Jens Tynes Oral History Interviews 1984.

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Jens Tynes Oral History Interviews 1984.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/658226947

This interview was conducted with Jens Tynes on June 14, 1984 in Sykkylven, Norway. It contains information on family background, emigration, employment, return to Norway, marriage, and family life. Also available is a photograph of Jens at the time of the interview. The interview was conducted in Norwegian.

1 sound cassette.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7950334

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Tynes, Karen Jensdatter.

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Tynes, Karen.

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Sivertsen, Charlie.

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Tynes, Jens.

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Jens Tynes, known as John Sivertsen in America, was born on April 4, 1885 in Tynes, Sykkylven, Norway. His parents were Rasmus Sivertsen and Karen Jensdatter Tynes. Around 1870, Rasmus was a carpenter in Minneapolis, Minnesota and married Karen there. They returned to Norway around 1875, where Rasmus began farming, and they had six children: Jens, Petter, Louise, Syverin (Sam), Inga, and Bernhard. Jens attended seven years of school and some "middelskole," and immigrated to America in spring 191...

Tynes, Reidar.

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Tynes, Anne.

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