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Iver Ulseth
Iver was born at Grøtlia, Kvikne, June 24, 1863 -
the second child and took part in the farm work as a small
boy, which apparently was usual at that time. He moved with
the family within Kvikne and to Oppdal. As a young adult,
Iver travelled a long way from Kvikne up north to Bardu in
North Norway. We don't know why he made the long trip. Maybe
he followed some acquaintances on his way. And maybe that
district could offer employment for a young man searching
for making his living. Bardu, at that time was a part of
Målselv municipality. Iver's wife, Ingeborg Karoline
(Caroline) came from Bardu.
Iver in Bardu
We can imagine Iver feeling "at home" at his new place.
The inhabitants dialect was quite different from the North
Norwegian dialects in the surroundings, and closer to Iver's
dialect from Kvikne. The valley must have reminded him of
Kvikne and Oppdal, too. He was a farmhand on the farm
Jevningen. This farm was owned in fellowship by John
Bersvendsen and John Olsen. John Bersvendsen, born 1860, was
Ingeborg Karoline's brother. This John later emigrated with
his family to America, too.
The "Iver Ulseth branch" of the Ulset Family started in
Bardu when Iver met Ingeborg Karoline and married her. Their
first child, Marit, was born there and was christened in
Bardu Church. Marit and Ingebrigt Einar were the two
children who went together with their parents to America. We
later find them named Mary (Radford) and Emery (Ulseth).
Ingebrigt Eina was christened in Oppdal.
Ingeborg Karoline (Caroline)
As her name, later in America, was changed to Caroline,
we will use "Caroline" in this description. She was born 4
Sept. 1863. Her parents were Bersvend Pedersen and his wife
Karoline Johansdatter who ran the farm Hoiden. The young
Caroline lost her mother at her birth. As often happened at
that time, a child loosing its mother was moved to a home
where it could be taken care of. So we find Caroline being a
foster daughter on the farm Moen, in care of her aunt Marit
Pedersdatter, Bersvend Pedersen's sister.
That Caroline assumed the family name Moen, is quite
normal. In older times in Norway, people usually adopted as
their family name, the name of the place they moved to. If
we look some years back, we find Caroline's mother, too,
being in care as a foster daughter. She was in care of
Martha Mattisdatter on the farm Haugen. This Martha appears
then to be little Caroline's "step-grandmother". It is
interesting to note that the young Caroline was presented a
bible by Martha, and this book which she took with her to
America is still in existence.
Emigration
Iver, his wife Caroline and children Marit, 4 years and
Ingebrigt, 10 months, left 1890 with "Hero", according to
contract of 28 May 1890 with Dominion Line for Quebec.
When Iver and Caroline left Norway with their two
children they were registered as coming from Målselv,
of which Bardu was a part at that time. We don't know if
they in fact came from there to leave from Trondheim, or
they only were officially registered as living there. The
fact that their son Ingebrigt Einar was christened in Oppdal
indicates that the couple may have stayed there a period
before they left Norway.
In 1890 the chance to leave came to them. Their fares for
the whole travel from Norway via England were paid for in
the US. Most likely Iver's brothers who emigrated earlier
were the supporters. They also embarked on S/S "Hero" in
Trondheim. When the steam-engine was warmed up, and left
black smoke over the harbour, the anchors were hoisted. The
vessel left for England. The small family had started on
their first step to spend the rest of their lives in a new
and strange world.
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