Looking for relatives or family history for the name Aadson or Oddson as spelled in Norway. My great grandparents were John Aadson (Oddson) and Karen Holland. Any information would be greatly appreciated. Any Help with how to find relatives overseas would also be greatly appreciated. Thanks

Aad/Aud/Odd is a common first name in Norway. More information is needed to locate the family in Norway.

According to the 1900 census for Oak Gulch, Day county, South Dakota, the family arrivd in the US in 1892:

John Audsen, born Mar 1860
Karen Audsen, born Oct 1863
Carl J. Audsen, born May 1885
Josephine Audsen, born Jul 1887

The 1910 census confirms that the family arrived in 1892.

I suspect that Karen's last name may have been "Håland". There are many places with that name. It could very well come from Rogaland (near Stavanger).

The S.S. Parisian arrived in Quebec on 5 Nov 1892 (from Liverpool. I see the following passengers:

#2029
Karen Audson, wife, 28 years old
Karl (?) Audson, child, 5 years old
------ Audson, child, 3 years old

Destination: Bristol, South Dakota (This is in Day county).
The names are difficult to read, but I see this as a possible match, Karen and the childen following John to Day county, South Dakota.

http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=...

Brian,thank you so much for the information. I do have John and Karen's place of burial, as it is very near where i live. I just couldn't figure out how to get past them to find their parents information. I wish i had the knowledge you have in finding out this kind of information. Thanks again.

Census records all seem to confirm the family arrived in 1892. Sadly, most of the emigration records from Stavanger were destroyed by fire. Do you have any further information at all that might give a clue as to where the family may´ahve come from?

The World War One draft registration card for Emil Aadson, born 14 Aug 1897, lists "Father's Birthplace" as "Stavanger, Norway".

The Stavanger area is where I placed the Håland name also, so this does narrow things down a bit.

My good friend, Margit Nysetvold Bakke, found the birth record for John Aadsen.

#179
Born 14 Mar 1860 in Stavanger
Baptized 22 Apr 1860 in Stavanger cathedral (Domkirken)
John
born out of wedlock
Father: widower, John Lars Adsen
Mother: widow, Inger Christine Tollefsdatter Stensland

Kildeinformasjon: Rogaland fylke, Domkirken i Stavanger, Ministerialbok nr. A 16 (1855-1867), Fødte og døpte 1860, side 155.
Permanent sidelenke: http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read?idx_kildeid=1670&i...

John had a brother, Barthinius......

#120
Born 7 Jun 1863 in Stavanger
Baptized 28 Jun 1863 in Stavanger Domkirken
Barthinius
Father: Lars John Aadsen
Mother: Inger Christine Pettersdatter

Lars John and Inger are now married.

Kildeinformasjon: Rogaland fylke, Domkirken i Stavanger, Ministerialbok nr. A 16 (1855-1867), Fødte og døpte 1863, side 212.
Permanent sidelenke: http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read?idx_kildeid=1670&i...

Linda Wathne (from Norway) sent this link for the 1865 census. Inger Christine is again a widow (#21).
#22 is her daughter, Elen Pedersdatter, from her first marriage. #23 and #24 are John and Bertinius, listed as "Johnsen".

http://digitalarkivet.no/cgi-win/WebCens.exe?slag=visbase&am...

Both Bertinius and John left Norway for Day county, SD. John stayed, but Bertinius ended up in Seattle, Washington.

..... a special thanks to Margit for making this so easy!

John apparently used the family name "Johnsen" until he arrived in America. Then he used his father's family name "Aadsen".

Marriage #33
Married 10 Aug 1884 in Hetland parish, Rogaland
Groom: bachelor, sailor, John Johnsen,
born 1860 in Stavanger,
son of Lars John Aadsen.
Bride: Karen Talette Klausdatter Haaland
born 1863 in Haaland,
daughter of Klaus Kristiansen Haaland

Kildeinformasjon: Rogaland fylke, Hetland, Ministerialbok nr. A 5 (1869-1884), Ekteviede 1884, side 116.
Permanent sidelenke: http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read?idx_kildeid=6273&i...

#11
Born 3 May 1885
Baptized 14 Jun 1885
Karl Johan
Father: sailor, John Johnsen, born 1860
Mother: Karen Klausdatter, born 1863
Residence: Haaland, Randaberg i Hetland

Kildeinformasjon: Rogaland fylke, Randaberg i Hetland, Ministerialbok nr. A 9 (1882-1918), Fødte og døpte 1885, side 3.
Permanent sidelenke: http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read?idx_kildeid=3637&i...

#17
Born 20 Jul 1887
Baptized 14 Aug 1887
Josefine Ingarda
Father: John Johnsen
Mother: Karen Klausdatter
Residence: Haaland, Randaberg i Hetland

Kildeinformasjon: Rogaland fylke, Randaberg i Hetland, Klokkerbok nr. B 6 (1878-1921), Fødte og døpte 1887, side 26.
Permanent sidelenke: http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read?idx_kildeid=6276&i...


Remember the passenger list for the "Parisian" I sent you earlier? The names were:

Karen Aadsen
Karl Aadsen
Ingarda Aadsen

Now we know where "Ingarda" comes from, so this confirms that record also.