Locating Father of Halvor Johannesson
Started by flukerkr · 2008-02-12
flukerkr · 2008-02-12#1
I would appreciate some more help from the forum members. Members were very helpful in helping me find information on my gggrandfather Halvor Johannesson and his family, including his son Johan Halvorson. Since then I have been trying to find information on Halvor Johannesson's parents. It was determined that Halvor was from Heggebostad. Since he was born in 1804 he wouldn't have been in the 1801 census. But his parents probably would have been. Doing a search on Digitalarkivet I found the following 4 Johannes living in Heggebostad in 1801.
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Given name Last name Household pos. Age Marital status Occupation Sex
955 Johannes Torufsen Mand 36 Begge i 1ste ægteskab Huusmand uden jord, dagarbeide M
1338 Johannes Mathisen Deres børn 9 M
1342 Johannes Mathisen Hosbondens fader 80 Enkemand efter 1ste ægteskab Lever af gaarden M
2085 Johannes Larsen Deres børn 28 Ugift Natio. soldat M
Johannes Torufsen and Johannes Larsen are the only two that are the right age to be Halvor's father.
Here is the URL for the page in the census with Johannes Torufsen and his family
http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/webcens.exe?slag=visbase&sidenr=5&filnamn=f11034&gardpostnr=59&personpostnr=955&merk=955#ovre
Is it reasonable to suppose that Johannes Torufsen is Halvor's father since Johannes Larsen was single in 1801 and would have had to get married, have a least son other than Halvor (to name after the grandfather) and then have Halvor in 1804.
Thanks for any insights or help you can give me.
Richard