1.  Who?
 When?
 Where?

2. 1812 – 1905 Married 1832 1811 - 1851

4. Sara 1827 – 1908. Married 1858. Three Children.

5.  Oluf Theodor 1832 – 1886
 Oscar 1834 – 1916
 Thomas 1837 – 1900
 Peter Andreas 1840 – 1893
 Pernille Christense 1842 – 1906
 August Herman 1844 – 1890
 Harald 1847 – 1943
 Gustav Fredrik 1849 – 1947

6. From Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper – 29 Aug 1863

9.  Peter Svanøe
 In 1862
 Chicago
(from 1862
Chicago City
Directory.)

11. Peter Svanoe. Left door has his name on it visible in the closeup.

12. Picture drawn at the
time of his death and
appearing in the
Norden newspaper
which he helped
publish. Peter caught
pneumonia traveling
to inspect the site of
the Norway exhibit for
the 1893 Chicago
World’s Fair. A stave
church was built for
that exhibit. It was
later moved to Little
Norway near Mt.
Horeb Wisconsin.

14.  August Svanøe (Brother of Peter- from a passenger list
of the bark Emerald in 1865.
see www.norwayheritage.com)

15.  Pernille Christense Svanøe - “Milla”
 Born Sept 08, 1842
 Came to US around 1870
 Graduated from Women’s Medical College of Chicago
 Private Practice in Chicago and Minneapolis
This advertisement
appeared in the Budstikken
Newspaper in Minneapolis
July 6, 1875.

16.  1879 LaCrosse, Wisconsin City Directory
 1880 Jackson, Minnesota

17. This oldest existing picture from Jackson MN
shows a storefront with a sign that says, Dr.
Svanoe. (from Jackson County Historical
Museum.)

18.  1884? Move to Coos Bay, Oregon
 1885 Marriage to Episcopalian Priest
Rev. William Lund. She continued to practice
medicine.
 1885-1893 resident of Ashland and Salem, Oregon

19. 21 Oct 1893 Capital Journal. Salem, OR

20.  1894 - Aurora, Indiana
 1895-1900? – Jamaica
 1901-1906 – Jacksonville, Florida
A document allowing Milla’s brother Harald permission to act on her behalf
in the settlement of her father Torger’s estate. 23 Feb 1906

21. A Ship’s passenger list showing Milla returning from Europe to Florida 16 Dec 1904.
Do you suppose she was on Svanøy for the 100th reunion?

22. This is Milla’s cemetery record on
findagrave.com. I called the Evergreen
cemetery and learned that she is
buried in an unmarked grave. Her
cause of death is listed in their records
as “surgical shock.”

23. From-
Chicago History Museum.
Used by permission.
In searching this website
for a picture of Peter, I
found this picture labeled
«Dr. Svanoe».

24. A close up of
Milla. On the
next slide you
can compare her
features with
her parents and
three brothers.

25. Oscar Thomas

28.  Born Jan. 13, 1877 in Mission Hill, SD
 Father Andrew (Sylliaasen) Simonson
1844-1930 in Ringsaker, Hedmark, Norway
 Mother Lina Christiansdatter Berg
1853-1922 in Fåberg, Oppland, Norway
 Parents were first cousins
 More than anyone else Martha has shaped the Atle
Svanoe family and descendants. It is time for the
family to honor her and her background from Norway.

31. The Syljuåsen farm is where Andrew Simensen Sylliaasen grew up. He emigrated in
1867.

32.  Sylliaasen became Syljuåsen around
1900.
 The Syljuåsen family name translates to
“the tree on the hill”. The first syllable,
“Sylju”, is the name of a fairly common
deciduous tree which looks something like
a medium sized birch or larch. The second
phrase, 'ås', means hill, and the 'en' ending
is the equivalent of the word 'the'. Thus,
the name literally translates “the tree hill”.
 The farm was purchased in 1845 and has
been in the family ever since.

33.  August 2014
 Visit the Syljuåsen family farm
 Visit Syljuåsen AS, Construction Firm in
Gjøvik
 Visit Eidsvoll museum and celebrate the
200th Anniversary of Norway’s Constitution
 Connect with distant relatives in Norway
and American relatives on the tour

34. Fly to Bergen

35. Boat ride on the Aurlandsfjord and
Nærøyfjord (UNESCO World Heritage site)

36. Visit Stegastein Viewing platform near Flåm

37. Visit Lærdal and Borgund Stave Church

38. Drive through the lush Valdres Valley

39. Visit the Syljuåsen Construction plant in Gjøvik

40. Boat ride on Lake Mjøsa from Gjøvik to
Lillehammer on the Skibladner, world’s
oldest steam paddle boat. (Lunch included!)

42. Visit Maihaugen, Norway’s 2nd largest folk
museum. Maihaugen is an open air museum
with 200 old and new buildings, exhibitions,
cafes and lots of activities.

43. Visit beautiful Ringsaker Church

44. Tour Syljuåsen Farm and meet the family
Elisabeth (Syljuåsen) and Stian Kjærnåsen

45. Visit Eidsvoll Norwegian Center
for Constitution 1814 - 2014
2014 will be a very exciting time to visit Norway as it is the
200th anniversary of their constitution signed here at Eidsvoll.

46. Tour Oslo, Capital city of Norway

47.  A brochure will be coming very soon. Contact Rolf Svanoe
for more information. The basic tour will cost around
$4000 leaving from Minneapolis. Other departure
locations can be arranged through Brekke Tours and Travel
of Grand Forks, ND www.brekketours.com. Brekke Tours
will also customize tour extensions for anyone wanting to
explore additional parts of Norway. A land-only tour
without airfare will cost around $3000.
 Rolf Svanoe 605-940-9702 or rsvanoe@sio.midco.net
 (Rolf is the great grandson of Andrew Simonson, the first
Sylliaasen brother to emigrate to Norway. Rolf is a Lutheran
pastor in Sioux Falls, SD and has been to Norway several
times. He and his wife Kimberly led a tour there in 2008.)