Note: This frame is under construction and in no way resembles the final draft. These words are merely notes upon which details yet to be obtained can be organized.
Axel Christiansen immigrated to the US through Ellis Island in 1901. The inspector changed the spelling of his name from Kristiansen to Christiansen. However, years before his ancestors used the standard Scandinavian tradition of christening with a given name and assuming the surname of the father's given name plus a suffix which was determined by the sex of the child. For example, when Kristian Ask had a son, he named his son Kristiansen and when he had a daughter he named her Kristiandtr.
Bergen, Norway
The Ask family was from western Norway, on the North Sea. The traditional family homeland is Askvold Island, several miles north of Bergen. Each region in Norway has a unique traditional costume for males and females, called a bunad.
Traditional ceremonial dress from Hardanger.
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Mountaintop view of valley east of Bergen Stavkirk: Columned Church in central Norway
