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      <title>HOLMEN Arthur 1898-1961 </title>
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      <description>HOLMEN Arthur 1898-1961 &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I photographed this gravestone in the Parkdale Cemetery, Arlington,Tarrant Co., Texas.    Feel free to use this picture for your personal records.  This is one of the 202,518 cemetery photos free at &lt;a href="http://teafor2.com" target="_blank"&gt;http://teafor2.com&lt;/a&gt;  . &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;If you know more about this person please reply here,instead of contacting me because this is most likely not my family. </description>
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      <title>Holmen's in Brink Cemetery, Horace, North Dakota</title>
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      <description>The following Holmen's are buried in the Brink Cemetery, Horace, Cass County, North Dakota. Photos of their tombstones have been posted at &lt;a href="http://www.findagrave.com" target="_blank"&gt;www.findagrave.com&lt;/a&gt;. I am not related, just a volunteer photographer.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Julianna Holmen 1876-1882&lt;br&gt;Martha Holmen 1807-1893&lt;br&gt;Mary Holmen 1842-1928&lt;br&gt;Ole Holmen 1843-1920</description>
      <pubDate>2008-07-12 11:50:43Z</pubDate>
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      <title>HOLMEN from Sogne, Norway</title>
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      <description>I am interested in finding relatives that came from Sogne, Norway by the name of HOLMEN.  Specifically from a farm named Holmen in Sogne, East-Agder, Norway.  I begin with Ole Torkelsen Holmen and his son, Torkild Olsen Holmen who married Katinka Jensine Jensen who was my grandmother's cousin.  Thank you in advance for any assistance.&lt;br&gt;Dave Crankshaw&lt;br&gt;Ft Lauderdale, FL&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Modified Register for Ole Torkelsen Holmen&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;First Generation&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;	1.	Ole Torkelsen Holmen .&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Ole married Elisabeth Aanonsdtr . &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;They had the following children:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;+	2	M	i.	Torkild Olsen Holmen  was born on 6 Feb 1839. He died on 16 Jan 1919. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Second Generation&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;	2.	Torkild Olsen Holmen  (Ole Torkelsen) was born on 6 Feb 1839 in Holmen, Sogne, Vest-Agder, Norway. He was christened on 17 Feb 1839 in Sogne, Vest-Agder, Norway. He died on 16 Jan 1919 in Sogne, Vest-Agder, Norway. He was buried on 23 Jan 1919 in Sogne, Vest-Agder, Norway. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;At his chr: Peder Olsen Aaraas; Jorgen Olsen Tones; _aus Larsen Eg; Thomine Larsdtr; Valborg Torkildsdtr Valand.&lt;br&gt;-------------------------Census year: 1900-----------------&lt;br&gt;Municipality: Søgne&lt;br&gt;Municipality number: 1018&lt;br&gt;Name of domicile: Holmen&lt;br&gt;Number of persons in this domicile: 14&lt;br&gt;Name Family status Marital status Occupation Birth year Place of birth Ethnicity &lt;br&gt;--------------------------------&lt;br&gt;Torkild Holmen hf g Gaardbgr. (Selveier) Skibsreder Land- og Trælasthandler 1839 Søgne LM  &lt;br&gt;Katinka Holmen hm g  1853 Kristianssand LM  &lt;br&gt;Olaf Holmen s ug  1877 Søgne LM  &lt;br&gt;Valborg Holmen d ug  1888 Søgne LM  &lt;br&gt;Selma Holmen d ug  1892 Søgne LM  &lt;br&gt;Gunhild Hovland tj ug Hus- og Fjøsstel 1877 Vigmostad Sogn LM  &lt;br&gt;Andreas Ramsland tj ug Fjøs- og Gaardsstel 1852 Øislebø LM  &lt;br&gt;--------------------------------&lt;br&gt;Rikhard Ditlefsen hf g Lagerformand ved Trævarefabrik 1867 Kristianssand LM  &lt;br&gt;Dora Ditlefsen hm g  1869 Søgne LM  &lt;br&gt;Fredrik Ditlefsen s ug  1894 Skien Brb  &lt;br&gt;Alf Ditlefsen s ug  1896 Søgne LM  &lt;br&gt;Kamilla Ditlefsen d ug  1898.12.07 Søgne LM  &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Dagmar Ditlefsen Bs. ug Husstel 1874 Søgne LM  &lt;br&gt;Marie Ommundsen tj ug Husstel 1884 Søgne LM &lt;br&gt;-----------------------------------------------------------&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Torkild married Katinka Jensine Jensen  daughter of Carl Tobias Jensen and Christine Jensen about 1876. Katinka was born on 21 Nov 1853 in Kristiansand, Vest-Agder, Norway. She was christened on 16 Dec 1853 in Kristiansand, Vest-Agder, Norway. She died in 1930. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;At chr: Modern, Anne Martina Jensdtr; Corpolausl Jens Knudsen; K &amp;amp; G Knudsen &amp;amp; Fadern.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Torkild and Katinka had the following children:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;	3	F	i.	Olga Elisabet Holmen  was born in 1876 in Sogne, Vest-Agder, Norway. &lt;br&gt;Olga married Peder Theodor Govertsen  son of Peder Govertsen on 2 May 1895 in Sogne, Vest-Agder, Norway. Peder was born in 1872 in Aaloug, Norway. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;-------------------------------------Census year: 1900-------------------------------&lt;br&gt;Municipality: Søgne&lt;br&gt;Municipality number: 1018&lt;br&gt;Name of domicile: !!&lt;br&gt;Number of persons in this domicile: 6&lt;br&gt;Name Family status Marital status Occupation Birth year Place of birth Ethnicity &lt;br&gt;----------------&lt;br&gt;Peder Govertsen hf g Handesmand (Landh- og Fiskehandel) Gaardbgr. (Selveier) og &lt;br&gt;Skibsreder 1872 Søgne LM  &lt;br&gt;Olga Govertsen hm g  1876 Søgne LM  &lt;br&gt;Tomas Govertsen s ug  1896 Søgne LM  &lt;br&gt;Kirsten Govertsen d ug  1897 Søgne LM  &lt;br&gt;Signe Govertsen d ug  1899.10.09 Søgne LM  &lt;br&gt;Berte Oline Ramsland tj ug Gaards- og Kreaturstel 1875 Øislebø Sogn LM&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;	4	M	ii.	Olaf Evinius Holmen  was born in 1877 in Holmen, Sogne, Vest-Agder, Norway. He died in 1938. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;At chr: Oskar Lohne; Tomas Govertsen Aalo; Sverre Eikestol; Katinka Holmen &amp;amp; &lt;br&gt;Kirsten Govertsen Aalo.&lt;br&gt;Olaf kjopte de fleste brukene pa Holmen da faren gikk konkurs etter en brann i 1902. &lt;br&gt;Olaf var ogsa sjomann hele livet.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Olaf married Inger Gurine Eikestol  daughter of Ommund Torkildsen Eikestol and Inger Marie Tobiasdtr on 25 Apr 1912 in Sogne, Vest-Agder, Norway. Inger was born in 1888 in Eikestol. She died in 1983. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;	5	M	iii.	Karl Alfred Holmen  was born on 25 Feb 1881 in Holmen, Sogne, Vest-Agder, Norway. He was christened on 1 Jan 1882 in Sogne, Vest-Agder, Norway. He died in 1942 in Savannah, Chatham Co., GA. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Confirmed 4 Oct 1896 Sogne (#2) lists parents as Torkel Holmen &amp;amp; Kathinka Jensen.&lt;br&gt;Postal assistant.  Left Kristiansand on 4 Oct. 1901 and again on 29 June 1910 as a &lt;br&gt;US resident&lt;br&gt;1930-Karl A. Holmen, Chatham Co., GA&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Karl married Mary P. . Mary was born on 8 Mar 1890. She died in Jan 1986 in Savannah, Chatham Co., GA. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;SSDI-MARY HOLMEN 08 Mar 1890 Jan 1986 31405 (Savannah, Chatham, GA) &lt;br&gt;(none specified) 260-18-5970 Georgia&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;	6	M	iv.	Gustav Adolf Holmen  was born on 23 Mar 1883 in Holmen, Sogne, Vest-Agder, Norway. He was christened on 6 Apr 1883 in Sogne, Vest-Agder, Norway. He died in Sep 1969. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Confirmed 3 Oct 1897 in Sogne (#32), parents: Thorkel Olsen Holmen &amp;amp; Kathinka &lt;br&gt;Jensen&lt;br&gt;1907-"of NY" --Ellis Island--SS Pensylvania from Hamburg av Sept 18 1907. Going to &lt;br&gt;124 Pennsylvania Ave, LI, NY.&lt;br&gt;1907-327 Clinton St., Brooklyn, NY per brother Thorleif at Ellis Island&lt;br&gt;1930-Gustav, Dina, Kenneth Erling &amp;amp; Rolif Holman, Brooklyn, NY&lt;br&gt;SSDI-GUSTAV HOLMEN 23 Mar 1883 Sep 1969 11743 (Huntington, Suffolk, NY) &lt;br&gt;(none specified) 098-09-8616 New York&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Gustav married Dina M. . Dina was born about 1886. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;	7	M	v.	Torleif Karstein Holmen  was born on 8 Jan 1885 in Holmen, Sogne, Vest-Agder, Norway. He was christened on 25 Jan 1885 in Sogne, Vest-Agder, Norway. He died in Apr 1963 in NH. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Confirmed 1 Oct. 1899 (#21) parents listed as: Torkel Olsen Holmen &amp;amp; Katinka &lt;br&gt;Jensine Jensen.&lt;br&gt;Left Kristiansand in 1907; also on 8 Oct. 1909 as a US resident.&lt;br&gt;Av Ellis Island 6 Feb 1907, age 22, on Oscar II, had $13, going to his brother Gustav &lt;br&gt;in Brooklyn&lt;br&gt;1930-Torleif, Margaret, Anita &amp;amp; Margaret Holmen, Brooklyn, NY&lt;br&gt;SSDI-TORLEIF HOLMEN 08 Jan 1885 Apr 1963 (New Hampshire) (none specified) &lt;br&gt;050-07-0321 New York&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Torleif married Margaret . Margaret was born about 1898. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;	8	F	vi.	Valborg Kristine Holmen  was born on 29 Feb 1888 in Holmen, Sogne, Vest-Agder, Norway. She was christened on 11 Mar 1888 in Sogne, Vest-Agder, Norway. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Chr 12 Oct. 1902 in Sogne (#24); parents listed as: Torkild Olsen Holmen &amp;amp; Katinka &lt;br&gt;Jensine f. Jensen&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Valborg married Oskar Lohne  son of Reinert Lohne on 25 Apr 1912. Oskar was born in 1882 in Risor, Norway. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;1917-"Sergeant" of Lohne.&lt;br&gt;1927-"Sergeant" of Lohne.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;	9	F	vii.	Abella Petrovna Jorgine Torkelsdtr Holmen  was born on 20 Apr 1890 in Holmen, Sogne, Vest-Agder, Norway. She was christened on 2 May 1890 in Sogne, Vest-Agder, Norway. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Chr 2 Oct 1904 at Sogne (#30); parents listed as: Torkild Olsen Holmen &amp;amp; Katinka &lt;br&gt;Jensine f. Jensen&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Abella married Tonnes Pedersen Aaros  on 12 Oct 1911 in Sogne, Vest-Agder, Norway. Tonnes was born on 23 Jul 1884 in Sogne, Vest-Agder, Norway. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;	10	F	viii.	Selma Karlotte Holmen  was born on 29 Apr 1892 in Sogne, Vest-Agder, Norway. She was christened on 8 May 1892 in Sogne, Vest-Agder, Norway. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Confirmed at Sogne 7 Oct. 1906 (#7); parents listed as: Torkild Holmen &amp;amp; Katinka f. &lt;br&gt;Jensen&lt;br&gt;1907--Selma Holmen, b. 1892 in Sogne, F-Torkild Holmen, Sogne; Em. 31 Oct 1907 &lt;br&gt;to USA from Kristiansand&lt;br&gt;Av. Ellis Island, 12 Nov. 1907, age 15 &amp;amp; 6 mos, single on SS United States from &lt;br&gt;Christiania&lt;br&gt;5 foot 1 inch, fair.&lt;br&gt;went to aunt, Anna Thompson, 37 Central Ave, Tompkinsville, Staten Island&lt;br&gt;1916-in Sogne for chr of Odny Marie Holmen.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>2006-12-28 16:37:06Z</pubDate>
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      <title>Holmen (holman holmon?)</title>
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      <description>Looking for info on Olia Holmen/man/mon in 1900 of renville minnesota.Census says from norway in 1881 norwegian of norwegian parents.Married Carl carlson in 1888/9.</description>
      <pubDate>2005-10-16 14:57:16Z</pubDate>
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      <title>Holmen - Reed</title>
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      <description>Looking for the descendants of Hazel (Holmen) Reed. Her mother was Ellen (Bredeli) Holmen and they lived at Sherburne, MN. Hazel had a daughter named Ardis</description>
      <pubDate>2005-07-31 13:08:26Z</pubDate>
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      <title>Rose (LENTZ) HOLMEN Obituary</title>
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      <pubDate>2002-10-11 16:33:54Z</pubDate>
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      <title>Holmen siblings</title>
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      <description>I am searching for the brothers and/or sisters of my grandfather Erik Georg Holmen(b.1901). They would be children of Axel Bernhard Johansson Holmen(b.1876) and Hulda Gustava Olofsdotter(b.1866). The family resided in Goteborg, Sweden at the time of Erik's birth. He then emigrated to New York in 1924. I believe he had at least two brothers, I know one was named Claes. Any other information would be welcome! Please e-mail me at &lt;a href="mailto://baschatt@aol.com"&gt;baschatt@aol.com&lt;/a&gt; Thank You.</description>
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