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From: jroos <>
Subject: Re: Looking for ancestors in US, Mn, Wi, ++++
Date: Tue, 01 Dec 1998 13:24:29 -0800


Ragnar

There is a Shullsburg, WI in Lafayette County
There is a Hulls Crossing, WI in Sheboygan COunty
I cannot find Hullsville in Wisconsin

Have you tried locating him on the 1880 WI census online?

this link will take you there:

http://www.hist.uib.no/cgi-win/webcensx.exe?narkivverket/wisc1880

Joy Roos

"Ragnar B. Johansen" wrote:
>
> Hi list!
>
> A year ago I tried to locate family in the US trough "Western Vikings", I
> put in a small article, but no luck.
>
> Since I subscribed "The List" I got more faith in finding relatives over
> there.
> It's actually my wifes relatives I'm looking for, but never the less;
>
> My wifes g.granfather Andreas Gullichsen (Gulliksen) emigrated to the US
> end of 1800,
> he probably emirated together with a couple of his sons.
>
> Andreas Gulliksen, son of Gullich Halvorsen and Ødbiør Andersdatter of Bø
> in Telemark, was born 26. June 1848.
>
> His daughter, (Torborg) Helene , emigrated 23. September 1901, and his 2.
> vife Tomine (maden name Hansen)and his youngest son Johannes (Ørbæk) G. in
> 1904.
>
> The family settled in "Hullsville?" a small town or place in WI or MN as
> farmers.
>
> The names of the oldest sons was as follows;
>
> Gunnar, borne 19th May 1879, son of Andres' first vife Elen. He called
> himself "Gunder" for a while, but I believe he changed his name into Georg
> Anderssen at a later stage, a letter from 1939 established that, and his
> adress at that time was 347-56 Broocklyn US.
> I'm not sure if he ever married.
>
> Hans Gullichsen, borne 14th January 1885 in Arendal. He was probably the
> first one in this family to emigrate. I'm not sure if he married either.
>
> His doughter, Torborg Helene Gullichsen, was borned 2nd February 1882.
> She was married to "Petter" who probably died around 1935.
> She remarried a man called Anton Östling, a widower with two sons and three
> daughters.
> Helen, had as far as I know four children from her 1. marriage,
> Oscar borned 1906(?)
> Teodor borned 1907(?), who married one of Anton' doughters.
> Erna borned 1910 (?) and
> Ester borned 1918(?)
> The chidrens ages are calculated, Helen mentioned their ages in a letter to
> her sister in Norway in February 1930.
>
> A letter from February 1940, the last contact, shows that several of
> Helens children married. Ester married and settled in California close to
> the border of Mexico. Oscar lived in California at the same time, but
> 300miles fom his sister Ester.
> Erna lived on in Hullsville(?), she was married and got four children.
> Teodor had a 3 years old child at the time.
>
> Andreas had another son who also emigrated from Norway, Nils, but he died
> in a war, I'm not sure wich one.
>
> I'am grateful whatever the "list" finds out. The ultimate reason for doing
> this is of course trying to establish some kind of contact with living
> relatives in the US.
>
> Do enyone reconise the place or town, Hullsville?
>
> Regards
> Ragnar B. Johansen
>
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