Family/Spouse: Christine McLEAN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. David THOMPSON
2. Robert THOMPSON

David married Annie BERGE. Annie (daughter of Ove Zachariason BERGE and Marit Olsdatter BERGE) was born on 22 Sep 1856; died in Chicago, IL., USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Han var innerst på Berge da han giftet seg med Marit og tok derfor Berge navnet.

Ove married Marit Olsdatter BERGE on 18 Apr 1844 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland Fylke, Norway. Marit (daughter of Ola Gullikson BERGE and Anne Ivarsdtr TUNE) was born on 25 Sep 1821 in Berge 22/4; died on 22 Apr 1888 in Wallingford, IA, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Also in 1852, Anne Olsdatter's sister Marit sailed from Norway with her husband, Ove Zachariasen, and their four children. Ove is said to have been a tailor, but he lived on Berge i Vang, apparently as a hussmann. In America, he took Berge as a su rname, later shortening ti to Berg. Marit und Ove were 32 and 37; their children 12,9,7, and 2.

Marit Olsdatter suffered illnes during passage, becoming quite thin, but the family arrived in Quebec and began the long journey inland. While passing through the Welland Canal, from Lake Ontario to Lake Erie, the captain allowed the passenger s to disembark for exercise.

Marit was entranced by the balmy weather and pleasant sceneryu and wandered aside, misunderstanding when the captain called „All Aboard". Suddenly realizing that she was in danger of being left behind, she rushed back to the boat, but slipped an d fell into the water as it pulled away. Unnoriced and unable to cath hold of an overhanging branch. Clinging to the branch, she called for help and was rescued. While in the water her wedding ring slipped from her emaciated finger and was neve r recoverd. She lamented the loss, but was thankful to escape with her life.

Notes:

Da Ingeleiv og Sakarias giftet seg i 1802, må det ha vært litt av et bryllup. Det var i dette bryllupet at Torkjell B Kvåle drepte Ove I Bø, noe han ble halshugget for 3 år etter i 1805! De andre barna til Ingeleiv og Sakarias het: Bøye Øydegarden (1809-) han var husmann Leite under Berge Andris Øydegarden (1811-1875) UG husmann på Bøaflato under Bø 23/2 Ove Øydegarden (1816-) han var først "innerst" på Øydegarden og dro i 1852 til USA.

Occupation:
grb

Sakaris married Ingeleiv Bøyesdtr WANGENSTEEN in 1802. Ingeleiv (daughter of Bøye Ovesen WANGENSTEEN and Anne Jonsdtr KATTEVOLD) was born in 1782 in Stele 21/1 Nerre; died in 1850 in Bøa-Ødegården 27/1. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Da Sakarias døde, fortsatte Ingeleiv å drive gården fram til 1828, da hun gav skjøte til eldste sønnen, Øystein for 300 rd og livaure, hun skulle fortsatt drive halvparten og gården så lenge hun ville, og bare ha halvparten av den livauren de var blitt enige om.

Da Ingeleiv og Sakarias giftet seg i 1802, må det ha vµrt litt av et bryllup. Det var nettopp i dette bryllupet at Torkjell B Kvåle drepte Ove I B°, og som han ble halshugget for 3 år etter i 1805! De andre barna til Ingeleiv og Sakarias het: B°ye Ïydegarden (1809-) han var husmann Leite under Berge Andris Ïydegarden (1811-1875) UG husmann på B°aflato under B° 23/2 Ove Ïydegarden (1816-) han var f°rst "innerst" på Ïydegarden og dro i 1852 som en av de f°rste fra Vang til USA.

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.