Finnestad Ancestry

Here is a copy of the 1880 US Census. Ole and Marie's daughter, Rachel lived with her husband Louis Vallem, sons Louis and Ole and daughter Ellen in Dement Township. Dement township is located in Ogle County, just north of Alto Township in Lee Illinois where Ole and Marie Finnestad would eventually reside. My grandparents, Kenneth and Lillian Finnestad would eventually move to Creston in Dement township.

Being a little motivated today, I found some more ancestors. Iverdine and Rachel (or Rakkel) Olson (Finnestad), two of Ole and Marie's daughters came over from Norway to the United States in 1871. So far from what I have found, they are the earliest to emigrate to the United States. Here is the link to the passenger list: Iverdine and Rakkel's big adventure As you can see, they sailed from Stavanger May 26 1871 and arrived in Quebec July 14 1871 on the ship Nordens Dronning. The Nordens Dronning was owned by Køhler & Co in Stavanger. This ship is referred to as a clipper ship. In 1871 the Nordens Dronning departed from Christiania (Oslo) on May 13th, and sailed for Stavanger. She departed from Stavanger on May 26th, and arrived at Quebec July 14th. She was sailing in ballast, and was carrying 9 cabin and 397 steerage passengers. There was one birth and five deaths on the voyage. When the ship arrived at the quarantine station on Grosse Île on July 9th, 13 were sick after...