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Ingeborg Marie Tornes Gimness
Ingeborg Thornesas entered on the protocol
1883 – 1963 · Kristiansund · St. Paul · Seattle
1883Born. Baptism entered 2 Sep 1883, Kristiansund (record listed; image not on this page).Proven
27 Jan 1904Entered beside Ole Martin Olsen Gimnes in the emigrant protocol.Proven
24 Dec 1904Married in St. Paul, Minnesota.Proven
1963Died. Buried Holyrood, Shoreline, Washington.Proven
A seamstress from the Thornes farm, Kristiansund.
She is written Thornes on the protocol that starts the crossing, and Tornes on the farm that named her. The spelling is not settled. What is settled is the pair of names, one after the other, leaving together in January 1904, and the St. Paul marriage that follows that December.
Proven
Wife of Oscar / Ole Martin, and mother of Gus.
Unresolved
Maiden spelling: Thornes on the protocol; Tornes as the farm name. The correct Norwegian spelling is not settled.
Unresolved
The 1930 census says she immigrated in 1903. The protocol dates the crossing 27 January 1904.
The path
The crossing, 1904
The records
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Beside them
Family
Still unknown
Open questions
- The settled spelling of Thornes / Tornes.
- A fuller account of her work and life in Kristiansund before the crossing.