Gunleik (Gullick) Torbjornson Vaarstulen
Blev 45 år.
| Född: | 1844-04-07 Vaarstulen, Gransherrad, Telemark, (Norge). [1] | Källor:
A. Nisi, O. Aamot and I. Finnekåsa, Gransheradsoga (Utgitt Av Notodden Kommune 1977), pp. 47, 778, .
Emigrant Kartotek, Telemark from til år 1900 (microfiche), LDS # 6350054.
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| Emigrerade: | 1870-06-03 Juneau Co., Wisconsin, (USA). [1] | EMIGRATION - 1870
Gunleik, Helga and baby daughter, Thora, started their trip to America on June 3, 1870, departing from Oslo, Norway traveling to Hull, England onboard the ship "Hero." Upon arriving in England they boarded another ship for their final destination in Wisconsin. The ship to the Port of New York was the “Idaho” which arrived on June 27th; once they arrived they continued on to Juneau Co., Wisconsin.
ENGLAND PASSENGER LIST RECORD
Port: Oslo, Year: 1870, Month: Juni, Day: 03
Freight: Spd. 68, 48, Line: Hero (Wilson Line's feeder ship)
No. 1289A, Gullik Torbjørnsen, G Arb. (farmer), age 26, from: Gransherred, destination: Kilbaurn
Remarks: 2556, Foreigners: Norsk,
No. 1289B, Helge Helgesdatter, age 29
No. 1289C, Thore, male (should be female), age 1/4 year
(Digitalarkivet - Emigrants from Oslo 1867-1930)
NEW YORK PASSENGER LIST RECORD
Arrival date of 27 Jun 1870
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England and Queenstown, Ireland
Ship Name: Idaho
Port of Arrival: New York
They were in steerage
Gullick Thorbjornsen, age 26 male from Norway
Hilge Thorbjornsen, age 29, female from Norway
Thore Thorbjornsen, infant child, listed as a male from Norway (should be female)
Before 1865, only a minority of the emigrants traveled via Britain. Most of the emigrants traveled on sailing ships going directly from Norwegian ports to New York or Quebec. In the years between 1865 and 1870 this gradually changed. The transatlantic steamship companies, which operated out of British ports, took a larger percentage of the Norwegian emigrants every year. The main reason for this was the much better conditions on these ships, and the fact that they were much faster. Many people had suffered and died during the transatlantic crossing on the sailing ships. The sufferings and the risk of dying was much lower on the faster steamships. The passage fee on the steamships became lower each year, due to the competition between the different lines. There was a growing need for passenger transportation between Norway and Britain, as the number of emigrants traveling via Britain increased. The need for this transportation was met by the Wilson Line.
Throughout the period 1860 to 1870, the Hull Board of Health wrote frequently to the Wilson Line concerning the poor and unacceptable standards of accommodation offered to the emigrants. In one instance alone, on board the S. S Argo, they described the migrants as second-class passengers treated more like cattle than humans. In another they described human excrement running down the side of the ships and sticking to the side of the vessel upon which 200 migrants were to be housed for the next 4 days, until their train for Liverpool was ready. Something had to be done, and that action, in Hull, was introduced through the local sanitary authority.
After 1866, as a preventative measure brought about by the outbreak of cholera in most of the European ports the railway company, the North Eastern Railway, agreed to have railway carriages brought around to the landing area of the Victoria Dock to pick up the emigrants immediately upon landing. They were then taken around the town by train, rather than being allowed to pass through the town on foot as they had done previously. Although only a small measure, the change alleviated the risks posed to both the emigrants and inhabitants of Hull alike - preventing the emigrants from coming into contact with unscrupulous racketeers who preyed on travel weary migrants and halting the spread of disease between the migrants and the inhabitants of Hull.
Transmigration via the port of Hull. By Nick Evans © 1999 All rights reserved.
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| Bosatt: | 1872-08-11 Juneau Co., Wisconsin, (USA). [1] | CHURCH - 1872
Gunleik and family joined the East Lemonweir Church in Juneau Co., Wisconsin on August 11, 1872.
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| DECLARATION OF INTENTION:: | 1876-11 Juneau Co., Wisconsin, (USA). [1] | DECLARATION OF INTENTION - 1876
State of Wisconsin, County of Juneau
Gullik Thompson personally appeared before the subscriber, the Clerk of the Circuit Court of said County,
being a Court of Record, and made oath that he was born in Norway on or about the year eighteen hundred and forty four that he emigrated to the United States, and landed at the Port of New York on or about the month of July in the year eighteen hundred and seventy (1870) that it is bona fide his intention to become a Citizen of the United States, and to Renounce Forever all allegiance and fidelity to any Foreign Prince, Potentate, State or Sovereignty whatever, and particularly to King of Norway whereof is a subject.
Signed: Gullik Thompsen
Subscribed and sworn to the sixth day of November A.D. 1876
Clerk: C. W. Fosbinder
Gullick never did complete the naturalization procedure, which was normal during that time. Once a man filed a declaration of intention, he was allowed to vote. Many did not fully understand the naturalization process, or simply did not bother to complete it since there was no additional tangible benefit for completing the second step of the process.
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| Bosatt: | 1880 Plymouth, Juneau Co., Wisconsin, (USA). [1] | 1880 CENSUS
Town of Plymouth, Juneau Co., Wisconsin, page 492A
Thompson, Gullick, age 34, farmer, born in Norway
Helga, age 37, wife, keeping house, born in Norway
Thora, age 10, daughter, born in Norway
Gunnel J., age 8, daughter, born in WI
Sovai, age 6, daughter, born in WI
Anna M., age 4, daughter, born in WI
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| Bosatt: | 1885 Plymouth, Juneau Co., Wisconsin, (USA). [1] | 1885 CENSUS
Town of Plymouth, Juneau Co., Wisconsin
Thompson, Gulick, 1 male, 7 females, 5 born in USA and 3 Scandinavian
(male - Gullick, females - Helga, Thora, Julia, Sarah, Anna, Tena, and Amelia)
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| Död: | 1890-03-24 Plymouth, Juneau, Wisconsin, (USA). [1] | Källor:
DÖD - (Death Certificate, Vol. 2, p.18, .
listed as Julie Thompson and wife of deceased as Mary.)
According to the Petition for Certificate of Title the death date is 15 March 1889 but the actual death date was 24 March 1890, as stated in the newspaper obituary and death certificate. On his death certificate he is listed as Julie Thompson and his wife, Helga, is listed as Mary. He died at the age of 45 from gastritis.
REGISTRATION OF DEATH
Full name of deceased: Julie Thompson
Sex: male
Age: 45
Date of birth:
Place of birth: Norway
Wife of deceased: Mary Thompson
Occupation: farmer
Place of death: Plymouth Township, Juneau Co., Wisconsin
Date of death: March 1890
Primary cause of death: gastritis
Name and residence of Physician: H. H. Gleason of Elroy
Location of Burial: Town of Fountain burial grounds
Date of certificate: 28 June 1890
Date of registration: 18 August 1890
DÖDSRUNA - 1890 (Juneau Co. Chronicle (Juneau Co., WI newspaper), 26 Mar 1890.)
Thompson - Died at his home about six miles from this city, Monday, March 24th, 1890, Mr. Gullick Thompson, aged 46 years. The funeral was held in the Norwegian church, and the remains were buried in the cemetery near there.
East Lemonweir Church Records, 1890 - no. 2.
GRAVSTEN
Gullek Thompson
Dode 24 Mar 1890
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| Begravd: | 1890-03-27 East Lemonweir Cemetery, Juneau Co., Wisconsin, (USA). [1] | Källor:
Juneau County Cemetery Book 3 (Juneau Co. Genealogical Society, 1988), p. 224.
East Lemonweir Church Records, 1890 - no. 2.
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| Vigsel: | 1868 Gransherrad, Telemark, (Norge). [1] | A. Nisi, O. Aamot and I. Finnekåsa, Gransheradsoga (Utgitt Av Notodden Kommune 1977), pp. 47, 104, . |
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Noteringar
(Noteringar angående familjenamnet)
NOTES - NAME
Gunleik/Gullick used a couple of different surnames:
* Vaarstulen was the farm name where he was born and lived while in Norway.
* Torbjornsen (Torbjorn was his father) was the surname he used when the family migrated to America.
* He used Thompson in his Declaration of Intent to become a citizen.
* 1880 and 1885 census he used Thompson.
* When his daughters, Anna, Tena, Sarah and Julia were married he is listed as Torbiornsen
* Death certificate and obituary he is listed as Thompson.
* In two of his daughters, Sarah and Amelia, death certificates he is listed as Gullickson.
* Need birth reg. for Sarah and Anna, they are the only ones that have reg. from the WHS.
* Thomas’s certificate of baptism lists his father as Gullick Torbjornson
* As you can see Gullick NEVER USED the surname of GULLICKSON.
Some of the kids where confirmed using the name Gullickson and/or Torbjornson. In the 1895 census his wife is using the surname of Gullickson, possibly becasue all the children were using that surname. Then when she was killed in the 1907 tornado she was listed as Gullickson in the New Lisbon newspaper and Thompson in the Elroy newspaper.
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