Ann Dortea Danielsdatter's Ancestors

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We wish to thank Åse for sharing the research done by genealogist Kaare Hasselberge, with us. 

Daniel Knudsen was born about 1741 in Bodø, Nordland County, Norway, the youngest of three known children of Knud Hansen and Anne Danielsdatter. He was born on a farm named Ny-Jogården in Øvre-Løding and lived there until 1755 when his parents died. He was 14 years old at the time and came to work in the home of his future in-laws, where he met his future bride Karen Olsdatter. In 1762, he left his job and became a cottager on Karen’s father’s farm. A year later on November 23, 1763 Daniel and Karen were married and had at least seven children. On the wedding record they are both listed as living on the Hopen farm, which is on Tverrlandet in Bodin. (Mouse over and click on image right to enlarge in a new window or tab.) He worked and lived there until his death. The Bodø Sogneprest Ministerialbog No. 1762 - 1795 has a death and burial record for him dated March 30, 1785. This record gives his age as 50 years old, but could be wrong, as folks then did not keep track of their age as we do today.

Karen Olesdatter was born about 1744 in Bodø, Nordland County, Norway, the third child of five born to Ole Jansen and Rakel Pedersdatter. She met her future husband, Daniel Knudsen as a child, when he came to work for her family. They married on November 23, 1763 and had at least seven children, all baptized in the Bodø Parish on the dates shown – Dorithe, called Doret who was born on October 31, 1762, 11 months prior to the marriage; ancestor Ane Dortea; Lisbet in about 1765; a son who was born and died on November 22, 1767; Ole on July 30, 1769; Karen on May 11, 1777 and daughter Berit who was born and died in 1783.

Karen’s husband Daniel died in 1785 leaving her with a young child. So Karen moved in with her sister Kiersten, who had married a rich man named Hans. They lived in Givær on the Væran archipelago, which is about 25 km due west of Bodø’s central terminus. It is known as Bodø’s westernmost outpost and today is the world’s only remaining traditional village of the type typical to Nordland County, whose permanent population earns a living through fishing, milk production, cheese making, sheep farming and eider down collection. (Mouse over image left.) Here Karen met a man and married him in the nearby town of Lyngvær in January of 1789. Her second husband died and she returned to Bodø to live with her daughter, ancestor Anne Dortea’s family. On the 1801 census for 1843P Bodø they are all on the Rønviig farm and Karen is listed as 53 years old, twice widowed and under the keep of charity. Karen Olesdatter died in June of 1811 and was buried on the 3^rd Sunday after Trinity, June 30^th in Bodø.

Knud Hansen was born about 1689 to unknown parents, possibly in Bergen, Hordaland County, Norway. Volume II:5 of  The Bodin Bygdebok states that in 1717 he was a farmer on the Elstad farm, which is in Løding, today a suburb of Bodø on the Tverrlandet peninsula in Nordland County. Here, he is said to have been a servant, who was born in Bergen. On January 17, 1717, he married Ingborg Joensdatter in Bodø, listed as of Øvre Løding. (Mouse over and click on their marriage record image right to enlarge in a new window or tab.) All of their three children are listed as being born at Øvre Løding. They are — daughter Rachel was baptized only three months after the marriage on April 11^th and married Helli Olisson; eldest son Hans, was baptized on September 17, 1719, and married Berit Torresdatter had a son named Hans, lived on the Nedre Løding farm, and died at age 36, a month after his father died; and lastly, Jon, baptized on January 1, 1722, was on the Øvre Løding farm with his father in 1755. The first few years of their marriage Knud and Engborg were renters on this Øvre Løding farm.

The Bodin Bygdebok continues to state that from 1721 to 1754 Knud was working on the Ny-Jogården farm in Øvre -Løding (Upper Løding), Bodø. This implies that Knud now had permission to rent out pieces of property to another renter. After his father-in-law died in 1725, the probate records noted that he did not own most of the livestock or all of the land on the farm. Then Knud’s wife died in 1727, leaving him with three young children. One of the assets listed in her probate was a northlandic boat.

Sometime prior to 1740, Knud married ancestor Anne Danielsdatter. They had two sons together-see Anne’s bio for more on the children . In 1744, Knut and his family received grain from the government, but never could repay the debt. The List of People of Bodin Around 1750 compiled by Pastor Blom Svendsen in 1749, has them listed with three sons, ages 23, 9 and 8 years of age, all on a farm listed only as Nedre Løding (Lower Løding). (Mouse over image below in Anne's bio for translations.)

Knud Hansen died at 66 years old, on the Øvre Løding farm prior to his burial on Sunday, January 5, 1755. His burial is recorded in the Bodø parish registers between January 3^rd and Epiphania, which in 1755 was January 6^th. Being that a count of communicants is recorded on the day he was buried, it must have been a Sunday. His probate was settled on May 12, 1755. The Probate Index Card list all of his five children by first wife and widow. (Mouse over and click on his Probate Index Card image left to enlarge in a new window or tab.) His total debt was twice as much as his worth, but half of it was owed in Bergen. The livestock listed were, one old horse, 5 cattle and one cow. He also owned one Håkjerring, a kind of shark, and had some fishing equipment. His son Jon took over the running of the farm.

Anne Danielsdatter was born about 1695 to Berit Olsdatter and her husband Daniel, surname unknown. Some researchers say she was raised by her mother’s second husband, Lars Olsen, but she isn’t listed as a child in his probate papers. Prior to 1739, she married widower  Knud Hansen, who already had three children, who most likely were adults by the time they married. Knud and Anne had two sons most likely born on the Nedre Løding farm in Bodø, Nordland County, Norway — Abraham, born about 1740 and ancestor Daniel. (Mouse over the image above right of their listing in The List of People of Bodin Around 1750 for translations.) Her husband died in January of 1755 leaving her with two teenaged sons.  From his probate, we know Anne Danielsdatter died after her husband, but when is unknown. She may even have married again. Unfortunately, nothing else is known about her.

Ole Jansen was born about 1703 in Bodø, Nordland County, Norway, the only known child of Jan Olsen and Marit Mikkelsdatter. He took over the farm Klavegsården in Hopen, which today is a small village in Bodø, from his parents in about 1735. He probably married Rakel Pedersdatter about this time and they had at least five children together. Not many records exist for this time period, but of those that do, his surname is recorded as Johansen and Johanssen. On the List of People of Bodin Around 1750, compiled by Pastor Blom Svendsen in 1749, Olle Johansen and Rakel Pedersd are listed as living on the Hopen farm with their two eldest daughters, Marta, age 10 and Lisbet, age 8. The two other children were too young to be listed. Today, this list is referred to as the 1749 census.

Three years after his wife died in 1768, at the age of 65, he divided his farm in half. He gave a half to each of his two eldest daughters, who both married that year, and their husbands. The new names became Old Jogården and Tomasgården. It is not known if Ole remained on the land or moved. When Ole died and was buried in the Bodø Parish churchyard on January 29, 1789, the record listed him as 88 year old Ole Johanssen of what looks like Gimon. (Mouse over image right and click to enlarge in a new window or tab.)

Rakel Pedersdatter was born about 1710 possibly in the village of Løding in Bodø, Nordland County, Norway to parents Peder Johannessen and Lisbet Jonsdatter. She married Ole Jansen and they had at least five children together, all born in Bodø – Marta born about 1739; Lisbet born about 1741; ancestor Karen; Kiersten baptized on February 20, 1746; and Peder baptized on October 3, 1751, and died at the age of 24 while fishing in Straumen.

Rakel’s death and burial was recorded in the Bodø Parish records on May 10, 1765. It states she died at the age of 49, which would make her birth in 1716. So again the age on the burial record is incorrect. (Mouse over image left and click to enlarge in a new window or tab.) There are probate records for her which seem to indicate that she was an independent women. She owned a silver cup and spoons, which were both mortgaged; 8 cows and 2 heifers; three houses-a boat house, a sea house and a sjøskjag, which is a leaky house that the wind could blow through to dry things; clothing and fishing gear. When her estate was settled it had more assets than debt.

Daniel, whose surname is unknown, and his wife Berit Olsdatter’s ancestries are unknown. They married and are the parents of ancestor Anne Danielsdatter. Nothing is known about Daniel, except that he must have died young as they only had one child, ancestor Anne. It is assumed that Berit was still young when her husband died, so she married a man named Lars Olsen, who it is said raised her daughter Anne. Berit and Lars had four additional children, all born on the Heggemoen farm in Bodø, Nordland County, Norway – Lisbeth, who married Jacob Amundsen and died about 1742; Anders, who lived on the Hūnstad farm; Ole, who stayed on the Heggemoen farm; and Kirsti. Lars died on the Heggemoen farm and was buried on January 9, 1749. His probate was settled on April 14, 1749, and his Probate Index Card supports the first three children mention above. His long probate document is hard to read, but it does seems to include a daughter Kristi, who is married to a Lars Olsen with a son Ole, who live on the Hopen Farm. He did not mention Berit’s daughter, ancestor Anne, in his probate, so it’s doubtful he raised her.

Berit Olsdatter died on the Heggemoen farm and was buried on the holy day of Palmarum, which in 1758 fell on March 19^th. Her age is listed on the burial record as 82 years old, which puts her birth to about 1676. (Mouse over her burial image right and click to enlarge in a new window or tab.) Her estate was probated on August 4, 1758. Unfortunately, there isn’t a Probate Index Card for her, as her long probate papers are difficult to read. In them she mentions her children with Lars, including Kristi and ancestor Anne and her two sons, Abraham and ancestor Daniel.

Jan Olsen was born about 1675 to unknown parents. Some researchers believe he could be the brother of Lars Olsen of Heggmoen, Bodø, Nordland County, Norway. It seems that when he married Marit Mikkelsdatter, he took over the farm called Pergården, which she had been left from her first husband. We know for sure that he was a farmer at Ovre-Løding on this farm, from 1703 until his death in 1743. So the marriage must have been in 1702 or 1703. Only one child is known from the marriage, ancestor Ole. Jan was also a fisherman and invested heavily in a small fishing business. Jan died after his wife, probably in 1743 in Bodø. Unfortunately, birth, marriage, and death records for this period in Bodø, do not exist.

Marit Mikkelsdatter was born about 1670 to unknown parents. Some researchers believe she is from Hunstad farm on Innstranda in Bodin, Nordland County, Norway, and may be the daughter of Mikkel Nilsson. Marit married Hans Abelsson, who was from Hopen and took over the farm, Pergården, between 1686 and 1697. He died before 1702, and Marit inherited some silver and the farm as his widow. It is not known if they had any children. She then married Jan Olsson Løding, who took over and ran the farm. They had ancestor Ole soon after the marriage and probably had other children. Marit Mikkelsdatter died before 1735.

Peder Johannessen was baptized on September 21, 1673 in the Skjerstad Parish, Nordland County, Norway (mouse over image left). He was born on the Ytre (Outer)-Fauske farm, one of eight children of Johannes Jeremiassen and his unnamed wife.

Peder married Lisbet Jonsdatter and they had three daughters and one son, but their only known named child was ancestor Rakel Pedersdatter. Little is known about his wife Lisbet. Some say she was born about 1680 to unknown parents. Peder was a farmer at Jakobgärden on the Nedre (Lower) - Løding farm from about 1710 until just prior to his death in 1713.

Sometime in or before1713 Peder went by sea to Røst, an Island in the Lofoten archipelago, about 100 km west of Bodø. Lofoten is known for its distinctive scenery with mountains and peaks, open sea and sheltered bays, beaches and untouched lands. The archipelago experiences one of the world's largest elevated temperature anomalies relative to its high latitude. Today the only way to get there is by boat or plane. (Mouse over map right.)

Peder died in Røst in the winter of 1712/13. His probate was settled on July 8, 1713, where it states he was from the Nedre Løding farm, and that he died, in a terrible way, in Røst, most likely by drowning. It also tells us he left four young children, but their names are not given. (Mouse over his Probate Index Card image left and click on it to enlarge in a new window or tab.) He owned a great deal of livestock, but his debt was twice as much as his assets, which means he left his wife with nothing. His wife Lisbet is said to have died after 1724, but a death record for her hasn’t been found. Having such young children, she probably married again. Unfortunately, nothing more is known about them.