Norwegian Emigrant Database

Passenger Information

Name: Barbra !! Nilesen

Age: 49

Gender: f

Remarks: wife

Additional: residence Bergen

Ship: Ship Claus Heftye

Year: 1867

Captain: Andersen jr.

Departure: Bergen - Apr. 23

Arrival: Quebec - May 28

Source: NAC C-4522 list 14 — Transcribed by Paul Scheie - 2004

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Kjartan Andersen (27.01.2013)

Hi, Barbra is in my family.
She and her 4 youngest children took the Claus Heftye to meet up with her husband.
Her and the childrens correct names you'll find here (in norwegian, but I think it is easy to understand):

http://digitalarkivet.no/cgi-win/webcens.exe?slag=visbase&filnamn=f61301&personpostnr=16854&merk=16854

Bjørn Bækkelund (22.12.2014)

My great great grandmother Barbra Marie Nielsen f. 25 jul. 1818 left Bergen for Canada to reunite with my great great grandfather, Johan Henrich Nielsen. With her were the children: Barbra marie Nielsen f. 8 sep. 1849 Emilia Berentine Nielsen f. 9 mar. 1851 Fredrik Martin Nielsen f. 24 nov. 1857 Nicolai Christian Nielsen f. 2 aug. 1860 While five older children remained in Bergen. Among them my great grandfather, Johan Gustav Nielsen

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