Connections to my past and present


The daughter of Sigurd,living in south Mississippi,far from the land where I was born and of my ancestors!

Monday, December 6, 2010

My father's birthplace

This is where my father is from. He was born at the Gaukaas Stasjon in Nissedal,Treungen,Telemark in Norway.
This is a photo,from 1930,of the old railroad station, at Gaukaas.My grandfather,Anders Kvale,was the stationmaster there. He died in about 1923, when my father was 3 years old and my grandmother then took over his job.I recently found out that the building burned down in 2008.I never did get a chance to visit my father's childhood home, but the is a miniature railroad club in Norway that has included it in their site.

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