My great, great great Grandfather (Anders Engebretson) bought 80 acres on March 10 1868from Peder A and Olea Oslie. He combined it with 14 acres that he already owned. The land became the Village of Coon Valley and eventually housed the the Coon Valley grade school. His daughter and her husband bought land just outside of the village and build what they named the Karlanna farm. The farm remained in our family until about 1979, when my grandfather Nels Neprud passed away.
great old Norwegian names. Norwegians most are very proud of the Norwegian immigrants made it over there. Norway was starving to death..mits awful how people suffered back in the days. Now we're so rich we give money away..m
A couple of misunderstandings in the English translation. "Småbruker" is not a householder but one having a small farm. Sometimes owned, sometimes as a sort of tenant.. "Klokker" is not a watchmaker but sexton. Sometimes in Norway called a church singer.
Thank you for uploading this! My family is from Westby/Viroqua/Coon Valley, and my cousin's husband (John Hanson) was recently talking about how when he was a kid, these Norwegians used to come around and interview people, and they made recordings of him a few times. I recognized a lot of the places in this video. Borgen's Cafe is still doing good business. Can you please tell me where I might find Part 2? It's fine if it doesn't have subtitles, I can't write Norwegian very well, but I think I could figure out what the video is saying. I have tried to find those recordings within the U of Oslo website, with no luck. If you don't have part 2 any more, no worries. Thanks again for posting this video.
This was a wonderful insight into replanted Norwegian rural lifestyle, yeah, cant imagine living too far from mountans hillls and valleys... So heartwarming. Though I was a bit surprised Erik Bye didnt understand the word "pøik" (pjokk)... Jaja.
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th-cam.com/video/kLDFGd3bNwM/w-d-xo.html Part two is finished
My great, great great Grandfather (Anders Engebretson) bought 80 acres on March 10 1868from Peder A and Olea Oslie. He combined it with 14 acres that he already owned. The land became the Village of Coon Valley and eventually housed the the Coon Valley grade school. His daughter and her husband bought land just outside of the village and build what they named the Karlanna farm. The farm remained in our family until about 1979, when my grandfather Nels Neprud passed away.
great old Norwegian names. Norwegians most are very proud of the Norwegian immigrants made it over there. Norway was starving to death..mits awful how people suffered back in the days. Now we're so rich we give money away..m
A couple of misunderstandings in the English translation. "Småbruker" is not a householder but one having a small farm. Sometimes owned, sometimes as a sort of tenant.. "Klokker" is not a watchmaker but sexton. Sometimes in Norway called a church singer.
Thanks for this video! Very interesting! And nice to see Erik Bye. Love his songs.
In Scotland they called the small tenant farmers crofters. Much the same as «husmenn» in Norway.
Thank you for uploading this! My family is from Westby/Viroqua/Coon Valley, and my cousin's husband (John Hanson) was recently talking about how when he was a kid, these Norwegians used to come around and interview people, and they made recordings of him a few times. I recognized a lot of the places in this video. Borgen's Cafe is still doing good business. Can you please tell me where I might find Part 2? It's fine if it doesn't have subtitles, I can't write Norwegian very well, but I think I could figure out what the video is saying. I have tried to find those recordings within the U of Oslo website, with no luck. If you don't have part 2 any more, no worries. Thanks again for posting this video.
I found part 2, they’re both still on NRK!
Working on part 2 now :)
This was a wonderful insight into replanted Norwegian rural lifestyle, yeah, cant imagine living too far from mountans hillls and valleys... So heartwarming. Though I was a bit surprised Erik Bye didnt understand the word "pøik" (pjokk)... Jaja.
Interessant tilbakeblikk på et norskt samfunn. Du vet Erik Bye var en kjempe ❤
Carl Bakkum said it so fine...you know when you see a Norwegian...ofcourse he got the picture...Erik Bye a big fellow...a big celebrity he was.
Dialekten er fantastisk!
Her er folk vel integrerte. Toget er gått for mon del å gjøre nordk/amerikaner av meg. Fantastisk bilder fra året heg ble født.
Ok