Hello all. I have received an email from a person who has been researching the Boraas family from Nord Trondelog and he made reference to an incident that occurred in 1840, when a number of people drowned in a boat that had capsized in Stjørdalsfjorden. Is there any record of this and details as to how this happened? One of the people drowned was Anne Eriksdatter, born 9-8-1821, mother of Josias Boraas who was born in May 20-1821
Hi Erik, nice to have you back! The fate of Anne Eriksdatter is mentioned in Stjørdalsboka : gards- og slektshistorie. Band V 1 del 1: Hegra herad. It says: Ane (christened 02 June 1786) drowned in Stjørdalsfjorden on-route home from Trondheim.
The death record in the Hegra Churchbook also have a note. October 9th 1840: Dead Anne Eriksd Lauvaas (56). No burial date is given, so the body was probably not found. Some comments are written in the death record, but hard to decipher...
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