!STATUS: 1989 CAP
SO: A-011.
A-020-O lists name as Gunhild.
A-025 lists name as Gunild. Also known as Nellie.
BIRTH: date from A-020-L. A-020-O gives same date plus place.
A-020-M gives full date.
A-20-M says she and siblings all born at Nummedal, Norway.
A-033 lists b. date as 8-03-1845 and name as Gunild.
DEATH: A-020-M
EXPLANATION: Samantha Lang-784 (REF: A-011) says of her grandmother, Gunhilde,
"My grandmother assumed quite a few different names, I guess
trying to ignore her Norwegian background" and "was quite
typical of immegrants; she wished to forget her background in the `old
country'. She was in America now and anglicized everybody's name:
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She became NELLIE or CAMILLA *
Ragnhild became Rachel Aanestad **
Aasse became Anna -- married Paul Ellings
Jorund became Julia -- married Skarshaug
Knut Gunderson (she couldn't change that very much)
Sven -- the oldest was Samuel
* Her marriage license reads `Camille Svenson and John Lang'
** Except for Rachel Gunderson Korsgaard, the children all
took the name GUNDERSON."
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Gunhilde spoke both Norwegian and Engish and probable understood
German as well since her husband, John spoke German/Swiss.
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A-020-h says that John and Gunhild Lang lived at Le Mars, Iowa.
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A-031 states that she had three children. The second son was born
stillborn at the home on the farm. She was unattended.
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A-031 lists Sir name as Korsgaarden, same as for her father.
