Genealogy - Carl Andreas Pedersen, from Bergen, born circa 1860-1870

[JonHendry]

Hello. Apologies for the English. I am trying to look into my Norwegian ancestry. My great-grandfather was Carl Andreas Pedersen, from Bergen, born circa 1860, maybe as late as 1870. (His father was Peter Pedersen and his mother's maiden name was Karen Knudsen, I believe.) How would I go about looking into this? Any help would be much appreciated. Many thanks.

[Olaf Larsen]

Hi, and welcome Jon Hendry. You may start by reading all the info in english by following this suggestion: 🙂

 

You'll find the family here, in the 1865 census for Bergen:

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/census/person/pf01038249007827

 

Here is the family in the 1875 census for Bergen, Peder is now a Boatswain

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/census/person/pf01052295019053

 

The marriage between uk=ungkarl=bachelor (not UK) seaman Peder Andersen Aastvedt and Maren Christine Carlsdtr. in 1855

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/view/327/pv00000000948439

 

In the scanned version of the marriage, you will also find the names of the father of the groom and bride:

Anders Knudsen Aastvedt and Carl Anton Schneider

https://media.digitalarkivet.no/en/view/8345/39

The second to the last entry on the page. It also says that Peder was born 29.07.1832, and that Maren was born 01.06.1829.

 

(And here is the idiot AMF version transcribed by some illiterate morons somewhere outside Norway, look at the bride's father!

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/view/327/pv00000008928453  )

 

Here is Maren's christening:

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/view/255/pd00000007318615

 

(And here is the idiot AMF version transcribed by some illiterate morons somewhere outside Norway, look at the parent's names!

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/view/255/pd00000040014461 )

 

The widow Maren Christine dies in 1892

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/view/267/pg00000000257430

She was as a widow supported according to the powerty act from 1878-1885

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/view/51/pc00000000063792

 

Here is Peder's christening:

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/view/255/pd00000002898380

 

Now you should have a lot to digest, and names and dates to prepare for deeper searches. 😀

 

We have a little problem with the sources transcribed by foreigners - see the contributors AMF = Ancestry, MyHeritage og FamilySearch. They use people unfamiliar with norwegian spellling to transcribe the texts, therefore my comments about the idiot versions! 🙄 Sorry!

 

Here are some more links, you'll see what they are:

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/view/267/pg00000000777046

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/census/person/pf01058390018589

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/view/255/pd00000007313972

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/view/327/pv00000008929278

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/view/327/pv00000001192950

The uk reference here means ungkarl = bachelor, it has nothing to do with UK.

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/view/215/pp00000000013640

 

Here is an AMF contribution, birthplace Lydgby does not exist...
https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/view/327/pv00000008954975

 

Endret Januar 28, 2021 av Olaf Larsen