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cathnash
New on board
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 01/11/2010 : 12:43:00
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My great great grandfather was a Norwegian sailor who emigrated to England in the late 1800s. His name was Samuel Cooper (obviously not very Norwegian) on the English Census and he was born in Norway in about 1847. He named his children: Hannah (girl), Alma (boy), Atalanta (girl) and Lema (boy). We wondered whether he named his children after ships he had sailed on? He would have been in his early 20s when the Hannah Parr, Atalanta and Alma sailed from Norway. I can not find "Lema" anywhere yet. My questions are: would he have changed his name to a more english name on arrival in England? Is there anyway I can find out? Are there crew lists for the above named ships? Is our theory of naming after ships likely? Does anyone know of the name Lema as a ship or a nautical word? Or is Lema related to a place in Norway or a Norwegian word?
Many thanks.
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jkmarler
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
7848 Posts |
Posted - 01/11/2010 : 17:06:37
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Hi,
Interesting theory about the names, could be possible. Don't know where you might find sailor lists for the ships, though. I did look for Lema (dating from 1870-1900, including the word arrival)at www.genealogybank.com in the historical newspaper section and found quite a few references 34 exactly in the 'shipping news" and the clearest one I saw as a schooner Lema, captain Smith sailing from New Haven to Eliza... in Dec 4 1870 paper.
Also at Norwegian digital archives there were 48 whose names begin with Sam (which also includes Samson) and were born in 1847 in the 1865 Norwegian census transcription online. A goodly number of these were sailors or seafaring men.
Good Luck with your search.
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Kċarto
Norway Heritage Veteran
Norway
5861 Posts |
Posted - 01/11/2010 : 21:26:22
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Hi.
Hannah and Alma are common Norwegian female names, Atalanta and Lema, two very unusual names, I have seen it used only a couple of times.
To my knowledge Atalanta and Lema would have been female names in Norway.
There were in Norway 1865;
32 Samuel born ab1847.
97 born ab. 1846-48
166 born ab- 1845-49
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jwiborg
Norway Heritage Veteran
Norway
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Posted - 01/11/2010 : 22:51:27
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I'm not sure whether you're looking for Samuel's origin in Norway, Catherine?
As listed above, there are not that many Samuel's born around 1847. And lastname Cooper.... maybe his occupation was cooper?
Here is one Samuel Isaksen, born about 1846 in Skjervĝy, Troms. Occupation reads cooper-apprentice.
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cathnash
New on board
United Kingdom
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Posted - 02/11/2010 : 10:20:26
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Thank you everyone.
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Hannah Parr, Atalanta, Alma ships
