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Torger Pedersen SwanbyAge: 81 years18631945

Name
Torger Pedersen Swanby

Thomas P Swanby

Name
Thomas P Swanby

Thom Swanby

Name
Thom Swanby

Torger Swanby

Name
Torger Swanby

Torger Pedersen

Name
Torger Pedersen
Birth December 10, 1863 43 42
Birth about 1864 43 42
Baptism January 24, 1864 (Age 45 days)
Residence
Farm Steffensætre
1865 (Age 12 months)
Death of a paternal grandfatherAnders Olsen Swenby
after 1865 (Age 12 months)

Death of a maternal grandfatherHans Torgersen
after 1865 (Age 12 months)

Death of a maternal grandmotherHelle Rasmusdatter
after 1865 (Age 12 months)

MarriageAnne AndersdatterView this family
1883 (Age 19 years)
Arrival March 1884 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Kaia Borgine Swanby
July 23, 1884 (Age 20 years)
Baptism of a daughterKaia Borgine Swanby
January 2, 1885 (Age 21 years)
MarriageAnne AndersdatterView this family
June 7, 1885 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Hans Swanby
February 27, 1886 (Age 22 years)
Baptism of a sonHans Swanby
April 26, 1886 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Anna Helene Swanby
January 2, 1888 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4
Klara Swanby
January 12, 1888 (Age 24 years)
Arrival 1888 (Age 24 years)
Baptism of a daughterAnna Helene Swanby
January 29, 1888 (Age 24 years)
Death of a daughterKaia Borgine Swanby
January 12, 1889 (Age 25 years)
Death of a daughterKlara Swanby
January 22, 1889 (Age 25 years)
Birth of a daughter
#5
Clara T. Swanby
September 25, 1889 (Age 25 years)
Birth of a daughter
#6
Clara T. Swanby
about 1890 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a son
#7
Andy Swanby
September 24, 1891 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a daughter
#8
Bertina Swanby
March 9, 1893 (Age 29 years)
Birth of a daughter
#9
Bertina Swanby
March 1893 (Age 29 years)
Death of a brotherAnders Pedersen Swanby
April 21, 1893 (Age 29 years)
Birth of a son
#10
Thor Arthur Swanby
July 15, 1895 (Age 31 years)
Death of a brotherAnders Pedersen Swanby
about August 21, 1895 (Age 31 years)

Birth of a daughter
#11
Lillian Swanby
March 17, 1897 (Age 33 years)
Birth of a daughter
#12
Annie Swanby
March 1899 (Age 35 years)
Birth of a daughter
#13
Lillian Swanby
March 1900 (Age 36 years)
Occupation
Farmer
June 1, 1900 (Age 36 years)
Residence
Township 157
June 1, 1900 (Age 36 years)
Death of a fatherPeder Andersen
March 31, 1901 (Age 37 years)
Birth of a son
#14
Oscar Tobias Swanby
October 9, 1902 (Age 38 years)
Death of a motherKari Hansdatter
May 14, 1905 (Age 41 years)
Departure 1907 (Age 43 years)
Death of a brotherOle Pedersen Swanby
February 18, 1908 (Age 44 years)
Arrival 1909 (Age 45 years)
Death of a daughterAnnie Swanby
May 2, 1910 (Age 46 years)

Occupation
Farmer
1911 (Age 47 years)
Residence
Part NW Section 21 Township 15 Range 10 W4
1911 (Age 47 years)
Departure
Destined for Cambie, Oregon, USA to see sister Mrs. C. C. Clareson
January 1917 (Age 53 years)
Marriage of a childJohn Julias ThomasLillian SwanbyView this family
February 17, 1921 (Age 57 years)
Marriage of a childThor Arthur SwanbyIngrid Katinka HostlandView this family
April 27, 1921 (Age 57 years)
Death of a wifeAnne Andersdatter
May 22, 1922 (Age 58 years)

Death of a brotherHans Peterson Swanby
October 17, 1930 (Age 66 years)
Death of a sisterJulia Jorgine Swanby
about May 25, 1931 (Age 67 years)
Death of a sisterCaroline Swanby
November 13, 1933 (Age 69 years)
Death of a sisterJulia Jorgine Swanby
May 25, 1934 (Age 70 years)
Death October 5, 1945 (Age 81 years)
Burial
Religion
Lutheran
yes

Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: July 2, 1841Eiker, Buskerud, Norway
-11 months
elder brother
2 years
elder sister
3 years
elder brother
Hans Swanby
Birth: September 26, 1845 25 24Ovre Eiker, Odegaarden, Norway
Death: April 2, 1847
2 years
elder sister
4 years
elder sister
Julia Jorgine Swanby
Birth: January 24, 1851 30 29Ovre Eiker, Odegaarden, Norway
Death: about May 25, 1931Portland, Clackamas, Oregon, USA
4 years
elder brother
Hans Swanby
Birth: August 10, 1853 33 32Ovre Eiker, Odegaarden, Norway
Death: May 10, 1855Eiker, Norway
2 years
elder sister
Caroline Swanby
Birth: February 14, 1857 36 35Ovre Eiker, Odegaarden, Norway
Death: November 13, 1933Washburn, Bayfield, Wisconsin, USA
3 years
elder brother
Hans Peterson Swanby
Birth: December 12, 1858 38 37Ovre Eiker, Odegaarden, Norway
Death: October 17, 1930Washburn, Bayfield, Wisconsin, USA
4 years
elder brother
4 years
himself
Family with Anne Andersdatter - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: 1883Guldbresdalen, Norway
Marriage: June 7, 1885Eiker, Buskerud, Norway
19 months
daughter
Kaia Borgine Swanby
Birth: July 23, 1884 20 28Odeskaug, Bakke, Buskerud, Norway
Death: January 12, 1889Washburn, Bayfield, Wisconsin, USA
19 months
son
Hans Swanby
Birth: February 27, 1886 22 30Odeskaug, Bakke, Buskerud, Norway
Death: December 17, 1968Sidney, Richland, Montana, USA
22 months
daughter
daughter
Klara Swanby
Birth: January 12, 1888 24 32Norway
Death: January 22, 1889Washburn, Bayfield, Wisconsin, USA
20 months
daughter
Clara T. Swanby
Birth: September 25, 1889 25 33Washburn, Bayfield, Wisconsin, USA
Death: January 5, 1958Fairview, Judith Basin, Montana, USA
2 years
son
Andy Swanby
Birth: September 24, 1891 27 35Washburn, Bayfield, Wisconsin, USA
Death: January 28, 1976Cascade, Montana, USA
17 months
daughter
2 years
son
20 months
daughter
2 years
daughter
Annie Swanby
Birth: March 1899 35 43Barton, Pierce, North Dakota, USA
Death: DiptheriaMay 2, 1910
4 years
son

Shared note

Medium complexion, brown hair, blue eyes, 5'7".

Owned outright (i.e., no mortgage) his farm in Pierce, North Dakota.

Border crossing application says he was born in something like "Skotselren", Norway.

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Torger Pedersen appears on the 1865 Norwegian census as follows: family status Son. Marital status ug. B. 1863 at Eker." Municipality Ovre Eiker, #0624. Name of domicile Steffensaetre.

Thom and Anne immigrated to New York in Feb 1888, settled in Washburn Wisconsin until 1896. Then moved to Barton, North Dakota, 5 miles south and 10 miles west of Rugby. On June 9, 1909 the family moved to (Carlstatd) Alderson, Alberta until 1932 when they moved for lack of rain to Wenham Valley, Alberta (near Alberta).