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amyanderson75
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 Posted - 14/12/2013 : 00:55:46
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I was wondering if anyone knew how to find out what happened to a relative who died on the way to America.
His name was Ole Berntsen. He was almost 2 years old, date of birth July 7,1871, father was Bernt Anderson and Mother was Karen M Christiansdatter. They left Norway April, 1871 on the PONTECORVO and on the way to Quebec he died. I cannot find any information if and where he was buried or maybe they bury them at sea in this case.
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jwiborg
Norway Heritage Veteran
Norway
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Posted - 14/12/2013 : 01:50:40
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Born July 1871, and the parents left Norway in April 1871? Then he would be born in America...
Guess you mean born 1869? Without knowing it for sure, I would say it is very likely that he would be buried at sea in that case. |
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Hopkins
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
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AntonH
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
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Posted - 14/12/2013 : 02:56:55
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This is probably the Ancestry.com record for the family. The orginal manifest is a little hard to intrepret. It has a name column and probably one for age, He is listed as 30. The next column seems to be adults, It lists 2, next column might be for children, looks like it listed some number which has been written over and a 0 posted, the next column would appear to be infants and has a one in this column. The last column has Eidsvold posted in it.
Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1935
Name: Bunt Andersen
Age: 30
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1843
Date of Arrival: 30 May 1873
Vessel: Pontecorvo
Search Ship Database:
Port of Arrival: Quebec, Quebec
Port of Departure: Christiania, Norway
Roll: C-4528 |
Edited by - AntonH on 14/12/2013 03:06:45 |
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jkmarler
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
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eibache
Norway Heritage Veteran
Norway
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Posted - 14/12/2013 : 11:02:30
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Oles baptismal record #103.
Frithjofs baptismal record #24.
Their parents Bernt Andersen and Karen Mathea Xtensdatter (Christiansdatter) were married Nov 11 1870, #28.
Bernt Andersen was then a widower 30 years old and his father was Anders Engebretsen.
Karen Mathea was 21 years old and her father was Christian Olsen.
Karen Mathea was born Jan 27 1849, confirmation Oct 23 1864, #39. Her mother was Olea Christofersdatter. |
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Edited by - eibache on 14/12/2013 11:03:38 |
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amyanderson75
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Posted - 07/01/2014 : 00:54:11
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| Thank you everyone who responded :) |
Amy A. |
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Death on the voyage to America
