Halvor Halvorsen Bø Kommune Bygdebøker
mermaidtearsHello: I am looking for someone out there with a Bygdebøker for the Bø kommune area of Telemark. I am researching for any information/parents/siblings of: HALVOR HALVORSEN born: abt. 1804-1814 (unknown for sure on birth year) reference to Halvor working in/at a timber mill owned by Cappelen in Skien. left Bø and ended up in Imsland parish area of Vikedal where he met/married on: 28 November 1839 a Siri/Sigrid HALVORSDATTER of Vikedal looked for a husmannsplass and was offered a subfarm? named Benkene in Imsland parish. I have not had any luck in finding a volunteer "look up" for the Bø area in Telemark that would at least mention birth year, and hopefully Halvor's parents. Any assistance on this, and if you have the Bø kommune bygdebøker, scanning of any pages with mention of my ancestors is most appreciated. Thanks for your time, Stacey
Jo Anne SadlerYou can rent the microfilmed church records for Bø, Telemark at a local Family History Center. They are not hard to read, only a few basic words. [url="http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=231400&disp=Kirkeb%C3%B8ker++"]click here[/url]
mermaidtearsHi: Thanks for your time in replying...unfortunately I do not have access to any of the films I could order through the LDS church...I wish. I discovered not long ago there is a book called "Boe (Bø) and Halvorsen-Otterholt: Shared roots in Telemark" that I would love to get my hands on just to see if there is anything worthwhile....no such luck. I live in a VERY small town, local library isn't even capable or not interested in doing interlibrary loans...so unless I can get someone to do some look up's, I'm basicaly out of luck. Thank you though for trying to help....Stacey
MASI have both the churchbooks and the bygdebok from Bø here at home.The problem is that the books only has a register on farms,not persons.And it is 4 huge books!I try to read the churchbook to find something.Do you know which farm in Bø he came from?
MASHi again! Here you have Halvor and Siri in the 1865 census. http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/webcens.exe?slag=visbase&filnamn=f61157.wc2&gardpostnr=432&merk=432#ovre As you see,he is 61 years old,he must be born around 1804.In the churchbook I've found one Halvor born in dec.1803,that might be the right one.I look up the churchbook again and write back. [:)][xx(]
Jo Anne SadlerThere is a lookup volunteer for Bøe, Telemark here: http://www.rootsweb.com/~bwo/norway.html
mermaidtearsThank you Mas for being willing to try and find my Halvor..I am not totally sure of the farm, but have seen references to an Otterholt farm? in Bø....I hope you can locate something! Please email me. Look forward to whatever you can find on this "enigma" of mine [:D] Stacey
mermaidtearsTHANKYOU Jo Ann for the link! It's different from the ones I tried to look at previously. I was able to email my request to the gentleman, and hopefully will hear something back if his email account/addy is still good. Thanks again for trying to help. Since your a senior member...and as long as I've got "you" here...this is on the other side of my family, but I am searching for a passenger list for a ship called Majestic who left Liverpool in July 1901 bound for USA? Where would be a good place to look? Thanks again for all your help! Stacey
MASHello! Just now I'm at work,but when I come home I look it up again.And I'm quite sure that the Halvor I found in 1804 was from the farm Oterholt.So he can be the right person.I'll write you later to day.
DALBThe place name Otterholt is an important addition to your data. Halvor’s family very likely is this one at Otterholt in 1801. (1801 – 37 Otterholt Nordre – other families on this farm could be relatives) Click here: 1801-telling for 0821 Bøe http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/webcens.exe?slag=visbase&filnamn=f10821&gardpostnr=37&merk=37#ovre 1801-telling for 0821 Bøe Amt Prestegjeld Sokn Gard 37 Bradsberg Bøe Bøe Otterholt Nordre Førenamn Etternamn Hushaldstatus Alder Sivilstand Yrke Merknad Kjønn 976 Halvor Halvorsen Husbonde 37 Begge i 1ste ægteskab Gaardbruger M 977 Liv Kittilsdtr Hans kone 31 Begge i 1ste ægteskab K 978 Boel Halvorsdtr Deres børn 13 K 979 Aaste Halvorsdtr Deres børn 10 K 980 Even Halvorsen Deres børn 8 M 981 Asloug Halvorsdtr Deres børn 5 K 982 Kittil Halvorsen Deres børn 3 M 983 Mette Halvorsdtr Tienestepige 17 Ugivt K Children born to Halvor Halvorson & Liv Kittilsdtr. Otterholt are: 1789 18 Apr Boel (buried 1807 8 Nov age 19 unmarried) 1791 24 Sep Aaste 1793 12 Dec Even 1796 6 May Asloug 1798 22 Oct Kittil 1801 13 Mar Kirsti 1803 10 Dec Halvor 1806 22 Aug Ole (buried 1807 26 Feb 6 mo.) 1808 7 Jun Rollev (buried 1809 3 Aug 1 yr 6 mo.) 1810 24 Jan Kari 1813 3 Apr Rollev Bø - Marriage: 1788 16 Oct Halvor Halvorsen Otterholt & Liv KittelsD ? - Liv’s baptism - 1770 3 Feb Liv Kittel Halvorsen Espedalen & Boel PoulsD. Death/ Burial – 1828 17 Jul Liv KittilsD wife of Halvor Otterholt 59 ? – Death/Burial – 1840 31 Jul Halvor Halvorsen Rugkaasa 75 Boe (1865 census Rugkaasa) There is an Even Halvorson, who could be Halvor’s older brother, who stayed in Bø, was married 4 times; the first 2 times he lived at Otterholt, the last 2 at Rukaasa/Rugkassa
mermaidtearsHi Dalb! Thank you so much for ALL the information! Where were you able to pull this up? I have an ongoing forum trying to help me on Dgitalarkivet, and I was having problems on sorting out some of the information coming in, and confusing myself with another family with similar names (gee what a shock :D ) I was able to get ahold of a cousin (recently discovered through boards like this one) she has always maintained Halvor was from Oterholt...but I didn't know for sure of her source. Have confirmed that, plus a second reference...so this IS him. I thank you so very much for helping and listing the birthdates of Halvor's siblings! Can you email me with the link to where you were able to get these records? Is it a parish book for Bø available for purchase? Let me know...Now that this Halvor is confirmed, I have ALOT of information to process because it seems the family was in that area/farm for a long time prior. (Thats why I ask for your source on Halvors siblings/parental marriage) would be nice to try and use it to go further back! :D Please email me at your earliest opportunity, and thanks again for helping!!!!! Stacey
DALBWith this data confirmed, it may help MAS from Norway find your family in the Bygdebok. I found the data in transcripts of the Bø parish records that were transcribed from the LDS microfilms, by a friend who is now deceased. I have his copy. It is always good to verify the data with the original films and in the Bygdebok. I assume there may be more family connections at Otterholt Nordre on the ancestral family. Much of the family data would be in the Bygdebok. MAS could maybe tell you where that Bygdebok could be purchased.
StorNor1@aol.comHi My ancestor Reier Talakson Pladsen DOB 1758 lived in Ulefos, Holden Parsonage and he was a forestry superviser for Didrik Kappelen. Down the line my great grandmother was Anna Halvorson. Might be a connection. Norm
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Hello: I am looking for someone out there with a Bygdebøker for the Bø kommune area of Telemark. I am researching for any information/parents/siblings of: HALVOR HALVORSEN born: abt. 1804-1814 (unknown for sure on birth year) reference to Halvor working in/at a timber mill owned by Cappelen in Skien. left Bø and ended up in Imsland parish area of Vikedal where he met/married on: 28 November 1839 a Siri/Sigrid HALVORSDATTER of Vikedal looked for a husmannsplass and was offered a subfarm? named Benkene in Imsland parish. I have not had any luck in finding a volunteer "look up" for the Bø area in Telemark that would at least mention birth year, and hopefully Halvor's parents. Any assistance on this, and if you have the Bø kommune bygdebøker, scanning of any pages with mention of my ancestors is most appreciated. Thanks for your time, Stacey
kirstihey! my name is Kirsti Otterholt. my family comes from the otterholt farm in bø. If you need any further information, let me know.