Emigration Notes

Emigranter over Kristiania (1871-1930) - Norwegian Digitalarkivet

Emigration from Kristiania to Hull
05-14-1880 - Svennung Anundsson - on S/S Angelo - to Blair
05-27-1881 - Bjorn & Sigrid Thorstenson, Anund, Thorsten, Signe, Gunlaug Eivindsdtr (1st cousin of Bjorn, future wife of Tollef) - on S/S Rollo - to Fergus Falls
05-27-1881 - Tollef Thorstenson - on S/S Rollo - to Fergus Falls
05-12-1882 - Torstein & Signe Torsteinson, Kittel (and future wife Ragnhild Gundersdtr), Ann, Sigurd - on S/S Angelo - to Fergus Falls
10-04-1883 - Anund & Gro Sveinungsson, Ole, Gunnhild (Ole's wife), Gro (Ole's child) - on S/S Heimdahl - to Blair

Emigration from Sweden

Emigration from Göteborg to Hull
04-15-1892 - Karl "Charles" Peterson - on S.S. Ariosto - to Duluth

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S/S Rollo


owned by the Wilson Line, Hull, England
built 1870 at Hull, England, by C. & W. Earle
260 ft., 1,437 gross tonnage


Brief history of the S/S Rollo [sampling of bi-weekly trips]


1870 - launched.
1879 - new boilers, lengthened to 274 ft., new tonnage 1,613.
1881 - May 27, Bjorn & Sigrid, Anund, Thorsten, Signe.
1882 - Feb. 26, ran aground approaching Oslo in a snowstorm.
1882 - Apr. 21, 708 emigrants and pulp, clothes, butter, shoddy, beer, paper. Capt. Pepper.
1885 - Jun. 19, emigrants and wood, iron, paper, nails, butter, old metal, clothes, beer, shoddy, timber. Capt Pepper.
1887 - Apr. 15, 602 emigrants and pulp, butter, nails, clothes, herring. Capt. Pepper.
1889 - Mar. 12, 290 emigrants and wood, margarine, matches, pulp, paper. Capt. Pepper.
1891 - Jul. 2, (to London via Christiansand, Harwich) timber, margarine, tinned milk, matches, pulp, paper, woodwork. Capt. Chambers.
1897 - re-engined. 1897 - Mar. 26, (Kristiania to Hull) fish oil, pulp, paper. Capt. Crowbrick.
1897 - May 28, passengers, timber, pulp, sewing, paper. Capt. Crowbrick.
1897 - Dec., fire onboard while loading in Kristiania.
1909 - Sep., scrapped at Einswarden.


S/S Angelo


owned by the Wilson Line, Hull, England
built 1874 at Hull, England, by Humphrey & Pearson
259 ft., 1,536 gross tonnage


Brief history of the S/S Angelo [sampling of bi-weekly trips]


1874 - maiden voyage in August, Hull-Kristiania-Hull. Capt. Nicholson. Passengers, wood pulp, oats.
1877 - passengers and wood pulp. Capt. Nicholson.
1879 - 134 emigrants and timber. Capt. Nicholson. (last voyage, he died later in 1879).
1880 - May 14, Svennung Anundsson.
1882 - May 12, left with sister ship Argo. 889 emigrants including Torstein & Signe, et. al.
1885 - fitted with electrical lights, including 8 in dining.
1887 - 325 emigrants and paper, pulp, milk, matches, salmon, zinc ashes, clothes. Capt. Johnson.
1889 - 214 emigrants and timber, pulp, paper, nails, sewing, butter, shoddy, herring, old ropes. Capt. Johnson.
1891 - 93 emigrants, red whortleberries, butter, margarine, nails, paper, pulp, matches, timber. Capt. Johnson.
1893 - passengers, pork, herring, butter, margarine, clothes, nails, paper, pulp, matches. Capt. Johnson.
1896 - beer, timber, matches, pulp. Capt. Johnson.
1897 - margarine, matches, timber, pulp, sewing, herring. Capt. Johnson.
1897 - emigrants, timber, matches, pulp. Capt. Johnson.
1897 - 3rd voyage of year. Collided with Dutch ship at Hull while at anchor. Sprang leak. Intentionally grounded. Capt. Johnson.
1900 - replaced bt S/S Eldorado.
1906 - sold for scrap.


S/S Heimdahl


owned by the Thingvalla Line, Denkark
built 1882 at Glascow, Scotland, by Dobie & Co.
286 ft., 2,024 gross tonnage


Brief history of the S/S Heimdahl [sampling of trips]


1882 - Apr. 3, launched.
1883 - chartered by Thingvalla to replace the wrecked Hekla.
1883 - Apr. 19, Christiania via Christiansand, arriving New York May 4. 177 Norwegian passengers.
1883 - Jun. 14, Christiania via Christiansand, arriving New York Jun. 28. 203 Norwegian passengers.
1883 - Aug. 9, Christiania via Christiansand, arriving New York Aug. 26.
1883 - Oct. 4, Christiania via Christiansand, arriving New York Oct. 22. 99 Norwegian passengers including Anund & Gro, et. al.
1883 - Nov. 29, Christiania via Christiansand, arriving New York Dec. 19.
1884 - Jan. 24, Christiania via Christiansand, arriving New York Feb. 16. 13 Norwegian passengers.
1884 - Mar. 26, Christiania via Christiansand, arriving New York Apr. 13.
1886 - sold to French owners and renamed "Conseil."
1902 - Feb. 13, sunk in collision with the Portuguese steamer "peninsular" at Lisbon.


Transatlantic crossing


Before 1865 most Norwegian emigrants sailed directly from Norway to America. The trip took between 25-100 days. By about 1865, it became more common to sail to Hull, England and transfer to another ship for the trans-Atlantic leg. The last direct sailing was in 1874. By then steamships had replaced the old sailing ships, and the voyage from England to North America could be made in less than 10 days.

The Wilson Line had a near monopoly as a feeder line from Norway to England, as it had agreements with the large steamship companies whereby a single ticket would be sold to emigrants to include both legs of the passage to America. Because of the lack of competition, the quality of service was poor. The Hull Board of Health frequently wrote the Wilson Lines complaining of their service, at one time describing their treatment of second class passengers as "more like cattle than humans."

NorwayHeritage.com has a good nine-chapter article about the crossings.


Pictures of ships





Rollo
embarked from Kristiania, Norway on May 27, 1881
Bjorn and Sigrid Thorstenson, Anund, Thorsten, Signe

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Angelo
embarked from Kristiania, Norway on May 12, 1882
Torstein and Signe Torsteinson, Kittel, Ann, Sigurd

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Ariosto
embarked from Göteborg, Sweden on April 15, 1892
Karl Peterson