1900 US Census - Peter Travland and nephew Peter Travland

Here is the 1900 US Census for Peter Travland, eldest son of Taletta Larsdatter and Peder Pederson Travland as well as Peter Travland, the grandson of Taletta and Peder.


Peter was living in Bee county, Texas with his second wife*, Anna (Johnson).    Peter was still working, employed as a farmer.

Two houses away was Peter's nephew, Peter Travland, son of Iverdine (Finnestad)* and Lewis Travland, living with his wife Hannah (Arno) and brother-in-law, Henry.   Peter was also employed as a farmer.


*Peter's first wife, Susanne (Iversdatter Skaar) had passed away October 5, 1880.   Susanne was the youngest sister of my great great great grandmother, Mari (Iversdatter Skaar) Finnestad.  Iverdine (Finnestad) Travland was the daughter of Mari.

Peder Pederson Travland Jr - return to the United States

Taletta (Larsdatter) and Peder Pederson Travland's eldest son, Peder came back to Norway and brought his wife, Susanne (Iversdatter Skaar) and their two children, Peder and Iverdine to the United States in 1871.

The Travland family sailed on the Nordens Dronning on May 13, 1871 from Stavanger, Norway and arrived in Quebec, Canada on July 14, 1871.     Below is the passenger list - the family can be found by locating entries 5th through 9th from the bottom.  Traveling with the Travland family was Iverdine Olsdatter Finnestad, Susanne's niece.

The left column indicates that Susanne and Peder's children did not survive the trip and died at sea. 

Also traveling on the ship was Susanne's niece Rakkel (Rachel) Olsdatter Finnestad, Iverdine's younger sister, who is listed with her aunt Martha Iversdatter Skaar, the elder sister of Susanne.   My great great great grandmother, Mari (Iversdatter Skaar) Finnestad was the mother of Iverdine and Rakkel and the eldest sister of Susanne and Martha.

A transcription of the passenger list can be found here.

I had originally posted a couple of years about Rakkel and Iverdine Finnestad and their travels on the Finnestad blog.

Peder Pederson Travland Jr - marriage

Backing up a year.......

In 1867, a year before the Travland family moved to the United States, a couple of events occurred in the life of Peder Pederson Travland Jr, the son of Taletta Larsdatter and Peder Pederson Travland.

The first major event to occur, Peder Pederson Travland Jr,  married Susanne Iversdatter Skaar.  Susanne was the youngest sister of my great great great grandmother, Mari (Iversdatter Skaar) Finnestad.

Here is the marriage record from Fister parish, Rogaland county, Norway.

Peder and Susanne (entry #3) were married April 17, 1867.    Peder was the first of the Travland sons to marry.

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.

  

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.