Hi listers,
I am hoping that someone can help me out with this brickwall. I've managed
to chip a couple of holes, but not enough to knock the whole wall down....
My great aunt Elisabeth Larsdatter Nordvik emigrated to Minnesota in 1911
from Stangvik , M-R, Norway.
She married one Ole Larsen Sylte and they ended up in Anacortes, Skagit Co,
Washington.
Ole Sylte his 3 brothers John, Sivert and Peder emigrated with their mother
to Empire, Leelanau (?) with their mother Anna in 1904. Their father Lars
Johnsen Sylte had arrived in Empire in 1903.
John Sylte b 1891
Ole Sylte b1893
Peder Sylte b1898
Sivert Sylte b1903
Elisabeth Nordvik's parents and Ole's parents knew each other in Norway, so
perhaps this is how Elisabeth came to leave Nielsville MN for Empire MI.
I am presuming that they married in Michigan, because their son was born
there in 1914. By 1917 they were in Anacortes WA and Elisabeth died there in
1918 (Spanish Flu, perhaps?)
My question now is how do I go about finding Elisabeth and Ole's marriage
record and Lars' birth record in Michigan? This is the first line in my
family to emigrate to the US, so I don't know my way around records there
yet.
Any help/information would be welcome!!
Kind regards
Mari Viertel
currently in Sydney, Australia