Ole Kittilsen

  Notater:

BIRT: CONC thin 8 days of their birth when living in a rural area. Baptized on 1
BIRT: CONC 6 January, 1792.
EVEN: MAP
LATI N60.0967
LONG E9.6205

  Forskningsnotater:

Notice from Darlene Steffens
In 1854, Ole and Åse/Aase would pack things up and along with their younger children Ragnhild, Guri, (our) GURO, Gjertrud and Kittil (their son) and come to America. Along with this family, their married daughter (Kirsti) came along with her husband and in-laws. Why was it that a man who at 63 and his wife at 55 years old would decide to sell what they could, give away everything else but the most important small items they could carry and leave for a destination that would take several train trips, a two or three-week ocean voyage, probably a long wagon trip too, in total encompass up to 6,375 miles? I am hoping that while we investigate at our various stops we will begin to understand. As in many families too, this story was not unique.

Looking through time, several generations of our family attended the Nore Stave church. This church is definitely one that needs to be on our list of locations to visit. It was built after 1167, suggested after some if it's wood components were age-tested. When the new Nore Church was built in 1880, it was intended to tear down the stave church. Instead, in 1888, it was sold to an individual interested in the old church's history. Today, this stave church is owned by the Society for the Preservation of Ancient Norwegian Monuments, so we will try to make an appointment for a tour. We can at least walk around the outside, but I hope we can also see its interior. Our direct ancestors were in America long before the new church was opened, so this old church has more importance to us.

Another bit of interest is that while we will be visiting Nore og Uvdal, this is a community made up of two separate places. One being Nore and the other Uvdal. The hint here is that the word "og" is the Norwegian word for "and." From 1837 the area was part of Rollag District. Then Nore became a municipality of its own from 1858 to 1961. A rural municipality in Norway is similar to a rural county township in America. In the US, township functions are generally overseen by a governing board and a clerk or trustee. Township officers frequently include justice of the peace, road commissioner, assessor, constable, and surveyor. In the 20th century, many townships also added an administrator or supervisor to the officers as an executive for the board. In some cases, townships run local libraries, senior citizen

  Fødselsnotater:

Born on the Loftsgarden farm. Laws required that babies be baptized wi

  Begivenheder

1. Departure: On 29 March announces to Rollag parish priest that the family is plann Buskerud, Norway, Mar. 1854. ¹ ing to leave for America.

Ole blev gift med Åse (Aase) Nielsdatter, datter af Nils Olsen og Kirsti Knutsdatter, den 20 Jun. 1818 i Nore, Buskerud, Norway. (Åse (Aase) Nielsdatter blev født omkring 31 Jul. 1799 i Nore, Buskerud, Norway.)