Gyllbakken 1	Gyllbakken 2

 Gyllbakken or Gyllbakkan as they say, lies in the  Gylland-area at Hovin, ca. 1 km up from the highway E6. The farm lies high up in the side of the valley with a good view over the Gauldalen valley and can be seen from the highway. The farm lies on a small flat piece of land, surrounded by hills. On this farm was Peder P. Gylland born, oktober the 27th in 1839.

 He did marry Kari Jensdatter Vold from Storen in 1863. His older brother Enok took over the homefarm "Bakkan"(Gyllbakkan), so after some years Kari and Peder did move to the husmannplass Sorsveet at Hagesveet. Close to the Hage-farm. There they had 3 cows, some sheeps and a couple of pigs. They did work on the whole 5acres of land at the farm and could also take some firewood on it.

 The emigration to Amerika did at that time start to increase dramaticly. Karis brother and sister inlaw had emigrated to Amerika in 1870. So it's no wonder that they also started to think about emigration. Their eldest son Peder became 18 year the 31.juli 1881. The year before did about 50 persons emigrate from Horg. Peder  had made up his mind that next year, when he became 18, he too would go to Amerika.

The 14th of juni 1881 he emigrated on the ship Tasso, he payed  220 kroner for the ticket. The destination  was Fargo in North Dakota. He did go to aunt and uncle Vold, close to a small place called Colfax, near Fargo. He had then taken the name Hagen. In the emigration-protocol in Trondheim you'll find him as "Peder Hagen, worksman, 18 year". The journey went via Christiansund(Kristiansund N) and Aalesund to Hull in England. From there he went by train to Liverpool and then with a large steamship to Amerika. According to  journals from the shipping-company Whita Star Line, the ship S/S Germanic did leave Liverpool the 23rd of june with passengers from Molde (a small town close to Trondheim). The ship arrived New York the 2nd of july at 3.00pm. But on the list over corresponding ships for Tasso, it is atleast 3 other ships Peder could have travelled on. (http://www.norwayheritage.com/t_corresp.asp?id=6655 ). Han took labor at Walcott, not far from the Vold-farm and could, two years later when the rest of his family did emigrate, pay 217 kroner for his brother Jens' ticket.

The 25th of july 1883 did Kari, Peder and the sons Jens and John, register in the emigration-protocol in Trondheim. Their goal was Colfax and Wapheton in North Dakota.  And the next day they started on the same journey as Peder (P.P.Hagen) had done 2 years earlier. With S/S Hero they left Trondhein harbour for  Hull in England. There they took the same train for Liverpool and left from there early in august, probably the 1st or 2nd. On the list over corresponding ships for Hero it is many which left Liverpool for New York. They arrived NY the  9th, 10th and 11th of august. (http://www.norwayheritage.com/t_corresp.asp?id=6961).

[I have not been able to find passanger-lists over these ships to confirme my assumtions on which ship they  took from Liverpool.]

The conditions on the ships was not the best and much of the food was spoiled. The men and the bigger boys slept on one deck and women and small children on an other. They arrived to New York and left by train to Chicago. There Peder had a bad experience, a pickpocket stole $10.00 from him. When they arrived Colfax they asked for the direction to Peder Vold (Wold), Kari's bror. They walked about 4 miles north and did pass the Bolstad-farm before they finaly reached their goal.

Kari's brother had homesteaded southwest of the town Christine in 1870 and he also gave the land to where Richland church and cemetery is today.

Kari and Peder did now build their first home in Amerika, 3 miles southwest of Christine, on 40 acres close to the Wild Rice River. This was 8 times bigger than the 5 acres they had at Sorsveet. Their sons Peder, Jens and John lived there with them. The men worked as carpenters and housebuilders. Peder sr. did also practise his old occupation as a watch-maker and repairman and a spinningweel-maker. With his son Jens he also participated to build the Bethany church. They did make the altar piece to the church.

 In 1893 Peder sr., Peder jr. og Jens did buy a half section of land just east of Colfax. They payed 25 dollar pr. acre for the 320 acrs. This was all flat land and no trees, and much larger then the 5 acres at Sorsveet. They could just start ploughing the land.

 They now built houses on the border between the two 1/4-sections, then Peder Hagen(jr.) 3 years earlier  did marry Maret Skaar (1871- 1902) in Richland church at 17th of may.

Peder Hagens section is today driven by his descendants, now named Hage. Peder and Maret had six children. And the other section is driven by Jens' descendants. Jens did marry Anna Marie Gundersen from Telemark and had nine children. They built their home close to Peder Hagens house, on the other 1/4-section.

More then 150 descendants of Kari and Peder Gylland lives today in Amerika.

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