Ola Gullikson BERGE

1791 - 1881  (90 years)

• Name	Ola Gullikson BERGE
  Birth	1791	Berge 22/4
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	grb sjekk "Haugen-Berge"
  Residence	Berge 22/4
  Death	1881
  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.
  Person ID	I5267	Valdres Slekt
  Last Modified	15 Aug 2011

  
  

  Father	Gullik Olsen LEINE,   b. 1761, Leine 56/1 Sørre d. 1803 (Age 42 years)
  Mother	Marit Arnfinnsdtr BERGE,   b. 1773, Berge 22/4 d. 1848 (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	1790
  Family ID	F907	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anne Ivarsdtr TUNE,   b. 1795, Tune 36/2 Nørre, Nordigarden d. 1880 (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	1816
  Children	+ 1. Gullik Olson BERGE,   b. 1817, Berge 22/ d. 1880, Berge 22/ (Age 63 years) + 2. Ambjørg Olsdtr BERGE,   b. 1819, Berge 22/4 d. Bef 1899, Veflen 99/1 Høre (Age 80 years) + 3. Marit Olsdatter BERGE,   b. 25 Sep 1821, Berge 22/4 d. 22 Apr 1888, Wallingford, IA, USA (Age 66 years) + 4. Ola Olsen BERGE,   b. 1822, Berge 22/4 d. Valdres, WI. USA + 5. Ivar Olsen BERGE,   b. 1824, Berge 22/4 d. 1912, Wallingford, IA, USA (Age 88 years) + 6. Gulbrand Olson BERGE,   b. 1827, Berge 22/4 d. Valdres, WI. USA + 7. Anne Olsdtr BERGE,   b. 12 Feb 1835, Berge 22/4 d. 24 Oct 1931, Manitowoc Co., WI. USA (Age 96 years) + 8. Berit Olsdtr BERGE,   b. 17 Nov 1837, Berge 22/4 d. 7 Oct 1920, Gjerpen, WI., USA (Age 82 years)
  Family ID	F1797	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Nov 2007