Ole Nielsen Kreppa
Utreist
med/Emigrated on: "WALHALLA", departed from Skien
to
Utreist til/Emigrated to: Palmyra Township, Jefferson Co.,
Ole was born 1817. He was the son of Niels
Knudsen Hagen in Siljan (b. 1788) and Margrethe Olsdatter. Niels Knudsen had come from the farm Rød
in Siljan.
Ole married Sep 10, 1846 Dorte Danielsdatter.
She was the daughter of Daniel Olsen Kreppa (b. ca
1787), and she was born Sep 5, 1820. Her mother was Kirsti
Nielsdatter, b. ca 1790. In 1835 we find her in the census as a
servant maid with the family of Christen Knudsen at Sneltvedt
Søndre. Her parents had originally come from Siljan, but had moved to Gjerpen
from Torsholt and
Ole and Dorthe had the following children who
emigrated with them:
1. Ingeborg
Maria, b. 3 Aug 1847 at Kreppa.
2. Jacob, b. 4 Oct 1848 at Kreppa.
In
3. Karen, b. 23 Sep 1850
4. Dorthea, b. 15 June 1852.
Dorthe Danielsdatter's
sister, Helvig (Hanna) Danielsdatter, emigrated in 1844. She married Simon Zachariasen,
son of Zacharias Olsen Berberg
and Magnhild Simonsdatter
Lund. Simon Zachariasen
went by the name Seamon Saukerson
in
County,
Another
sister, Maren Danielsdatter,
married Ole Nielsen Løkedalen. They emigrated in 1856.
Ole
Nielsen's paternal grandparents were Knud Nielsen Holte and Pernille Olsdatter Rø from Siljan parish. His
maternal grandparents were Anders Olsen Gonsholt and
Karen
Johnsdatter.
Dorthe Danielsdatter's paternal grandparents were Ole Danielsen Torsholt and Helvig Andersdatter Kløverød.
2003 - Skien Genealogical page - by Jan Christensen