Norwegian sir names (past).

       My Grandfather, Lars Negstad, took the name of the farm and fjord in Norway, which he left to come to America. When we visited that farm in Norway we saw six mailboxes for various Negstads. Because of  grandpa's decision my last name is Negstad. One of Grandfather's brothers took the name Thompson. That family settled in South Bend, IN. Thompson is more difficult to trace than is Negstad and we've lost touch with them.. A third brother coming to America took the name, Sivertson, as in "son of Sivert" who was his father.

       On my mother's side of the family their name, Bergh, comes from a place in Norway. However, mother's mother, Grandma Minnie Bergh's maiden name was Halvorson. Minnie was the daughter of Halvor Larson, so she took her father's first name for her last...which was often done in Norway at the time.

     This is all leading to a partial solution of the mystery of a stone in the Bergh Cemetery with different sir names on opposite sides. Sister-in-law, Mary, tells me that three brothers took different last names, and, and two of them are buried in the Bergh Cemetery. One took the name, Rogholt, one, Tonsager and perhaps the third, Thorkelson, which is the name on the opposite side from Tonsager. 

     That would explain the different names on the same stone. It raises a new mystery; where is Thorkelson buried?  He's not in the Bergh Cemetery. 

    What important issues occupy my thoughts! 😉

Takk for alt,

Al

                       Perhaps this is why I don't watch TV. 😁