Eigel Strömsöe article and letters, 1892-1906

Eigel Strömsöe article and letters, 1892-1906

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1892-1906

"A preliminary English version" of an article published in a Norwegian journal, based on about eighty letters written to his parents in Levanger by Andrea Stomsoe between 1892 and 1906, with extensive excerpts from the letters. Stromsoe was born 1869 and studied pharmacology at the University of Kristiania. He immigrated to America in 1892, and worked at drugstores in Brooklyn, N.Y.; Park River, N.D.; Morris, Minn.; Chicago. In May 1895 he returned to Brooklyn where he spent the rest of his life. In 1893 he married a fellow emigrant whom he had known in Kristiania, and they had four children. The family made an extensive visit to Norway in 1906. Andreas died in 1917, 47 years old.

"The letters describe Andreas' working and family experiences as an immigrant…making his way in America, include his observations on numerous aspects of the American and Norwegian scenes of the era, comments on the doings of many relatives, and expressions of his outlook on life." (Introd. by Richard Palmer). Includes a family tree compiled by Palmer, and photographs of the family and places in Norway associated with the family; and information about Andreas' four sisters.

Also includes letters from Andreas Strömsöe to his parents, Peder Gustav and Emilie Wold, 1892-1906.

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