New Land, New Lives. Janet Elaine Guthrie

alone, she thought we’ll do better over here. My sister Gunvor came in 1914 and I came in 1922. And then the following year my sister came and in 1925, my younger brother and my mother came. I didn’t feel anything, because whatever mother said was to be done. It was no arguing. We went and I don’t think we realized what we were going into, that we were leaving everything and everybody. I never got homesick really, except for the mountains.

      ^*Since the Middle Ages, Trondheim has been an important religious and cultural center. The third largest city in Norway, it had a population of 57,000 in 1910.

      ^*Lefse is a flat, unleavened bread which is fried or baked from rolled dough and often served with butter and sugar; there are many regional variations.