Sjur Sjursen WANGSNESS

   Other names for Sjur were Sjur Sjursen VANGSNÆS, Siur Sieursen VANGSNES, Sjur Sjursen VANGSNESS and Sjur Sjursen VIK.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Census: farm Wangsness, 1801, Leikanger, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. County districtParishLocal parishGard/hus
68Nordre BergenhuusLegangerWangsnessWangsness
New householdGiven nameLast nameHousehold pos.AgeMarital statusOccupationSex
1751*SieurJohnsenHuusbonde47Begge i 1ste ægteskabBonde og gaardbeboerM
1752BrithaSieursdtrHans kone40Begge i 1ste ægteskabK
1753SieurSieursenDeres børn3M
1754TuriSieursdtrDeres børn12K
1755BrithaSieursdtrDeres børn9K
1756KnudHansenTienestefolk29UgiftM
1757SigriArnesdtrTienestefolk39UgiftK

• Immigration: from Norway, 1844, America. ¹ 12 Apr 1844

Sjur Sjursen Vangsnæs, 4/5 98
Ingeri Pedersdatter Mundal, 27/12 97
Sjur, 14/5 26
Peder, 29/11/29
Britha, 20/1 33
John, 28/2 36

[page 355, 1844]

brig Albion
Captain J. T. Brock
Departure Bergen May 7
Arrival New York July 10
Source NARA Roll # 55, no 539

Ref.NameAgeSexRemarks
ID 346211S. Sjursen46 m*
ID 346222I.46 !!
ID 346233S.18 !!
ID 346244J.8 !!
ID 346255B.11 !!
ID 346266P.15 !!

• Notes: likely match in Windsor, 1855, Dane County, WI. Heads of families
Sure Jr. Sureson 2 males, 2 females [image 51 of 180]
Sure Sureson 1 male, 1 female [image 51 of 180]
Peter Sureson 4 males, 2 females [image 52 of 180]

• Alt. Death, 1878, America. memorial stone in Norway Grove Cemetery, De Forest, Dane County, WI

Sjur Sjursen Vangsness
1798 - 1878 [?]
Gratefully remembers by his great great grandchildren 1997

Sjur married Ingeri Pedersdatter MUNDAL, daughter of Peder Nielsen STØLEN and Brithe Pedersdatter, on 10 Jun 1819 in Balestrand, Sogn Og Fjordane, Norway. (Ingeri Pedersdatter MUNDAL was born in 1797 in Fjærland, Leikanger, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway, baptized on 27 Dec 1797 in Fjærland, Leikanger, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway and died on 25 Nov 1871 in MN.)