Steven Hanson - med røter i Vikebygd

(2.7.2011) I am looking for the Lutheran Church Cemetery in Vikebygd, Norway. My Great-great grand parents were buried there. There names were Endre Dommersness 1830-1914 and Brita Dommersness. Is there tomb stone still in the cemetery? My wife and I will be traveling to Vickebygd July 21st. We will be leaving the USA on July 9th. I would love to hear from you. Does Bjarn Domersness Enderson live in Vikebygd? If so could you get his email address for me and send it to me.

Thank you, Steven Hanson

(5.7.2011) Det vart raskt avklara at Steven Hansen sine forfedre stammar frå småbruket Leirhammar på Dommarsnes.  Herfrå utvandra tipp-oldefaren.  Av slekningar i Vikebygd er m.a. Anne Marie Bjørnevik og hennar familie.  Steven har også slekt til garden Svinalid i Skjold.  Når han og kona Mary kjem til Noreg i juli 2011 så er det som deltakar i ei større reisegruppe som skal rundt på fleire stader på Vestlandet.  Dei forlet denne reisegruppa 19. juli og skal då vitja slekt på Tysnes, i Etne, Vikebygd og Stavanger. Han tok kontakt med Vikebygd.org for å få hjelp til å kontakta slekta i Vikebygd.  Etter kvart er det mange menneske frå heile verda som har funne tilbake til norske aner med hjelp frå Steinar Skartland. 

Ancestors in Vikebygd

All of Mary's relatives and also mine are from Norway. We have been to Norway 24 years ago and would like to see where my Great Great Grandfather Endre Dommersness (1830-1914) and his wife Brita (1839-1923) were from. They lived at the Dommersness gaard around Vikevbgd. They were buried in the Lutheran Church Cemetery in Vikebygd, Norway. We have picture of the burial of Endre Dommersness from 1914.

I understand that the log house that Endre and Brita lived in on the Dommersness gaard is still standing. I have read that several years ago it was remodeled. I understand it has new siding and also new windows and has been enlarged. I read that Aaselina lived in the gaard until her death in 1956. I also read that Endre finished his years on the sea, and came back to this gaard and lived with his wife Brita. Does any one still live there from our family. We would love to see the Dommersness gaard. We have some picures of it. I understand that the central part is one of the oldest graveyards in Vickbygd, Norway.

Endre and Brita Domersness had 6 children. Omen (1857-1920) was the oldest child. Omen and his brother John came to America and Ole, Aaselina, Gurina, and Sven stayed in Norway. Omen changed his name to Enderson when he came to the US. Omen was born in Dommersness, Vikebygd and attended school to the 6th grade and was confirmed at age 14. Then he was mostly at sea, freighter and fishing boats. He met Belinda who was from Svinelid, Shold and were engaged at age 20 during Christmas. They were married in the spring of 1886 and that summer they boarded a very crude boat and were on their way to America. It took them 3 weeks as sea to get to America. Omen and Belinda had 11 children. Their oldest daughter Isabelle was born in 1886 and live until she was 108 years old. Their youngest son Isaac was born in 1910 and is still living in Blue Earth, Minnesota. I will send you and article from the paper about his 105th birthday. My grandmother Bertha was born in 1890 and died in 1970.

My grandmother Bertha Enderson married David Hanson on Feb. 16, 1910. David was a farmer and he and Bertha had 7 girls and 1 boy Donald. Donald is my father and he passed a way 3 years ago. My mother is still living here in Story City and doing well at age 89.

I have 1 brother Donald and we farm and raise corn and soybeans. Mary and I have 2 boys and 2 girls. They are all married and we have 5 grandchildren. One of our sons Eric is a TV reporter in Des Moines, Iowa. Our oldest daughter Sally Is married and has twin 2 year old boys and she teaches pharmacy at Drake University. Our youngest son Justin farms with us and he has 1 son. We have another daughter Crystal. She and her husband Trent got married last year and will be with us on our trip to Norway until July 18th.

Isaac Enderson

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Steven Hanson er tipp-oldebarn av  Endre Amundsen Dommersnes 1829-1914 og
Brita Ellingsdatter Dommersnes (1837), som stammar frå Leirhammar på Dommersnes. Midt i Juli kjem dei til Vikebygd for å treffa slektningar og for å leita opp minner på Leirhammar og kyrkjegarden.
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Leirhammer 1962 (Norske Gardsbruk)