Family/Spouse: Irma MARTIN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Betty Ann TOSTENSON was born in USA.
2. Neal TOSTENSON was born in USA.
3. Donald TOSTENSON was born in USA.

Halvor married Anne Margrethe GULLIKSEN. Anne (daughter of August GULLIKSEN and Berit Olsdtr BERGE) was born on 14 Nov 1859 in Manitowoc Co., WI. USA; died on 7 Sep 1945. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Arrieved US in 1850 with his uncle Helge Gudbrandson Berge. Farmed in Liberty WI. Served with Co. C. 34th Wisc Inf. and Co E. 18th Wisc. Inf during Civil War. Moren het Maria eller Marit. Berit Olsdatter and August Gulliksen must have begun their courtship soon after Berit's arrival, for they were married in Gjerpen Church on December 14, 1858. August was the son of Berit's half-uncle Gullik Gulbrandsen Berge, so the couple were co usins or, more accurately, half-cousins.

August Gulliksen acquired land that adjoined the farm of his uncle, Gulbrand Gulbrandsen. The matter of surnames again presents itself. Two of the three brothers who shared the patronymic "Gulbrandsen", Gullik and Helge, adopted the surname "Berge ". But Gulbrand took the patronymic, as his surname. August might have followed his father, taking „Berge", but instead chose "Gulliksen", his own patronymic.

Occupation:
farmer

August married Berit Olsdtr BERGE on 14 Dec 1858 in Gjerpen, WI., USA. Berit (daughter of Ola Gullikson BERGE and Anne Ivarsdtr TUNE) was born on 17 Nov 1837 in Berge 22/4; died on 7 Oct 1920 in Gjerpen, WI., USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigration: 1857

Notes:

As the Berge brothers went about the serious business of marriage, their sister Berit Olsdatter planned her emigration. Berit, age 20, arrived in Manitowoc during the summer of 1857, the sixth and last child of Ole Gulliksen and Anne Iversdatte r to emigrate

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Berge 22/4, Vang I Valdres, Oppland Fylke, Norway
• Occupation: Blacksmith at Berge
• Baptism: 3 Mar 1805, Vang i Valdres, Oppland Fylke, Norway
• Immigration: 1852
• Occupation: 1852-1857, Two Rivers, Manitowoc Co., Wisconsin, USA
• Occupation: 1857-1892, Liberty, Manitowoc Co., Wisconsin, USA

Notes:

He studied to be a blacksmith in Bergen. Just before he got married he had a daughter Randi with Sigrid Olsdtr Berg.

He is mentioned in Christopher H. Ellingbøe's Amerika Brev of 1854.

Occupation:
Blacksmith

Occupation:
Blacksmith

Occupation:
Farmer

Gullik married Maria Eller MARIT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Haag, Nederland

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Berge 22/4

Notes:

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]

Notes:

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.