Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Kurt TOSTENSON was born in USA.

Bernard married Irma MARTIN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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