Tuesday, January 23, 2007

A Godskesen Sea Voyage

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The above is the passenger list of the Hellig Olav on Oct. 5, 1926. The top two people on the list are Christian and Annie Godskesen. It is not clear from the passenger list what level of cabin the page was for (first class, steerage, etc). However, this page differs greatly from the Steerage passenger lists for aliens, so I am led to believe they didn't travel at that cabin level.
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The Hellig Olav was operated by the Scandinavian-American Line Company, and from the travel brochures, it sailed from Copenhagen to Christiana (today's Oslo) to New York. You can learn more about the Hellig Olav and see pictures of the interior at http://www.timetableimages.com/maritime/images/scam.htm

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SS Hellig Olav
Sailing from Copenhagen on Sept. 24, 1926
Arriving at port of New York on Oct. 5, 1926

Line 1:
Name: Godskesen, Christian
Age: 59
Sex: M
Marital Status: Married
If Native, name of place of birth: Multnomah County, Oregon
If Naturalized, give name and location of court issuing naturalization papers, and date:
Multnomah County, Oregon Aug: 26th 1891
Address in US: to Home 826 Michigan Ave: Portland, Oregon

Line 2:
Name: Godskesen, Annie
Age: 51
Sex: F
Marital Status: Married
If Native, name of place of birth: ditto marks indicating same as line above (husband)
If Naturalized, give name and location of court issuing naturalization papers, and date: ditto marks indicating same as line above (husband)
Address in US: ditto marks indicating same as line above (husband)

Some Notes on above:
1) Since this page was used for Naturalized Citizens, the "Place of Birth" Column appears to have been used to record the person's final destination.
2) This is obviously not the passage that first brought them to America. It probably was a visit back to the Old Country, to visit relatives, perhaps attend a special wedding or celebration. However, the naturalization date and location of the court that approved Christian's paperwork are a gold mine. I will obviously be writing/visiting them to get a copy!

Thursday, January 11, 2007

Welcome to the Clan, Allison!

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The latest member of the Parisi clan, Allison Georgia Shimer, was born on December 20. She weighed in at 6 pounds 10 ounces. She is the Great-great-daughter of Anthony and Amelia. A big welcome to Allison and a congrats to her parents. (That's mom, Andrea, holding her).
One of the best parts of genealogy is keeping track not only of our ancestors but of our descendents too!

Tuesday, January 09, 2007

Who's Who -- The Family of Christian & Annie Godskesen

Amelia Godskesen's parents were Christian Godskesen and Annie Jensen.

They immigrated from Denmark to the Portland area, and married in about 1894 (I'm working on finding their marriage data!) and had the following children:

= William Christian Godskesen (31 Mar 1895 - Oct 1975)
[Note: William shortened his surname to Godsen sometime after his marriage)

= Amelia Cecilia Godskesen (05 Mar 1897 - 16 Jul 1960)

= Franklin Edward Godskesen (Abt. 1902 - 13 Nov 1922)