Ed's Day Wednesday
Dear FOLKS,
The week I want to continue with the life story of me late cousin, Ed Ostrom's ancestor, Peder Christian Nilson. Peder was my cousin's mother's mother's father, more easily one of Ed's great-grandfathers.
Last week, I shared the early days of Peder's life, including record of his birth, baptism and more. If you would like to read about that portion of Peder's life, click on this link. Peder was born on the family farm near Råna, Nordland, Norway. The family farm was called Elvebakken.
On 30 September 1860, Peder would marry a young widow, Gurine Marie Tomasdatter who had two small children. Her husband had died in November, 1859 by drowning, when the small boat he was sailing, capsized on the way home from work, where he had worked as a blacksmith on a sloop. Although there is within Ed's notes an alternate theory that the accident occurred while fishing, when a storm came up.
Gurine was the daughter of Tomas Christophersen Altermark and Marit Mattisdatter. She was born 05 January 1832 in the same area of northern Norway as where Peder was born.
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| IMAGE: 1860 Marriage Records, page 173 Nord-Rana (Mo) prestegjeld church register. From Norway's National Archives [1] |
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| Snippet of church register showing Peder Nilson and Gurine Tomasdatter's marriage entry. |
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Marriages 1860 page 173
Entry Number 17
Date of Marriage 30 September [1860 implied from heading]
Name of Groom Bachelor Peder Christian Nilson
Name of Bride Widow Gurine Marie Tomasdtr
Birthplace and place of residence of groom Elvebakken
Birthplace of Bride Skjånes Altermarka
Their ages 32 [groom] 28 [bride]
Name of Groom's father N. Johannesen
Name of Bride's father Th. Christophersen
[balance is too difficult to read]
[balance is too difficult to read]
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By 1865, the newly married couple were settled and keeping house in Skjånes farm, where Gurine had resided before the wedding. They now had children and all were listed in the 1865 Norway census. Here is their transcribed entry. It too is in Norwegian.
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| IMAGE: 1865 Norwegian Census, showing the household of Peder Nielssen, in the Mo district of Nordland in the Sjonæs farm [2] |
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District Number 2
School District The regular schools
Parish Mo
Church District Mo
Farm Sjonæs
Number in the land register 303a
line 590, person 1, household # 1, Peder Nielssen, head of household, farmer and owner, married, age 39, male, born in Mo Præstegjæld, 1 horse, 7 cattle, 8 sheep, 1/4 rye, 2 barley, 1 oats
line 591, person 2, Gurine Thomasdatter, his wife, married, age 33, female, born in Mo Præstegjæld
line 592, person 3, Marit Jensdatter, wife's daughter in first marriage, single, age 9, female, born in Mo Præstegjæld
line 593, person 4, Jensine Pedersdatter, their child, single, age 5, female, born in Mo Præstegjæld
line 594, person 5, Nille Pedersdatter, their child, single, age 3, female, born in Mo Præstegjæld
line 595, person 6, Petrine Pedersdatter, their child, single, age 1, female, born in Mo Præstegjæld
line 596, person 7, Abelone Nielsdatter,servant, single, age 33, female, born in Mo Præstegjæld
line 597, person 8, Johanna Jørgensdatter,servant, single, age 30, female, born in Mo Præstegjæld
line 598 , person 9, Petrine Johnsdatter, servant, single, age 22, female, born in Mo Præstegjæld
line 599, person 10, Christen Holgerssen, retired farmer living on his own farm and provided for by current owner, married age 68, male, born in Mo Præstegjæld
line 600, person 11, Berit Andersdatter, his wife, married, age 70, female, born in Mo Præstegjæld
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In 1866, Peder and his family picked up what belongings they thought they could manage on a long trip and left Norway for America. Here is the entry in the church register about their plans to leave the district.
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| IMAGE: 1865 & 1866 list of individuals leaving the district from the Mo church register. |
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| Snippet showing entries No 2 - 7, showing Peder Nielssen and his family leaving for America |
Page 232
Departures from the Parish (including Children)
1866
No. 2 9th April, farmer Peder Chr. Nielssen, age 39, destination America
No. 3 9th April, Gurine M. Thomas', age 34, destination America
and their children
No. 4 9th April, Marit, age 8, destination America
No. 5 9th April, Jensine??, age 6, destination America
No. 6 9th April, Nelle Christine, age 3, destination America
No. 7 9th April, Petrine Brigette, age 1, destination America
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Our family, is next found in the "Utvandring frå Bergen til Quebec, 1865-1874" database in the Norway National Archives website. This list tells us that they sailed on the Bark, ADLER, with a gross tonnage of 463 tons that left from Bergen, Norway on 19 May 1866 and arrived in Quebec, Canada on 02 July 1866. The family group contained Peder Nielsen Sjonæs m 39 Helgeland, Oline Thomasdtr Sjonæs f 34, Marit Pedersdtr Sjonæs f 7 Jensine Pedersdtr Sjonæs f 5, Nille Pedersdtr Sjonæs f 3, --- Sjonæs suckling - 7/8. [Note: Gurine's first name was entered incorrectly.]
This is where we will leave Peder and his family making their journey to their new home in America.
Sources:
1.) "Norway, Select Marriages, 1660-1926," database and digital image online, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 July 2017), citing original data from Norway, Marriages, 1660-1926, FamilySearch.org; Peder Christian Nilsen, and Gurine Marie Thomasdatter, 30 September 1860, FHL Film #307101, originally from the Mo, Nordland, Norway official Parish Register.
2.) "1865 Census for Mo," online database, Norway's National Archives (https://digitalarkivet.no/en : accessed 11 July 2017), County: Nordland, Municipality (1947): Mo, Nord-Rana, Geographic area: Mo Prgj. Mo sokn, Census District: 002 Den faste Skole, Rural residence: 0001 Sjonæs, Løpenr/Bnr: 303a, household of Peder Nielssen.
3.) "Parish Register, Departure from the Parish Records," online database, Norway's National Archives (http://www.digitalarkivet.no : accessed 11 July 2017), SAT, Ministerialprotokoller, klokkerbøker og fødselsregistre" - Nordland, 827/L0392: Parish register (official) no. 827A04, 1853-1866, p. 232, for the year 1866, Peder Nielssen family, lines 2-7. Quicklink:https://media.digitalarkivet.no/en/kb20050427031062
It was fun to share this portion of Peder's life story with you. I hope you are having a good week and that I can look forward to having you join me here again next Wednesday.
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