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• Residence: Liberty, WI., USA

Family/Spouse: Torsten Thomassen HOUGEN. Torsten (son of Thomas Tostensen HAUGEN and Marit Pedersdatter KORSTAD) was born on 2 Jul 1868 in Liberty, WI., USA; died on 26 Oct 1896; was buried in Valdres, WI. USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Martha Theresa HOUGEN was born on 14 Jun 1894 in Liberty, WI., USA; died in 1987.
2. Elmer Seymore HOUGEN was born on 11 Jan 1896 in USA.

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Ivar dro til "Valdres" i Wisconsin sammen med fem av søsknene sine Ole Gulliksen's sons. Iver Olsen and Gulbrand Olsen were 25 and 22 in the summer 1849. They freighted their baggage by horscart over mountainous terrain from Valdres to a fjord on the western coast, then traveled by boat to Bergen. There, they boa rdet the ship Concordia with 102 other passengers, and were under sail seven weeks and four days before arriving in New York harbour.

While lying at anchor in New York, apparentliy waiting out quarantine, many passengers were stricken with cholera. Iver and Gulbrand somehow escaped the illness. Many years later, Gulbrand Olsen wrote of tending the sick and going ashore with buri al details to dispose of the dead. "The weather was warm and they had to be buried as soon as possible", he recalled. "Sometimes we buried them at niegt. America did not seem like such a glorius land to us theen." After "three mor weeks of hardshi ps" he and Iver arrived in Milwaukee.

The brothers took the surname "Berge" in America. They first went to Port Washington. porbably because half-uncle Gulbrand Gulbrandsen had located there. They took timber-cutting jobs, but their employer overcharged them for room and board. Dissat isfied, they moved to a logging camp where wages were satisfactory, room and board includet. But the new job turned out to be another brush with disaster, for the damp was soon ravaged by cholera. Again the brothers were spared.

They now went to Manitowoc, perhaps on their uncle's advice. There they joined Norwegians who were taking land in the countryside west of the town. Gulbrand bought eighty acres of densely woodet land in the present town of Liberty.

Many years later, Gulbrand recalled that he had borrowed money to pay for passage and buy his land. He worked diligently to pay off his creditos, managing to do so in only a year. He probably earnet the money by selling timber to local sawmills . It became a rule in his personal code of conduct to avoid debt.

Ivar married Sigrid Eriksdatter ROBØLE in 1856. Sigrid (daughter of Erik Engebretsen ROBØLE and Seborg Engebretsdtr RISTE) was born in 1831 in Robøle 2/2 Vs; died in 1916 in Valdres, WI. USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: Berge 22/4

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Ola og Anne hadde barna: Marit (1821-), Ivar (1824-) til USA i 1849 sammen med broren Gudbrand (1826-), Torstein (1829- ) Anne (1835- ) til USA i 1854 og Berit (1837- ), Gullik (1817-) og Ambjørg (1819-) Våren 1825 var det utpanting hos Ola for gjeld til madam Hansen i Lærdal, med renter og kostnad 302 rd, og høsten 1833 ga han pantebrev til frk Susanne Hansen i Lærdal for gjeld på 279 sps. Dette er forfedrene til Hougen-Berge slekta i USA som Harvey Richard haougen har skrevet to bøker om. Den andre boka er skrevet sammen med Janie Hougen Peak. I den første boka finnes det et bilde av Ola og Anne:

"The majority of Norwegian emigrants left home with adequate funds, enough to enable them to gain to toehold in the new land. Passage alone was expensive, about 35 specie dollars to New York, the equivalent of about three years wages for a hired farm laborer. The persons who are subjects of this study paid for their passage and the trip inland, and bought land soon after arriving in America.Departures continued at several hundred per year after 1836, before jumping to 1600 in 1843. During the depression years of 1849-50 departures leaped to 4,000 a year. Then, during the 1850s, ranged between 1,600 and 6,000, reaching a new high of 8,000 in 1861, before the Civil War imposes a moratorium.

Most of the emigrants came from rural areas, especially the interior valleys. Many welcomed emigration as an alternative to leaving the ge'rd and submitting to urbanization. During the years 1846-1861, two-thirds of all emigrants came from the dis tricts of Valdres, Land, and Gudbrandsdal.

The first member of Anne Olsdatter's family to emigrate was an uncle, a halfbrother of Ole Gulliksen called Gulbrand Gulbrandsen. He took passage with his wife Marit and an infant daughter in 1848; the child died during the voyage and was buried at sea. The Gulbrandesn family bought choice land in the present town of Liberty, but had too little money to establish their farm. So Gulbrand took a job near Port Washington, on Lake Michigan, a short distance north of Milwaukee. He would save some money, then return to start his farm.

It is likely that Ole Gulliksen helped his children financially, for six of the eigth chose emigration. Only Gullik, the eldest son, who inherited the farm and daughter Ambjor, who married a husmann, stayed in Valdres. A brother and two more half-brothers of Ole Gulliksen would also find their way to Manitowoc County.

Occupation:
grb sjekk "Haugen-Berge"

Ola married Anne Ivarsdtr TUNE in 1816. Anne (daughter of Ivar Andrisson TUNE and Ambjørg Olsdtr KVIEN) was born in 1795 in Tune 36/2 Nørre, Nordigarden; died in 1880. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Also Gullicksen's wife, Anne Iversdatter, came from a bonde family who owned for many generations a nearby ga'rd called Thune. Ole Gullicksen and Anne Iversdatter had eight children, the seventh being Anne Olsdatter, probably named for her mother . Anne had been preceded by Gullik, Ambjor, Marit, Iver, Gulbrand,and Ole; followed by Berit.

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• Residence: Robøle 2/2 Vs

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Occupation:
grb

Erik married Seborg Engebretsdtr RISTE. Seborg (daughter of Engebret Gullikson RISTE and Ingebjørg Pedersdtr LEITE) was born in 1798 in Riste 8/1 Øvre Vs; died in 1844. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: Robøle 2/2 Vs

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• Residence: Berge 22/4

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Han var postkarfør han giftet seg. Han ble bruker i 1790 da han giftet seg med odelsjenta Marit. Marit var stedatteren til broren Nils, som hadde drevet gården en tid.

Gullik og Marit hadde også barna: Arnfinn (1794-1801) Ivar (1796-) gift i 1831 med Ambjørg Torsdtr Dal, de var på Skeie under nerre Kattevold omkring 1841-1846. I 1850 dro de til USA med sønnen sønnen Gullik som da var 18 år, altså han var født i 1832. Berit (1798-) gift med Jøger Andrisson nørre Kvam Andris (født og død 1801) Arnfinn ( 1802-1815) han ble 12 år og 8 mnd.

Odelsgodset var verdt 320 rd og hele boet var verdsatt til 489 rd på skiftet etter Gullik 7.7.1803, men netto var det bare ca 194 rd, for Helge O Leine hadde tilgode 200 rd og Arnfinn N Leineøydegarden hadde et krav på 40 rd i gården. Helge var formynder for enken og barna.

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grb

Gullik married Marit Arnfinnsdtr BERGE in 1790. Marit (daughter of Arnfinn Person BERGE and Marit Andrisdtr KVIEN) was born in 1773 in Berge 22/4; died in 1848. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: Berge 22/4

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Det var ingen tvil om at hun hadde odelsretten Til Berge, men de kan ikke ha vært nøye med å skrive det ned, for på skiftet etter Gullik den 7.juli 1803 kunne hun ikke vise til noe skjøte eller annet hjemmelsbrev. Marit giftet seg igjen i 1804 med GUDBRAN GUDBRANDSON NØRSVIN (Nordsveen) (1778-1847). Gudbrand ga skjøte til stesønnen Ola den 14.6.1819 for 160 spd. Han forbeholdt seg retten til å drive halve gården så lange Marit levde eller eller til yngste barnet deres (Arnfinn) var 16 år. siden skulle de ha livaure etter en kontrakt som ble satt opp i 1820. Gudbrand og Marit barna: Gullik (1805-) gikk smedlære i Bergen og ble i 1851 gift med Anne Margrete Persdtr Berge. De reise til US i 1852. Gullikk fikk rett før han giftet seg, datteren Randi med Sigrid Olsdtr Berge. Sigrid (1807-1808), Marit (1810-1811) Gudbrand (1812- ) gi 1845 med Anne Knutsdtr fra Prestegården. De dro til USA i 1848, med datteren Dorte (1847- ) Helge (1814- ) Andris (1818-)

Occupation:
oppvokst på Leine 56/

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• Residence: Tune 36/2 Nørre, Nordigarden

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Ambjørg og Ivar hadde også barna Ingrid I Tune (1789-) gm Ola E Bø på Sørre Bø. og Dorte I Tune (1805-) gm Ola T Myre på Myre.

Occupation:
grb

Ivar married Ambjørg Olsdtr KVIEN in 1788. Ambjørg (daughter of Ola Kristoffersen KVIEN and Anne Eiriksdtr KJØS) was born in 1765 in Kvien 96/1; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: Tune 36/2 Nørre, Nordigarden

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• Residence: Robøle 2/2 Vs

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Occupation:
grb

Engebret married Sigrid Johannesdtr JOME. Sigrid (daughter of Johannes Knutsen JOME and Ragnhild Haldorsdtr RINGESTED) was born in 1776 in Jome 52/1 Vs; died in 1815. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: Robøle 2/2 Vs

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• Residence: Riste 8/1 Øvre Vs

Notes:

Da faren overtok Høyme, kjøpte Engebret delene faren hadde i Riste på auksjon. Det var formynderen hans, Torstein Olsen Egge, som da var på Øyraker som hjalp han til dette kjøpet. I 1787 fikk han kjøpt hele øvre Riste og slo dette sammen med de t han hadde hatt fra før. Han betalte 400 rd for øvre Riste og skjøtet er datert 13. juli 1787.

Occupation:
grb

Engebret married Ingebjørg Pedersdtr LEITE. Ingebjørg (daughter of Per Jørgensen LOME and Sebjørg Øysteinsdtr LEITE) was born in 1753 in Leite 101/8 Under Berge I Høre; died in 1825. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: Riste 8/1 Øvre Vs

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Ingebjørg giftet seg igjen etter at Engebret døde med Gudmund Pedersen Øyraker i 1806. Da Ingebjørg døde i 1825 giftet han seg med enken Marit Amundsdtr Lome. Barna til Engebret og Ingebjørg var: Gullik (1789-) grb Riste 8/1, Peder (1790- ) gr b Riste 8/2, Engebret (1793- ), som var på Høyme, Anne (1795- ), og Seborg (1797- ) Tore Ey sier et sted at hun var født i 1760.