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unclepete
Starting member
Australia
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 Posted - 15/08/2007 : 09:15:27
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Thanks to some very helpful information from this website I've uncovered valuable information about my Norwegian Ancestors but have failed to throw any light on the circumstances surrounding the death of my Great Great Grandfather Samuel Nicholas Leth the Ships carpenter and son of Hans Helmer Leth.
Samuel didn't come to Australia but apparently died between 1856 when his daughter Juliane Marie was born and the 1865 Census at Ostre Moland which shows his wife as a widow with sons Jens, Hans and Jorgen. Curiosly Juliane is missing. One of the birth records shows his full name as SAMUEL NIKOLAI HANSEN LOTH VASMEKROGEN STROMSBOE. What do the last 2 names mean. Are they to do with his address or maybe his profession. How, where and when Samuel died seems to be a mystery can anyone throw any light on this for me? |
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jwiborg
Norway Heritage Veteran
Norway
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Posted - 15/08/2007 : 10:03:45
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Hi,
Varmekrogen is a bay in Strømsbu, Arendal, just outside the city centre.
About 10 minutes from where I live... 
You had the spelling wrong..., it was incorrectly transcribed from a parish record.
Strømsbu, Arendal in Aust-Agder county would be the name of the location today. Varmekrogen could be the name of the farm in those days. There is no farm by that name there now, but the bay is called Varmekrogen.
It sounds like a warm nice bay, because it can be directly translated into "heated corner"... Its likely that this small bay kept some heated water (heated from the sun), so it didn't got mixed up with the colder water coming from the ocean.
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eibache
Norway Heritage Veteran
Norway
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Posted - 15/08/2007 : 12:56:47
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Tmand (Carpenter) Samuel Nicolai Leth died 40 years old April 28 1864 and was burried May 5. No specific illnes, accident or other comments to his death is given.
See #23
Juliane Marie Samuelsdatter Leth died March 6 1865, she was then 9 years old. No reason for her death is recorded. See #13 |
Einar |
Edited by - eibache on 15/08/2007 15:56:31 |
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jwiborg
Norway Heritage Veteran
Norway
4961 Posts |
Posted - 15/08/2007 : 16:14:59
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Samuel Nicolai Leth is listed as Strandsidder in the Ministerialbok for the same funeral.
Strandsidder = a seaside resident (non-landowning)
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Samuel Leth Ships Carpenter
