Am looking for any info on Carl Brenna (name used in US) born in Norway, 1897. Immigrated to US, probably via Canada, 1909. The only 2 pieces of info I have on him are 1918 US draft reg card and 1920 census for Portland, OR.

Have not been able to trace him in Norway or after 1920.

On 1918 draft card he says his birth date is 10 Sept 1897, works for Standish ship co (steel), lives in Portland, closest relative is Julia Brenna in Trondhjem.

1920 census shows him living with his stated wife, Thora, in Portland, OR. Form says he immigrated 1909 and is naturalized, though I think he wasn't.

My family implied Carl Brenna probably deserted his wife Thora and young son (my father, born in 1920 in Portland, OR) sometime during the 1920s.

The 1930 US census in Los Angeles shows Thora Brenna and my 10 yr old father without Carl Brenna.

There's also a family rumor that Carl and Thora, though they didn't meet until in US, were from neighboring valleys or fyllkes in Norway. Thora is from Bøverdalen, Oppland, and I have lots of info on her, including from parish records.

I think Carl used a patronymic last name in Norway, not the Brenna farm name. A likely name would be Olsen/Olson, but I am not at all sure.