For my entire life, there has been nothing more important than family.  It has always been my thought that my family was the perfect family.  Dad would take us all into the mountains on family trips, Mom would cook us dinners and talk us through troubles, both with a degree of excellence unparalleled, my siblings were pains in the butt....  All of this has gone into forming a view of family that I have come to see as perfect.

Well, perhaps no family is perfect, and I readily admit that mine is not, my own preconceived notions aside.  But I can say that I have never wanted to be a part of any other family.  And now that I have my own family, I hope to foster the same feeling in my boys.

What follows are thoughts and concepts that I see in various members of my family, things they have taught me, and what we might accomplish together and apart, throughout our lives.  I'm sure that there won't be much interest in this if you aren't a Dollan, Tuell, Soiseth, or any other number of relations.  But I still invite and urge you to take a peek.  If nothing else, then perhaps you will gain an insight into what makes a family... a family.

Dad's Side

Dollan, Harry-----Dollan(), Wilma
Dollan, Loren (April 8, 1934 - December 8, 1999)-----(Dollan), Eileen
Khameneh, (Dollan), Tandy-----Khameneh, Farhad
Khameneh, Kiera
Khameneh, Kagen
Dollan, John (Jack) Martin (birth uncertain - December 13, 2002)-----Dollan (Olsen), Helen Sophie
Dollan, Jon André
Dollan, Laurie Lynn-----Akins, Mike
Akins, Daniel Isaiah
Akins, Rachel
Dollan, John Martin (April 17, 1970 - )-----Dollan (Tuell) Margo Lynn (January 1, 1970 - )
Dollan, Liam Martin (January 27, 2000 - )  Last updated October 9, 2005
Dollan, Jackson Rhys (November 15, 2001 - ) Last updated October 9, 2005
Dollan, Moira Sophie-Faith (December 16, 2004 - )  Last updated October 10, 2005

Mom's Side

Torstein, Sebastianson (~1600's)
Anders Olson Sjoflot-----Mildrid Sjursdotter Sjoflotand
Ola Anderson (1761 - )-----Anne Johans Dotter Asgaard (1775 - )
Marta (1796, with Brit Sjursdotter Broske, out of wedlock, never married; twin to Mari)
Mari (1796, with Brit Sjursdotter Broske, out of wedlock, never married; twin to Marta)
Jergen Kristian Dreyer (1798 - )-----Maret Kristiansdotter Bele
Siri Conradine (1799 - 1800)
Anders (1801 - 1801)
Anders (1803 - )-----Ingeborg Severtsdotter
Arnt (1804 - )-----Henrika Sofia Holm
Kristian Fredrik Arnson Asgaard (September 27, 1839 - 1939)-----Ingeborg Johansdotter Holte (1844 - 1927)
Johan Arnt (1866 - )-----Ingeborg Kristoffersdotter Brekken
Arnt Henrik (1868 - )-----?
Irene
Arthur
Martinus (1871 - 1876)
Fredrik Kristian (1872 - 1890)-----?
Henrikka Sofie (1875 - )-----Lars Soyset
Johan
Ane
Kristian
Ingeborg-----Andy
Olsen (Dollan) Helen Sophie-----Dollan, John (Jack) Martin ( - December 13, 2002)
Dollan, Laurie Lynn-----Akins, Mike
Akins, Daniel Isaiah
Akins, Rachel
Dollan, Jon André
Dollan, John Martin (April 17, 1970 - )-----Dollan (Tuell), Margo Lynn (January 1, 1970 - )
Dollan, Liam Martin (January 27, 2000 - )  Last updated October 9, 2005
Dollan, Jackson Rhys (November 15, 2001 - )  Last updated October 9, 2005
Dollan, Moira Sophie-Faith (December 16, 2004 - )  Last updated October 10, 2005
Olsen Arne-----Olsen (), Marilyn
Olsen (Butcher), Alyssa-----Butcher,
 
 
Olsen, Suzie-----Randy
 
 
Olsen (Gulick), Louise-----Gulick, Pat
Gulick, Christopher-----(Gulick), Shiloh
 
 
Gulick, Patrick-----Johnson (Gulick), Stephanie
Gulick, Kali Mae
 
Olsen, Ricci
Leonard
Louis
Hazel
Margaret
Ola (1877 - )-----Anna Drage
Kristian Fredrik
Herman Ola
Agnes-----Larvik
Sivert (1879 - )
Magnus (1882 - 1895)
Ane Johanna  (1884 - )-----Kristian Hamnes
Ingeborg Kristine (1887 - 1948)
Seri Conradine-----Lars Olson Solmin
Mildrid Nina-----Einar Fredrikson Grames
Severt (Sjur)-----Marta Augustiusdotter Seten
Anne Elisabeth-----Nilson Svarken

 

Updates

October 25, 2005:  Added a thumbnail of Jackson to this page.
October 10, 2005:  Added the initial page format on Moira.  Added Liam's thumbnail image to this page.
October 9, 2005:  Updated the look of this page.  Minor update to Liam's page.  Minor update to Jackson's page, prepping it for future writing.
May 22, 2005:
  After too long of ignoring the actual content of this section, I uploaded the introductory page on Jackson Rhys.
January 26, 2005:  Updated the links on Liam's Index page.
January 24, 2005:  Found some names for my cousin Tandy's kids (primarily, their proper spellings).
January 17, 2005:  Managed to dig up the dates for my uncle Loren Dollan.
January 8, 2005:  Added some old family information on my mom's side.
January 3, 2005:  Added the birth date for Moira.
December 19, 2004:  Re-did the format for this page.  Definitely a better idea of family relationships is presented.  The final form, though, may actually incorporate image maps.  That, however, is not for some time yet.
December 15, 2004:
  Updated the emails and the links for this page.

 

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This Page first uploaded February 22, 2003
Most recent update for this page October 25, 2005