Looking for information on Ole Nielsen imprisioned in Akershus Festnings Slaveri 1872-1878

[Camille Bell]

I am trying to verify that the Ole Nielsen who died in Akershus Festnings Slaveri on March 25, 1878 and buried March 28, 1878 is my 2 great grandfather. The age is correct. Is there a 1875 census for the Akershus Festnings Slaveri? Are the prison records available from 1872-1878? Where would I find court records that might contain information about him? Thank you for your help.

[Arkivverket - Anita Riise]

The Prison records would be a good place to start searching. They are available at the National Archives and Regional State Archives of Oslo.

You find the catalogue here:

https://arkivportalen.no/entity/no-a1450-02000000001487?ins=SAO

[Anne-Lise Hansen]

@Camille Gell

 

The 1875 census for Akershus festnings slaveri has an Ole Nielsen b. 1837 in Toten, Oppland, so he is 9 years younger than the Ole Nilsen dead and buried 51 years old in 1878:

 

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/census/person/pf01052055000476.  Wrong candidate.

 

Oslo county, Akershus slaveri / straffanstalt / landsfengsel in Oslo, Parish register (official) no. 2 (1852-1883), Deceased and buried 1876-1879, Page 21
Quick link: https://www.digitalarkivet.no/kb20050922010018

(No. 2 in 1878)
 

Could the age at death or census be wrong?

 

Was your Ole born about 1826?

 

Yes! 🙂 The census reveals a second Ole Nielsen b. in Kristiania (Oslo) 1825:

 

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/census/person/pf01052055000428

 

 

Perhaps this Ole? Father Niels Amundsen.

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/view/255/pd00000011750884

 

Endret Mai 12, 2022 av Anne-Lise Hansen

[Anne-Lise Hansen]

The Death register shows that he had three children and his wife, Anna Kaisa Nilsen lives in Övre Fossvei  in Grünerløkka. The record states that the children are in America.

 

Oslo county, Oslo skifterett, Death register no. A 9 (1874-1878), Death protocol page, Page 264b-265a
Quick link: https://www.digitalarkivet.no/sk20081219320553

(No. 503)

 

(Her name Kaisa could be Swedish.)

This may be the family in 1865 census:

 

035 Ole Nielsen	08	38	Sverrige	-	-	g	Arbeidsmand
036 Anne Kaisa Johnsen	08	33	Sverrige	-	Kone	g	-
037 Josephine Olsdatter*	08	8	Christiania	-	Datter	ug	-
038 Brigamine Olsdatter*	08	6	Christiania	-	Datter	ug	-
039 Emma Amalie Olsdatter*	08	2	Christiania	-	Datter	ug

 

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/census/person/pf01038027047376

 

 

Endret Mai 12, 2022 av Anne-Lise Hansen

[Camille Bell]

17 hours ago, Anne-Lise Hansen said:

The Death register shows that he had three children and his wife, Anna Kaisa Nilsen lives in Övre Fossvei  in Grünerløkka. The record states that the children are in America.

 

Oslo county, Oslo skifterett, Death register no. A 9 (1874-1878), Death protocol page, Page 264b-265a
Quick link: https://www.digitalarkivet.no/sk20081219320553

(No. 503)

 

(Her name Kaisa could be Swedish.)

This may be the family in 1865 census:

 

035 Ole Nielsen	08	38	Sverrige	-	-	g	Arbeidsmand
036 Anne Kaisa Johnsen	08	33	Sverrige	-	Kone	g	-
037 Josephine Olsdatter*	08	8	Christiania	-	Datter	ug	-
038 Brigamine Olsdatter*	08	6	Christiania	-	Datter	ug	-
039 Emma Amalie Olsdatter*	08	2	Christiania	-	Datter	ug

 

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/census/person/pf01038027047376

 

Anne Lise, this is the verification we have been searching for. Thank you so much for your help in clearing up a 144 year old family mystery. These are my great great grandparents and we never knew what happened to Anna Kaisa's husband Ole. She left for America June 1878 to join her three children. Do you know if there are any court records that we could search to find his conviction or prison admittance records that would give us additional information?

 

[Anne-Lise Hansen]

3 timer siden, Camille Bell skrev:

Anne Lise, this is the verification we have been searching for. Thank you so much for your help in clearing up a 144 year old family mystery. These are my great great grandparents and we never knew what happened to Anna Kaisa's husband Ole. She left for America June 1878 to join her three children. Do you know if there are any court records that we could search to find his conviction or prison admittance records that would give us additional information?

 

I am pleased to hear we found him. 🙂

 

I have seen such records from another prison i Kristiania, but I do not know if ther excists similar records from Akershus. (I do not work in the Archives, but is just a member of this forum, like you.) 

 

I hope people from the Archives will help us find the relevant sources to look information on Ole’s records. If these records are awailable online, I will continue looking. It is also possible to ask the Archive for assistance in looking up in the records. It is nessescary to identify where to look first.

 

@Anita Riise - Arkivverket

 

Er deler av dette materialet publisert og tilgjengelig online, Anita? 

 

A-10691 - Akershus festnings slaveri og arbeidsanstalt

• SAO/
• A-10691

1767-1936

Arkivets viktigste serie er domsaktene, som går fra 1768 til 1878. Inngangen til domsaktene er fangeprotokollene. Endel av prestearkivet er innlemmet i dette arkiv (kopibøker 1846-1936, dagbok over cellefanger 1877-1883).

 

 

Lette, men fant bare fangeprotokoller fra Botsfengselet:

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/search/sources?s=Akershus+festnings+slaveri+og+arbeidsanstalt&from=&to=&format=all&i[]=41&i[]=27&archive_key=&st[]=DOMB&st[]=SLST&st[]=RERG&st[]=REBO&st[]=FANG

 

Yngre fangeprotokoller bare:

https://media.digitalarkivet.no/db/browse?archives[]=no-a1450-02000000001491&start_year=&end_year=&tags[]=124&text=

 

Besøk på Sognsvann blir nødvendig, ser jeg.

Endret Mai 13, 2022 av Anne-Lise Hansen

[Anne-Lise Hansen]

@Camille Bell

 

I have been to the National Archives and I have found Ole Nielsen’s prison records. I have received a digital copy I can give you. It is also possible to find the court sentence  records. However, I find that I am the only one ‘following’ this tread/topic and thus you will not receive any notification of my new entries. If you log into the forum soon, please press FØLG DETTE on blue background next to your name right under the headline.

 

 

 

 

 

@Forum Admin

 

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Endret Mai 22, 2022 av Anne-Lise Hansen

[Anne-Lise Hansen]

Here is the prisoner protocol for Ole Nielsen:

Ole_Nielsen.pdf

[Camille Bell]

Anne-Lise, Thank you so much! I will have someone translate this for me. What a great gift! It makes me sad to think my 2 great grandfather was in prison there in Christiana, it must have been horrible but I am grateful to finally know what happened to him. 

With sincere appreciation, Camille Bell

[Camille Bell]

Was there just two images? The original prison record and the paper with your name on it? That is what I can see.

Thank you, Camille

[Anne-Lise Hansen]

Hi, 

 

Yes, here it was only that one page about your ancestor.

 

I will go back to the National Archives tomorrow to see if they have succeded in finding some of the court sentences. Perhaps I can get a digital copy of that as well. They have a huge scanner copying the documents as .pdf-files to a memory stick.

 

Tomorrow evening local time we will know. I’ll post it here for you to download. 

[Anne-Lise Hansen]

I do not have any good news to you, I’m afraid. I have been to the archives today and my ‘battle’ with huge, heavy and dusty protocols did not result in finding any of the verdicts. 🥹  The protocols I looked in were chronologically written, but skipped the dates of Ole’s verdicts. They must be somewhere, this is just me lacking experience in this.. 🙄