Farm Refvem, located in Madla parish, Rogaland county, Norway. Nicolai Bevensen settled here in 1854 and owned farms 21 and 25...smaller parts of the greater farm Refvem. Here he built a home and his children were born. Today this name is spelled Revheim, and the area is part of the city of Stavanger [1]

The home that Nicolai Bevensen built for his family at farm Refvem. The barn appears in the background. Seated is Johanna (Bevensen) Tørresen with her daughter Jennie Aanestad. Johanna was the eldest child of the family [2]

Bevensen's home and barn as they appear in 2003 [3]

Farm Refvem as it appeared in the 1950's. Bevensen's home and barn appear above, and to the right of, the church [4]

Johanna (Bevensen) and David Tørresen [5]

David Torresen (1889-1982) and his wife Ellen Elise Olsen (1891-1927) on their wedding day, 8 April, 1911. David was a son of Johanna (Bevensen) and David Tørresen, and came to the USA in 1907 with his sister Josephine and her husband Leonard Hansen [6]

Revheim Church taken in 2003. Built in 1865, this would have been the church that members of the Bevensen family attended [7]

Front view of Revheim Church [8]

Photo sources courtesy:

[1, 2] Gard og Ætt I Madla, Sigurd Refheim, 1981, pp. 151, 198. [3] Gunnar Skadberg. [4] Madla I Fortid, Gunnar Skadberg, 1996, p. 203. [5] Gard og Ætt I Madla, Sigurd Refheim, 1981, p. 197. [6] Georgine Watters. [7, 8] Gunnar Skadberg.