Norwegian Census

[emeloe1]

Thanks for the link!  It appears the my great grandmother Maren Melo was a widow for a while and that my grandfather Isak Melo was two or younger when his father died (from the link above I assume the father was Johan Nils Isaksen Melo). 

I am trying to find some more info on my great grandfather (Johan Nils)  but it is hard. 

Does anybody know the origin of Melo or Meloe?  It seems that most of the names end in sen etc but mine ends in o or oe depending.       My father told me it was from an island in Norway. 

But I am trying to trace the Melo name back and it is hard when my great grandfather has a name of Isaksen Melo.  Was Isaksen also his last name???

You all have been so helpful!!
Thank you!!
Erica

[janrm]

Two more of your ggran father's siblings:

Oline Ragna Isaksd Meløen
1863 f. Kristiansund, Møre og Romsdal   
Johanna Isaksdatter Meløen
1866 f. Kristiansund, Møre og Romsdal   

Haven't checked it against the registers though!

J

[janrm]

Apparently Johan Isaksen Melø died Feb 6, 1885.

http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read?idx_kildeid=5313&idx_id=5313&uid=ny&idx_side=-41
 

His death was caused by a blow to his head,

J

[emeloe1]

Thank you ever so much!  Wow, a blow to the head.  Wonder how that happened??

I saw the Meloen also and thought that perhaps they were related and then when I saw the Isak I thought that was even more of a possibility. 

But wondering how the Meloen is related to the Melo (Meloe)?  Can names change like that?

Thanks!
Erica

[kaysii]

I am wondering when and if they were allowed to change their name to Melo.  My father told me that he thought my grandfather changed his name to Melo from Isacson. (because of the island of Meloy (?) )   How did you come about these resources?

Many people used the patronymic as a surname. Others used a placename and it was not an issue of being allowed. The resources I used can be found at the digital Norwegian archives. http://arkivverket.no/eng/content/view/full/629.
kaysii

[kaysii]

Isak appears to be here in 1885:
http://digitalarkivet.no/cgi-win/WebCens.exe?slag=visbase&sidenr=5&filnamn=f81503&gardpostnr=280&personpostnr=3261#nedre
His mother is a widow, is it "Maren Pedersen" the burnt book reads, kaysii?
J

I think the name is Maren Gjertine Pettersen. I think it gives her birthdate as 11 May 1854 and she was born in Fredo.  I think this is her baptism here second from the top http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read?idx_kildeid=6413&idx_id=6413&uid=ny&idx_side=-149
The parents were unmarried Her father is Isak Pettersen and her mother Bereth Christensdatter.

Here they are in 1865 now married.
http://digitalarkivet.no/cgi-win/webcens.exe?slag=visbase&sidenr=17&filnamn=f61503&gardpostnr=430&personpostnr=4469&merk=4469#ovre
I think that Maren in 1885 is living with her father and I assume his second wife.

[kaysii]

I am trying to find some more info on my great grandfather (Johan Nils)  but it is hard. 
Erica

The 1865 census link I gave you gives Johan Nils father's name as Isak Andersen and his wife Marie Olsdatter born in Tingvold. Isak Andersen's widowed mother Bergitte Olsdatter is living with them. This needs further confirmation but this maybe her in 1801
http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/webcens.exe?slag=visbase&sidenr=11&filnamn=f18011553&gardpostnr=327&personpostnr=4237&merk=4237#ovre

[kaysii]

Am still wondering about my grandmother Larsen.   

You said you found her here in 1900 census in Selbu.
http://digitalarkivet.no/cgi-win/WebCens.exe?slag=visbase&sidenr=11&filnamn=f01664&gardpostnr=753&personpostnr=4545&merk=4545#ovre

Here is her father in 1865 http://digitalarkivet.no/cgi-win/WebCens.exe?slag=visbase&sidenr=20&filnamn=f61664&gardpostnr=859&personpostnr=4719&merk=4719#ovre.

Here is the family in 1910, but Hilda is not living there.
http://digitalarkivet.arkivverket.no/ft/person/pf01036850005053

Could this be Hilda in Bergen in 1910 but it gives her birthdate as 29 Mar 1886 in Christiania.
http://digitalarkivet.arkivverket.no/ft/person/pf01036708071650
Here is the family before Hilda was born in Christiania in 1885
http://digitalarkivet.no/cgi-win/webcens.exe?slag=visbase&sidenr=9&filnamn=f80301&gardpostnr=5064&personpostnr=112258&merk=112258#ovre
Here is her baptism at Paulus in Christiania in 1886
http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read?idx_kildeid=7195&idx_id=7195&uid=ny&idx_side=-354
Her mother's maiden name Amanda Johannesen

[kaysii]

Here is your grandparents marriage record in Nykirke Bergen
http://digitalarkivet.no/cgi-win/webcens.exe?slag=visbase&sidenr=13&filnamn=vi12011912ny&gardpostnr=245#nedre
and in the register
http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read?idx_kildeid=2019&idx_id=2019&uid=ny&idx_side=-154
The register is clearer that your grandfather's name is Isak Bernhard Melø