I think my grandfather was Maria Olina's brother. My grandfathers name was John Barsness (also know as John Helmer). John and Marie were 2 of 14 children from Mikkel Olsen Barsness and Gunhild Ugland (married in 1870)

Mikkel was one of 6 children from Ole Pederson and Sonneve Svensdotter Barsness.
Ole and Sonneve lived in Norway. All of Ole and Sonneve's children came to america except Anna. (besides Mikkel and Anna the other 4 children were Jens Olson, Per (peter)Holman, Ingrid Voge, and Olava).

Would love to hear from anybody regarding the barsness family. Happy 2000.