tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7022735106828776159.comments2023-12-03T10:32:08.513-08:00Oh Spusch!Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02627521039729916265noreply@blogger.comBlogger99125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7022735106828776159.post-28068407929847915572023-12-03T10:32:08.513-08:002023-12-03T10:32:08.513-08:00Definitely, if our families are both descended fro...Definitely, if our families are both descended from Johan. :) I would have to look at the exact connection, but definitely cousins. Please feel free to friend me on Facebook. I also have a facebook group for that part of my family, which is rather quiet, but I could add you to the group and we could talk family stuff there, if you liked. Are you on Ancestry or 23 and Me as well? I've got the family tree worked up at Ancestry, with all of Johan's kids.<br /><br />The economic downturn was the reason I read for why Heinrick decided to leave. Rather, that fishing was harder at the time, so this was a way to make more money than just trying to do it from Norway. I don't know the exact truth of it, just what I've been told.<br /><br />I definitely look forward to talking to you more. I have so few people to actually talk to this line about online, because my mom's siblings aren't online, and neither my grandfather's brother nor his uncles had any kids.<br />Elf Flamehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18282791385562417473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7022735106828776159.post-86064124911438765152023-12-02T10:41:32.037-08:002023-12-02T10:41:32.037-08:00I think we must be distant cousins for sure! I rea...I think we must be distant cousins for sure! I read something about Johan being a bit of a rogue as well. I’m not sure I saved it as I should have. <br />I remember grandma writing to Norway when I was a little girl. She would show me the letters. She told me her aunt and uncle took her because they didn’t have any girls, so if they took others it wouldn’t be surprising. But that picture of the four kids tells me that she was considered part of the family, and I know she kept in touch with folks in Canada. I think her folks let her go for economic reasons. While in Henningsvaer, I never heard about the bad fishing years. <br />I think I found you on Facebook but I didn’t want to be weird. I live in Edmonds. Used to live in Ballard, and I spent my early years there with my parents. Uncovering everything is so fascinating! I still have more to do with my Norwegian side (dad) and my mom’s side too. It’s easy to go down the rabbit hole! <br />If I find out anything more, I will let you know. Yesterday was my grandma’s 137th birthday and I was trying to finish up a tribute to her, with pictures from our trip. I was trying to find an article I’d read that mentioned her, and then I found you! <br />:) Stephanie Stephanie Schulerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18197191215548604796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7022735106828776159.post-46332060613914700262023-12-02T09:30:04.737-08:002023-12-02T09:30:04.737-08:00Hello Stephanie! It's good to meet you.
What ...Hello Stephanie! It's good to meet you.<br /><br />What the family as a whole have discovered was that Johan had many children, so pretty much anyone of that name in that area or from that area was descended from him. I am glad to have more information on Margit, as I have only learned bits and pieces about her over the years. My aunt and mother believed there were two or three girls who travelled with our Bordewicks, but I was the one to connect Margit to the group, so I'm very glad to have it confirmed. I'm glad she was at least with family, even if she didn't get to see her parents again. Do you know if she at least wrote with them after they left Norway?Elf Flamehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18282791385562417473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7022735106828776159.post-26711794141861232842023-12-01T22:47:29.533-08:002023-12-01T22:47:29.533-08:00Hei! I am the granddaughter of the cousin in the p...Hei! I am the granddaughter of the cousin in the photo. Her name was Margit Olsen Jacobsen, the daughter of Peder Martin Olsen and Ida Amalie Bernhardine Olsen. I knew the story of her journey with them to England, but didn’t know the Belgian part. She told me when I was doing a family history project for a college psychology class. I think she was about 10 years old when she went to live and travel with them. She never saw her parents again. I tried to find out more, but she wouldn’t tell me. I have a picture of her alone in that same dress, standing on a little bridge. <br />Her parents eventually moved to Bodø and died in 1929-30. Bodø suffered greatly during WWII, and I wonder if she would have survived. <br />We visited Henningsvaer this past summer. A women who has lived there all her life, a chef at a local restaurant helped me tie together some loose ends. My grandma was born on the tiny island of Vikarøya and baptized as many in our family at the Gimsøy kirke. Later they moved to Henningsvaer. After lots of the family left, the remaining Bordevichs developed the Kaviar Factory in the 1920s. It was successful for many years, but now it’s an art gallery. We didn’t tour it as we only discovered this the night before we left. The chef’s cousin is married to one of the Bordewichs. She said it was since an uncommon name she was sure it had to be our family. Stephanie Schulerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18197191215548604796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7022735106828776159.post-18651181434082942332022-04-17T09:48:44.884-07:002022-04-17T09:48:44.884-07:00Did you? I'd love to hear more about them. I k...Did you? I'd love to hear more about them. I know that Dora's brother Aaron went to Israel, and his daughter actually contacted me, so I got a lot more about Dora's branch of the family.Elf Flamehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18282791385562417473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7022735106828776159.post-86446671355587062402022-04-17T09:46:26.032-07:002022-04-17T09:46:26.032-07:00awesome work as usual. We did have an "Uncle...awesome work as usual. We did have an "Uncle live with us for a while. in our den. I also met Bubbie Doras' brother when I went to Israel when I was 15. He looked just like her. He still has children there. <br />Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11780576331229116360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7022735106828776159.post-26034593600454722962022-04-11T05:34:26.559-07:002022-04-11T05:34:26.559-07:00Nope, it was my grandma. :) I checked to be sure. ...Nope, it was my grandma. :) I checked to be sure. I have Edwina's middle name as Hannah, which was Daniel's mother's name. So maybe that's why?Elf Flamehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18282791385562417473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7022735106828776159.post-38072694981030136732022-04-10T14:46:27.565-07:002022-04-10T14:46:27.565-07:00Oh! I thought it was Auntie Edwina whose middle na...Oh! I thought it was Auntie Edwina whose middle name was Tydfil. Great information Mika - thank you.PrisonChoirDirectorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17650675160920121835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7022735106828776159.post-89217709460521000612022-01-22T13:53:51.827-08:002022-01-22T13:53:51.827-08:00Roselyn, I'm so glad you enjoyed it! I'm h...Roselyn, I'm so glad you enjoyed it! I'm having great fun playing in our tree. So many stories to record. I'm not sure what I'll write next. The prompts are pretty general, but I hope to write up lots more about both sides of the Jones and Howells families. :)Elf Flamehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18282791385562417473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7022735106828776159.post-17383736717964083712022-01-22T09:43:00.676-08:002022-01-22T09:43:00.676-08:00Mika, it is wonderful when generous people like yo...Mika, it is wonderful when generous people like you take on a huge project like this and maintain it too. Want you to know that lazy relatives like me appreciate it hugely. Was a glorious surprise today to see the link come up on Facebook. Thank you so much! I am Roselyn, Marjorie Jones' second daughter. Hope to visit Cousin David next month before his 80th birthday. XOPrisonChoirDirectorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17650675160920121835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7022735106828776159.post-86537957075719744082022-01-15T12:20:12.946-08:002022-01-15T12:20:12.946-08:00Thank you, Bev. I have a feeling he had a very int...Thank you, Bev. I have a feeling he had a very interesting life, given what little I've been able to find. Elf Flamehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18282791385562417473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7022735106828776159.post-72653228557036301132022-01-15T12:05:41.306-08:002022-01-15T12:05:41.306-08:00Thanks Mika - interesting to read this history and...Thanks Mika - interesting to read this history and learn more about what Jack Seneft's life might have been like. Nice you're writing and sharing these details of your research!<br />BevAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05574979718322012804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7022735106828776159.post-41441182100395574872020-08-26T10:09:07.287-07:002020-08-26T10:09:07.287-07:00Beautiful write up Mika.
Ruth was a wonderful pers...Beautiful write up Mika.<br />Ruth was a wonderful person!<br />Nothing but great memories.<br />Randell Raye Randell Rayehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07162076591501094692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7022735106828776159.post-10801468031186506672020-08-06T12:01:37.951-07:002020-08-06T12:01:37.951-07:00Beautiful, Mika!
Loved you, Ruthie.
Remembering a...Beautiful, Mika!<br />Loved you, Ruthie. <br />Remembering all the shenanigans we got into both in Canada and US.<br />We had such a great time a couple of summers as teens at Miracle Ranch... LOVED those horses 🐎<br />Enjoyed keeping updated of your adventures with SCA, and your visit to our area in California. <br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16940293608757721740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7022735106828776159.post-59553803683696529772020-08-02T12:52:53.431-07:002020-08-02T12:52:53.431-07:00Tenderly remembered. What a gift to know and work ...Tenderly remembered. What a gift to know and work with Ruth, Ellis, and this entire family. What a legacy of love and kind acts.GregRobin Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18221469643482650310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7022735106828776159.post-47220408548649640012020-08-02T12:52:25.023-07:002020-08-02T12:52:25.023-07:00Thank you.Thank you.Elf Flamehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18282791385562417473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7022735106828776159.post-29801922142538713912020-08-02T12:51:11.428-07:002020-08-02T12:51:11.428-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.GregRobin Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18221469643482650310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7022735106828776159.post-8363269929946267392020-01-03T13:18:34.588-08:002020-01-03T13:18:34.588-08:00I'm so sorry I never saw this! She is my fathe...I'm so sorry I never saw this! She is my father's mother's mother's mother. How are you related to her?Elf Flamehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18282791385562417473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7022735106828776159.post-18825114318358139542020-01-03T11:40:00.154-08:002020-01-03T11:40:00.154-08:00Interesting. We've met a few Bordewicks over t...Interesting. We've met a few Bordewicks over the years, but most were descended from Johan Petter Bordewich, who is our progenitor. Elf Flamehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18282791385562417473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7022735106828776159.post-53439884629665946762018-08-24T10:00:28.620-07:002018-08-24T10:00:28.620-07:00This is my relative! I have an old photo of her an...This is my relative! I have an old photo of her and Rasmus! Thank you so much for this.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07086283565320824228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7022735106828776159.post-32953410297296588692018-07-30T04:25:00.133-07:002018-07-30T04:25:00.133-07:00I can provide more Bordewick info and pictures if ...I can provide more Bordewick info and pictures if you send me an email<br />Best regards<br />Peter O. Jensen<br />Oslo, Norway<br />poj@wj.no<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00350888503188517068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7022735106828776159.post-91228776942473186472018-06-23T16:26:00.458-07:002018-06-23T16:26:00.458-07:00My Bordewicks came to the US from Darfeld, Westpha...My Bordewicks came to the US from Darfeld, Westphalen, Germany. I did recently have an Ancestry DNA test and came up 20% Scandinavian which rather surprised me. Have been wondering if the source is Bordewickian. My great-grandmother was born a Bordewick.Tenderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05055522016349949749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7022735106828776159.post-12935204668497235152018-04-07T11:39:32.988-07:002018-04-07T11:39:32.988-07:00This is what Family means. Love the way Great-Gran...This is what Family means. Love the way Great-Grand-Father Alanson writes.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13454458121434789928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7022735106828776159.post-35086538821575935502018-01-15T21:00:42.756-08:002018-01-15T21:00:42.756-08:00Thank you, Grace! :)Thank you, Grace! :)Elf Flamehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18282791385562417473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7022735106828776159.post-73297182470547877762018-01-15T20:59:17.894-08:002018-01-15T20:59:17.894-08:00Love it !Love it !Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10643763700897185343noreply@blogger.com