BIRTH AND PARENTS AND SIBLINGS
When Gunvor Naas was born on May 17, 1876, in Buskerud County, Hallingdal Valley, Norway, her father, Knut Larsen, was 46, and her mother, Guri, was 41. It was calculated that she was born on Noss Farm. She was baptized on June 5, 1876 in Ål Parish. Her Norwegian siblings were Ambjør (Emma), Astrid, Sigrid (Sarah), Lars (Louis), Ole, Ole (Olaf), Knud (Charles). Of those, original baptismal/birth record documents reported that the following Norwegian-born siblings born on Noss Farm: Ambjør, Astrid, Sigrid, Lars, and Ole (Olaf). Her American siblings were Peter and Gurina.
IMMIGRATION AND EARLY YEARS
She emigrated in July 1876 with her parents and Norwegian siblings from Norway by way of the Glasgow (Scotland) and Larne (Ireland) ports to New York City when she was two months of age. Her family was in steerage of the s/s Virginia. Her Lutheran family settled in Minnesota. Her parents had two American-born children there, Gurina and Peter. Guri used her American name of Gertrude while living at her parent's home in Minnesota. According to the Census reports, she stated that she was a Servant and a Domestic.
EDUCATION
She reported that she was schooled through the eighth grade on censuses.
MARRIAGE
Gertrude married Joseph Nelson Bishop in 1902 in St Paul, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Following marriage, on census documents, she reported or Joseph reported her nickname: Gertie. With Joseph, she had six children in 16 years. During her marriage, on census reports, she described herself as a Housewife.
IMMIGRATION TO CANADA OF GERTRUDE, JOSEPH, AND CHILDREN TO CANADA
In 1909, the family immigrated to Alberta, Canada. In 1916, when the family settled in Alberta, she stated that she was a Canadian.
RETURN TO USA
A Border Crossing document reported that Joseph and Gertrude lived in Michigan beginning in 1931.
RETURN TO CANADA
The same document reported that Joseph and Gertrude returned to Alberta, Canada in September 1933.
CHILDREN'S RETURNS TO USA
Documents show that their children had all, probably independently, returned to the USA by 1934.
IMMIGRATION TO USA, NATURALIZATION, AND RESIDENCIES IN USA
In 1940, when she and her husband had settled back in Michigan, she stated that she was a Naturalized Citizen of the USA. Citation in her brother Louis' Obituary indicated that she was still in Michigan in 1949. In a newspaper article sometime later that highlighted her anniversary, it stated that Gertrude and her husband were in Texas in 1951. In addition, a citation in her brother Olaf's Obituary indicated that she was living in Arlington, Texas by 1952.
RELIGIONS
Early census reports stated that Gertrude was Lutheran. Her obituary stated that she was Methodist.
DEATH
Gertrude Naas Bishop died in 1970 in a hospital in Grand Prairie, Texas, at the age of 94.
BURIAL
Her headstone at Moore Memorial Gardens in Arlington, Texas was inscribed: Gertrude.
Carol Flaherty 
