In the 1865 Norwegian census you can find over 80 males with names like Carl/Karl Evensen. There are always great possibilities of people with the same or very very similar names.
quote:This is the first lead I have had of my 'mystery man' but is he the right Carl Lauritz Emil Evensen? How likely is it that two people have the same name? If it was him why would he change his age/birth details?
Why would he change his age/birth details?? Well, why do you assume he had some solid knowledge of his birthday or that the record you are looking at wasn't just an error itself? Was that important to his life at the time? I have a number of ancestors who had VERY poor memories of dates.
Hi Hopkins You have given me food for thought. The many variations of names is confusing and of course the challenge is to find the right ancestor in amongst the errors, omissions, truth and lies. Sometimes a casual attitude to actual date, age and/or name or changing the truth to better suit the situation are things I have come across recently. Nothing is simple is it? However, Carl [Karl] Lauritz Emil Evensen - my mystery man - did exist and I can only hope that I find him -or kind people help me to fill in gaps in his history. Many thanks!
c.a.atkinson
Edited by - Carolyn Atkinson on 17/04/2011 10:36:39
eibache - thanks for that. By my reckoning when Gurine and Syverine left Denmark in 1872 Carl would have been about 16 years old. He would have been working. I am curious if there are any census records that might indicate what his occupation was. Just for the record Gurine married again in New Zealand in 1875 to Engebret Olsen whose name is listed directly below hers and Syverine's in the passenger listing for the 'Hovding'. Perhaps she was - again - a widow and had decided to start a new life in New Zealand and during the voyage developed a relationship with Engebret Olsen - perhaps? I am interested in the 'lost years' of Carl between the time of his mother and sisters departure in 1872 and his eventual arrival in New Zealand in about 1890-1891. There is plenty of time for him to emigrate somewhere and possibly marry - or not. Perhaps he was a seaman - that might account for him not being 'found' in Denmark census records. I am determined to find him.
Carl Lauritz Emil Evensen
Posted - 08/04/2011 : 01:18:30
