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NORWEGIAN EMIGRATION - THE DEBORA EXPEDITION SUMMARY The Debora Expedition sailed from Bergen in 1879 to establish a Norwegian colony on an Indian Ocean atoll called Aldabra. The organisers endeavoured to find practical and Christian people to create a settlement based on the teachings of the Norwegian preacher Hans Nielsen Hauge (1771 -1824). The expedition was aborted in Madagascar - a few of the participants remained in Madagascar and the rest settled in the British colony of Port Natal (Durban). They were the first group of Norwegian emigrants to settle in Port Natal. The forty-seven persons who took part in the Debora Expedition were:- Captain Tobiassen and wife, mate Berentsen and wife, mate Oftedal, A Olsen and wife, I Iversen and wife, O Heidalsvig and wife (Høidalsvig), J Finsen and wife, K Bang and wife with three children (Amanda, Severin and Knut), F Larsen and wife with six children (Angel, Emil, Sigvart, the three sons of the late Sivert Andersen Hordnes, and Petra, Ludvig and Karl), H Johnsen and wife with three children (Sina, Josefine and Karl), A Andreassen and wife with three children (I don't remember their names), R Andersen, R Rasmussen, K Jensen, Hesselberg, Grang, O Fosdal, E Eriksen, P Bang, E Ellingsen, widow Egelandsdal and Miss Serene Larsen. Two children were born on the voyage: a son to Mr and Mrs F Larsen and a son to Mr and Mrs Andreassen. |
Subject: Re: DEBORA EXPEDITON Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 21:16:30 +0100 From: "bente nedrebø" <benedreb@online.no> To: "David Larsen - Salbu" <salbu@iafrica.com> David Larsen, A long time ago I told you that we at the Bergen Archives have the parish registers of the Norwegian Seaman's Church, and I promissed you a listing of the Durban register. At last, I can send you the copy. We have a lot of rain in Bergen now, and it will soon be winter here. We have seen a little snow on the top of the Bergen mountains. The Digital Archives has grown a lot, and we registered 74 407 searches last Sunday! Sincerely Yngve Nedrebø
Durban Parish Register of the Norwegian Seaman's Church Aadnesen, Alf, born: Norge . 87 Âr Died: 0512 1957 Adlersparre, George, born: JÊmtland, Sverige 04 Mar. 1871 Died: 1308 1951 Allers, Johan Alfred Frederik Carsten, born: Bergen 01 Dec. 1886 Died: 2406 1967 Andersen, Einar Anders Wilhelm, born: Kj¯benhavn 09 Jun. 1875 Died: 3006 1952 Andersen, Elna Kristine, born: Drammen 06 Jun. 1869 Died: 1505 1950 Andersen, Karl Gustav, born: Bergen 24 Dec. 1875 Died: 2602 1953 Andersen, Thomas, born: Grimstad . 1876 Died: 2209 1955 Andersen L¯ken, Ole Severin, born: Norge . 89 Âr Died: 0207 1960 Ariansen, Edward, born: . 1872 Died: 2112 1950 Arntzen, Aksel Marensius, born: Hvaler pr. Fredrikstad 12 Jan. 1879 Died: 2311 1949 Arntzen, Alma Katinka, born: Norge . 81 Âr Died: 2108 1957 Arntzen, Johanne, born: Sverige 27 May. 1873 Died: 1808 1955 Bache-Hansen, Albert Kajus, born: Stavanger 03 Mar. 1883 Died: 2911 1949 Baikie, Ewan Lervis, born: . 1925 Died: 1211 1966 Bakken, Joakim Karl, born: 14 Apr. 1925 Died: 1008 1978 Barth, Naus Jacob, born: Larvik 03 Jun. 1889 Died: 0112 1950 Berg, Orris Selma, born: Port Shepstone 31 Jul. 1926 Died: 1406 1950 Berg, Thea Caroline, born: . 1880 Died: 0709 1956 Bommen, Oscar, born: Kongsberg 21 Jan. 1881 Died: 1104 1970 Borgen, Martin Fredrik, born: Tannanarive Madagaskar 28 Oct. 1874 Died: 2007 1953 Borgen, Thomas, born: Madagaskar ? 27 Oct. 1872 Died: 2204 1954 Brekke, Einar Kristian, born: Drammen 28 Jul. 1905 Died: 2401 1956 Browning Mc.Master, Clifford, born: Knysna 27 Nov. 1896 Died: 1605 1976 Brudevig, Berenthine Marthea, born: Larvik 03 Jan. 1907 Died: 0604 1961 Bugge, Christian Severin Gabriel, born: =mli ? Norge 06 Oct. 1869 Died: 2004 1956 Bugge, Emily Mary, born: . Died: 1008 1960 B¯e, Petro Gunerius, born: Bergen Oct. 1873 Died: 0708 1951 B¯hler, Hans Adolf, born: 19 Apr. 1928 Died: 1208 1971 Carlsen, Karl Gustav Adolf, born: Sverige . 54 Âr Died: 2103 1957 Christensen, Knud Borge, born: Danmark . 1920 Died: 0802 1972 Christensen, Storm Skule, born: Norge . 56 Âr Died: 2608 1957 Christensen, Willy, born: Sandefjord 15 Apr. 1929 Died: 1204 1985 Christiansen, Jenny Magdalena, born: N¯tter¯ 10 Sep. Died: 0211 1949 Dahl, Kjell Willy, born: Bergen 13 Nov. 1956 Died: 0504 1974 Dahle, Sivert, born: Imfule, Zululand 13 Jan. 1873 Died: 1210 1956 Davidsen, Hans Pauli Sigurd Nicolai, born: S¯rvaag, FÊr¯yene 17 Feb. 1909 Died: 0906 1950 Dragland, Brynjulf, born: Tjeldsund 18 Sep. 1923 Died: 0311 1950 Eckhoff, Ernst Fredrik, born: . 1896 Died: 0212 1956 Edberg, Erich Conrad, born: Stockholm 22 Dec. 1879 Died: 1709 1952 Ekvall, Anker Ingvar, born: Sverige . 56 Âr Died: 1005 1961 Emanuelsen, Sigurd, born: Tj¯rve, Lista 18 Feb. 1915 Died: 30121882 1983 Ericsson, =ke Gunnar Ingmar, born: Sverige, Alster 15 Sep. 1920 42 Âr Died: 0411 1962 Eriksson, Mats Olof, born: Karlsborg, Sverige 20 Aug. 1945 Died: 0506 1965 Evans F.Valdal, Marie, born: . 1876 Died: 2709 1950 Fagerlund, Jan Erik, born: Norge, Nes, Hedemark 14 Dec. 1941 Died: 2801 1961 Filen, Mary Petronella, born: Durban 28 Dec. 1930 Died: 2706 1955 Finlator, Robert George, born: Prisby, Scotland 21 Apr. 1878 Died: 1508 1953 Fosberg, Carl Bernhard, born: Sweden . 78 Âr Died: 2011 1958 Friis Nilsen, Sigfrid, born: Norge . 80 Âr Died: 0107 1958 Fr¯lich, John Petter, born: Durban 06 Sep. 1940 Died: 2505 1961 Furevik, Arne Sigurd, born: Flor¯ 25 Sep. 1956 Died: 0106 1977 Gabrielsen, Olaf Levin, born: Norge . 54 Âr Died: 3110 1961 Gibb, Ane Cecilia, born: Stavanger 17 Dec. 1878 Died: 2504 1952 Grunde Hallen, Martin Andreas, born: Arendal 11 Jul. 1897 Died: 2905 1955 Gulbrandsen, Sigurd, born: Oslo 18 Apr. 1875 Died: 2405 1951 Haajem f.Fladaas, Marie Sophie, born: Trondheim 19 May. 1882 Died: 2704 1966 Hagglund, Rolf Gunnar Henrik, born: Finnland . 22 Âr Died: 2310 1957 Hammer Schram, Julius Christoffer, born: Oslo 01 Sep. 1885 Died: 0707 1951 Hamre, Annfinn Rasmus, born: Hole i H¯gsfjorden 14 Apr. 1932 Died: 3011 1950 Hansen, Alfred, born: Norge . 1869 Died: 1608 1951 Hansen, Anna Louisa, born: Hj¯rring, Danmark 08 Oct. 1866 Died: 0312 1951 Hansen, Anna Margrethe, born: Norge . 64 Âr Died: 1411 1957 Hansen, Edwin Christian, born: Norge . 72 Âr Died: 0704 1959 Hansen, Helene Edith, born: Esbjerg, Danmark 02 Feb. 1909 48 Âr Died: 2410 1957 Hansen, Kristian Oskar, born: Hilles¯y 14 Mar. 1932 Died: 1601 1971 Hansen (f.Steffensen), Yrsa Ellinor, born: Danmark . 1920 Died: 0708 1949 Hansen f.Nordby, Wenche Lill, born: Drammen 03 Jul. 1933 Died: 2110 1977 Hattingh, Trevor, born: Durban 19 Oct. 1951 Died: 2805 1952 Haukenes, Hans, born: . 1875 Died: 0311 1950 Hellesen, Arvid Christian, born: Norge . 1904 Died: 0207 1984 Henriksen, Henry Johannes, born: Holbek, Danmark 29 Mar. 1903 Died: 0108 1955 Hide, Alf Haakon, born: Norge . 53 Âr Died: 0510 1959 Hiltunen f.Mikkonen, Hulda Bertta Maria, born: Maavinka, Finnland 15 Jul. 1916 Died: 2505 1953 Hojem, Carl Ove, born: Norge . 94 Âr Died: 2809 1961 H¯iseth, Eva, born: Aamli 09 Sep. 1916 Died: 2003 1968 H¯yer, Anton Gotfred, born: Ris¯r 22 Oct. 1875 Died: 1301 1951 Irbert, Eric, born: Bocksburg 01 Sep. 1953 Died: 2405 1954 Jaaback, Helga, born: Norge . 85 Âr Died: 2503 1959 Jaabech, S¯ren, born: Lyngdal 11 May. 1867 Died: 2005 1955 Jakobsen, Christian Oskar, born: Aalborg, Danmark 11 Apr. 1907 Died: 1612 1955 Janson, Astrid Elisabeth, born: Sverige 13 Jan. 1900 Died: 1202 1952 Janson, Gustav, born: Wintspils, Letland 05 Dec. 1903 Died: 2702 1979 Janson, Knut Albin, born: Sverige 19 Dec. 1889 Died: 1906 1961 Jensen, Jennie Marie, born: Stabelsls 04 Jan. 1871 Died: 2412 1950 Jenssen, Rolf Normann, born: Bergen, Norge 30 Apr. 1899 Died: 2912 1955 Johansen, Arthur, born: . Died: 0410 1971 Johanson, Ingvar, born: Falk¯ping, Sverige 07 Apr. 1930 Died: 0405 1964 Johanson, Johan, born: Bralanda, Sverige 12 May. 1889 Died: 2610 1953 Johnsen, Gunnar Walerius, born: Skee, BohuslÊn, Sverige 25 Feb. 1898 Died: 2910 1949 Juhl J¯rgensen, Svend Anders, born: Danmark . 1910 Died: 0810 1970 J¯rgensen Rudebeck, Johannes, born: Kiplev 6381 Danmark 11 Dec. 1941 Died: 2807 1972 Karlsen, Arnt, born: Saltnes 27 Jul. 1894 Died: 1506 1951 Karlsen, Bjarne, born: Norge . 57 Âr Died: 2402 1961 Karlsen, Hans Olaf, born: Nesna 08 Sep. 1919 Died: 1209 1969 Karlsen, Kathleen Magdalena, born: Bedford 28 Apr. 1908 Died: 2705 1954 Kjelvei, Olav, born: Imsule, Zululand Syd Afrika 01 Jun. 1913 Died: 2506 1961 Kj¯de, John Eley, born: Durban 02 Nov. 1884 Died: 1307 1949 Krogh, Carl, born: Arendal 25 Jan. 1906 Died: 1706 1952 Kvalsvig, John arthur Sigvald, born: Marburg 12 Feb. 1887 Died: 0501 1955 Kvalsvig, Oscar Benjamin, born: Marburg, S.A. 29 Oct. 1882 Died: 2503 1949 Landemark Solberg, Nils, born: Imfull. Zululand 02 May. 1920 Died: 2804 1955 Landmark Jacobs, Magdalena Theresa, born: Northe Shields England 15 Nov. 1875 Died: 1512 1975 Langaas, Kristen, born: VÂler i Vestfold 18 Mar. 1894 Died: 1904 1953 Larsen, Abraham Emil, born: Spurn, Norge . Died: 1209 1960 Larsen, Bjarne Julian, born: Norge . 65 Âr Died: 1962 Larsen, Ernst Emil, born: Danmark . 1904 Died: 2401 1957 Larsen, Magda Erikka, born: Zululand 19 Dec. 1885 Died: 0711 1957 Larsen, Olaf Martin, born: Ons¯y 07 Oct. 1867 Died: 2212 1951 Larsen, Oscar Bernhard Marius, born: Bj¯rnebo, Spind. Farsund 26 Jun. 1892 Died: 2312 1949 Larsen f.Dahle, Gusta Lorentze, born: Norge . 90 Âr Died: 0601 1959 Lehmann, Anna Emeli, born: Lillesand 29 Nov. 1906 Died: 2911 1982 Lindenberg f.Ranum, Elise, born: Berlin, Tyskland 05 Jan. 1882 Died: 1810 1950 Londal, Elizabeth, born: Island . 42 Âr Died: 1810 1957 Lutgert, Clara Wilhelmina, born: . 1877 Died: 1809 1950 Madsen, Anna, born: Kristiansand S. 23 Nov. 1875 Died: 1107 1955 Mathiesen, Robert Eilif, born: Norge 08 Nov. 1933 Died: 3007 1981 May f.Jowels, Evelyn Susanne May, born: Johannesburg 16 Jan. 1898 Died: 0808 1976 MelsÊter, Sigvald, born: Marburg, S.A. 02 Apr. 1893 Died: 0404 1949 Meydell, Ingeborg, born: ùrsta, Sunnm¯re 07 Sep. 1875 Died: 2405 1955 Meyer, Rolf, born: Stavanger 11 Jun. 1880 Died: 1309 1955 Mujunen, Johannes, born: Kuipio, Finland 03 Jul. 1915 Died: 1204 1956 Negaard, Anna, born: Grorud, Oslo 14 Dec. 1870 Died: 2001 1953 Nielsen, Anna Petrine, born: Sykkelven ? Norge 21 Mar. 1872 Died: 2909 1954 Nilsen, Lauritz Nicola, born: Norge 28 Jun. 58 Âr Died: 2808 1958 Nilsen, Marianne Asgeir, born: Durban 02 Jan. 1956 Died: 2001 1956 Nilsen, Mortin Gotfred, born: Sinkwazi Zululand 24 Aug. 1877 Died: 2606 1949 Nygaard, Ingebj¯rg, born: Vinje, Telemark 06 Apr. 1898 Died: 1202 1954 Olsen, Bjarne Charles, born: Sem 29 Jun. 1912 Died: 0106 1972 Olsen, Hans Olaf, born: . 1923 Died: 1508 1983 Olsen, Sverre Jarl, born: Farsund 29 Apr. 1935 Died: 1205 1970 Olsen Sund, Odin, born: Norge . 48 Âr Died: 1306 1957 Olufsen, Theis, born: 06 Oct. 1869 Died: 1509 1956 Orla Russell, Kai, born: Norge . 68 Âr Died: 0112 1960 Osberg, Fritjof Hilder, born: G¯teborg 08 Nov. 1862 Died: 1811 1953 Paulsen, Paul Nikolay, born: Lervik, Ons¯y, Norge 12 Oct. 1914 Died: 2007 1956 Pedersen, Ole Severin, born: Arendal 10 Jun. 1902 Died: 0510 1954 Petersen, Nils Arne, born: . Died: 0908 1974 Pettersen, Hans Engvald, born: Giske ved Aalesund 15 Oct. 1879 Died: 1609 1950 Pettersen, John Valdemar, born: Blekinge, Sverige 07 Nov. 1897 Died: 0912 1955 Pettersen, Nora, born: . 1915 Died: 0904 1984 Pettersen, Oskar Dagfinn, born: Sandefjord 06 Apr. 1906 Died: 2703 1976 Reinertsen, Oline Amalie, born: Ransfjord, Farsund 26 Dec. 1884 Died: 1912 1955 Russel, John Theodor Kai, born: Salisburg, S. Rhodesia 14 Apr. 1954 Died: 2608 1954 Rydberg, Carl Valentin, born: Sverige . 1871 Died: 2201 1957 R¯svik, Johannes, born: Vigra, Norge . 1899 Died: 1004 1985 Sakki, Reino Andreas, born: S¯lvesborg Sverige 19 Jun. 1946 Died: 2406 1964 Salvesen, Erhard Prytz, born: Arendal 06 Mar. 1883 Died: 2401 1953 Segercrantz, Torsten Leopold, born: Fredrikshamn, Finland 11 Dec. 1914 Died: 3010 1978 Skaan (f.Markussen), Ragnhild, born: Norge 09 Nov. 1871 Died: 2608 1960 Skarsholt, Trygve, born: Norge . 60 Âr Died: 1706 1958 Skretting, Karl, born: Stavanger 21 Jul. 1943 Died: 0606 1971 Sten Modig, Stellan Arne, born: Sverige . 20 Âr Died: 2206 1957 Stueland, Hans Petter, born: Durban 17 May. 6mnd. Died: 0811 1958 Suberg, Julie, born: N¯tter¯y . 1878 Died: 2102 1956 Svalen, Oskar, born: J¯nk¯ping, Sverige 07 Jul. 1871 Died: 2702 1952 Svedberg, Erik Arthur, born: Ural, Sibir 27 Apr. 1910 Died: 2808 1977 Svendsen, Anna Sophie, born: Lillesand 09 Apr. 1870 Died: 1104 1954 Tenngren, Karl, born: Sverige 20 Sep. 1889 Died: 2908 1952 Thomsen, William Alfred, born: =rhus, Danmark 28 Sep. 1870 Died: 1611 1954 Thorp, Agnes Kristine, born: Oslo 28 Sep. 1868 Died: 1807 1949 Titlestad, Hans Johan, born: Fane pr. Bergen 06 Sep. 1896 Died: 2801 1953 Tysland, Torgus, born: 18 Jul. 1934 Died: 1304 1969 Vaavang, Ingvald Theodor, born: Langesund 21 Jan. 1912 Died: 0701 1950 Valdal, Olaf, born: Norge 20 May. 1882 Died: 1503 1951 Vallesvard, Gustaf, born: Lillesand Sep. 1854 Died: 0904 1950 Veber, Kai August, born: Danmark . 53 Âr Died: 1503 1957 Vesetrud, Arne, born: Andeby 15 Dec. 1939 Died: 2409 1983 Wallgren, Clara Anna, born: Tyskland 07 Apr. 1885 Died: 1406 1957 Weberg Thorsen, Karl Otto Anton, born: Larvik 03 Sep. 1889 Died: 2308 1955 WestergÂrd, Rakel Valborg, born: Pargas, Finnland 23 May. 1910 Died: 1009 1951 Winther, Elmer Leonard, born: Norge . 43 Âr Died: 2612 1957 Wung, Robert, born: Winterthur, Sveits 11 Aug. 1908 Died: 1107 1953 van Drour f. Andersen, Ellice Gurina Sophie, born: Port Skepstone . 1896 Died: 2406 1953 von Peier, Anna Claudia, born: Randers, Danmark 14 Mar. 1884 Died: 1810 1955 von Westen Sylow Meydell, Thomas Edvard, born: Norge . 85 Âr Died: 1804 1958 =kerlund, Bj¯rn Axel, born: Helsinki, Finland 11 Apr. 1934 Died: 1012 1978 END OF LIST |
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