According to his 1906 marriage record, Gunvald was born in Norway as the the son of John Gunderson/Gundersen. His surname is spelled both with the 'son' and with the 'sen' ending.
The year of his birth varies constantly on available records: 1910 Census: c1876; 1920 & 1930 Censuses: c1875; 1906 MI Marriage: c1874 (age 32), 1875 Norwegian Sailors. Using 1875.
The year of his immigration to the USA also varies from 1890 to 1893. It was generally known that he was younger then his wife Lally. Assuming the 1893 stated on his wife's passport application to be the most trusted.
According to Lally's 1923 application for passport, his citizenship papers were presented and showed that he was approved for citizenship 20 Jan 1905 by the US Circuit Court in Wilwaukie WI.
Gunvald served as a sailor, promoting to Vessel Mate, and finally to Captain during his service on the Great Lakes and other large bodies of water: Milwaukie WI, Cheboygan MI, Sault Sainte Marie MI, and Duluth MN.
He married Lally Fosmo Hendrickson on 27 Dec 1906 in Cheboygan WI. The ceremony was performed by Allan D. Grigsby, Minister of the Gospel (Presbyterian). After this marriage, Lally's daughter Rachel assumed his surname and honored him as her father.
After his daughter's marriage to John G. Cedergren, Gunvald and Lally lived next door to the couple in Duluth.
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The following selection is taken from "Norwegian Sailors on the Great Lakes" published by the Norwegian-American Historical Association (NAHA)in 1928.
G. Gundersen was born in Christiansand, Norway, in 1875. After he had served as a sailor on the ocean for five years he came to America in 1891, and settled in Oklahoma. In 1896 he moved to Milwaukee, and began to sail on the lakes, as an able seaman on lake schooners. He was owner of the schooners "Ehenezer" and "L. M. Mason," and when he became captain in 1899, he sailed these schooners as master. The last schooner which he sailed was the "Penobscot," belonging to the Ohio Cooperage Company of Cleveland. As the schooners gradually disappeared from the lakes, he shipped on a steam freighter, on which he served as mate for some years. In 1918 he entered the United States lighthouse service, in which he has since remained. He is now captain of the lighthouse tender "Amaranth," stationed at Detroit, Michigan. Vessels of this type are engaged in placing buoys and other guides and signals to aid navigation. Captains in the United States lighthouse service receive $4,000.00 a year, together with an annual allowance for rations. They have one month's leave each year. In 1906 Captain Gundersen married Lally Fossmo of Oslo, Norway. Their home is in Duluth.
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The year of his birth varies constantly on available records: 1910 Census: c1876; 1920 & 1930 Censuses: c1875; 1906 MI Marriage: c1874 (age 32), 1875 Norwegian Sailors. Using 1875.
The year of his immigration to the USA also varies from 1890 to 1893. It was generally known that he was younger then his wife Lally. Assuming the 1893 stated on his wife's passport application to be the most trusted.
According to Lally's 1923 application for passport, his citizenship papers were presented and showed that he was approved for citizenship 20 Jan 1905 by the US Circuit Court in Wilwaukie WI.
Gunvald served as a sailor, promoting to Vessel Mate, and finally to Captain during his service on the Great Lakes and other large bodies of water: Milwaukie WI, Cheboygan MI, Sault Sainte Marie MI, and Duluth MN.
He married Lally Fosmo Hendrickson on 27 Dec 1906 in Cheboygan WI. The ceremony was performed by Allan D. Grigsby, Minister of the Gospel (Presbyterian). After this marriage, Lally's daughter Rachel assumed his surname and honored him as her father.
After his daughter's marriage to John G. Cedergren, Gunvald and Lally lived next door to the couple in Duluth.
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The following selection is taken from "Norwegian Sailors on the Great Lakes" published by the Norwegian-American Historical Association (NAHA)in 1928.
G. Gundersen was born in Christiansand, Norway, in 1875. After he had served as a sailor on the ocean for five years he came to America in 1891, and settled in Oklahoma. In 1896 he moved to Milwaukee, and began to sail on the lakes, as an able seaman on lake schooners. He was owner of the schooners "Ehenezer" and "L. M. Mason," and when he became captain in 1899, he sailed these schooners as master. The last schooner which he sailed was the "Penobscot," belonging to the Ohio Cooperage Company of Cleveland. As the schooners gradually disappeared from the lakes, he shipped on a steam freighter, on which he served as mate for some years. In 1918 he entered the United States lighthouse service, in which he has since remained. He is now captain of the lighthouse tender "Amaranth," stationed at Detroit, Michigan. Vessels of this type are engaged in placing buoys and other guides and signals to aid navigation. Captains in the United States lighthouse service receive $4,000.00 a year, together with an annual allowance for rations. They have one month's leave each year. In 1906 Captain Gundersen married Lally Fossmo of Oslo, Norway. Their home is in Duluth.
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According to his 1906 marriage record, Gunvald was born in Norway as the the son of John Gunderson/Gundersen. His surname is spelled both with the 'son' and with the 'sen' ending.
The year of his birth varies constantly on available records: 1910 Census: c1876; 1920 & 1930 Censuses: c1875; 1906 MI Marriage: c1874 (age 32), 1875 Norwegian Sailors. Using 1875.
The year of his immigration to the USA also varies from 1890 to 1893. It was generally known that he was younger then his wife Lally. Assuming the 1893 stated on his wife's passport application to be the most trusted.
According to Lally's 1923 application for passport, his citizenship papers were presented and showed that he was approved for citizenship 20 Jan 1905 by the US Circuit Court in Wilwaukie WI.
Gunvald served as a sailor, promoting to Vessel Mate, and finally to Captain during his service on the Great Lakes and other large bodies of water: Milwaukie WI, Cheboygan MI, Sault Sainte Marie MI, and Duluth MN.
He married Lally Fosmo Hendrickson on 27 Dec 1906 in Cheboygan WI. The ceremony was performed by Allan D. Grigsby, Minister of the Gospel (Presbyterian). After this marriage, Lally's daughter Rachel assumed his surname and honored him as her father.
After his daughter's marriage to John G. Cedergren, Gunvald and Lally lived next door to the couple in Duluth.
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The following selection is taken from "Norwegian Sailors on the Great Lakes" published by the Norwegian-American Historical Association (NAHA)in 1928.
G. Gundersen was born in Christiansand, Norway, in 1875. After he had served as a sailor on the ocean for five years he came to America in 1891, and settled in Oklahoma. In 1896 he moved to Milwaukee, and began to sail on the lakes, as an able seaman on lake schooners. He was owner of the schooners "Ehenezer" and "L. M. Mason," and when he became captain in 1899, he sailed these schooners as master. The last schooner which he sailed was the "Penobscot," belonging to the Ohio Cooperage Company of Cleveland. As the schooners gradually disappeared from the lakes, he shipped on a steam freighter, on which he served as mate for some years. In 1918 he entered the United States lighthouse service, in which he has since remained. He is now captain of the lighthouse tender "Amaranth," stationed at Detroit, Michigan. Vessels of this type are engaged in placing buoys and other guides and signals to aid navigation. Captains in the United States lighthouse service receive $4,000.00 a year, together with an annual allowance for rations. They have one month's leave each year. In 1906 Captain Gundersen married Lally Fossmo of Oslo, Norway. Their home is in Duluth.
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The year of his birth varies constantly on available records: 1910 Census: c1876; 1920 & 1930 Censuses: c1875; 1906 MI Marriage: c1874 (age 32), 1875 Norwegian Sailors. Using 1875.
The year of his immigration to the USA also varies from 1890 to 1893. It was generally known that he was younger then his wife Lally. Assuming the 1893 stated on his wife's passport application to be the most trusted.
According to Lally's 1923 application for passport, his citizenship papers were presented and showed that he was approved for citizenship 20 Jan 1905 by the US Circuit Court in Wilwaukie WI.
Gunvald served as a sailor, promoting to Vessel Mate, and finally to Captain during his service on the Great Lakes and other large bodies of water: Milwaukie WI, Cheboygan MI, Sault Sainte Marie MI, and Duluth MN.
He married Lally Fosmo Hendrickson on 27 Dec 1906 in Cheboygan WI. The ceremony was performed by Allan D. Grigsby, Minister of the Gospel (Presbyterian). After this marriage, Lally's daughter Rachel assumed his surname and honored him as her father.
After his daughter's marriage to John G. Cedergren, Gunvald and Lally lived next door to the couple in Duluth.
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The following selection is taken from "Norwegian Sailors on the Great Lakes" published by the Norwegian-American Historical Association (NAHA)in 1928.
G. Gundersen was born in Christiansand, Norway, in 1875. After he had served as a sailor on the ocean for five years he came to America in 1891, and settled in Oklahoma. In 1896 he moved to Milwaukee, and began to sail on the lakes, as an able seaman on lake schooners. He was owner of the schooners "Ehenezer" and "L. M. Mason," and when he became captain in 1899, he sailed these schooners as master. The last schooner which he sailed was the "Penobscot," belonging to the Ohio Cooperage Company of Cleveland. As the schooners gradually disappeared from the lakes, he shipped on a steam freighter, on which he served as mate for some years. In 1918 he entered the United States lighthouse service, in which he has since remained. He is now captain of the lighthouse tender "Amaranth," stationed at Detroit, Michigan. Vessels of this type are engaged in placing buoys and other guides and signals to aid navigation. Captains in the United States lighthouse service receive $4,000.00 a year, together with an annual allowance for rations. They have one month's leave each year. In 1906 Captain Gundersen married Lally Fossmo of Oslo, Norway. Their home is in Duluth.
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