Saure, Sivert

Saure, Sivert

• 1984-06-17 (Creation)

3 file folders
2 photographs
1 sound cassette

This interview was conducted with Sivert Saure on June 17, 1984 in Bjørke, Norway. It contains information about family background, emigration, work, re-emigration to Norway, and further contact with America. The interview was conducted in Norwegian and is not fully translated. Also available are a photograph of Sivert as a young man and a photograph of Sivert at the time of the interview.

Folder Contents

Box 11, File 22 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background and Tape Index

Box 11, File 22A Correspondence and Forms
Checklist and Release Form
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background

Box 11, File 22B Photographs
Two photographs

Interviewed by Janet Rasmussen
Transcribed and transcribed by Christer Uthus
Encoded by Kerstin Ringdahl & Amity Smetzler
Recording Quality: Good, although Sivert's voice is sometimes soft and muffled.

Biographical Note

Sivert Saure was born on March 12, 1898 on Saure farm in Bjørke, Møre og Romsdal, Norway. His parents were Elias Knutson and Randi Monsdatter Skylstad, and there were seven children in the family: Marie, Knut, Mathias, Pernille, Petra, Peder (Sivert's twin), and Sivert.

When Sivert was sixteen years old, he began working in the fishing industry, and then in 1926, he decided to immigrate to America, where he joined his brothers, Knut and Mathias, in Fergus County, Montana. The brothers later traveled to the west coast, and Sivert became involved with the Alaskan fishing industry.

In 1931, he returned to Norway and married Edvarda Saure. Sivert and Edvarda had six children: Einar, Odd, Rolf, Odny, Svein, and Marit. Through the years, Sivert has maintained contact with his brothers and other relatives in America and has visited Montana, Parkland, Washington, and Vancouver, British Columbia.

Lineage

Full Name: Sivert Andreas Saure
Father: Elias Knutson
Mother: Randi Monsdatter Skylstad
Paternal Grandfather: Knut
Paternal Grandmother: Marie
Maternal Grandfather: Mons
Maternal Grandmother: Pernille
Brothers and Sisters: Marie Saure, Knut Saure, Mathias Saure, Pernille Saure, Petra Saure, Peder Saure [+ twin with Sivert]
Spouse: Edvarda Saure
Children: Einar Saure [ + Berta], Odd Saure, Rolf Saure, Odny Saure, Svein Saure, Marit Saure