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AntonH
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 Posted - 07/10/2025 : 18:03:42
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| How reliable is the information on Ancestry.com. Well on the original of scanned items, that will be as reliable as the people who first entered the event into the original record. As far as the transcribed data such as that from original data, I have found it fairly accurate. If you are talking about Family Trees the answer is not very reliable.at all. |
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Lori Pribbenow
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Posted - 06/11/2025 : 16:10:40
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| Looking at information early in the topic regarding Halvor Evensen and Gonvor Johnsdatter's children. We have son Svennung born March 1 1845, son John born December 26 1857 and son Helge born November 23 1859.. Can we confirm Helge was a son? There is a record on Family Search indicating Helge was a daughter, christened on 8 January 1860. |
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AntonH
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Posted - 06/11/2025 : 23:47:37
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No the birth record shows that Helge is a daughter. That's assuming the birth record is correct for the babies sex.
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Lori Pribbenow
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Posted - 08/11/2025 : 16:35:35
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| Looking at the marriage record of Halvor Evensen and Gonvor Johnsdatter on 20 November 1844, is his father's name written as Even Hansen instead of Even Andersen? |
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AntonH
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Lori Pribbenow
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Posted - 10/11/2025 : 01:40:32
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| The Even Hansen name is a puzzle. Is it possible that perhaps Even Andersen was deceased by 1844 and Helge had married a man named Even Hansen who is listed on Halvor and Gunvor's wedding record? |
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AntonH
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Lori Pribbenow
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Posted - 25/11/2025 : 00:08:53
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| Regarding Even Andersen's siblings (children of Anders Halvorsen and Astrid Anundsdatter), the first Kittil Andersen was born 25 Aug 1765 with no death date. Family Search shows this Kittil b. 1765 with a death date of 1841. The second Kittil Andersen b. 23 Sep 1780 with a death date of 1 Jan 1853. Would it be common for two siblings to have the same name and both survive to adulthood? |
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AntonH
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AntonH
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Posted - 25/11/2025 : 19:06:00
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However I did not find any Kittel who died in Bø parish in January of 1853. He could of course lived and died somewhere other than Bø parish.
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AntonH
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Posted - 25/11/2025 : 19:31:15
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The parish records for baptism from 1740 to 1770 are written in Gothic so very hard to read. Where did you get the birth dates for the two Kittels.
Sons having the same name is not common but not unknown. Usually they end up being referred to as the Younger or the Elder or some such distinction. |
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Lori Pribbenow
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Posted - 25/11/2025 : 22:42:23
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| You provided a link in a previous response to a page that gives the ancestry of Even Anderson. Following that back to his parents, the two Kittil's (child #1 and #7) are listed. Both show a birth date but only Kittil #2 shows a deatth date This would be the 1853 death date and appears he may have passed away in a different area. Family Search shows a death year for Kittil #1 as 1841 but no death date or year for Kittil #2. |
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Lori Pribbenow
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Posted - 28/11/2025 : 12:10:25
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| Regarding Even's first wife Johanne Sorensdatter, in a previous reply on 13/9/2018, it appeared that Even was 33 and Johanne was 75 in the 1801 census. This would put her birth year sometime in 1726 however, going through the link you provided to the page that gives Even's ancestors, Johanne has a birthdate listed as 30 Jul 1731 which would have put her at 70 years old in 1801. Perhaps she guessed her age when the census was recorded? |
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AntonH
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Svein Everson Lie
