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Karen Olsen
Starting member
Australia
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 Posted - 12/10/2009 : 00:55:51
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Hi,
I would like some help, please, to find out when and how my great grandfather and his family left Norway for Madagascar. Ole Olsen (1835-1911, a seaman/sail maker, born and living in Hetland, Stavanger) left Norway for Madagascar, I think, between 1868 and 1875. His wife, Bertha Marie Sivertdatter, and four children also went there and another three children were probably born on Madagascar. The eldest child, Martha Serine (Olsdatter) was working in Morondava in 1879 and married the missionary Lars Jakobsen Rostvig in 1881 in Tulear, Madagascar. I have not been able to find Ole or the Olsen family on a ship's list. What ships could they have traveled on and how can I find passenger lists to check? I believe that the Norwegian Missionary Society had a ship, the Elieser, traveling between Norway and Madagascar by about 1867. There was also the Vikingen? Could it have been one of these?
Karen. |
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Kåarto
Norway Heritage Veteran
Norway
5861 Posts |
Posted - 12/10/2009 : 13:23:59
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Hi, information about this family is coming here
Kåre |
Edited by - Kåarto on 12/10/2009 13:24:40 |
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Karen Olsen
Starting member
Australia
29 Posts |
Posted - 12/10/2009 : 23:24:16
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Hi Kåre,
I found this excellent site through that topic when I started tracing my family. After getting some docs for my ancestors I was sure that they were my family. It was a very good start! I found birth entries in church registers in Norway for the first 4 children, through the digital archives (4th one, Olaf Bertinius, born in 1868). I now know (through an obituary) that the family first lived on Madagascar when they left Norway and that at least one of the children (Gudmund) but probably the last 3, were born there. It has been difficult trying to find information from Madagascar. Later (not sure of the year but probably around 1885) the family moved to South Africa. I would very much like to find out when and how they traveled to Madagascar... and South Africa.
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jwiborg
Norway Heritage Veteran
Norway
4961 Posts |
Posted - 15/10/2009 : 17:36:29
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Hi,
you could possibly try to contact Det Norske Misjonsselskap (The Norwegian Mission Society), who have a big archive from early Norwegian settlement in Madagascar. Link
Travelling in Madagascar in those days was a bit different from today. Pictured is Aagoth Kjeldseth, wife of printing house manager Thomas Jørgensen.
Lars Jakobsen Røstvig (1846-1936), who served on Madagascar from 1874-1911.
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Edited by - jwiborg on 15/10/2009 17:45:54 |
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hasto
Senior member
Norway
294 Posts |
Posted - 15/10/2009 : 19:15:34
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The family is mentioned on page 620 in the book "Norsk Misjons Leksikon III".
Martha Serine Olsen (1862-1941) came with her parents to Madagascar, and was 1881 married to Lars Jakobsen Røstvig. She returned to Norway 1911.
Lars Jakobsen Røstvig (1846-1936) , a missionary student 1868-1873, ordination in Kristiansand 1874, to Madagascar 1874, established Tulear Missionary Station 1874-1875, Morondava Station 1875-1879, and back to Tulear 1879-1911. He was a tilsynsmann (supervisor) 1888-1911.
1876 he married to Anna Elisabeth, b. Figved. 1881 he married Martha Serine Olsen.
There is no mention of South Africa. |
Harald S Storaker
4586 Korshamn, Norge |
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jwiborg
Norway Heritage Veteran
Norway
4961 Posts |
Posted - 15/10/2009 : 19:22:06
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quote:
Originally posted by hasto
There is no mention of South Africa.
She is asking about Lars Jakobsen Røstvig's parents-in-law.
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Karen Olsen
Starting member
Australia
29 Posts |
Posted - 17/10/2009 : 01:34:59
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Hi,
thank you very much for your help and suggestions. I am most interested in finding out about the lives of my great grandparents, Ole Olsen and Bertha Siverdatter and their children but any information on the extended family is also interesting and most welcome. I have found some information and lovely portraits of Lars Rostvig and Marthe Olsdatter (my great aunt) through the NMS site.
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Karen Olsen
Starting member
Australia
29 Posts |
Posted - 31/12/2009 : 12:21:57
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Hi,
I just want to update this topic. I contacted the very helpful people at the NMS Archives and received this information - Ole Olsen left Norway in 1872 on the Agnes. His wife and children joined him in 1876, traveling on the Elieser. The youngest child, Anna Kristine was born in Tulear, Madagascar on 21 February 1882.
Cheers,
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Ships to Madagascar
