The Olsens of Richmond Beach, Washington

This blog was created to update and share family photos, information, and our history. Family is invited to post comments and send me information! Thanks and Welcome-Holly

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Joy's Email -more on family history

Hi, guyz. Holly--I cc'd you on my latest email to Vaughn Dragland re our ancestry.I finally located the arrival information for Grandmother Olsen. There is such confusion about her name! However Ellis Island Foundation finally came through. I'm not sure why I was not able to print the information--now they want to charge you for it--when I printed the information (Holly I sent you copies of Mathias and Richard's ship record) for Richard and Mathias I printed right from the website. Go figure. Perhaps they started to charge on 1 March. Anyway, here is the information on her:
Margit Jacobsen Rodfuss

Last residence: Rodfuss, Norway

Arrival: 1 June 1905 New York

Vessel: Oceanic

Departed: Liverpool, England
I googled "Rodfuss, Norway" and am directed to Rothfuss, Norway. But most of the google information on this is German. No time to sort it out now.
When I looked at the online ship manifest there did not appear to be any relations listed with her. Holly--your mom told me a story that Richard B met Polly in Norway where she worked in a bakery or restaurant and he had come ashore from a boat. The men came over in 1903--so perhaps he sent for Polly in 1905? I will need to order the copy of the ship manifest to see if there is destination information listed for her. On the manifest for Richard and Mathias the destination information was for Rasmus in Aneta, North Dakota. So far I've not found a marriage record for Polly and Richard--I expect it will be a North Dakota record and their historic records are not available on-line.
I'm off to Army for a week or so. Will be available on email or cell, but will not be able to play with the genealogy thing until I get back.
I will need help to start to paste together the current generation family tree. What children did each of our parents have, their spouse information, children, birth dates, marriage dates, death dates, pictures.
(Holly adds:  we need to get this info to Joy-if it will be OK I will post her email but for now you can contact me: hollymaren@comcast.net with any family names)
I am doing all my work on ancestry.com so if you have used that service you will know the format I'm working with. There is a way that I can "invite" family members to my family tree--but I've not had time to look at the directions.
I have to go pack and do some Army work (I retire in...28 days...) and I have sooo much to get done!



Joy (Colonel Barnsdale)

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