History of Swedish Immigration in the Puget Sound, by Stephen Forslund, pages 108-213.
This portion of the manuscript covers Swedes who immigrated to Pierce County in the late 1890s to 1972. It also talks about the Finnish-Swedes.
History of Swedish Immigration in the Puget Sound, by Stephen Forslund, pages 1-107.
This manuscript was written in Tacoma, Washington, in 1973 about the Swedish immigrants to Tacoma, Pierce County, and adjacent territories. It was completed after years of research for the proposed Swedish Archive at the University of Washington. This portion of the manuscript covers the first Swedish emigrants around 1638 through the Swedes in Pierce County in the 1890s.
The interview was conducted with Gjertine Hjortedal on August 22, 1984 in Spokane, Washington. This interview contains information about family history; boat building; work in Norway; nursing training; marriage and family; settling in the U.S.; gardening; life in Edwall, WA and rural America; the Great Depression; the birth of her son, Erling; emigration and voyage to America; American food; work in the U.S.; return trips to Norway; citizenship; Norwegian heritage. The interview was conducted in English with some Norwegian towards the end of the interview.
Also see Osten Hjortedal.
Box 12, File 7 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background and Tape Index
Box 12, File 7A Correspondence and Forms
Checklist and Release Form
The interview was conducted with Osten Hjortedal on August 22, 1984 in Spokane, Washington. This interview contains information on family background, childhood and fishing in Norway, emigration and Ellis Island, settling in, work in railroad, learning English, WWII, citizenship, transportation, marriage, Scandinavian community in Spokane, church, return trips to Norway, pride in Norwegian heritage. The interview was conducted in English with some Norwegian towards the end of the recording.
Also see Gjertine Hjortedal.
Box 12, File 6 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background and Tape Index
Box 12, File 6A Correspondence and Forms
Checklist and Release Form
This interview by Kerstin Ringdahl with Oscar Hokold on December 16, 2011 in Tacoma, Washington.
The interview was conducted with Gudrun Holmes on March 18, 1982 in Stanwood, Washington. This interview contains information on family history; church life in Norway; father's carpentry work; brothers and sisters; family home, Christmas, and school in Norway; Norwegian foods; living with a cousin; meeting husband; reasons for emigrating; wedding; parents' feelings about emigration; voyage to America; West Coast; house in Stanwood, WA; railroad work; Great Depression; impressions of U.S.; language problems; children; visit to Norway; church life in U.S.; Norwegian foods. The interview also contains photographs of Gudrun Holmes and her husband Elias at the time of the interview. The interview was conducted in English with some Norwegian towards the end.
Also see Elias Holmes.
Gudrun's family tree can be found in the Karmøy Torvastad bygdebook on page 53.
Box 7, File 7 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background, and Tape Index
Box 7, File 7A Correspondence and Forms
Checklist and Release Form
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background
Box 7, File 7B Photographs
Two photographs
The interview was conducted with Elias Holmes on March 18, 1982 in Stanwood, Washington. This interview contains information on family history, emigration, life and work in Norway, Norwegian Christmas traditions, voyage to the U.S., reasons for and feelings about emigrating, work in the railroad, learning English, railroad unions, visits to Norway, life in North Dakota and the West Coast, children, dairy farming, citizenship, church, schools, changes in Norway, use of Norwegian language, comparison of work and wages between the past and now. The interview also provides a photograph of Elias and his family in Stanwood, Washington (1940) and photographs of Elias and his wife Gudrun at the time of the interview. The interview was conducted in English.
Also see Gudrun Holmes.
Box 7, File 6 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background, and Tape Index
Box 7, File 6A Correspondence and Forms
Checklist and Release Form
Letters from Janet Rasmussen to Mr. and Mrs. Holmes regarding their participation.
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background
Box 7, File 6B Photographs
Three photographs
The interview was conducted with Anna Hopen on November 2, 1981 in Tacoma, Washington. This interview provides information on family history, immigration to Norway, school, Christmas traditions, return to the U.S., feelings about leaving Norway, work in U.S., marriage, children, community involvement, church, visits to Norway, changes in Norway, and Norwegian traditions. The interview also contains Anna Hopen's husband Anton's obituary from the Western Viking and photographs of Anna's grandmother's home in Espetveit, Norway, Anna's home in Norway, Hopen, Norway, Anna and Anton at Prince William Sound in Alaska (1936), Anna in Tacoma, Washington before her family returned to Norway, Anna and her brother Oscar in Fairbanks, Alaska, and Anna and Anton at the time of the interview. The interview was conducted in English with some Norwegian towards the end of the interview.
Also see Carl Tweiten, Martha Handeland, and Anton Hopen.
Box 5, File 10 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background, and Tape Index
Box 5, File 10A Correspondence and Forms
Release Form
Thank you letter from Janet Rasmussen to Mr. and Mrs. Hopen.
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background
Box 5, File 10B Photographs
Nine photographs
The interview was conducted with Anton Hopen on November 2, 1981 in Tacoma, Washington. This interview provides information on family history, fishing and farming in Norway, childhood, school, work in Norway, reason for emigrating, voyage to America, train trip to Tacoma, work in U.S., Great Depression, fishing in U.S., citizenship, Norwegian organizations in Alaska, visits to Norway, and changes in Norwegian farming. The interview also contains photographs of Anton Hopen in Tokeen, Alaska, the marble quarry in Tokeen, Anton cutting marble, Anton and other quarry employees, Brunwald (the boat Anton fished on in Alaska), Anton's home in Svardal, Norway, and Anton and his wife Anna at the time of the interview. The interview was conducted in English. Also see Anna Hopen.
Box 5, File 11 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background, and Tape Index
Box 5, File 11A Correspondence and Forms
Release Form
Obituary for Anton Hopen
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background
Box 5, File 11B Photographs
Nine photographs
