Niels Jørgen Hansen (1847 - bef. 1875)

Born 19 Feb 1847 in Smedkaasa under Bjørntvet søndre, Solum, Telemark, Norge

Ancestors

Husband of Jacobine Mathilde (Johansdatter) Hansen — married 23 Sep 1869 in Solum, Telemark, Norge

Died before 1875 before age 27 in at sea [uncertain]

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Biography

Niels Jørgen Hansen was born in Norway

Niels Jørgen Hansen was a sailor.

Nils Jørgen was born on 19 February 1847 at Smedkaasa under Bjørntvet søndre, Solum.^[1] He was the son of Hans Nielsen Vasvig and Anne Gundersdatter.^[1]

He was confirmed on 13 October 1861 in Porsgrunn.^[2]

In the 1865 census in Klyvegata, Vestsida, Porsgrunn, the 19 years old Niels Jørgen Hansen, birth place Solum, is listed in the household of Hans Nielsen and Kirsten Karine Nielsdatter as their son and sjømann (sailor).^[3]

He married Jacobine Mathilde Johansdatter (daughter of Johan Pedersen Svads and Petrea Jacobsdatter) on 23 September 1869 in Solum.^[4]

He must have died before 1875, when his spouse was stated as a widow.^[5]

One child is known:

1. Hans Johan Nilsen, born on 22 September 1871 at Molhaugen, Solum.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Scanned Norwegian Church records at Digitalarkivet. Solum parish, Telemark. SAKO/A-306/F/Fa/L0006: Parish register (official) no. I 6, 1844-1855. Births and Christenings page 28. No. 25. Født 19 Feb 1847, døpt 24 Mar 1847 Solum: Niels Jørgen, foreldre Sømand Hans Nielsen og Anne Gundersdatter Smedkaasen under Bjørntvedt. Faddere: Moderen Anne Gundersdatter, Kirstine Nielsdatter Smedkaasen, Anders Halvorsen Ekelund, Faderen Hans Nielsen, Niels Halvorsen Moldhaugen.
2. ↑ Scanned Norwegian Church records at Digitalarkivet. Porsgrunn parish, Telemark. SAKO/A-104/F/Fa/L0007: Parish register (official) no. 7, 1858-1877. Confirmations page 189. 13 Oct 1861 No. 36. Nils Jørgen Hansen født 19 Feb 1847 Solum, foreldre Hans Nilsen og Anne Gundersdatter.
3. ↑ Transcribed Norwegian Census records at Digitalarkivet. Year 1865 census. Porsgrunn, Telemark. Urban residence no. 371 Klyvegaden. 1) Skipstømmermann Hans Nielsen.
4. ↑ Scanned Norwegian Church records at Digitalarkivet. Solum parish, Telemark. SAKO/A-306/F/Fa/L0008: Parish register (official) no. I 8, 1865-1876. Weddings page 273. No. 26. 23 Sep 1869 Solum: Ungkarl Sømand Niels Jørgen Hansen f. Solum oph. Porsgrund 23 aar Fader Hans Nielsen, Pige Jacobine Mathilde Johannesdatter Moldhougen 22 aar Fader Johan Pedersen. Forlovere Johan Pedersen Svads og Isak Pedersen.
5. ↑ Transcribed Norwegian Census records at Digitalarkivet. Year 1875 census. Solum, Telemark, census district no. 3 Bjørntvedt og Tolnæs. Rural residence no. 86 Molhaugen. Snekker Johan Pedersen Svads.
6. ↑ Scanned Norwegian Church records at Digitalarkivet. Solum parish, Telemark. SAKO/A-306/F/Fa/L0008: Parish register (official) no. I 8, 1865-1876. Births and Christenings page 98. No. 138. Født 5 Sep 1871, døpt 25 Dec 1871: Hans Johan, foreldre Arbeider Nils Jørgen Hansen og Mathilde Johannesdatter Moldhoug. Faddere: Moderen, Hanna Hansdattyer, John P. Svads, Hans Hansen Lunde, Anders Hansen.

Acknowledgements

Hansen-18888 was created on 29 May 2022 from the Solumslekt database ID # 1213 by Leif Biberg Kristensen.