Nymoen Farm

[Kellie]

Hi! I am Canadian and coming to Norway this summer. My grandfather lived in Norway in the early 1900's at Nymoen Farm, Lenvik Parish, Troms County and I am trying to track down exactly where this is so we can visit. Any advice you could give me would be great and also let me know if this is not the correct forum for asking about this.

Thanks so much,

Kellie

[Jostein Stokke]

Welcome to the forum.

Try www.norgeskart.no and search for Nymoen, Senja (I know nothing about that area personally)

 

https://www.norgeskart.no/#!?project=norgeskart&layers=1002&zoom=13&lat=7698054.40&lon=611490.16&markerLat=7698054.403373621&markerLon=611490.1565550626&p=Seeiendom&showSelection=false&sok=Nymoen

 

[Jan-Thore Solem]

Kellie,

 

I do most of my genealogy in the area (Lenvik and surrounding parishes). There are a few Nymo/Nymoen, so it would/could help to pin it down if you tell us more about your grandfather (name, year of birth, parents names and dates, etc.). When did he emigrate etc?

Do you already have any sources/citations to any events in Lenvik (links to National Archive pages here on this site)?

[Kellie]

20 hours ago, Jostein Stokke said:

Welcome to the forum.

Try www.norgeskart.no and search for Nymoen, Senja (I know nothing about that area personally)

 

https://www.norgeskart.no/#!?project=norgeskart&layers=1002&zoom=13&lat=7698054.40&lon=611490.16&markerLat=7698054.403373621&markerLon=611490.1565550626&p=Seeiendom&showSelection=false&sok=Nymoen

 

Thank you for the information!

[Kellie]

On 4/29/2025 at 10:37 PM, Jan-Thore Solem said:

Kellie,

 

I do most of my genealogy in the area (Lenvik and surrounding parishes). There are a few Nymo/Nymoen, so it would/could help to pin it down if you tell us more about your grandfather (name, year of birth, parents names and dates, etc.). When did he emigrate etc?

Do you already have any sources/citations to any events in Lenvik (links to National Archive pages here on this site)?

Hi Jan-Thore, My grandfathers father was Anton Severin Nilsen born 1853 and his mother was Ane Bergithe Andreasdatter born 1853.

My grandfather's name was Rikard Jarel Levisen and he was their foster child born August 2, 1898 in Sweden. This was from the 1900 census records, Troms county, Lenvik parish, Nymoen farm. I will check into the date he emigrated to Canada. His name in Canada was Richard Nelson. 

I don't have any sources/citations to any events in Lenvik yet.

Thanks so much for any help you can give me.

Kellie

[Anton Hagelee]

2 hours ago, Kellie said:

I will check into the date he emigrated to Canada. His name in Canada was Richard Nelson. 

 

Can this be  him leaving in 1902

 

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/view/557/pe00000000143949

 

For the record 1900 FT 

 

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/census/person/pf01037559000209

 

 

 

 

Endret Mandag 03:31 av Anton Hagelee

[Bodil Hørlück Berg]

3 timer siden, Anton Hagelee skrev:

Can this be  him leaving in 1902

 

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/view/557/pe00000000143949

Nei, dette er en annen Rikard Nilson.

 

Men heller denne Rikard Nilsen:  https://www.digitalarkivet.no/pe00000000195413 

 

og litt mer samlet i Histreg. Skal ikke så langt før det er noen feillenker, men det gir oversikt. https://www.histreg.no/index.php/person/daid/pe00000000195413

 

[Jan-Thore Solem]

Kellie,

 

I have Anton Severin and Ane in my database, although I have followed them only through the 1891 census (somewhat fringe family ties...). That means I do not have Rikard/Richard in my database, although Anton Hagelee (above) is spot on with the link to the 1900 census.

 

NOTE: The Nymo farm in question is NOT the one Jostein Stokke linked to last week.

 

Your Nymo farm (today, in 2025) has the same property number (Gårds-/Bruks-nummer) as it had in the 1900 census: 4/4 (then in Lenvik, now Senja). Note the name is just Nymo in the 2025 property registry: https://seeiendom.kartverket.no/eiendom/5530/4/4/0/0

 

https://www.norgeskart.no/#!?project=seeiendom&layers=1002,1014,1015,1016&zoom=15&lat=7700196.73&lon=636765.10&markerLat=7700157.069802559&markerLon=636732.9380611076&p=Seeiendom&showSelection=true&sok=Sultindvikveien

 

The older property numbering system had it as property number: 69a2b

https://rhd.uit.no/matrikkel/mtliste.aspx?knr=1931&gnr=4

 

Ane Bergitte came from the neighboring farm: 4/1, Målsjorden

Find her in censuses 1865 and 1875 by scrolling from Anton's listings below.

Anton and Ane married 1 Jan 1882 in Malangen church, Mortenhals (across the fjord, to the east).

(Malangen church in Balsfjord main parish, Malangen 'sub-parish' at the time.)

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/kb20061212620166

 

Edit: Kellie, I don't know how much detail you already have on the cirumstances with Rikard and his 'fosterparents'? Do you have any sources telling Rikard was actually born in Sweden (I think not)? His baptism/christening record says he was 'home baptised' 3 weeks after birth (2 Aug 1898), with the baptism confirmed (illegitimate child) in Lenvik in 1906.

The 'home baptism' (3 weeks after birth) was done by Anton's father Nils Berg Kristiansen (and Anton's mother Karen Anna Sedeniusdatter as witness), so I do firmly believe Rikard was born on Målsjorden/Nymo!

Without having gone too much into the details myself (yet), I suspect that 'foster-father' Anton is also Rikard's biological uncle (Anton had a sister Kirstine/Kristine Vilhelmine Nilsdatter, b. 7 Jun 1873 at Målsjorden, they were at least 8 siblings).

It's far more likely that "Ungk. Arbeider [Bachelor Worker] Levi Anderson" came to Lenvik to work, than Kristine Nilsen going to Gävle, Sweden (although I have been wrong once or twice before).

Anton and Ane are Rikard's godparents at the baptism:

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/view/255/pd00000029757865

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/kb20050310020349

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/kb20061213620262

 

 

Census 31 Dec 1865:
https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/census/rural-residence/bf01038394000443
https://www.digitalarkivet.no/ft20090803680027

Census 31 Dec 1875:
https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/census/rural-residence/bf01052451000257
https://www.digitalarkivet.no/ft20110207680056

Census 1 Jan 1891 (Selveier = owns the farm):
https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/census/rural-residence/bf01053197000030

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/ft10061210078928
Main list (gives you the farm number & farm name): https://www.digitalarkivet.no/ft20100208320758

Census 3 Dec 1900 (Selveier = owns the farm):
https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/census/rural-residence/bf01037559000035
https://www.digitalarkivet.no/ft20101129310139

 

Edit:

Census 1 Dec 1910:

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/census/rural-residence/bf01036958000274

Circuit list: https://www.digitalarkivet.no/ft60084557000048

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/ft60146039000080

 

The family is now (1910) living (renting) in Mefjord (3/3), Berg parish (now 303/3 in Senja):

https://rhd.uit.no/matrikkel/mtliste.aspx?knr=1929&gnr=3

https://norgeskart.no/#!?project=seeiendom&layers=1002,1015,1016&zoom=14&lat=7713878.49&lon=594827.66&markerLat=7714170.38104906&markerLon=595097.0688987334&p=searchOptionsPanel&sok=Mefjorden

 

'Out-migrated' from Lenvik parish, for 'Amerika', 1911:

(right page, line numbers 15 - 18, there is a note there saying Anton (or possibly also Ane) has been to 'Amerika' before/earlier)

https://media.digitalarkivet.no/en/view/208/263  /  https://www.digitalarkivet.no/kb20050301021359

 

... and (as pointed to by Bodil above) the emigration from Trondheim, 28 Jun 1911:

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/view/557/pe00000000195413

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/em20110304620041

 

 

Senja Municipality (Note: Established 1 Jan 2020, as a merger of Berg, Tranøy, Torsken, and Lenvik municipalities):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senja_Municipality

 

 

Endret Mandag 20:42 av Jan-Thore Solem