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The First Svanoes in America
A Special Family Torger and Lina (Seglem) Svanøe
1812 – 1905 Married 1832 1811 - 1851
Torger and Sara (Helland) Svanøe(Bergen in 1885)
Sara 1827 – 1908. Married 1858. Three Children.
Oluf Theodor 1832 – 1886Oscar 1834 – 1916Thomas 1837 – 1900Peter Andreas 1840 –
1893Pernille Christense 1842 – 1906August Herman 1844 – 1890Harald 1847 – 1943Gustav Fredrik 1849 – 1947
Torger and Lina’s Children
From Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper – 29 Aug 1863
Peter Svanøe In 1862 Chicago
(from 1862 Chicago City Directory.)
The First Svanøe in the US
Peter Svanoe. Left door has his name on it visible in the closeup.
Picture drawn at the time of his death and appearing in the Norden newspaper which he helped publish. Peter caught pneumonia traveling to inspect the site of the Norway exhibit for the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair. A stave church was built for that exhibit. It was later moved to Little Norway near Mt. Horeb Wisconsin.
August Svanøe (Brother of Peter- from a passenger list of the bark Emerald in 1865. see www.norwayheritage.com)
Second Svanøe in the US
Pernille Christense Svanøe - “Milla”Born Sept 08, 1842Came to US around 1870Graduated from Women’s Medical College of
ChicagoPrivate Practice in Chicago and Minneapolis
Third Svanøe in the US
This advertisement appeared in the Budstikken Newspaper in Minneapolis July 6, 1875.
1879 LaCrosse, Wisconsin City Directory1880 Jackson, Minnesota
Dr. Milla C. Svanøe
This oldest existing picture from Jackson MN shows a storefront with a sign that says, Dr. Svanoe. (from Jackson County Historical Museum.)
1884? Move to Coos Bay, Oregon 1885 Marriage to Episcopalian Priest
Rev. William Lund. She continued to practice medicine.1885-1893 resident of Ashland and Salem,
Oregon
21 Oct 1893 Capital Journal. Salem, OR
1894 - Aurora, Indiana1895-1900? – Jamaica1901-1906 – Jacksonville, Florida
A document allowing Milla’s brother Harald permission to act on her behalf in the settlement of her father Torger’s estate. 23 Feb 1906
A Ship’s passenger list showing Milla returning from Europe to Florida 16 Dec 1904.Do you suppose she was on Svanøy for the 100th reunion?
This is Milla’s cemetery record on findagrave.com. I called the Evergreen cemetery and learned that she is buried in an unmarked grave. Her cause of death is listed in their records as “surgical shock.”
From- Chicago History Museum.Used by permission.In searching this website for a picture of Peter, I found this picture labeled «Dr. Svanoe».
A close up of Milla. On the next slide you can compare her features with her parents and three brothers.
Oscar Thomas
Simonson / Sylliaasen Family Tour
Born Jan. 13, 1877 in Mission Hill, SDFather Andrew (Sylliaasen) Simonson
1844-1930 in Ringsaker, Hedmark, NorwayMother Lina Christiansdatter Berg
1853-1922 in Fåberg, Oppland, NorwayParents were first cousinsMore than anyone else Martha has shaped the
Atle Svanoe family and descendants. It is time for the family to honor her and her background from Norway.
Martha Simonson Svanoe
The Syljuåsen farm is where Andrew Simensen Sylliaasen grew up. He emigrated in 1867.
Sylliaasen became Syljuåsen around 1900.
The Syljuåsen family name translates to “the tree on the hill”. The first syllable, “Sylju”, is the name of a fairly common deciduous tree which looks something like a medium sized birch or larch. The second phrase, 'ås', means hill, and the 'en' ending is the equivalent of the word 'the'. Thus, the name literally translates “the tree hill”.
The farm was purchased in 1845 and has been in the family ever since.
August 2014Visit the Syljuåsen family farmVisit Syljuåsen AS, Construction Firm in
GjøvikVisit Eidsvoll museum and celebrate the
200th Anniversary of Norway’s ConstitutionConnect with distant relatives in Norway
and American relatives on the tour
Simonson/Sylliaasen Family Tour
Boat ride on the Aurlandsfjord and Nærøyfjord (UNESCO World Heritage site)
Visit Stegastein Viewing platform near Flåm
Visit Lærdal and Borgund Stave Church
Drive through the lush Valdres Valley
Visit the Syljuåsen Construction plant in Gjøvik
Boat ride on Lake Mjøsa from Gjøvik to Lillehammer on the Skibladner, world’s
oldest steam paddle boat. (Lunch included!)
Visit Maihaugen, Norway’s 2nd largest folk museum. Maihaugen is an open air museum with 200 old and new buildings, exhibitions, cafes and lots of activities.
Tour Syljuåsen Farm and meet the family Elisabeth (Syljuåsen) and Stian Kjærnåsen
Visit Eidsvoll Norwegian Center for Constitution 1814 - 2014
2014 will be a very exciting time to visit Norway as it is the 200th anniversary of their constitution signed here at Eidsvoll.
Tour Oslo, Capital city of Norway
A brochure will be coming very soon. Contact Rolf Svanoe for more information. The basic tour will cost around $4000 leaving from Minneapolis. Other departure locations can be arranged through Brekke Tours and Travel of Grand Forks, ND www.brekketours.com. Brekke Tours will also customize tour extensions for anyone wanting to explore additional parts of Norway. A land-only tour without airfare will cost around $3000.
Rolf Svanoe 605-940-9702 or [email protected](Rolf is the great grandson of Andrew Simonson, the
first Sylliaasen brother to emigrate to Norway. Rolf is a Lutheran pastor in Sioux Falls, SD and has been to Norway several times. He and his wife Kimberly led a tour there in 2008.)
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