Peder Pederson Travland Jr - confirmation

Peder Pederson Travland, the eldest son of Taletta Larsdatter and Peder Pederson Travland was confirmed October 20, 1861.   Here is the Finnøy parish, Rogaland county, Norway record of confirmations for that day; Peder is the second entry.

  

Ole Pederson Travland - baptism

The last child born to Taletta Laradatter and Peder Pederson Travland, Ole Pederson Travland was born January 3, 1856.    Here is his baptism record from the Finnøy parish*, Rogaland county, Norway.

Ole (entry #2, left side of the page) was baptized January 13, 1856.    

*From the copy of the Finnøy parish.   The official record is not available online which makes it difficult to decipher the middle name given to Ole which looks like it could have been 'Tristian', however the name was 'Kristian'.

Andreas (Andrew) Travland - baptism

Here is the Finnøy parish, Rogaland county, Norway baptism record for Andreas Travland, son of Taletta Larsdatter and Peder Pederson Travland.

Andreas* was born November 7, 1852 and baptized December 25, 1852.

*Andreas was Americanized to Andrew after moving to the United States.

Lauritz Johan Travland - baptism

Here is the baptism record for Lauritz Johan Travland, the second child born to Taletta Larsdatter and Peder Pederson Travland.





























Lauritz* was baptized on January 1, 1850 (left side, entry #1) at the Finnøy parish, Rogaland county, Norway.

*Lauritz Johan evolved into Lewis Joseph.

Peder Pederson Travland Jr - baptism

Here is the Finnøy parish, Rogaland county, Norway baptism record for the baptism of Peder Pederson Travland Jr(entry #4), the first child born to Taletta Larsdatter and Peder Pederson Travland.

Peder was born February 25, 1847 and baptized March 7, 1847.    Witness names are included in the last two columns (left portion) of the page.

Taletta Larsdatter & Peder Pederson Travland - marriage

Here is the marriage record from Time parish, Rogaland county, Norway for Taletta Larsdatter and Peder Pederson Travland.

Taletta and Peder were married June 25, 1844 (entry #13).      Peder and Taletta's fathers, Peder Johnson and Lars Pederson are listed in the columns to the right of Peder and Taletta's age.     The last column of information indicates when Peder and Taletta were vaccinated after their birth; it appears Peder in 1816 and Taletta in 1823 or 1825.

Peder Pederson Travland - confirmation

Here is the confirmation record for Peder Pederson Travland, son of Ane Jonsdatter and Peder Jonsen.

This record is from the Finnøy parish, Rogaland county, Norway.   Peder was confirmed November 11, 1835.    Peder's information can be viewed next to entry #3.

Taletta Larsdatter - confirmation

The baptism record for Peder Pederson Travland's future wife, Taletta Larsdatter is not available.  I had come across the records for her younger and older siblings, but the years covering Taletta are missing, making verification of her birth date difficult.  Her birth appears to have been 1813 according to records from Kyllingstad, Gjesdal, Rogaland county, Norway.    The parish records from the Lye Gjesdal parish for the period between 1801 - 1815 are not available online.    

The confirmation record (#17) for Taletta would indicate she was born late 1813 or in the first few months of 1814.

This confirmation record is from the parish of Lye (also known as Time) located in Rogaland county, Norway.    Taletta was baptized October 13, 1828.   Taletta's parents are listed in the 6th column, Lars Pederson and Bertha Elizabeth Torkelsdatter.

Peder Pederson Travland - baptism

Here is the Finnøy parish baptism record for Peder Pederson Travland, son of Ane Jonsdatter and Peder Jonsen.

Peder was born November 15, 1819 and baptized 6 days later (4th entry, left page).    

Finnestad and Larson family trees

The Travland Family Tree contained links to related individuals in the Finnestad and Larson (ie: Iversdatter) families.      For quick access, I have added a direct link to the Finnestad Family Tree as well as the Reier Larson Family Tree.    Both are located in the right hand margin under the "Related Links" tab.

Trevland, Finnøy, Rogaland County, Norway

The Travland* family originated from Trevland, parish of Finnøy, island of Boknafjord in the county of Rogaland, Norway. 

Here is a map of the area.

Here is a map showing the island of Boknafjord and location of 'Trevland'.

Here is a closeup showing the county of Rogaland and location of Trevland.

Here is a map showing the proximity of Trevland within Norway.

*I have seen several variations of the spelling of Travland, including Trevland, Trævland, Travaland and Traveland.

Norwegian Naming Patterns

I have posted about Norwegian naming patterns on my other website, but it bears repeating in order to understand how our Norwegian ancestors named their children.    It is also extremely helpful in researching family members that belong in the family.

The given name (or 'first' name) is sometimes, but not always, determined by the following pattern:

1st son = Father's father's name
2nd son = Mother's father
3rd son = Father
4th son = Father's grandfather
5th son = Mother's grandfather

1st daughter = Father's mother's name
2nd daughter = Mother's mother
3rd daughter = Mother
4th daughter = Father's grandmother
5th daughter = Mother's grandmother

To arrive at the last name,  for the male children,  'son' was added to the father's first name.   For the female children, 'datter' was added.    For example, in the Travland family, Peder Pederson had a son Andreas, who then became Andreas Pederson*.  Had Peder Pederson had a daughter named Marta, she would have become Marta Pedersdatter.

For those families that lived on farms, the farm had a name which was used by the family as a second last name.   If the family moved, their last name would change to match that of their new residence.   This was common not only for farmers but for families living in small villages or towns.

For more information on the Norwegian naming system, the following website provides more detail:

http://www.norwayheritage.com/norwegian-names.htm

*The 'p' was dropped after moving to the United States and a 't' was added - Peterson.

The Travland Family Tree

The Travland Family from the Finnøy parish, Trevland, Rogaland County, Norway were not only instrumental in the Finnestad family moving to Illinois, (a state located in the Midwestern United States) both families had a few marriages between them.

The Travland Family Tree can be found here as well as a permanent fixture in the upper right hand margin of the main Travland Ancestry page.