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From fjord to floathouse : one family's journey from the farmlands of Norway to the coast of British Columbia / Myrtle Siebert.

Title
From fjord to floathouse : one family's journey from the farmlands of Norway to the coast of British Columbia / Myrtle Siebert.
Author
Siebert, Myrtle.
Publication
Victoria, B.C. : Trafford, c2001.

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Description
243 p. : ill., maps, ports., geneal. tables; 23 cm.
Subject
  • Forberg family
  • Norwegians > British Columbia > Biography
  • Immigrants > British Columbia > Biography
  • Frontier and pioneer life > British Columbia
  • Norvégiens > Colombie-Britannique > Biographies
  • Immigrants > Colombie-Britannique > Biographies
  • Vie des pionniers > Colombie-Britannique
Genre/Form
Biographies
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
The first fifty years -- 1. Before April 1893, Telmark, Norway -- 2. Bound for the Klondike, 1893, Michigan, USA -- 3. Wedding of newcomers, 1909, Vancouver, B.C. -- 4. To the wilderness, 1913, Shoal Bay, B.C. -- 5. Hand loggers, 1918, Blind Channel, B.C. -- 6. Donkey loggers, 1920, Forward Harbour, B.C. -- 7. Farmer's daughter, 1937, Jackson Bay, B.C. -- 8. The wedding, August 26, 1937, Jackson Bay, B.C. -- 9. A new generation, July 14, 1941, Port Neville, B.C. -- 10. Wartime, 1940-46, Canada and Norway -- The second fifty years -- 11. Boat day, September 1946, Port Neville, B.C. -- 12. Gunhild's granddaughter, 1947, Port Neville, B.C. -- 13. Changing lifestyles, 1948, Rock Bay, B.C. -- 14. Elementary school, 1949, Rock Bay, B.C. -- 15. High School, September 1953, Campbell River, B.C. -- 16. Career choice, 1960, Vancouver, B.C. -- 18. Reuniting the Forbergs, September 1998, Bo, Telemark, Norway -- 19. Completing the circle, 1998, Telemark, Norway to Vancouver Island, B.C. -- Appendix One: Forberg Family History -- Appendix Two: Gunnulfsen Family History -- Appendix Three: Fearing and Clooten Family History.
ISBN
  • 1553690621
  • 155369046X
OCLC
  • 48533444
  • SCSB-11736418
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Harvard Library