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Kjersem, Ole
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- 1984-06-20 (Creation)
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3 file folders
1 photograph
1 sound cassette
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The interview was conducted with Ole Kjersem on June 20, 1984 in Tresfjord, Norway. The interview contains information on his family background, emigration to the U.S., his work experiences, his return to Norway, marriage and family life in Norway, and his impressions of and contact with America. This interview was conducted in Norwegian. Also available is a photograph of Ole Kjersem and his wife at the time of the interview.
Folder Contents
Box 12, File 2 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background and Tape Index
Box 12, File 2A Correspondence and Forms
Checklist and Release Form
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background
Box 12, File 2B Photographs
One photograph
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Interviewed by Janet Rasmussen
Transcribed by Mary Sue Gee, Julie Peterson and Becky Husby
Encoded by Kerstin Ringdahl & Amity Smetzler
Recording Quality: Good
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Ole Johnson Kjersem was born on November 18, 1893 in Kjersem, Tresfjord, which is on the western coast of Norway. His parents were Marianne Daugstad and Johan Olson Kjersem, and he had six brothers and sisters. He was born and raised on the family farm, but times were very bad and he immigrated to Portland, Oregon in 1914. He knew a family there, and they helped him find work in the lumber industry. He later moved to Seattle, fished in Alaska, and worked in a logging camp near Hoquiam-Grays Harbor, Washington. Ole returned to Norway in 1925, married Elise Tomre, and took over his father's farm. They had two children, Margit, born in 1927, and Johan, in 1931; both were born in Kjersem, Norway.
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Full Name: Ole Johnson Kjersem
Father: Johan Olson Kjersem
Mother: Marianne Daugstad Kjersem
Paternal Grandfather: Ole Kjersem
Paternal Grandmother: Marit Kjersem
Maternal Grandfather: Elling Daugstad
Maternal Grandmother: Ingeborg Daugstad
Brothers and Sisters: Maria Kjersem, Ingeborg Kjersem, Elling Kjersem, Johan Kjersem, Jon Kjersem, Magna Kjersem
Spouse: Elise Tomre
Children: Margit Kjersem, Johan Kjersem
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UA0205_t269OleKjersem.mp3
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audio/mpeg