Gullrøveren fra Åsgårdstrand
Martin Wiberg (aka Wieberg, Viberg) var født i Åsgårdstrand i 1851. Han var sønn av baker Mons Olsen Viberg f.1822 og Maren Evensdatter f.1827. Martin mønstret til sjøs i 1868, og i 1872 så arbeidet ....
Category: Valdres
The Wolds?
Even Olsen Sollie Wold b.1822 married Anne Olsdatter Gubberud Sundem b.1824 in 1849 in Sør Aurdal. They had atleast 6 children, and emigrated from Norway to America about 1880. They settled in Moline, Rock Island ....
The Hoffs?
Mikkel & Carrie Hoff (aka Mikkel Syversen Hoff & Kari Andersdatter ) emigrated to America from Vestre Slidre in 1872 with the immigrantship "St Olaf". According to the daughter Tina Hoff, they came first to ....
Astrid Eriksdatter b.1806 was an unknown “Sundheim branch” until recently
Astrid Eriksdatter Sundem b. 1806 married Ole Olsen Magistad b.1809, and settled at Kirkevold in Vestre Slidre. They had quite a few children. The family emigrated to the US between 1865-1870. Ole & Astrid emigrated ....
A Gold heist in Australia 1878?
The Avoca Gold Robbery: It seems there is a criminal in the Sundheim ancestry, that could not resist the temptation of committing a serious crime in 1878. As the information from police reports and court ....
The Baker
Iver Nilsen Sundheim abt 1913 Iver Nilsen Sundheim b.1895 was born at Sundheim in Valdres, Oppland, Norway. His parents was Nils Eriksen Sundheim b.1857 and Anne Julsdatter Hilmen b.1865. Iver was the 4th child of ....
Visit to Sundheim 2020
This summer we visited Sundheim in Valdres again, and stopped by Nils Wardberg for a coffee. One task this time was to take some new photos from Rye-Berget viewpoint. Later we drove up to the ....
Sundheims in Spokane, Washington
Lately we have lent a helping hand to a family in Spokane/Washington area, that have ancestry from Sundheim in Valdres, Nord-Aurdal, Ulnes in Norway. The ancestor in question is Iver T Sundheim b.1872. (The "T" ....
Wanted: Eleanor Ann Richards, 1922
This is a "Genealogy Most Wanted" notification to anyone that have information concerning Eleanor Ann Richards, aka Eleanor Sundheim, as she may be a close relative. She was born in Montana 1922, and lived in ....
The “new” Valdres bunad with patterns inherited from Sundheim
The "new" Valdresbunad went into production in 1948. The design is inherited from Vestre Slidre, while the embroidery is from a hat found on a Sundheim farm, made by our ancestor Eli Sundheim Hagen b.1821.