Lloyd Erickson about his great, grandmothers

Lloyd Samuel Erickson's "Memoirs"

Thanks to Lloyd Samuel Erickson's outstanding interest for family history throughout most of his life, we today know a lot more about our family than most people.

As a keen observer with a strong knowledge of people and communities Lloyd in his "Memoirs" gives us valuable and very good time images from eras of his eventful life.

This small writing about two of his greatest grandmothers, he wrote on to pieces of paper. Small photo taken in Ekne, 1991

Lloyd Erickson wrote this about his mothers family:

SANDVIK FARM: Anna and Nils lived at Sandvik, farm in picture, Hakkalestrand, in Sunnmøre, across the fjord north of Stadlandet. Photo: SVEIN HELGE Falstad, September 2023

Lloyds great grandmother – Lloyds mothers, mothers, mother was Anna Rasmusdotter Holen, born 1826, died November 7 1911.
Anna Rasmusdotter Holen married to Nils Sveinson Sandvik in 1846. Nils was born 1825.

Anna and Nils lived at Sandvik, Hakkalestrand, in Sunnmøre, across the fjord north of Stadlandet. (see picture above).

Anna and Nils had 8 daughters and 1 son. Two daughters and one son died as infants.

The eight daughters were:

Nikoline Adrianne Nilsdatter Sandvik (1853-1904) was grandmother to Lloyd Samuel Erickson and Sigurd, Lloyd wrote.

Svein Helges comment: As Nikoline was to 23 grandchildren in 2. Step in Family tree. And Hanne Eltvik was grandmother of the 5 other grandchildren.
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Berte Sandvik was grandmother to Art Larson.
Anna Sandvik was grandmother to Anna Skeide
Johanne Sandvik was grandmother to Johanne Mørseth + mother of Hanna Ronnestad.
Marie married Nikolai Eltvik, Stadlandet.
Sofie died 42 years old, single, no children.
8. And 9: Lost three children - two daughters and one son died as infants.

Sandvik – a lovely farm still in family.

Another great grandmother of Lloyd was Andriana Torbjørnsdotter (1834 – 1916). She was married to Gullik Ervik (1826 – 1868). They had 3 children.

Andriana married 2nd time to Joseph Fluevåg. Andiana was Lloyds mothers, fathers, mother. See: https://www.weebly.com/editor/main.php#/

SANDVIKA AND FLUEVÅGHAVN: Lloyds (and his siblings's) mothers, mothers, mother was Anna Rasmusdotter Holen. She married to Nils Sveinson Sandvik in 1846, and Lived in SANDVIK AND FLUEVÅG: Sandvika Farm, in Hakkalastranda. Lloyds oldest aunt Gina Johanne Tomina Honningsvåg Fluevåg and Nikolai Tobias Mathias Fluevåg built their house in Fluevåghavn (Fluevog Harbour) in 1901. (Fluevåg can be written Fluevaag in English). The red lines tells where family were rowing to visit eachother.