Surname Saturday

Today I am going to link my family back to One of the more recent immigrant families in my family.

1) Me, Betty-Lu

2) James Edward Baker Jr - born in North Dakota

     Elizabeth Joan Bionaz - born in California

3) James Edward Baker Sr - born in North Dakota

     Lucy Mary Huyck - born in Wisconsin

4) Henry Austin Baker Sr - born in Ontario Canada

    Anna Christofferson - born in Minnesota

5) Erland Christofferson - born in Lesja, Oppland, Norway

    Elizabeth (Syversdatter) Haugen - born Lesja, Oppland, in Norway

*Erland and Elizabeth married in Minnesota

6) Christoffer Erlandsen - born in Lesja, Oppland, Norway

    Aase Oldsdatter - born in Lesja, Oppland, Norway

6) Syver Syverson Haugen - born in Lesja, Oppland, Norway

    Marit Hansdatter - born in Lesja, Oppland, Norway

I will need think of a way to continue the Norwegian line, Norway had 2 naming system:

1. Patronymics
2. Farm Names 

Sometimes both names are used and the farm name can change as they moved from place to place.

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Surname Sunday

There is an interesting pattern to some of the men the women I my mother's family married. See if you notice it.
Starting with my great-grandmother.
Mary Orpheline Boche, married John Elere Bionaz.
Her son John C Bionaz, married Elizabeth Grace Hawke. (Here it kind of skips a generation, but it makes up for it in the next generation.)
My mother Elizabeth "Joan" Bionaz, married James Edward Baker Jr
Her sister my aunt Jacqueline Carol Bionaz, married Arthur Stuart Backer (Yes, my mother married a Baker and her sister married a Backer)
Me, Betty-Lu Baker, married a Burton.
Did you notice the pattern? All the last names that start with a "B". I just think it is interesting and wanted to share this with others.