Category Archives: Immigration

Leaving Loten

Posted on October 19, 2011 by

The home area for Borreson roots to our family is Loten in Hedmark County, Norway. (That’s Loten spelled with a / through the o.) Those roots are deep, at least four generations from the mid-1800s back to 1740 or so (Clara’s Homestead, pp. 24f.). I … Continue reading →

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From Elverum to Fitch Coulee

Posted on August 11, 2011 by

A small piece at a time, we have learned the route that Elias and Kari Borresen journeyed from the old world to the new. After my last post on their marriage in Elverum, Norway, this one fills in another gap. The same Elverum … Continue reading →

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Two Ships Described

Posted on January 7, 2011 by

As I wrote in the last post, Elias and Kari Borresen boarded two successive ships for their trip to America: the Scandinavia to Scotland, then the Britannia for the Atlantic crossing. The ship Scandinavia is described on the Norway Heritage site … Continue reading →

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Winona Camp

Posted on November 26, 2010 by

Maria Taasensen Thorsen emigrated from Biri, Norway, one year after the man she would later marry, Bertinus Estensen. She arrived in 1776 along with her brother Torger’s wife Regina, Torger and Regina’s six children, and a Miss Herried. (My mother … Continue reading →

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Turning Thirty

Posted on November 13, 2010 by

What were you doing the year you turned 30? Or if you’re not there yet, what do you imagine you’ll be doing? I was going to do a post on Gina Estensen (Emil Borreson’s future wife) when I got to noticing … Continue reading →

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