Sjofna, H. Ellingsen

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Burden	Built	Shipowner or operator	Dimensions
183 kl	1849 at Drammen, Norway	H. Ellingsen, Drammen, Norway

Year	Remarks
1850	Captain Søren A. Hovland from Drammen to New York Sep. 21 Passenger list:
1850	June 26 off the Start (England): for Norway
1850	Arrived after 6 weeks New York with passengers. Total fraight $3000, leaving Sept. 28 for St. Johnes N.B. in ballast
1850	October 5, St. John N.B. from New York, loading the 10th for London, left Oct. 26
1850	November 25 off Deal (England): from St. John N. B. to London, arriving London Nov. 27
1851	April 3. London from Drammen, leaving London May 9 for Norway
1851	Captain Søren A. Hovland from Drammen May 31 to New York July 21 Passenger list:
1851	leaving Drammen with 169 passengers (Fraight $3300)
1851	July 25. Leaving New York for Br. Northamerica in ballast
1851	August 11 Richibuto from New York
1852	March 30 London from Drammen, return April 16 to Norway
1852	May 15 A large numbers (600-650) of emigrants from Numedal, Sigdal, Krødsherad, Ringerike, Valdres and other country people were meeting up in Drammen to sail with Christiane, Sjofna, Drafna and Vestalinden to the Promised Land
1852	Captain Søren A. Hovland from Drammen May 18 to Quebec July 4
1852	July 28 Leaving Quebec for London, August 31 off Dover, arriving Gravesend/London Sept. 2
1852	September 25 leaving London for Norway
1853	April 9 Gravesend/London from Drammen, returning April 23 to Norway
1853	Captain Søren A. Hovland from Drammen May 17 to Quebec July 16
1853	Leaving Drammen with some 265 emigrants, most from Numedal and Sigdal
1853	Arrived Quebec delayed after 59 days, due to Storm and headwinds. The Captain followed passengers to Montreal where they the 20th continued inland.
1853	The health onboard was good but 4 children died. One infant died shortly after birth due to mother's early delivery. Another girl put ashore at New-Fundland after her own choice.
1853	Captain feared some runaway of the crew at Quebec
1853	July 23 loading planks in Quebec for London, leaving Aug. 5
1853	September 13 off Deal, arriving Gravesend Sept. 13 and London Sept. 14
1853	October 21 leaving London for Drammen
1853	November 27 off Dover; for Plymouth, arriving there Dec. 1
1854	January 16 Alexandria from Plymouth, returning Feb. 12 to Falmouth
1854	April 20 Falmouth from Alexandria, leaving May 10 for Liverpool
1854	June 25 leaving Liverpool for St. John, N.B., arriving Aug. 8
1854	September 1 leaving St. John for Hull, Oct. 21 off Folkstone
1855	May 12 Gravesend from Drammen, leaving London May 24 for Helsingør
1855	August 5 off Deal; from the Baltic to Bristol
1855	September 7 Pill leaving for Glouchester
1855	September 29 leaving Glouchester for Balaklava (Ukraine)
1856	June 15 leaving Malta for Torrevieja (Salt), Capt. Hovland
1857	March 18 Gravesend from Drammen, returning fram London to Drammen April 2, Capt. Buckholtz
1857	Captain R. Buchholtz from Drammen May 16 to Quebec June 26
1857	June 6 loading in Quebec for Southampton, leaving June 25
1857	Leaving Drammen with 185 passengers
1857	September 2 off Deal; from Quebec to London, leaving London Sept. 18 for Drammen
1858	Captain R. Buchholtz from Drammen Apr. 25 to Quebec June 14 Passenger list:
1858	Leaving Drammen with 117 passengers
1858	May 9 off Deal: together with Brig Wilhelm Tell, Chriastophersen. Both for bound for Quebec with passengers.
1858	July 5 leaving Quebec for Grimsby
1858	September 9 leaving Hull for Kronstadt, arriving there Sept. 20, returning to London Oct. 19
1858	November 18 Gravesend/London from Kronstadt
1859	April 11, Londonderry: fra Drammen, 7 days severe Storms
1859	May 12 leaving Londonderry for St. Stephens N.B.
1859	August 10 Bristol fra St. Stephens N. B. leaving Pill Sept.2 for Christiania
1859	October 11 Texel from Drammen, returning from Amsterdam to Drammen Oct. 22
1867	August16, Sjofna, Capt. Jacobsen from Drammen stranded off Svenska Björn, north of Stockholm with planks.
The information listed above is not the complete record of the ship. The information was collected from a multitude of sources, and new information will be added as it emerges

The bark Sjofna was built in Drammen in 1949. In 1856 she was owned by H. Ellingsen in Drammen, and later by his widow. Her tonnage was 192 Norwegian Commercial lasts. This ship made a number of voyages with emigrants from Norway to North America.

Newspaper announcement from 1850

Newspaper announcememt from 1853

Newspaper announcement from "Morgenbladet" Jan. 2nd, 1857

The 1850 newspaper announcement says the the ship was 1 year old, and would take passengers for New York

In 1851 she departed from Drammen again and arrived at New York on July 21st. Master was Capt. Hovland. 7 passengers died during the crossing. The passenger list for this voyage is kept at the US National Archives (NARA).

In 1852 she sailed from Drammen on May 18th with 240 passengers, this time to Quebec where she arrived on July 4th. Master was Capt. Hovland. Because the National Archives of Canada [NAC] did not start the archiving of passenger lists before 1865, and the Norwegian emigration records did not start before 1867, there is no surviving passenger list for this voyage in any of those archives.

From Drammen to Quebec on the Sjofna in 1852. This is an excerpt from "The ANDERSON FAMILY HISTORY" Written and Compiled by Albert G. Anderson, Jr., 1949 and privately published. Submitted and prepared by Eleanor H. Erdevig

She also made a voyage with emigrants from Drammen in 1853. She departed Drammen c. May 17th and arrived at Quebec after 8 weeks and 5 days. She was carrying about 350 passengers. Master was Capt. Søren A. Hovland. The 1853 newspaper announcement says the ship the previous years, along with the Christiane crossed in 6 weeks, and in all ways was a 1st classed ship.

An Autobiography of an Early Settler - (voyage on the Sjofna 1853) - The story of a Norwegian family traveling on the Sjofna in 1853.

Newspaper announcement from "Morgenbladet" Jan. 2nd, 1857: Passenger accommodation to America. If a sufficient number of passengers signs on, the ships Sjofna, 192 Commercial lasts, mastered by Capt. Buckholz, and the Geifon, 174 Commercial lasts, mastered by Capt. S. A. Hovland, both ships class A. - No 1, will depart in the middle of May. Conditions are negotiated and enrolling at H. Ellingsen in Drammen. There were two ships by the name "Sjofna" sailing with emigrants from Norway to America in 1857. This ship was mastered by Captain Buckholtz. The other Sjofna was mastered by Captain Petersen.

Ole Løkensgård's account of the crossing on the Sjofna in 1857. Ole Lokensgard, "Pioneer Stories," The Lokensgard Family, a Collection of Reminiscences, St. Paul Minnesota, 1994. (2d Printing). Originally published under the title "Nybygger Historier," in Hallingen, a Norwegian language monthly publication by and for immigrants from Hallingdal, Norway.

Because the National Archives of Canada [NAC] did not start the archiving of passenger lists before 1865, and the Norwegian emigration records did not start before 1867, there is no surviving passenger list for the pre 1865 Quebec arrivals in any of those archives. Timeline to records.

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