Schoolmaster Petter Scharberg 1799-1883 and family Lane-Ryr

[Patti Thoreson]

I am a 5th generation descendant of Petter Scharberg through his eldest son Ole, who went to Skien Norway in 1854 and then to Minnesota USA in 1862. I was actually in Lane-Ryr last week but hadn't found this forum until now.

I am interested in any information about Petter and his family--I have done some research in the online parish records--his father Olof Persson Scharberg (drowned) and grandparents Pehr Pehrsson Scharberg and Helena Pehrsdtr of Torsered--and his mother Katarina Larsdtr and her parents Lars Larsson and Anna Larsdtr of O Ekenas.

A few starting questions--

I have read that Scharberg is a military name--what does that mean? Pehr Persson Scharberg b 1733 was a Dragoon.

Does the Hembygdsbok have additional information on the family? I was excited to find Ole's brother Lars's grave in the cemetery.

Patti Thoreson