[#30544] Hanna Balzersen - Kristiania 1883-1886 - Kampen kirche

[Gjest Robert Evensen]

I am trying to find out who is Hanna Balzersen. She is listed as a baptismal sponsor to my grandfather, Christian Evensen in 1883 and his sister Aasta Evensen in 1886. They were baptised in Kampen kirche. Does anyone know how I can find out who she was? I suspect she is a relative.

[Gjest Robert Bjerke]

I wonder if this will help: Johanne Marie Baltsersen, daughter of Johannes Baltsersen and Karen Christiansdatter, was born 9 December 1848 and baptized in Vor Frelsers menighet. She married in 1868 and lived in Ullensaker.

[Gjest Robert Evensen]

Hi Robert,Thanks for the help. It is a possibility. I don't have any family that I know of from Ullensaker, but Christian's mother, Maren Paulsen, was from Eidsvoll, and moved down to Kristiania, so there may have been other family members moving through Ullensaker.Robert

[Gjest Robert Bjerke]

I checked my notes, and see that Johanne Marie Baltsersen occasionally appears in the records as Hanne Baltsersen. Her husband was Ole Larsen / Ole Larsen Jægerlund.

[Gjest Robert Evensen]

Oh, I like this. I also seem to remember another sponsor for a different child named Ole Larsen. Yes, I know that there were probably 5000 Ole Larsens, but I'll check further on the farm name. What records are you checking?Robert

[Gjest Robert Bjerke]

My information is from the Ullensaker parish registers, except for Johanne's baptism. Ole Larsen was a very distant relative of mine.

[Gjest Robert Evensen]

Hmm, not sure what to do with this information. The name Hanne Baltzersen is not that common, unlike Ole Larsen. I don't know what her relationship was to my family, but she shows up twice as a sponsor. I can identify everyone else, so I am assuming she is important and perhaps another family member, but she could be just a family friend. Does your Ole Larsen have any relationship to Eidsvoll or where is the Jægerlund farm?

[Gjest Robert Bjerke]

None of the names you mention seem to have any connection to Ole Larsen's family. Jægerlund seems to be part of the farm Sundby at Gardermoen. I noted that your grandfather's name is Christian, and Johanne's mother was Karen Christiansdatter, but you've probably considered that already.