Finnestad Ancestry

I had posted Carrie's passport application in a previous post.    I found page 2 of the application: This page includes her passport photo from 1920. Carrie was married to Rasmus, the son of Mari (Iversdatter) and Ole Finnestad Sr.

Sarah (Anderson) Vallem, the second wife of John Peter Vallem applied for a US passport for herself and their only son, Orville on January 12, 1920.   (John Peter Vallem and first wife Lena Josephine (Travland) had possibly 7 children; I've only been able to track down 5 of those, leading me to believe there was an error in the 1910 US Census.) Unfortunately, if the lower left corner was the photo of Sarah, it didn't come out on the xerox copy. Line #11 and #12 show Sarah and Orville as passengers on the Bergensfjord   arriving in New York from Stavanger, Norway. I don't know if any of Sarah's stepchildren felt slighted by not having been included in the trip, but it may have been the source of some animosity toward their half-brother, Orville. Here are some photos of the Bergensfjord. Here is a postcard of the Bergensfjord.