March 2000 Newsletter

Hovel Svendsen Loeng: the First Landing to Die in the U. S. Civil War (of Nordre Land, son of Svend Hovelsen Loeng and Inger Olsdatter Vasslien) and siblings Mari (married Martin Bottolfsen), Svend (married Karen Johnsdtr.), and Ingeborg (married August Pettersen); Hovel Tollefsrud-the Eldest Son by John Monson (eldest son of Christofer Hovelsen Tollefsrud and Marit Engebretsdtr. Kold, married to Berte Hansdatter Ruud of Torpe on 13 March 1831); The 1801 Census on the Internet by Carol Olson; A Pension Contract From Torpa in 1867 submitted by Robert Aasen (pension contract signed by Nils H. Aasen, son of Hans Nilsen and Mari Nilsdatter); Dania Hall Is Now Ashes; The Power of Silver by Laurann Gilbertson; Ole Foss obituary