Lasse & Anita - Person Sheet
Lasse & Anita - Person Sheet
NamePeder Jacob Jørs
Birth13 Nov 1837, Bergen, Hordaland, Norge
Baptism27 Nov 1837, Korskirken, Bergen, Hordaland, Norge
OccupationSkomakersvenn 1853, Laborer 1880
Alias/AKAGørs, Peter J. Jors, Peter Joill, Peter J. Joice
MotherJohanna Davida Johannesen (ca1808-<1845)
Spouses
Birthca 1843, Ireland
Married NameElise Joill
ChildrenAnnie (ca1862-)
 Anne (ca1867-)
 John (ca1869-)
 Alfred (ca1873-)
Notes for Peder Jacob Jørs
Peder Jacob Gørs, age 17, listed as a passenger on the ship "Jørgenen
Brunchorst" leaving Bergen on Apr. 26, 1853 and arriving in New York on June
2nd.

Elizabeth Gørs, age 19, was traveling with him:
http://www.norwayheritage.com/p_list.asp?jo=936&ps=7290

1870 Stoughton, Dane County census: Peter J. Jors, age 34 born Norway, living with his wife Eliza, age 27, born Norway [!] and children Anne, age 3 born WI [!] and John, age 1, born WI.

1880 Chicagp census:
Name: Peter Joill [as indexed, looks like Joice]
Home in 1880: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Age: 43
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1837
Birthplace: Norway
Relation to Head of Household: Self
Spouse's Name: Elise Joill
Father's birthplace: Norway
Mother's birthplace: Norway
Occupation: Laborer
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members:
Name Age
Peter Joill 43
Elise Joill 37, born Ireland
Annie Joill 18, born CA
John Joill 10, born WI
Alfred Joill 7, born WI
Emma Jonson 24, boarder, born WI, parents born Norway
Costanza Loodtz 19 [female], servant born Norway

The 1900 Chicago census lists a Peter J. Joice, born November 1836 in
Norway, immigrated in 1853. He's married to Eliza, age 43, born Ireland.
Daughter Anne E. was born in 1867 in California.

Kilde:
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/NORWAY/2011-03/1299669143
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/NORWAY/2011-03/1299697275
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/NORWAY/2011-03/1299701513

Kilde, GENI:
https://www.geni.com/people/Petter-Jacob-Jørs/6000000040899066956
Last Modified 24 Aug 2023Created 16 Dec 2023 using Reunion for Macintosh
© A. S. Johannessen & L. Haegland.