Bernt Tobias Ingvaldsen and Grethe Jorine Monsdatter
Tobias Ingvaldsen :
* 14.03. 1835 at farm Nedre Kvinlog, Fjotland parish, Vest Agder county, Norway
~ 17.03. 1835
Parents/siblings: see Schoolmaster Ingvald Karlsen and Torborg Atlaksdatter
oo 10.11. 1857 at Høiland parish church, Rogaland county
+ February, 1874 as a result of an accident in the North Sea aboard the Brødrene, age 39
Occupation:
Styrmand, [Mate] beginning 16.04. 1860 Skippar, [Captain] beginning 05.04. 1871. This title identified him as a master mariner Residences:
1835-1852 Farm Nedre Kvinlog, Fjotland parish, Vest Agder county, Norway. His ancestors lived at this farm as early as 1638. Descendants still live at this farm in 2003. 1852-1857 Hetland, Rogaland county, Norway. 1857-1874 Stavanger, Rogaland county, Norway. Living in 1863 at Olavskleven; in 1865 at 9 Rode and in 1874 at Langgaden number 11. Jorine Monsdatter:
* 03.01. 1827 at Håland parish, Rogaland county, Norway
~ 14.01. 1827
Confirmed: 14.09. 1842 and living at Farm Åse, Hoiland parish
Parents:
Mother: Guri Børrildsdatter, * 24.02. 1799 at Farm Ostvold in Høiland parish, Rogaland county. Guri moved to Farm Vestre Stangeland in 1811 with her father Børrild Olsen, and her stepmother Helga. Father: Mons Monsen Åse, * 1808 at Farm Åse in Høiland parish, Rogaland county. Guri Børrildsdatter and Mons Monsen Åse were not married at the time Grethe Jorine was born. Later, in 1829, Mons Monsen Åse married Guri Lorentzdatter. Mons Monsen Åse and his wife Guri had 7 children. Grethe was living at farm Åse when she was confirmed, indicating that she was living with a member of her father's family. Guri Borrildsdatter was living at Farm Østre Stangeland in Høiland parish, Rogaland county in 1842. In 1865 she was living at Farm Orsholen, also in Høiland parish. She is listed as being single. She died 13.12. 1874, age 75 at Farm Todnheim, Høiland parish. Mons Monsen Åse moved to Farm Asseim and lived there until the 1850's. Then for a short time he and his wife lived in Stavanger before finally living in Sandnes, Norway where he died 09.03. 1890. + 05.09. 1874, age 47
After her death, their three children were orphans. According to Norwegian law at the time, orphaned children were to be placed with members of their father's family. Children were considered minors until age 25. Daughter Marie, age 11, went to live with her uncle John Ingvaldsen Aasland and his family at farm Refvem in Madla parish. Thrine, age 16, took a position as a servant in the home of Søren Natvig at Stavanger. Where Ingvald, age 6, was placed is not yet known
Children of Tobias and Jorine Ingvaldsen:
I . Thrine Jørgine -
* 14.08. 1858 at Stavanger, Rogaland county, Norway.
oo 16.10. 1878 at Stavanger with Marthinius Ellingsen [* 15.04. 1852 at Madla parish; + 16.01. 1887 at Stavanger]
Residences:
1874-75 A servant in the house of Søren Natvig, at Bosted Værksgaden 927, Stavanger 1885-87 at Rosenkildegaden 7, Stavanger. During this time they were shopkeepers 1900 the families address was Hetlandsgaden 53, Stavanger Children:
Marie, * 10.07. 1880 at Stavanger; never married; + 1950 at Stavanger. Bergliot Gerdia, * 19.12. 1881at Stavanger; never married; + 1968 at Stavanger. Lars Bonner, * 09.12. 1883 at Stavanger. Among his Godparents was his aunt Maria Kristofa Ingvaldsen. He + 09.07. 1888. The cause of death was listed as accidental and he "drowned by sail-maker Andersen's seahouse." Martha, * 26.11. 1885 at Stavanger; oo 17.07. 1912 Olaf Salomonsen Westergaard [* 10.05. 1888; + 1979 at Stavanger]; Martha + 1973 at Stavanger. They had two sons and one daughter. II . Ingvald Ingvaldsen -
* 21.09. 1860 at Stavanger
+ 29.05. 1863 at Stavanger
III . Kristofa Marie Ingvaldsen -
* 03.04. 1863 at Stavanger
+ 29.08.1949 at Salmon, Lemhi, Idaho
Details at: Johan Fritz Johansen Bevensen and Kristopha Marie Ingvaldsen
IV . Ingvald Ingvaldsen -
* 05.02. 1868 at Stavanger
oo 28.07. 1900 at Trondhjem, Sør Trøndelag county, Norway with Edvarda Holtermann [* 07.07. 1874; + 03.07. 1924 at Trondhjem]
Ingvald was a Captain in the Norwegian Army in 1905 and later a Telegraph office cashier.
+ 20.11. 1928 at Trondheim, Norway
Children:
Christine, * 03.05. 1901 at Trondhjem; never married; + 10.04. 1963 Bernt Tobias, * 12.10. 1902 at Trondhjem; oo Åse Matheson-Brun 01.11. 1928 at Trondhjem; The leading Conservative politician in Norway 1945-73, and President of the Norwegian Parliament 1966-73; + 24.04. 1985 Anders, * 01.08. 1904 at Trondhjem; oo 02.01. 1932 with Bergliot Andersen Gunnar, * 31.01. 1906 at Trondhjem; oo 30.05. 1936 at Oslo with Åse Andersen; + 22.11. 1991 Karl Johan Kvinlog, * 03.07. 1915 at Trondhjem; oo 29.04. 1939 with Åshild Vigdis Fjelldal at Oslo; + 22.01. 1995 at Trondhjem Additional Information:
Johan Jerstad tells the following about Tobias Ingvaldsen:
"Line Arstol told me that she and her parents were once in Kristiansand, [Norway] and planned on going to America. She was just a young girl at the time. They happened to meet Tobias there and went on-board his ship. He gave them a grand reception and they enjoyed great hospitality."
Records of seamen, their ships and voyages, were recorded in the "Seamen's Rolls." Often a ship would take cargo to one destination, pick up another cargo and take it somewhere else. At that place they might load another cargo and take it back to their home port. They tell the following of Tobias' career:
Ship name Tonnage Departure date Destination Return date Rank Duration of voyage Iris 78 16.04.1860 Sweden 16.07.1860 Styrmand 91 days Iris 78 21.07.1860 Bergen, Norway + a foreign land 08.11.1860 Styrmand 110 days Expetance 160 23.05.1861 St. Petersburg, Russia unrecorded Styrmand unknown Iris 78 10.04.1862 Aalesund, Norway 15.12.1862 Styrmand 249 days Iris 78 18.04.1863 Sweden 01.02.1864 Styrmand 289 days Iris 78 09.04.1864 Østersøen, Denmark 22.08.1864 Styrmand 135 days Favoriten 492 02.09.1864 Newcastle, England 25.07.1866 2nd Styrmand 691 days Gandae 125 10.09.1866 Malmo, Sweden 17.12.1866 Styrmand 98 days Lea 214 23.05.1867 Stockholm, Sweden 31.01.1868 Styrmand 253 days Lea 214 31.03.1868 Stockholm, Sweden 09.09.1868 Styrmand 193 days Lea 214 18.09.1868 Ålesund, Norway + a foreign land 19.08.1870 Styrmand 718 days Lea 214 24.08.1870 England 03.12.1870 Styrmand 101 days Lavine ? 18.04.1871 Sweden 20.10.1871 Skippar 185 days Lavine ? 20.10.1871 Trondhjem, Norway 16.03.1872 Skippar 148 days Lavine ? 16.03.1872 Sweden 30.12.1872 Skippar 289 days Lavine ? 05.04.1873 Sweden 28.06.1873 Skippar 84 days Lavine ? 28.06.1873 Bergen, Norway + a foreign land 14.07.1873 Skippar 16 days Brødrene ? 21.11.1873 Kristiansand, Norway + a foreign land - Skippar Brødrene* ? 11.02. 1874 Arrived at Shields, England Met with accident February, 1874 North Sea
* The name Brødrene means "two brothers." Most likely two brothers, who were in business together, owned this ship. According to the Lloyd's Registry of Ships, (from England) the Brødrene arrived at Shields, England on 11 February, 1874. However, Lloyd's Registry does not record any accident or wreck befalling Brødrene. According to the Seamen's Rolls from Stavanger, Skippar Ingvaldsen died as a result of a wreck in the North Sea during February, 1874. Johan Jerstad, in his historical chronicle of Fjotland parish, wrote that this wreck occurred 24 February, 1874. Oral family tradition says that the freight was millstones and that they were going to the USA. The North Sea is known as being one of the most dangerous bodies of water in the world, especially during the winter months when the storms become particularly violent. His daughter Marie recalled that they waited and watched a long time for his ship to return to the harbor, but it never did. No additional information seems to have survived about Brødrene, or her wreck, at any archives in Norway, or England. Additionally, according to the Seamen's Rolls, only one other person, Helmik Syvertsen Heggen, age 23, is said to have lost his life aboard Brødrene during February, 1874. Parish records at this time did not record deaths at sea and there was no probate record entered for Tobias.
The Favoritin, a Brigg, built at Stavanger in 1848, belonged to J. A. Køhler & Company. It capsized in Korsfjorden [outside Bergen, Norway] in 1869 under Skipper Hans Rasmussen. From Stavanger Sjøfarts Historie
Photos/Scans:
Page 1: Ingvaldsen family
Page 2: Aasland family
Page 3: Photos of Stavanger harbor and Cathedral
Printed sources:
Fjotland Sogebok, by Johan Jerstad, 1949, p. 415 Madla I Fortid, by Gunnar Skadberg, 1996, Stavanger Gard og Aett I Madla, by Sigurd Revheim, 1981, Stavanger Kommune Stavanger Sjøfarts Historie, by M. L. Michaelsen, Publisher: Dreyer, 1927 Historical Records:
Seaman's Rolls from Stavanger Lloyds Registry of Ships 1865/1875 Census for Madla parish, Rogaland county, Norway 1885 Census Kirkebøker from Høiland, Håland, Stavanger and Madla parishes, Rogaland county, Norway Individuals who have kindly contributed to this information: Gunnar Ingvaldsen; Karl Johan Kvinlog Ingvaldsen; Riborg M.K. Knudsen; Inger Norheim; Arne Kenneth Husebø; Geir Eide; Ingrid Kvinlaug; Eva Wathne; Lisabet Risa and Inger Pedersen