Norwegian Census

[emeloe1]

Excellent!! I see that it is from Sandviken, hopefully his brothers and sisters were baptized there as well! I will check!

I am now going to go back further to the great great great part of the family-this will be a journey! I am starting to trace forward to some of the living relatives as well, it is interesting that you can find more about the dead than the living. 

Thank you so much for your help!!
Erica

[kaysii]

If there were some children born just after the marriage you might also want to look at Nykirke where they got married. Good luck with your research!
kaysii

[emeloe1]

Hey Kaysii,
Thanks again for the links!  I have begun filling in the blanks up to the gr gr gr father and mothers's side but seemed to have hit a snag with the Melo side.  I have gotten to Isaac Anderson (Melo) who was married to Marie Olsdatter.  They seem to have been both born in 1824.  And with the link you sent me- Isaac's mother in the 1865 census is also named Olsdatter.  Bergitte Olsdatter.  In that census, they are  all living together-she is widowed.  According to her age, she must have been born about 1800 or so. 

I am trying to find her husband's name. I assume the first name is Anders (since Isaac's last name is Anderson).  I have searched through the Archives but there are so many people with the first name of Anders born about that time!   

I tried looking in the parish registers for Isaac Anderson's birth/baptism records to see the parents names but it was difficult because of the language.

Any ideas?  Sorry, to keep asking these questions!!   
Erica 

[emeloe1]

I just went in and did a search on family search.org for Isaac Anderson born 1824 etc and found some listings under Isaac Andreason Meloen and other variations with Marie Olsdatter as his wife and some of the children matched.   Although I did not see Johan Nils.  It seems that the father is Andreas Isaaksen.    So I guess Anderson is Andreason?  Everything seems to match, even his mom's name as Birgitte.
Erica

[kaysii]

Haven't found the baptism but the confirmation of Isak Oluf Andreasen is here no.25
http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read?idx_kildeid=16106&idx_id=16106&uid=ny&idx_side=-123
It makes a lot of sense that his father was Andreas as Isak calls his first born son Andreas and not Anders.
He was born 9 April 1824. Kristiansund was part of Kvernes parish, but it has been difficult to find out which of the related parishes he was baptised in.

I found Isak's and Marie's marriage in 1852 which is unfortunately is at the bottom of the page and much info is lost including her father's full name which will make tracing her a little more problematic
http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read?idx_kildeid=6413&idx_id=6413&uid=ny&idx_side=-263

[kaysii]

This is probably Andreas Isaksen in the 1801 census
http://digitalarkivet.no/cgi-win/webcens.exe?slag=visbase&sidenr=5&filnamn=f18011553&gardpostnr=355&personpostnr=4475&merk=4475#ovre
His baptism is here on the right side. Born 5 Nov 1795 and baptised on the the 9th Novhttp://www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read?idx_kildeid=2283&idx_id=2283&uid=ny&idx_side=-230

Here is a possible for Birgithe here born Aug 10 bap Aug 18 1799 to parents Ole Johanneson and Ane Ingebriktsdatter but I've not found them on the 1801 census.

There are other children born to Bergitha and Andreas that can be found on family search, but I cannot find either their marriage or Isak's baptism record, there is either a register missing somewhere or they were married elsewhere. There is a son Johan born in 1826 http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read?idx_kildeid=16102&idx_id=16102&uid=ny&idx_side=-49
 and there is a Ragnhild Olsdatter as a witness to his baptism who is possibly a sister of Bergitta. If her parents are those found above, they also have a daughter Ragnhild born in 1796

[emeloe1]

Wow, you're good! That's amazing! I think I went back 7 generations with that one!  It's kind of funny, when you want to find out where your name came from , in my case , Meloe-you end up in a totally different place!  I think my lack of Norwegian is limiting me here.  I am really thankful for your help.  They should have a language course in Norwegian Genealogy!

I was able to locate today the headstones of my great grandmother Maren Meloe and my great Uncle Otto Larsen. What a thrill!  They actually have the photos on a genealogy project in Norway.

I remember when I was in Bergen awhile back visiting my father's house with him-we visited Uncle Otto and Aunt Olive in Trondheim and met some cousins.  Their names were Trond Arve and Jan Uwe.  I assume they are Larsens.  I do not know the names of Uncle Otto's children-cannot find them on family search or ancestry. ( to see who their children were)   Once again, while you are alive-tough to find!

We also met some cousins David and Tove, also do not remember their last names!ugh!

I have searched on Facebook for Trond Arve Larsen but the faces do not match but granted he was young when I met him.

So thankful for your help!  I think I may be getting the hang of the census but the parish registry just gets me because of the language!

Erica

[kaysii]

Realised I hadn't included baptism record of Birgitta Olsdatter
http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read?idx_kildeid=2283&idx_id=2283&uid=ny&idx_side=-233
Here is the confirmation record in 1815. Unfortunately parents names were not recorded at this time. She appears to be living at ?valvig
http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read?idx_kildeid=2283&idx_id=2283&uid=ny&idx_side=-180

[emeloe1]

Thanks Kaysii!  Still working on Otto Larsen (born 1907) and his children-don't know their names-will check family search.  His wife's name was Olive -don't know her maiden name.
Erica