Mine besteforeldre på morssiden bodde i Geiranger til min mor kom i skolealder. Der står to gamle hus: ett var mine oldeforeldres, det andre var min tippoldemor Marte sitt.
My mother´s parents lived in Geiranger until my mother was about to be a school girl. In this beautiful, small village two small houses in the same garden: one belonged to my great-grand-parents, the other one to my great-great-grand-mother Jørgine Grande (born Skjølbostad. Daughter of Regine Timbjørg og Hans Bringen, both from Geiranger. They moved to Skjelbostad together with a couple of other families from Grande. Today, there´s a factory called Grande grounded by the Grande family who settled there some generations ago). My great-great-grand-mother went back to Geiranger on foot, via Trollstigen, her brothers and sisters married and stayed around Skjelbostad/Veblungsnes/Klungnes...)
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| Gunnar og Einar Grande foran min tippoldemor Jørgines hus i Geiranger |
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| Bak fra venstre: Marte Petra Grande f. Homlong, Gunnar Grande, Magnus Grande. Foran fra venstre: May Britt Grande og Anne Jorun Grande f. Bjørkavåg i 1961 |
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| Min oldemor og min mor 1960-61; Marte og May Britt |
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| Knut Grande sin begravelse i Geiranger. Hans datter Nella (Pernille), Marte og enken, min tippoldemor Jørgine Grande står til høyre på bildet |
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| Min tippoldemor Jørgines hus i Geiranger. I forgrunnen står hennes barnebarn, Gunnar Grande |
I was lucky enough to be able to have a look at Marte´s photos and scanned most of them. She never through things away :)
Hi! I came across your post on Google when I was searching for Gunnar Grande, one of my relatives. I'm American and my dad and I have been trying to contact him or a relative to return a book that my great-grandma Helene Martinson Gockley (his cousin we believe) borrowed from him during a trip to Geiranger in 1980. Marte's sister Inga is my great-great grandma. Would you be interested in corresponding? We have some pictures of the family as well, and a family tree in progress on Geni. Å skrive på norsk er ok - jeg forstår en god del og kan få hjelp fra mannen min som er norsk. If you're interested, you can reply to my username at gmail.com. Hope to hear from you!
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