A Gjertine Rekdal found in Ålesund in 1900 Norwegian census. Unmarried, listed as born ca.1880 in Davik district of Sogn og Fjordane.
http://www.rhd.uit.no/folketellinger/ftliste_e.aspx?ft=1900&...
Perhaps the couple married in Ålesund between that census and their emigration.

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