Free pedigree chart if needed. Appears to be the same folks but I cant find a connection or commonality anywhere. Jacobsen (11,906) 20. Early History of the Hagen family This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Hagen research. I did not see our surname on the list either. Andrew sailed from Trondheim, Norway on May 6, 1879 to Hull, England on the ship Tasso, took a train to Liverpool, leaving for the United States on May 17 on the ship Ohio. On my Mothers side, they changed Stueland (SP?) German Dutch and Danish: from an ancient Germanic personal name a short form of various compound names formed with hag enclosure protected place as the first element. The SSDI is a searchable database of more than 70 million names. Passenger lists are your ticket to knowing when your ancestors arrived in the USA, and how they made the journey - from the ship name to ports of arrival and departure. could be from the occupation of a black smith, tin smith, and silver Start learning Norwegian. Overby was the farm where he was born. Irish (Armagh and Louth) and English: variant of Hagan . It could either be Patronymic or Toponymic, suspect the latter as Ive been to Kristiansand to see the steps of my 5th grandfathers farm house. Im an Eriksen in Norway and Linder in Sweden. I see there is a town/city called Sundbo in the Telemark region. I was recently given our familys ancestry research which goes as far back as the 1700s, early 1600s, but I havent had the heart to go through it yet. Her birth father (Anders) died and her mother remarried to Anton. The Steenstrup name is Danish. Before emigrating my 3x greatgrand father was a Hike on a business trip to Trondheim, I was lucky enough to connect with an aunt by marriage, Solvig. If your ancestral farm is listed in a bygdebok, chances are youll find the portion of your family tree that ran the farm sometimes as far back as the first written records. For example, if your father was called Johan then your surname might become Johansdotter Johans daughter. Thank you. However, on checking it I found that there was no such family in the vicinity with either spelling and also that there was a Lyse abbey in Norway. This was about 38% of all the recorded Haugen's in USA. 26,657 Hagen members around the world. I was shocked, as from being from South Carolina, I never even considered that. It does sometimes make the search more difficult when one is researching ancestors. Not sure if spelling changed. She died at her sister Anna's home in 1914 at the age of 35, after finding herself with progressively more illnesses. I believe my grandfathers name was Ole Knutson, but when he came to America, there were so many with that name, he changed the last name to Gjerde. There are 44,000 military records available for the last name Hagen. Wiik, Wik or Vik is the same topographical name, meaning inlet or bay. My grandfathers first name was Soren and my grandmothers first name was Karen. do you know what it means? 1846), aged 26, Scandinavian maid servant travelling from Hamburg aboard the ship "Palmerston" arriving in Dunedin, Otago, South Island, New Zealand on 12th December 1872, David Warner Hagen (1931-2022), United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada (2003-2005), Jean Hagen (1923-1977), born Jean Shirley Verhagen, an American, Jean Hagen (1923-1977), Oscar-nominated American film actress, Walter Charles Hagen (1892-1969), American PGA golfing champion, Eva-Maria Hagen (1934-2022), ne Buchholz, a German actress and singer, known as the "Brigitte Bardot of the GDR", David James Hagen (1973-2020), Scottish professional, Cosma Shiva Hagen (b. Once again going back to the knight in shining armor, the crest may have been attached to the knight's helmet. Its supposedly Norwegian but as stated in the article, tracing a family tree in Norway pre-1920s is very difficult. by a professional genealogist, which is a service we do not perform. Surname Count1. (Retrieved 2010, November 5), South Australian Register Tuesday 11 January 1853. When he arrived in the U.S. he used Olson as his last name. Ancestry.com (subscription site). A farmer may have had several plots of land scattered around the fjord. There can be multiple I found him in Wisconsin in 1880. Germany and Sweden it seems as though the Knutsons traveled quite a bit. I was told it is Norwegian. Were going to visit Norway this summer to meet them. Use census records and voter lists to see where families with the Haugen surname lived. I was foolish to assume that my surname Knudson would be common in Norway. In Norway there were many small plots of land on the various sides of the fjords. Does that mean he was from the city of Kol? Mel = flour, hus = house. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". ( In Canada I go by Trudy as Turid pronunciation is not complimentary lol ). Hagen (14,073) 17. And his fathers name was Osmund Danielson Sundbo. Any help would be appreciated, tia. Jacobsen(11,906)20. We always thought my Great Grandma Otterdahls family came from Germany, but DNA testing puts my family at 94%-96% Scandinavian-Norwegian and Swedish and cant find much on the Otterdahls. Thank you. Amazon.com: Hagen Coat of Arms, Family Crest & History 11x17 Print - Surname Origin: Norway / Norwegian: Posters & Prints Names really do get quite confusing when you are dealing with hereditary: As a 93 year old born in New Zealand which has quite a large Scandinavian population of immigrants from the late 1800s. I found that it remains a mystery as to how the spelling of a name was changed. Often the vicars who wrote names in church registers would spell differently, and they would also at least in the 1700s be Danish or at least be educated there. Any help would be great. Andreassen(12,100)19. We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. My great-grandfathers last name was Kjelsen. Is there any way I could find medical records of my fathers operation in Norway? He may have been from or born in the town of Gjerde. Could Otterdahl be Scandinavian? so probably names after a river through the front yard=Aartun Sjur is a norwegian forename that origins from the old norse name Sigurdr meaning victory or guardian. . Thank you for posting, this information is very enlightening and helps form a more realistic of the viking times. Can some help? My GGGrandparents Bakke from Hemsedal, Norway. any info about the Kalsem or Kalsheim Family Farm would be greatly appreciated/, My triple great grandfather was Kolstad. The Complete Guide to Apartments in Norway, Funerals in Norway: Unique Traditions of Norwegian Burials, I am related to Berit Kullander on my mothers side. They had two daughters and one son. Some less common occupations for Americans named Hagen were Farm Laborer and Housekeeper. of birth may vary widely in different sources. Dahl (11,503) - 21. I havent seen Kjelsen mentioned in your article or lists of names, nor in the comments left by readers. Topogenic? My Maiden name is Carr. The 20 most common surnames in that list from 2015, are mostly ending in sen, patronymic names. Like the surname SMITH etc. Thank you for this interesting information. There were several different types of viking ship, the largest & strongest for long distance sea journeys, and smaller, more manoeuvrable flatter hulled boats for navigating rivers and shallower water conditions. My grandmothers maiden name was Kassem from skipvet south of Oslo. from the same Steenstrup-branch. of arms was made, along with who had it made, and how boastful they The odd one out in the list is the occupational name Mller meaning miller. My husbands last name is Odegard. were, and what alliances the family had at the time the coat of arms Most of these can be digitally accessed online: media.digitalarkivet.no/en/ A record covers a parish, its content ordered chronologically. The Norwegian National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design (Nasjonalmuseet) has been granted free access to roam Hagen's collection, a 2000-piece compilation of Nordic and Northern European . Welcome to a community for Norwegian-Americans, Norwegians living in Arizona, and anyone with an interest in Norway and/or Scandinavia. Is that correct? Larsen (37,869)5. (The German version is Uwe). My grandfathers last name was Ege. Hansen (53,011)2. There is a well known writer named Kjell Askildsen who Ive never met but looks a lot like In any case, she never had a matronymic name. My maiden name is Kalsem, commonly spelled, I am told in Norway as Kalsheim. Brilliant article. The surname Hagen was first found in Holland, where the name became noted for its many branches in the region, each house acquiring a status and influence which was envied by the princes of the region. There are many instances in which these officers just arbitrarily changed the last names of immigrants on documents that they were processing because they thought they were hard to pronounce! I wouldnt think so if its Hender and not Henryson. history out there and there may be other origins for this surname then But, it also showed on the same 1910 Census, where her parents were born in Norway, so that is where my Norwegian comes from, I assume. it was a farm. Hi, I think we must be related, i.e. The Tree Maker asks The most Hagen families were found in USA in 1920. Thank you. [1] The 26-kilometre fjord begins in the municipality of Rana and flows to the west through Nesna and Lury into the sea. See Terms of Use for details. year. I have learned that their are approximately 19 different Sunde farms. He also said his sisters name is Mona and his brothers name is Ib. The Maehlum referred to the plot of land that the house was on. smith and so on. Is the last name Umsted related in any way? They later changed their name to Ohme. My father escaped to the UK, Englands Farten during WW2. His sister will be called Johnsdatter (Johns daughter), and his son will be called Pedersen. So disappointed neither family name is on the list! Early immigrants include: We use cookies to enhance your personalized experience for ads, analytics, and more. The family crest is a smaller part of the design that can be used on its own when the entire coat of arms is too complex. Are you sure you want to delete this item from your shopping cart? Any thoughts about our family name, Steenstrup? I believe Steen is stone. He could have decided to shorten his surname from (as an example) Ovesen, son of Ove to Ove. It is said that the name comes from a farm and a river in Norway, Is there such a place? The Hagen family had said it had received demands for ransom to secure her release - reported by Norwegian media to amount to some $10 million in a cryptocurrency known as Monero. He was from Bergen. My surname is Gundersen, which literally means son of Gunder. Thanks. Minnesota had the highest population of Haugen families in 1880. Pedersen(161,074)5. Seeking information on paternal relative John Hayes (the younger). I would have thought I BECAME violent after leaving my loving Norwegian family, HA! Do you know of any other resources that could be helpful as well? Also, spelling was not standardized, meaning that Peter, Petter, Peder or Per may very well be the same person recorded by different clerks. Thank you! My grandmother (Johanne Mette Colbjornsen Kielland Steenstrup I might have missed one or two of her names) went to live at Gulskogen Gard in Drammen after her parents died, as her brothers (Paul, Peter, and Laurentz Christian) were on their way to America to connect with their uncle, Soren Kielland. This is one reason why outlining my family tree stalled somewhat a number of years ago. He was from a family of 9 children. I cant find much information about my grandfather. When you have the name of a Norwegian-born ancestor to go on, quite a few sources can assist in your search for him or her and your lineage stretching further back in time. What might the village books reveal? I think one of my ancestors changed their name to Myhre but dont know the origin of the name. I have visited Norway and found the area called Skrudland outside of Byrne.. Stavanger is where a lot of the Norwegians we knew came from. The average life expectancy for Hagen in 1942 was 36, and 76 in 2004. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Whats the origin of it? Kirkehavn church, Hidra, Vest-Agder county. Norwegians were also present during the early colonization of New England in the 17th and 18th centuries, along with Dutch, French and Swedish settlers. Greetings! I was born in the UK, my eldest brothers nickname was mud, as our surname was often pronounced as miremaybe some truth in the swamp origin! I have 17% Scandinavian ancestry with the rest English. How about rtun and Eitrheim? of arms. Or the name Ege. Only part of the tree yet to be expanded on. Family Crest Matted Print. His paternal grandfathers name was Ole Amundson Bergerud, his maternal grandfather was Ole Amundson Rinden. Any comments very welcome! A short lifespan might also indicate health problems that were once prevalent in your family. My great-aunt married a gentleman named Henry Knutson and lived on Chimney Rock my great aunts name was Selma Stary she married her husband Henry Knutson of Norway, I forgot to let you know that my great-grandparents came from Norway on a ship. My maternal family name is Mahlum> Maehlum in Norway. The National Library has a complete collection of bygdebker. You have obviously taken to using the lazy persons habit of using the term Viking to describe Scandinavian people (usually male)that should be referred to as Norsemen. They were both from Trondheim. Christophersen on my fathers side. Fascinating reading! Is this correct? For the veterans among your Hagen ancestors, military collections provide insights into where and when they served, and even physical descriptions. Thanking you in advance. Another 96 words (7 lines of text) covering the years 1741, 1761, and 1803 are included under the topic Early Hagen History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. His first name was johan (John). Im quite a ways down in the tree. My grandmothers last name was Hustad which is from the town of that name near Molde but maybe it has additional meaning? By the early 1900s, the old naming system was fading away due to industrial development and urbanization. Berg(18,080)15. mistaken belief that a particular family coat of arms / crest is theirs Which apparently means overhanging mountain of a sacrificial site. Depending where you come from it is possible we are related. His name is Erling Jan Dastol (the Norwegian a and o). He took the name Bjerke when he came to Canada. Her name was Helen. And in a writeup from Holt, it says I was surprised to see my maiden name, Vold, pop up on previews of a movie we were watching. My great grandfather came from Norway to Hawaii in the late 1800s. My grandfathers last name was Losnes and he came from Drammen. My ggma is Katherine Engel hellberg or Engel Katherine Hellberg. What is the origin of the suffix zen?I assume it is some form of a patronymic name.son of Lenhart? I was a Christophersen until I got married. Like everyone e else Interested in possible orgin of grandparents and great grandparents surname. His ancestors were from Lom in Poland. Thanks. Surname is Rasmussen. I dont know one year they came but my grandmother daughter was born in 1900 here and Wisconsin a Chimney Rock where a lot of kin folks live there knutsons, Petersons ,starrys, Olsen. Norwegian surnames often comprise of place names or a geographical features of the landscape, while others were a direct result of their father's first name. My grandma had Antonson and Andreassen. Although accounts of the expedition were well-known for centuries, they werent archaeologically proven until the 1960s. We were told it was the name of the farmland they lived on. I can trace her only to birth of her son John, 1831 in Brigus, Newfoundland. The family crest isn't really a "dragon" per se. An unusually short lifespan might indicate that your Hagen ancestors lived in harsh conditions. I really enjoyed reading about the Scandinavian names/changes. I know that Thore Kristoffersen Barkve was born 1864 in Strand, Norway and died 1931 in Cylinder, Iowa, USA. My fathers family name is Fagerholt. You can find birthdates, death dates, addresses and more. Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022 Similar surnames: Vangen, Hagen, Wangen, Tannen, Tande, Langen, Ringen, Tanger, Haagen 36,000 record (s) for Tangen My great grandparents came from Norway. A persons address at a given time, as well as the names of other people in the household and their family relation. Of course, by Hollywood standards, Vikings sounds sexier. Norwegian Family Crests. Fager= fair, or even brautiful. Any information would be welcome. There is a house on the coast, once owned by my great grandfather which is now owned by the chairman of the Pulitzer Prize committee! Linnea Nereim. I sent out to the Norwegian Emigration Center for information on my Great Grandfather Tomas Swenson and was told no record. The only way to be Would love more info on the Bisted surname. Andreassen Family Crest 19. Mathew is a British (og litt Norsk) guy living in Stavanger, Norway. (Retrieved 2018, February 06). Thank you! gift. [1] However, in Netherlands, the name Hagen is ranked the 353rd most popular surname with an estimated 4,424 people with that name. I really enjoyed your article here! types. Aar= river Dahl(11,503). Practically all farm names were derived from a defining geographical feature. He remarried in 1959 to se Marie Kristiansen in Larvik but disappeared in 1962. Questions section before ordering. Hallo! There are 29,000 immigration records available for the last name Hagen. Johansson (251,495)3. Interesting. My grandfather came to America in 1904. Also, there appears to be a connection with the name Hansen, which I previously thought might be her maiden name, but now Im thinking it could be in connection with the Kjelsen side from a record Ive seen in my research. The 1910 Census did show on my dads side, that my great grandmother, Mary Julia Peterson was born in 1871/1872 in Wisconsin. Nilsen (34,734)8. My Great Grandmother: Family name at birth: Thorstensen (Martha Marie) My mom passed away 3.5 months ago & Im just not fully there. What about the meaning of the name Oma? The most widespread names in Norway even today are Berg (mountain or outcropping), Haug (hillock), Hagen (outfield) and Dal (valley). My older relatives also claim Severin, Collett, Kielland. I would love any insights you might have. I take it the s means married, and barn then lists the children born to them. Browse profiles of historical people with the Hagen last name, This page needs Javascript enabled in order to work properly. The family came from Rogaland. We have a wall unit and I have a scrap of the box it came to America in. Ive been searching for my husbands family for some time. The caption beneath the second photo of a Norwegian family (posed in front of a large house) gives the date of circa 1910. There is a dictionary on Norwegian surnames with recent statoistics (Veka O. Norsk etternamnleksikon. We use the oldest coat of arms or surname history that is in So, is there another spelling for his name? Stue (living room or cabin) . He was also one of the founding fathers of the Norwegian Constitution from 1814 (https://www.stortinget.no/en/In-English/About-the-Storting/The-Constitution/). Tracing your lineage is a fun and rewarding challenge that requires some basic knowledge of past centuries. Surname in the USA is ROA in Norway it was Aslaksen. The following information from the National Library of Norway, the National Archives of Norway and Slekt og Data, the largest genealogy association in Norway, will walk you through the available resources and how to get the most out of them. You try to look through them with their unreadable handwritten scrawls. Its Clarenson which would mean son of Clarence? Im also wondering why it would be spelled son instead of sen. My great grandparents came here from Norway in the early 1900s. Does anyone know anything about the name Ove? My last name is Selsing, Norwegian is what Im told. The great Norwegian playwright, Henrik Ibsen, has a surname that is instantly recognisable. Does Modum Surname come from Buskerud? Sjona is a fjord in Nordland county, Norway. So little is known of my grandfathers lineage. I understand it comes from the name of the farm where the house was. Because he used a single name, as most did back then, it is nearly impossible to trace our family any further back before 1400 since Bjorn was not an uncommon name and we could not be sure of which Bjorn was being mentioned in anecdotal records before 1400. Patronymic: a name passed down from either the father or ancestor. We also share information about your use of our site with our social media, advertising and analytics partners. His name was Kristoffersen, and I really dont know whether HE changed the spelling or whether someone at Ellis Island misspelled the name. does it mean star island? My name is Anne Steenstrup-Duch also Collett is in our family. If you have concerns about processing times you may email those concerns prior to placing your order. The extra farm used during summer. Hus=house Very interesting! I know my family comes from the town Oma. I believe my last name, Osborne is derivative of Asbjorn. I know the Sundbos from around Birch Hillls/ PA.. my maiden name is Skrudland.. We would go to SS and church at Lake Park Lutheran .. just the countries list. Im guessing it sounded more American?! us and we'll take a look. I found I am very Norwegian, up to 93 percent according to Ancestry. There is a house on the coast in Kristiansand, once owned by my great grandfather which is now owned by the chairman of the Pulitzer Prize committee! My great grandfather and grandmother came from Sweden there last name is Erickson can you help with what area that might be Thank you. Use census records and voter lists to see where families with the Hagen surname lived. USA 100% Stay updated on Ireland and your regions of origin with our recommended newspaper, The Business Post. Irish Coat of Arms Black Leather Flask. In Iceland itd be pronounced more similar to the th sound though. Incidentally my mothers family name is Howden changed through misspelling and centuries from Hovden. Odegard means deserted farm, which was used after the Black Death left many farms deserted. These names will absolutely help with that so again, thank you! My grandfather took the name Hill when he met and married my grandmother. Her father and an uncle, both Lutheran missionaries, were Aadnesgaard. Great grandfather & Great grandmpther names. The name was first recorded in North Holland, a province of the Netherlands. Mel= flour Berg= Hill, rise or mountain. He is a journalist, a literature student and a keen runner (amongst other things). Consequently, Peder Johnsen is the son of John. Wagners depiction of Vikings gave the world a highly distorted image of the Norsemen. privacy policy l merchant policy, Frequently My surname is Ove. Yes, the Norse word for swamp is kjarr. My Great Grandfathers name was Halgrim Knutsen Vik Berg , my Grandfather was Halgrim Knut Hellerud from Fla Buskerud Co. My last name was Wisland (Visland?) It comes from Old Danish and Old Norse name and can mean edge of a sword or terror, so it was a name originally given to warriors, then to boys in hopes that they would have the same strong warrior qualities. My grandmothers name was Aarhus. Which (if Im not mistaken) is God bear, no? Last name is Anderson here in WI records but on a 1891 Norwegian census Ancestry is pulling in records with the last name Stende. Hello Erik. From our family to you and yours stay safe and blessings to you all. When he settled in the UK he was known as JOHN BRUSTAD NIELSEN. These are known as Li/Lie. In some names the r- can mean alder (lat. Olson and Sorensen also show up in the genealogy papers I have . Looking at the 20 most common surnames in Denmark in 2012, all but one is a patronymic name. As you look into your Norwegian heritage, you will likely find that your family has an Norwegian family crest, symbolizing the family name. and last name meaning, but the first few apply to everyone. my fathers brother except for on e changed Wik My mothers name was Wiik or Wik and they both came from Vik? Swedish (also Hagn): ornamental or topographic name from hage enclosed pasture in the definite singular form or formed with the adjectival suffix -n/-en a derivative of Latin -enius relating to. Most were commissioned by the municipality and written by people with great local history knowledge. ThNk you for this article! I have not had any luck finding her parents. My grandfather is Faltin Kalsheim, from Rogaland Norway. My grandfathers name was Nils Gismervik from the Rogaland area of Norway. If he hadnt kept BRUSTAD as his middle name I dont think I would ever have found him. Any info on Vatland as a surname and/or location in Norway? Swedish names also use suffix son sson. . Krog - A Danish-inspired word that means bend or corner. Cookies Settings. Do you have suggestions/ideas about these and/or meanings? Hagen Family Crest 17. View Social Security Death Index (SSDI) for Hagen. Your Own Coat of Arms Symbol, surname history, family rings, These Im not at all certain about my great-grandmothers name, but Ive seen Gundersen and Gilbertsen, as well as heard Gustafsen/Gustaffsen. Bjerke means a birch tree. I am missing something, but dont know what and where else to look. Where does Mollerud fit in? dan carlin blueprint for armageddon 4,

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