Old Tractor in the Fencerow

  I revisited research done on the Rindal line by a relative in Norway (Svein Botterud) that I had forgotten about. He writes that third great grandmother Lisbet Olsdatter Kaldor arrived in New York with her son Johannes in May of 1888. According to other sources, the ship named the Geiser (above) left Christiania (present Oslo) on May 24th. Steam powered ships made the journey much faster than in the age of sail just a few years before. She died in 1912 in Seattle, Washington living with her son Eric. He also notes my 2nd great grandparents Mikkel Olson and Elizabeth Rindal left in 1873 as part of a group travelling together from Oyer. He lists them leaving Norway on May 22nd, so the arrival in New York June 11th matches with the travel time of the day, but I have yet to find her name. Possible Rindal and Haggalokken farms Another possible Haggalokken farm near Oyer The whole area sits at a bend in the river Possible Rindal farm. Rindal possibly is the name from a valley off the e...