Author Topic: The North of Europe Land & Mining Co. Ltd.  (Read 12610 times)

Offline HanneM

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Re: The North of Europe Land & Mining Co. Ltd.
« Reply #45 on: Sunday 29 December 13 14:15 GMT (UK) »
Hi, I'm not sure if this is still active, but I'll try to post anyway.

I'm trying to find my great great grandfather's father, which was one of the englishmen who founded this company. Or, so my grandfather believes. I know for a fact that he worked there, in a high position, so it seem logic that he was one of the co-founders. All I know is that he had an affair with my great great great grandmother, and that they had a son i the late 1800's. She left her son with her sister and her family in Herøy. I don't know if he was married at the time, or had any children. He was a bit older than her, I think. I believe she worked as a maid or something, and I think she lived in Mosjøen. I don't know which one the englishmen that could be his father, I haven't founds a listings which mentions either names. So I wonder if perhaps anyone knows if any of these man had a child in Norway. I would like to know who he was, and if I have any relatives in England. And it would be nice for my grandfather to know where his ancestry is from. All of the Brænden-relatives at that time where blond and blue-eyed, my great great grandfather had dark hair and dark eyes, which I believe is an heritage of his father. If anyone could help me find him, or give examples of pages I might visit, I would be thrilled!
Best regards,
Hanne, from Herøy - Norway :-)

I found out some new facts about my great great grandfather. He did grow up at his aunt and uncle, but they lived around Mosjøen, not in Herøy as I first wrote. He driftes the farm for a few years before he bought his farm in Herøy. He was born in 1882. And his mothers relatives came from Gudbrandsdalen.

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Re: The North of Europe Land & Mining Co. Ltd.
« Reply #46 on: Thursday 24 December 20 22:58 GMT (UK) »
Hi all, Stephen was my second great grandfather. As far as I can tell he and Emily divorced in 1856 or 1859 I can’t recall which so I assume he remarried. If anyone has any intel on his ancestors I’d be most grateful, busy researching!