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Family photos, “Anders Soerensen Stapnes & Hanne Nilsdatter Mong” by Anders Anderson, Hanne’s and Anders’s Cow Pox vaccination certificates, genealogical information for Soerensen and Hanne’s children, “Erick A. Hood & Johanna A. Anderson Family History” by Alma Hood Ellis, “Anderson Baler Straw Feeder.”
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Anders Anderson shares memories of his grandparents. Anders Sørensen Stapnes was born in 1839 and died in 1915. He was a sailor in his younger days. He was in his 20’s in New York during the time of the Civil War. Hanne Nilsdatter Mong acted as a midwife and was a trusted nurse.
Genealogical Information
This section of the collection focuses on the family information of Anders Soerenson Stapnes, born 1839 (son of Soeren Andreas Janson Mong and Anne Gurine Larsdatter Stapnes) and Hanne Nilsdatter Mong, born 1846 in Mong, Sokndal, Rogaland, Norway (daughter of Nils Tobias Amundson Urdal Mong and Elisabet Marie Hansdatter Mong). They had eight children, all born in Stapnes, Egersund, Rogaland, Norway. There are thirty-one grandchildren. The youngest child was born in 1890 and died in 1970.