Great Grandfather Lerrvold

[Richard Lervold]

I continuing to research my family, I have found 2 names that may belong in the tree.

 

My great grandfather was John Nilsen Leervold, born Sept 15, 1830 in Sunndals, Møre og Romsdal, Norway.

 

His wife was Anne Bjornsdotter (Bjorner Thoresen ?) born about 1825 in Lesja, Norway.

 

Do you know if our John Nilsen Lervold 1830-? was possibly married twice?  Once to Anna, another to an Elen Madsdatter Frisvold.

 

Do you have a Halvor Jonsen Lervold within your tree anywhere?  He changed his name to Harry Johnson when he immigrated between 1902-1905.

 

Halvor was born in Nesset Parish, Romsdalen in 1883.  This is his FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67730074/harry-johnson.

 

I did get the following of the "MyHeritage" web site: See attachments.

 

One is for Halvor Jonsen Lervold and the other one is for Elen Madsdatter Frisvold.

 

I would like to know is this information is accurate so I can update my tree.

 

Thank you.

 

Richard Lervold

Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

 

 

 

[Leif Erik Otterå]

There was an Elen Madsdatter Frisvold, born about 1848. In 1891 she is mentioned as «unmarried», but she had at least two children with a man John, but perhaps they were not married? If they had been married she would probably got the label «widow» 

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/census/person/pf01053052000351

 

[Leif Erik Otterå]

It seems like Elen Marie was married to a John P. Lervold, and they had a daughter Marit in 1887:

 

SAT, Ministerialprotokoller, klokkerbøker og fødselsregistre - Møre og Romsdal, 552/L0638: Klokkerbok nr. 552C01, 1867-1902, s. 84
Brukslenke for sidevisning: https://www.digitalarkivet.no/kb20060821040038
 

[Leif Erik Otterå]

but when Halvor was born July 24 1884 they were not married, and this was her 5th child without being married. John was at the time married to another woman (Anne ?)

 

SAT, Ministerialprotokoller, klokkerbøker og fødselsregistre - Møre og Romsdal, 552/L0638: Klokkerbok nr. 552C01, 1867-1902, s. 71
Brukslenke for sidevisning: https://www.digitalarkivet.no/kb20060821040025
 

Endret Desember 30, 2018 av Leif Erik Otterå

[Leif Erik Otterå]

Is this John Nilsen in 1891?

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/census/person/pf01053052000407

 

He is a widower, so if this is the man, probably he was not married at all to Elen Madsdatter.

[Leif Erik Otterå]

Anne Bjørnersdatter, born July 14th 1826

SAH, Lesja prestekontor, Ministerialbok nr. 4, 1820-1829, s. 252-253
Brukslenke for sidevisning: https://www.digitalarkivet.no/kb20070603480558
 

Marriage of John Nilsen and Anne Bjørnersdatter April 7th 1854:

SAT, Ministerialprotokoller, klokkerbøker og fødselsregistre - Møre og Romsdal, 590/L1013: Ministerialbok nr. 590A05, 1847-1877, s. 269
Brukslenke for sidevisning: https://www.digitalarkivet.no/kb20050614040601
 

Birth of their first child, Randi, July 18th 1854:

SAT, Ministerialprotokoller, klokkerbøker og fødselsregistre - Møre og Romsdal, 590/L1013: Ministerialbok nr. 590A05, 1847-1877, s. 60
Brukslenke for sidevisning: https://www.digitalarkivet.no/kb20050614040385