My Great Grandfather Iver Andreas Larsen was born in Fana Hordaland in 1854. On the 1875 census he was a fyrboter and was still living with his mother Malen Andreasdatter in Fana. They are both gone by the 1900 census. Howevwe niether are shown as leaving in the out emmigration records 1877-1889 My iver was married in Washington State in 1891 and died in 1922 in Wenatchee Washington USA. I want to know if the Merchant Marine Records would help me locate his employer and the ship he worked on? Any information would be helpful.
1865-census for 1249 Fana, Samdal Lars Iversen hf Gaardbruger og Selveier g 62 m Lindaas Præstegjeld Malene Andreasdatter Hans Kone g 55 k Fana Iver Andreas Larsen Deres Søn ug 12 m Fana
Marriage in Fana May 19. 1844 Brudgom (Groom) uk og gm Lars Iversen Famestad 34 Brur (Bride) p Malene Andreasdtr Øvrenatland 30 Brugdom far Gm Ivar Olsen Famestad i Møkings sogn Brur far Afg gm Andreas Botolfsen Øvrenatland Forlovar David Nielsen Øvrenatland Forlovar Anders Johansen Indre Arne
The rural chronicles states that Ivar emigrated, unfortunately there's no date. He was an only child.
Lars was the oldest son of Ivar Ols. 1771-1852 Fammestad and wife Anna Olsd. 1775-1852 (Baptism: Døbt den 16de August af Herr Blichfeldt)
Malenas nephews (sons of her brother Bottolf) Andreas and Fredrik emigrated too.
Emigr. from Bergen 1896 Nov. 24 Andreas Botolfsen Natland m ug Hoteleier 1853 43 Fane Bergen
Fredrik was back for a visit in: 1911 Juni 26 Fred Bottolfsen Natland m e Handelsmand 1867 44 Natland Fane State of Wash Amk Vancouver Br C Nei Været i Norge paa besøk siden 25 mai Handelsmand Amk Borger
I'm curious why Cynthia has the assumption that Iver A. Larsen was in the Merchant Marine in Norway. I haven't noticed any documentation to that effect in this thread.
Maybe because he's listed as "fyrbøter" (stoker) in the 1875 census. And sailors often were not included in the emigration protocols. He's not listed in "1875-tellingen, bergenske skip i utenriksfart " (sailers on merchant navy ship registered in Bergen), so he may have worked on a local boat at that time.
Iver Andreas Larsen
Posted - 25/06/2006 : 22:49:40
