Emigration to America

Bixby Lineage

Crum Lineage

Kirkeberg Lineage

Kjos Lineage

Grønvold Lineage

A Patchwork of Memories

The Kirkebergs
from Norway to Postville, Iowa to North Dakota
to a final resting place in Oregon

The home Anders built in Søndre Aurdal, Norway before 1848 when he and Ingrid Siri emigrated to the United States. This picture was taken in 1892, three years before Anders died.		Anders Kirkeberg moved his family to Iowa in 1872 - buying property south of Gunder, Iowa, and building a house there.
Mother and Aunt, Ingrid Siri Gundersdatter Jukam, 1846 - 1909  Father and Uncle,  Anders Knudsen Kirkeberg, 1822 - 1895		Sarah Kirkeberg and Carl Raugland married in 1891
Knud Kirkeberg, Gunder's older brother 1853 - 1931 It appears Gunder and Gunhild went to live with Knut when they got married in Mayville, North Dakota		Sarah Kirkeberg Raugland, 1862 - 1960 Gunder's younger sister Sarah was one of the few female alter artists. She produced about three hundred altar paintings before she stopped painting in 1918.
Gunhild Marie Eriksdatter 1858 - 1929 (photographed at the age of 50)	Ingrid Kirkeberg Crum's parents Gunhild and Gunder Kirkeberg are buried side by side in Eugene, Oregon in the Pioneer Memorial Cemetery		Gunder Andersen Kirkeberg 1855 - 1913 photographed here at the age of 52