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Report from Oftebro Family Reunion in
Pleasanton, California, 2010
The reunion committee has made an extensive report with marvelous pictures from the family reunion.
Click here to see the report.
Click here to see the group picture.
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An Oftebro serving as American soldier in WWI
From 1917 until the end of the war in 1918 3-8-2 Oddleif Oftebro served for the American forces at the Western Front.
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The Church-builders in the Oftebro family
Through several generations many members of the Oftebro family have shown great engagement in church activities. This fact may explain why so many members of the family also have taken actively part in the building of their churches.
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Another Oftebro family reunion
***Updated 10.21 with thank you-notes***
The arranging committee, with John Oftebro, Seattle, Washington and Dale Oftebro, Santa Barbara, California in the lead, wishes the worldwide Oftebro family welcome to the reunion arrangements. If you would like to come to the reunion, you should immediately announce your interest
Click
here for information on extension of registration deadline
Click
here to download info and sign-up form
10.21 - Another Oftebro family reunion is
over
The North American Oftebro Reunion (NAOR) committee, with John Oftebro, Seattle, in the
lead, arranged a brilliantly successful family reunion in Pleasanton, California in July 2010.
The exquisitely comfortable location for the arrangement, the thoroughly considered reunion
program and the eminent carrying out of the same, as well as the warm, personal atmosphere
one managed to create, gave all of us memories for a lifetime.
The members of the Norwegian family committee, who all made it to the reunion, thank the
NAOR committee on behalf of ourselves and all the 131 Oftebro participants.
Norway, October 2010
Stein Opsal, Astrid Edland, Tom Pedersen, Lorentz Vaagland, Inge Chr.
Oftebro, Grethe Oftebro, Torstein Oftebro.
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Promoting the Family Reunion in California
1-4-1-4-1 Deborah and John Oftebro visited Norway in May 2009 in order to promote the Family Reunion in California 2010. But first they went to Sweden to buy themselves a new Volvo.
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New
cultural column ***Update
07.26.11***
A number of Oftebro relatives are known for their cultural contributions through poetry, painting, music etc. This column will present such
contributions.
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Morten Andvig (3-5-4-1-2) at the South Pole
Morten Andvig (3-5-4-1-2) reached the South Pole 26th December 2008, after skiing 890 km in 24 days, 8 hours and 50 minutes. This is an amazing new record, nine and half days faster than any other team have used on the same route.
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The
Oftebro family reunion in Durban/Eshowe 2007
***Update
09.09.08***
News and reports from the reunion. This
section will be updated as we receive more content. Now updated with
reunion group photo.
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Oftebro
SA Reunion 2007 group picture
Click the above link to view the picture
taken outside the hotel in Durban with everyone present. The picture
is available in a full
size version suitable for framing, as well as a slightly smaller
version with a person description underneath. Please note
that most web browsers will make the picture smaller to fit your
screen, in which case you can click on it to zoom in.
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Dr. Howard Philip West
On May 17, 2007, Rhode Island College awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree to (3-3-6-2-1) Howard Philip (Phil) West, Jr., for his leadership in bringing significant government reform to an American state long known for corruption. Phil gave his commencement address to those receiving advanced degrees and their guests.
Click here for biographical information provided by Rhode Island College, and click
here for Phil’s commencement address.
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The
Langeland-Hansen family
The Oftebro family has traditionally valued very highly its pioneer
missionaries Ommund, Christian and Berte Marie Oftebro. We have paid
far less attention to the later missionaries from the Oftebro family.
Now we can present the story about the missionaries Borghild Gudrun
and Fridtjof Langeland-Hansen.
Click here
for the story about their lives and work.
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Adolf Oftebro
3-6-8 Adolf Oftebro once made a living as cowboy on the Argentinian pampas.
In most families, even those most stalwart, you often find a “splash of colour” which stands out from the rest of the
family. Adolf was such a “splash of colour”. While his siblings searched for a good living and stabile conditions in the old country, Adolf intended to conquer the world.
Click here for more
information.
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Tomas Karl Oftebro
3-6-7 Tomas Karl Oftebro early became active in the underground resistance that was established in Norway during World War II. He was
arrested, was given the third degree, and was finally confined for 3 years in Grini concentration camp at Oslo.
Click here for more information
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George Gotfred Oftebro
1-4-2-1 George Gotfred Oftebro had a special and tough childhood. 4 years old he lost both his brother and his mother, and at the same time he himself lost his hearing. The rest of his childhood he was taken care of by strangers.
Click here to read
his life story
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Oftebro family book
Now at a reduced price
The Oftebro family book was published during the fall of 2004. Its main part is an extensive family register for the period of 1775 - 2004, containing more than 2000 names. Additionally, the book contains a register of our common ancestors from the period of 1330 - 1775. There are also about 90 pages of historical pictures and stories from the emigration to South - Africa and America, information about the old family homesteads, as well as pictures and material from the reunion in Lyngdal in 2004.
So far we have sold about 360 books to family members all over the world. We recommend the book to any family member who wishes to know more about our great family, while we still have more books on
stock. Click here for book
order.
The price reduction is as follows:
For sale in Norway: From NOK 250,- per volume, down to NOK 200,- per volume.
For sale abroad: From NOK 200,- per volume, down to NOK 100,- per volume.
The price difference, inland - abroad, is due to the higher postal rates for sending books abroad.
Picture by 3-8-3-1 Nils Ole Oftebro
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Reidar
Oftebro
3-6-2-1 Reidar Oftebro died 27 December 2007. Reidar was 81 years old.
As a member of the Oftebro Family Committee, one of Reidar's great passions in life was the history of the worldwide Oftebro family.
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Recognition
of the Oftebro family by the Mayor of uMlalazi
Eshowe, which is the town that has been
established around Ommund Oftebro's mission station, is located in the
uMlalazi municipality.
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An
Oftebro relative in the American Civil War
Andreas Torkildson, the older brother
of Anne Katrine (Torkildsdatter Fidje) Oftebro, served as captain in
The American Civil War. Read his letter from the frontline.
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“Terje
Vigen” and the Oftebro Family
The
famous Norwegian author and play-writer, Henrik Ibsen, has dramatized
the life of a sailor and pilot who lived and worked at the southern
coast of Norway around first half of the 19th century. Ibsen names
this person Terje Vigen. Read the poem about Terje Vigen, and about
this person’s relation to the Oftebro family.
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The
family greetings relay race
Members
of the Oftebro family are challenging each other to write messages and
greetings in the guestbook of our website
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A
hero is dead
From Cape Town comes the message that
Barry Streek (3-7-2-1-1)
is dead, 59 years old. For many years he was (Norwegian newspaper)
Dagbladet's reporter in South Africa, writing about the development in
the racially segregated state. Through his burning commitment for the
less fortunate he also became the man who forwarded the economical
support coming from Norway.
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Trip
to Durban
Kari Lurås, Inge Chr. Oftebro and
their children Thea, Einar and Jens (Branch 3-6-2) travelled from Oslo
to Durban in South Africa to celebrate Christmas in December 2005.
Click the link above to read about their trip.
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The Oftebro family
The
Oftebro family has been defined as all descendants, and their spouses,
from Villum Christian Henriksen Oftebro (1775 - 1848) and Gunhild
Oftebro (1777 - 1855). The family tree gives more than 2000 persons.
Today's "Oftebros", that counts more than
1200 persons, have settled in many countries and on most continents.
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Family reunion 2004
An Oftebro family
reunion was arranged in august 2004. 440 descendants from Villum
Christian and Gunhild Oftebro participated in the event which took
place in Lyngdal, the home of our ancestors, and lasted for 3 sunny
days. 110 of the participants were foreigners, coming from all parts
of the world. (USA, Canada, South- Africa, Zimbabwe, Australia, New
Zealand, Italy, England, Germany and Denmark) The reunion programme
included family lectures and cultural contributions from both Norway
and abroad. There was also an extensive exhibition of pictures and
paintings, furniture and other objects from the history of our family.
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