Anders Jørgenssen SVIGGUM

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 29 Dec 1861, Hafslo, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway

Notes:

One of his baptismal sponsors was the ill-fated Anna Andersdatter Mareim. At the time of that baptism, Anna would have been days either way of the conception that led to the pregnancy that led to her death.

Baptism:
perhaps at Joranger

Notes:

In the 1865 census, he was a husmand with land on the Svigum farm in Hafslo. The household consisted of Jørgen Endresen, b. 1831, Brita Andersdatter, b. 1831, Peder Andersen, b. 1853, stepson, Erik Jørgensen, b. 1858, Anders Jørgensen, b. 1861, Kristi Jørgensdatter, b. 1864, and Kari Sjursdatter, føderaadskone, b. 1782. Everyone had been born in Hafsloe.

In the 1900 Norwegian census, he is a husmann with land on Traahaug, a husmann’s farm on the larger Sviggum farm in Hafslo. Living with him are his unmarried daughters, Kristi and Anna, along with his daughters’ children: Kristian Knutsen, 14, Petra Halvorsd, 9, and Brita Jørgensd, 4.

The bygdebøk calls him Jørgen Endreson Sviggum. The farm that he and his family lived on was called Tråhaugen 2, “òg kalla Jørnhaugen eller Jørnplassen, plass under bnr. 2.” His daughter Anna continued living at Tråhaugen 2 until 1922 when she married Johannes Torkildson Teigen.

Birth:
“frå Solvisbakken under Sætre”

Died:
“som husmann på Sviggo” Luster bygdebøk

Jørgen married Brithe Andersdatter MAREIM on 20 Apr 1859 in Hafslo, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. Brithe (daughter of Anders Andersen MAREIM and Anna Eriksdatter OPHEIM) was born on 25 Oct 1830 in Hafslo, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway; was christened on 31 Oct 1830 in Hafslo, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway; died on 30 Aug 1892 in Hafslo, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway; was buried on 5 Sep 1892 in Hafslo, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 31 Oct 1830, Hafslo, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway

Notes:

She is the Britta Andersdatter Mareim listed as one of the sponsors for Anna Bowe’s baptism and the Brithe Andersdatter Sviggum listed as one of the sponsors for Sjur’s (Sever Bowe’s) baptism.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Husmaand
• Baptism: 8 Feb 1784, Marem, Hafslo, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway

Notes:

Age 44 and of Marem according to marriage record.

Anders and his family are included in the bygdebok for Marheim on pp. 383-386. Arne Fastebust’s family says Anders was a “husman på Kåstoveplassen under Marheim.”

Died:
“74 aar”

Anders married Anna Eriksdatter OPHEIM on 28 Nov 1827 in Hafslo, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. Anna (daughter of Erik Jenssen OPHEIM and Benthe Jørgensdatter JORANGER) was born in 1802 in Opheim, Jordanger, Hafslo, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway; was christened on 12 Sep 1802 in Hafslo, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway; died on 3 Jan 1849 in Bergen, Hordaland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 12 Sep 1802, Opheim, Jordanger, Hafslo, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway

Notes:

Of Opheim farm according to Berthe’s baptism records and confirmed in marriage records.

She was 26 when she married Anders.

She does not seem to be listed in the 1865 Norwegian census.

We do not know the dates and circumstances for Anna’s death. The best guess, endorsed by Arne, is described in Lars E Øyane’s bygdebøk: Gards- og ættesoge for Luster kommune Band VI (1986). On page 383-85, Øyane claims that Anna Eriksdotter “probably died from cholera in Bergen 3 January 1849.” Arne concedes that Anna ending up in Bergen, rather far from Sogn, is problematic.

Arne’s summary: As to Anders’s and Anna’s seven children, all born in Marheim, three of them (Berthe, Kari and Anders) emigrated to America, one (Erik) lived in Bergen, Norway, two died early (the first Anders and his sister Anna), and only one (Brithe) stayed in Hafslo.

Died:
see notes

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 15 Jan 1747, Hafslo, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway

Notes:

See p. 329 of the bygdebok. Anders was a stepson of the previous farmer and was of Marheim.

He was a bonde og gaard beboer of the Marem farm in Jordanger, Hafsloe, in the 1801 census.

Anders and Britta were first cousins.

Died:
“74 aar”

Anders married Britta Einersdatter TØRVI on 9 Oct 1769 in Hafslo, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. Britta (daughter of Einer Erikson TØRVI and Kari Eriksdotter TØRVI) was born about 1752 in Sogn og Fjordane, Norway; died in Mar 1790 in Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
per Arne

Died:
“three days after giving birth to her youngest child, Nils Anderson Marheim”

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 10 Feb 1771, Hafslo, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway

Notes:

From Yngsdalen according to the bygdebok (Luster VI, p. 910).

On the Opheim farm in the 1801 census. His family, a subset of a much larger farm roster, is Erich, 29, his wife Berthe Jørgensdatter, 27, Jens Erichsen, 5, Jørgen Erichsen, 3, and Johannes Erichsen, 1.

Birth:
Yngsdalen according to candacemariewicks25

Died:
“77 aar” at death; Opheim according to candacemariewicks25

Erik married Benthe Jørgensdatter JORANGER on 8 Jun 1795 in Hafslo, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. Benthe (daughter of Jørgen Pedersen JORANGER and Astri Olsdatter) was born in 1772 in Hafslo, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway; died on 9 Feb 1848 in Hafslo, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway; was buried on 24 Feb 1848 in Hafslo, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 22 Nov 1772, Hafslo, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway

Notes:

From øvre Jørongo according to the bygdebok (Luster VI, p. 910).

Birth:
imputed from age at death

Died:
“76 aar”