LARSEN FAMILY - SOUTH AFRICAN DESCENDANTS
OF
LERVIG, NYGAARDSVIG, HORDNES AND SALBU FAMILIES
Sivert Olsen Nygaardsvig's daughter Marie Elizabeth Olsen
married Sivert Andersen Hordnes the son of Anders Tollevsen Salbu.
Marie lived in Nygaardsvig, she was 21 and Sivert was 29 when they
married. (see Askøy Church records - original register in Bergen
State Archives). Sivert Andersen, age 32, and his father-in-law Sivert
Olsen Nygaardsvig, age 62, were lost at sea on the 27th of February, 1869
in a "Strong Storm". Their bodies were never found. see Askøy parish
register number A 9 (1863-1877).
After the untimely death of her first husband, Marie married Fredrik
Johan Larsen Lervig. Fredrik, son of Lars Findsen Lervig and Petrikke
Marie Johannesdtr, was born March 24, 1845, and was baptized in the
Askøy church on April 6, 1845. Fredrik was the oldest of eight children
and was a second cousin to Marie. Fredrik and Marie's common great-grandparents
were John and Marthe Sjursen (Siursen)
(married Askøy January 1776 - see insert below).
Fredrik married Marie in the church at Askøy on the 10th
of September 1871 and he became the foster father to the three children
of Marie and her late husband Sivert Andersen Hordnes - the children's
names were 'Angele Edvard'Angel Sivertsen (born 1866) and the twins
Sigvart Sivertsen and Emil Sivertsen (born 1868).
The December 1875 "Folketaelling for Kongeriget
Norge" show that Fredrik Johan Larsen Lervig (Lervik) - together with
his wife Marie Elisabeth Olsdtr and the children 'Angele Edvard' Angel
Sivertsen, Sigvart Sivertsen and Emil Sivertsen, Petra Bendikte Larsdtr
(born 1872) and Ludvig Larsen (born 1875) - lived in Krohnviken, Aarstad
where Fredrik worked as a carpenter. Krohnviken is now a part of Bergen,
a little south of the centre of the town. In the 1870's a number of mechanical
workshops and shipbuilders were located in this area.
The Larsen Family left Bergen on the 19th of July 1879 on the
schooner Debora to establish a Norwegian colony on the Island of Aldabra.
After spending some weeks in Madagascar the expedition was aborted. The
Debora left for Natal and arrived in Durban on the 12th of November 1879.
Some years
later Fredrik Johan Larsen purchased a 1030 acre farm in Oribi Flats,
on the southern coast of Natal - the Larsen farm was close to the Norwegian
settlement of Marburg.
Marburg was the "New Homeland" of the small group of Norwegian
Settlers who arrived in the British Crown Colony of Natal in 1882. Marburg
was comprised of 50 farm "Lots" of 100 acres each, together with 2000 acres
of "commonage".
The Larsen family lived on the Oribi Flats farm for many years . Fredrik
and his wife Marie are buried in a small graveyard on the farm.
Emil Larsen married Gusta Dahle of Lot 30 Marburg and Nancy Larsen married
Peter Lind of Lot 3 Marburg. Ref: "Norwegian Settlers Marburg, Natal 1882"
and "Centenary Supplement 1882 - 1982"
Photograph: Fredrik and Marie Larsen and Family - circa 1895
: Children: anti-clockwise from back - Petra Bendikte, Sigvart, Angel,
Emil, Ludvig, Carl Martin, Finn Atlanter, Johannes, Elias Johan, Marie
Fredrica.
List of Norwegian Relatives of Angel, Sigvart and Emil Sivertsen Nygaardsvig: CLICK HERE
Descendants of Marie Elizabeth Sivertdtr Olsen Nygaardsvig
Marie Elizabeth married Fredrik Johan Larsen after the death of her first
husband Sivert Andersen Hordnes. Fredrik adopted the three children of
Marie's first marriage - ie Sivert's sons Angel, Sigvart and Emil.
Legend
B: born.
D: died.
L: lived.
W: occupation.
A: adopted child.
Di:divorced.
s/o: son of.
sen: son of.
dtr: daughter.
M: married.
S: single.
[name] woman's married name or nickname
[name] childs name acquired by adoption
Marie Elizabeth Sivertdtr Olsen Nygaardsvig [married Andersen - married
Larsen]
B:1844-08-20 in Nygaardsvig
D: 1916-08 aged 72 Oribi - buried in graveyard on the farm called Fredheim,
ie Oribi lot 8
L: Nygaardsvig/Oribi Natal
W: housewife - seamstress - farmer
M: 1865-09-17
Sivert Andersen Hordnes s/o Anders Tollevsen Salbu
B-1836-11-18 D-1869-02-27 aged 33
B: Hordnes
L: Hordnes/Nygaardsvig
W: Farmer - carpenter - shipwright -fisherman
D: Korsfjord - Fanafjord (drowned when sailing boat overturned in storm)
Children 3
Angel (Angele Edvard)
B-1866? s/o Sivert Andersen Hordnes (s: died as young man in South Africa)
Sigvart
B-1868 s/o Sivert Andersen Hordnes (m: Mary Ann Edwards of Birmingham)
Emil
B-1868 s/o Sivert Andersen Hordnes (m: Gusta Dahle of lot 30 Marburg)
M: 1871-09-10 - Marie's second marriage
Fredrik Johan Larsen Lervig (Marie and Fredrik were second cousin
- see insert above)
B-1845-03-24 D-1924-09 aged 79 (see estate papers dated Sept. 1924)
The widow Marie Elisabeth Olsen married Fredrik Johan Larsen, age 26, and
the son of Lars Findsen Lervig
W: Farmer - Preacher
L: Oribi Flats Certificate of allotment SG 3976-08 of lot 8 - 1030 acres
M: Norway
D: Oribi - buried in graveyard on the farm called Fredheim, ie Oribi lot
8
Children 3+7 (Angel, and the twins Sigvart and Emil were adopted
by their stepfather Fredrik Johan Larsen)
Petra Bendikte
B: Feb. 3, 1872 [m: Thorvaldsen]
Ludvig
B: 1875 - Ludvig born Nov. 3, 1873 died as baby, the second child Ludvig
born Jan. 10, 1875
The second Ludvig drowned as a young man whilst swimming in the Umgeni
river mouth ?
Carl Martin
B: 1878
M: Florence Habgood : divorced - Florence then married Kerr, divorced a
second time and married Wayne
M: Shuttleworth
Finn Atlanter
B: 1879
D: 1962-11-28 : aged 83
L: Was a bachelor and stayed on the Oribi Farm until he died as a result
of a motor accident in December 1962
Johannes
B-circa 1882 (Meningitis left him simple-minded)
D-died before parents in Pmb
Elias Johan
B-1885 [m: Grace Maria Jones] SO/ST-1-10
Marie Fredrica
B-1889
M: Henry Pickering
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Comprehensive Listing of the "Larsen"
Descendants
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ANGEL SIVERTSEN NYGAARDSVIG [LARSEN] [became LARSEN by adoption]
no children - died a young adult
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SIGVART SIVERTSEN NYGAARDSVIG
[LARSEN] [became LARSEN by adoption]
Alfred Ernest Larsen
no children - died as a baby
Angel Sivert [Wireless-Windy] Larsen
no children
Victor Theodore Larsen
David Victor Larsen
James David Larsen
- Thamar Lydia Larsen
- Naomi Angela Larsen
- David James Larsen
- Tabea Gisela Larsen
Steven John Larsen
Gernot Egon Larsen
Mark Sivert Larsen
Verena Karen Larsen [Adjriou]
- Gustav Carl Hordnes Adjriou
Roy Stretton Larsen
Antony Stretton Larsen
Dayne Edwina Larsen
Diane Lucy Egersdorffer [Larsen]
Bergen Victor Larsen
Cyril Larsen
Loraine Larsen [Bean]
Susan Bean [Hughes]
Jane Bean [Short]
Harold Stanley Larsen
Wayne Larsen
Grant Larsen
Ann Larsen [Blewett]
Craig Blewett Stephen Blewett
Matthew Blewett
Clarence Larsen
no children
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EMIL SIVERTSEN NYGAARDSVIG [LARSEN] [became LARSEN by adoption]
Alvida [Mulla] Larsen [Blackburn]
Lorraine [Bobby] Blackburn [de Jong - Parker]
no children
Olga Blackburn [Lyndon]
no children
Theodore [Mannie - Blackie] Blackburn
Glenwyn Roland Blackburn
-Aaron Blackburn
- Nicholas Blackburn
- Matthew Blackburn
Bradley Wayne Blackburn
- Brendan Wayne Blackburn
Dora Larsen
no children
Gustav Larsen
no children
Thelma Larsen [McMurchie]
no children
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PETRA BENDIKTE LARSEN [THORVALDSEN]
Elling Engelbert Johann Thorvaldsen
Edith Joan Thorvaldsen [Goldhill]
Malcolm Christopher Goldhill
- Warren Goldhill
- Kirsten Goldhill
- Dean Goldhill
Sharon Anne Goldhill [Keogh]
- Gregory Keogh
- Adrian Keogh
- Kathryn Keogh
John Derek Goldhill
Beverley Joan Goldhill
Ronald Ian Thorvaldsen
Elise Thorvaldsen [Macadam]
Paula Thorvaldsen
Andrew Thorvaldsen
Anne Thelma Thorvaldsen [Bach]
David Bach
Juliet Bach
Norman Michael Thorvaldsen
Gary Sven Thorvaldsen
Julie Anne Thorvaldsen
Sara Adele Rosalie Thorvaldsen
Sheila June Thorvaldsen [Morris]
Gareth Morris
Kari Morris
Frida Marie Thorvaldsen [Lello]
No descendants
Theodora Thelma Thorvaldsen [Cowley]
Thorvald William Cowley
- Mary Sylvia Cowley
Petra Inga E Hannah Thorvaldsen [Everitt]
Jennifer Everitt [Vermeulen]
- Roger Vermeulen
- David Vermeulen
Pamela Everitt [MacPherson]
- Charmagne Yvonne MacPherson
- James MacPherson
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LUDWIG LARSEN
No descendants - drowned whilst swimming in the Umgeni river
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CARL MARTIN BRYAN LARSEN
Mildred Violet Habgood Larsen [Bean]
Noel Gwendoline Bean [Seager]
Anthony Leonard Seager
- Wayne Seager
- Brent Seager
Lynette Mildred Seager [Finlay]
- Grant Scott Finlay
- Colette Finlay
Norman Bean
Norman Charles Bean
- Norman ?? Bean
- Gavin ?? Bean
Virginia Anne Bean [Green]
- Judy Green
- Michael Green
Pamela Elizabeth Bean [Wentzel]
- Grant Wentzel
- Linda-Lee Wentzel
Roy Michael Bean
Jennifer Delise Bean [Clark]
-John Clark
John (or Reginald) Bean
no children
Philip Henry Alec Bean
Susan Bean [Hughes]
Jane Bean [Short]
Ninette Dawn Bean [Heaven]
Mildred Adeline M Heaven [McCluskey]
- Arlene Ninette McCluskey
- Tracy May McCluskey
Trevor Habgood Bean
David Charles Bean
Caryn Bean
Harold [Pop] Larsen
Anne Margeret Larsen [Harlow]
Arthur Neil Harlow
- Nicola Anne Harlow
- Laura Wendy Harlow
Julie-Anne Day Harlow [Day]
- Kathleen Louis Day
- Anthony Ian Day
- Alan Keith Day
James Alan Harlow
Carl Alexander Robert Larsen
no children
Lukas Harold [Harry] Larsen
Angela Larsen
Pearl Larsen
no children
Reginald Larsen [Wayne] [adopted the name of his stepfather]
Roy Anthony Wayne
Helen-Christi Wayne
Christopher James Wayne
Terrence Reginald Wayne
Lucy Wayne
Alginal Larsen [Wayne][adopted the name of his stepfather]
no children
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FINN ATLANTER LARSEN
No descendants - remained a bachelor and lived on the family farm in Oribi
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JOHANNES LARSEN
No descendants - died at an early age.
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ELIAS JOHAN LARSEN
Nancy Larsen [Lind]
Anders Lind
Sharlene Lind [Schultz]
Justin Lind
René Lind
Robin Lind
Edna Larsen [Gascoyne]
Sherwyn Gascoyne
Corolla Gascoyne
Frederick James Larsen
Bruce Frederick Larsen
Andrew Larsen
Kim Larsen
Sylvia Larsen [Hugo - Robinson]
Barry J Hugo
Siobhan Kathleen Hugo
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MARIE FREDRICA LARSEN [PICKERING]
No descendants
Notes:
Parents of Marie Elizabeth Olsen - Nygaardsvig
Sivert Olsen Nygaardsvig
B: Nygaardsvig
D: Nygaardsvig
L: Nygaardsvig
W: Captain of small ship - carpenter - shipwright
Married
Severine Toredtr Nygaardsvig
Children - number unknown
Marie Elizabeth Olsen - Nygaardsvig
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Notes: (Spelling differences have not been corrected)
The Fana Bygdebok (4) records: "Jana"
Johanna Hansdtr Hordnes (Hordneas),was the daughter of Hans Paulsen
who died in 1792, Hans Knudsen, who had no children of this own, married
"Siri" Sigrid Iversdtr Birkeland the widow of Hans Paulsen. Jana, being
Hans Paulsen's only child, inherited her fathers portion of the farm Hordnes.
Jana and Anders Tollevsen Salbu were the parents of Sivert Andersen Hordnes.
The
following information was sourced by Yngve Nedrebø
The Askøy records show: Sivert Andersen, age 32, and his father-in-law,
Sivert Olsen Nygaardsvig, age 62, were lost at sea Feb. 27, 1869 in a "Strong
Storm". Their bodies were never found.
The Askøy records show: Sept. 10, 1871 the widow Marie Elisabeth
Olsen married Fredrik Johan Larsen, age 26, and the son of Lars Findsen
Lervig. They had a daughter Petra Benedikte Feb. 3, 1872. A son Ludvig
Nov. 3, 1873, another Ludvig born Jan. 10, 1875. In 1875 Fredrik Johan
Larsen Lervig - together with his wife Marie Elisabeth Olsdtr and the children
Angele Edvard, Emil, Sigvart, Petra Bendikte and Ludvig, born 1875 - lived
in Krohnviken, Aarstad. See: Folketaelling for Kongeriget Norge den
31te December 1875 P28 and P29 - in this census record Angele Ed(e)vard
B-1866, Emil B-1868, Sigvart B-1868 were recorded as Sivertsen and not
Larsen
The Askøy records show: Fredrik Johan Larsen Lervig and Cathrine
Marie Tollefsdatter had (out-of- wedlock) a daughter Cathrine Johanne March
8, 1866, but the child died Jan. 29, 1869.
Askøy records - page references: Deaths of Sivert Olsen and
Sivert Andersen on page 217b, numbers 12 and 13, death of the child Cathrine
Johanne on page 262b, number 7, marriage of Marie Elisabeth and Fredrik
Johan Larsen on page 189b, number 27, birth of Ludvig Nov. 3, 1873 on page
148b, number 78, and the second Ludvig, born January 10, 1875 on page 153d,
number 11.
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Complied by David Victor Larsen Tuesday, December 3, 1991
summary W478-P168-30?
ALDABRA
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of the Indian Ocean Islands. So immense that one cannot see from one end
of the vast lagoon to the other. Volcanic in origin, it is a harsh yet
incredibly beautiful and unique eco-system rising out of the oceans depths
off the eastern rim of the Mozambique channel. "Aldabra" wrote Sir Julian
Huxley in 1970 "is one of natures treasures and should belong to the whole
world". Charles Darwin himself was well aware of Aldabra's importance to
naturalists and pleaded for its protection over 100 years ago. Incredibly,
Aldabra had been off limits to all but a hearty few scientists and explorers
until 1991 when it was officially opened to selective and small groups
of eco-tourists, primarily birders and divers.
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