[#33504] Tobior SUIRSDATTER ?

[Gjest Jon Torp]

The ship 'Ørnen' leaves Bergen on April 23rd 1868 with 414 passengers bound for Quebec. Among the 414 passengers are 180 people born in Kinsarvik. 'Our' Torbjørg Sjursdatter Aga is on the ship. The ship was built in 1856 in Bath, Maine, U.S.A. 'Ørnen' arrived in Quebec on June 6th 1868. [url="http://www.norwayheritage.com/p_list.asp?jo=1455>http://www.norwayheritage.com/p_list.asp?jo=1455On the captains passanger list Torbjørg Sjursdatter Aga has been named Torbjørg Larsdatter Aga - this is wrong. An error probably made by the captain.The ship 'Ørnen' sank at Anegada Reef near Anegada Island - British Virgin Islands - in 1879.http://www.blytmann.com/wrecks3.htm'ØRNEN, Barque, Norwegian, wrecked November 6, 1879, Captain S. Løkke. Ref. St.Th.Tid., 12th November, 1879: 'The Norwegian barque 'ØRNEN', of Christiana, Captain Løkke, bound to Galveston from Rotterdam, in ballast, stranded on the night of the 6th inst. on the Anegada Reef, and is a total loss. The captain and crew arrived here. 'Norsk Sjøfartsmuseum states that 'ØRNEN', build in Maine, 1856, 426 reg. tonn, appears in the Norwegian Veritas Register first time in 1867. Owner: P. Backer, Kristiana (now Oslo).''Ørnen' can be seen at the far left of this painting from 1861:

[Gjest Steve Rea]

Thanks Trygve I have that womans email and phone number I will get intouch with her. Again thanks.