Nov 1789, Tretten, Oppland, Norway ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	7 Jan 1810	Tretten, Oppland, Norway   [5]
  Family ID	F1752	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Marit Pedersdatter Gløme-Ødegaarden,   b. 2 Mar 1820, Tretten, Oppland, Norway ,   d. 9 Oct 1906, Vernon, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 86 years)
  Married	13 Nov 1844	Tretten, Oppland, Norway   [6]
  Children	1. Anne Samuelsdatter,   b. 25 Jan 1845, Tretten, Oppland, Norway ,   d. Mar 1885, Vernon, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 40 years)   2. Ingeborg Samuelsdatter,   b. 28 Oct 1852,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. John Samuelson,   b. 20 Jul 1855,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Mattie Samuelson,   b. 13 Mar 1859, Øye, Oppland, Norway ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Ole Samuelson,   b. 30 Jan 1864, Tretten, Oppland, Norway ,   d. 20 Aug 1934  (Age 70 years)
  Last Modified	5 Feb 2015
  Family ID	F48	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents		Samuel & Marit married
  		Samuel baptized

  
  

  Headstones

  Samuel Jorgensen & wife Surname on stone is Samuelson, which is puzzling. In Norway it was Samuel Jørgensen (and Marit Pedersdatter).

  
  

• Notes

  Emigrated with wife and 3 youngest children on ship Hero,

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Kirkebok, (Name: Digitalarkivet; Location: Internet;), http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read?idx_kildeid=9272&uid=ny&idx_side=-205 (Reliability: 0). [S2] Kirkebok, (Name: Digitalarkivet; Location: Internet;), http://digitalarkivet.no/cgi-win/webcens.exe?slag=visbase&sidenr=5&filnamn=EMIOSLO&gardpostnr=43387&merk=43387#ovre (Reliability: 0). [S14] tombstone, Brush Creek cemetery (Reliability: 0). [S175] tombstone inscription, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Samuelson&GSfn=Samuel&GSbyrel=all&GSdy=1910&GSdyrel=before&GSst=51&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=70695730&df=all& (Reliability: 0). [S2] Kirkebok, (Name: Digitalarkivet; Location: Internet;), http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read?idx_kildeid=9272&uid=ny&idx_side=-164 (Reliability: 0). [S2] Kirkebok, (Name: Digitalarkivet; Location: Internet;), http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read?idx_kildeid=8928&uid=ny&idx_side=-188 (Reliability: 0).