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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 left for the British colony of Port Natal (Durban). They were the first group of Norwegian emigrants to settle in 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 Hiedalewig (Høidalsvig) and wife, 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. Follow the links listed below for interesting accounts of the Debora Expedition that left Norway in 1879 bound for the Indian Ocean atoll Aldabra to establish a Norwegian Colony based on the teachings of the Norwegian preacher Hans Nielsen Hauge (1771 -1824). For a summary of the Expedition RETURN TO MAIN TEXT Go to the DEBORA EXPEDITION HOMEPAGE for a detailed account of the Expedition. |
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