Vensland Family History

Acknowledgements And Thanks

Thanks to the family who shared their stories and photographs -- Gilbert and Carrie Groven Vensland, Linda Vensland, Emil Peter Vensland, Roger Vensland, Jerry Storbakken, Shirley Swift Vensland, David Vensland, Keith Vensland, Harry Marciniak and James Marciniak, Kathleen Campbell Welsh.

Thanks to Rik Vigeland who found Thor and Berthe on the 1883 passenger manifest and helped us navigate through the Norwegian Digital Archives. He also provided translations and family connections to Vennesla.

Thanks to John and Carol Heimerl for providing information about Andrew Vensland and Olga Vensland Storbakken.

Thanks to Donald Storbakken for providing information about Albert Storbakken and Olga Vensland's children.

Thanks to Howard J Holen for providing photos of Albert and Olga Vensland Storbakken.

Thanks to Lawrence Reski of the Marshall Cty GenWeb project for providing information about Ole Martin Vensland.

Thanks to Marcy Johnson for the excerpts from the Marshall County History Book.

Thanks to Torbjorn Justnes for finding the marriage records of Thor and Berthe and the names of Berthe's parents in the Vennesla bygdebok.

Thanks to Ed Overbo for information on the lineage of Thor's mother, Margit Thovsdatter.

And many thanks to the Statsarkivet at Kristiansand and Kongsberg Norway.

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