Aanensen
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Tomine Sørensdtr and Aanen Aanensen Øidne
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The closest ancestors to the Amalie and Johan Kornelius (design by FamilySearch)
Tomine Sørensdtr Eidet was born on Jørgenstad, Lindesnes in 1860. She died on 15. June 1948, and was the daughter of Søren Jacobsen Jørgenstad and Ingeborg Torstensdatter (see below). According to Tveit church records the bachelor and lumberjack Aanen Aanensen Øidne, b.1852, in Bjelland parish and pige Tomine Regine's Sørensdtr Jørgenstad b. 1860, in Søndre Undal parish were married the 5. november 1878. Aanen was the son of Aanen Torjesen Øidne and Ingeborg Tjostelsdatter, both from Bjelland. His mother became an early widow, and was living with "husmand" Tjostel Sjursen on Rebaas, who was her father (see below). It was probably here Aanen and Anne were born. According to Grindheim church record A-1 Aanen upper Øidne was born 21. September 1852 and baptized 10. October of the same year.
From the church records in Grindheim – about Aanens confirmation (1867). Here it says that he was born 21/9-1852 and baptized 10/10 the same year. He was from Øidne, and was the son of Aanen Torjussen and Ingeborg Tjostelsdtr. He was vaccinated 25/10-53. Otherwise, there is a comment about the Aanens achievements in Christian knowledge. It is not easy to decipher this, but I guess it means that Aanen had "maadelig (average) knowledge". The last comment concerns the behavior and diligence, which is not easy to decipher.
Tomines Bibel, som hun fikk av sønnen Albert til Jul 1919
Livet til Tomine var selvsagt preget av ytre omstendigheter, både lokale og globale omstendigheter. Hun gjennomlevde flere verdensomspennende kriser, bl.a. to verdenskriger, en influensa-pandemi og en økonomisk depresjon. Influensapandemien kalles også spanskesyken. Den hadde svært høy dødelighet og smittet anslagsvis 500 millioner mennesker – rundt en fjerdedel av verdens befolkning. Antallet døde er anslått til mellom 17 og 50 millioner, og kanskje så høyt som 100 millioner, noe som gjør den til en av de verste pandemier i historien. Det antas at det i Norge omkom 13 000–15 000 mennesker, de fleste av lungebetennelse eller lungekomplikasjoner.
Ålefjær today
Neither Tomine or Aanen was from Ålefjær, but both stayed on the Lømsland Tveit when they married in 1878. Here lived Aanens twin sister Anne Aanensdtr Øidne, who was married to Abraham Sørensen (from Vigmostad). Also Aanens mom lived on Lømsland during the census of 1875; Aanen (tjenestegut (servant) on Landvig) was then on a visit (see here and here). Aanen had thus his mother and sister in the Lømsland. Here is a registered migration. He moved from Bjelland (28/10-1878), she moved from Jørgenstad. What with Tomine? Was it in Lømsland she met Aanen? Why would she travel to Lømsland? Her mother was from Vigmostad, and it is not unlikely that she knew Abraham Sørensen from before.
Around the turn of the century Ålefjær was a distinct export harbour where large sailing ships, brigs and steamers loaded lumber for sale to Belgium and England. There were two sawmills in actiobn, namely Kostøl steam saw and Anders Valley water saw. Kostøl steamsaw was started in 1882. It is not unlikely that there was this business that drew Aanen to Ålefjær. He is listed as a lumberjack, and delivered probably timber to the saw mills. The small village had around the turn of the century a population of about 150 with small and large. Aanen was probably damaged in the work, and in the church records in connection with his death it says "skovarbeider"(forest worker), and that he died of "benbetennelse"- inflammation in a leg. In connection with her daughter Kristine's death in may 1895 it is said that he was "fattigunderstøttet dagarbeider" ("poverty supported" by the state). He probably already had health issues, and had no permanent job.
Illustration: An early morning at the bark-houses in Lilleviga in Ålefjær around the year 1900. Here comes the farmers in small boats to deliver oak bark, and the finished cut bark is loaded on board in a smaller freighter. Drawing by Arvid Bergstøl (Tveit historical society Årsskrift 2029).
From Fædrelandsvennen (local newspaper) we find small items that tell about the activity on the docks in Ålefjær:
13.08.1880. Provisions of the farmer's forest products has in the summer been good. The price of the load, the table and the bark is a good deal higher than in the previous year. The shipping of the products is of no small importance for Tveds sogn. In the summer have 30-40 larger and smaller vessels at the Ålefjær been loaded with the Danish cargo, board, planks, props, and oak bark.
11.07.1881. From the surrounding farms a whole lot of timber are brought down to Ålefjærfjorden, where a large part is cut to planks, while the smaller cargo is shipped as props. In the spring and in the summer in Ålefjærfjorden it was loaded 26 vessels. When the shipping didn't start until 8. may, it is immediately realized that the traffic has been very lively.
09.01.1882. The exports from this place has been very great. In 1881 21 vessels were loaded with props for England and Scotland, 28 smaller ships with planks and a cargo for Denmark.
15.05.1883. The shippong of lumber from Aalefjær, which in previous years has been very significant, also in this year is at their beginning, as the 3 larger and some smaller vessels loaded with lumber for England and Denmark.
Tomines and Aanens daughter Anna Emilie was born 1879 in Lømsland, but when the son Sigvart was born in 1881 they had moved to Ålefjær, and Aanen built a small house on Eidet. Tomine and Aanen had six children – Emilie, Amalie, Sigvart, Alfred, Kristine and Albert. They were all born in Tveid; Anna Emilie born in Lømsland, the other probably on Eidet, Ålefjær. One of the children, Kristine, born in 1888, died 21. May 1895, only 6.5 years old of "gland disease and corrosion" (according to the church records). Her father, Aanen died the same year as Kristine, 30. november 1895 – according to the church records as a result of the "Inflammation in a leg". Albert (the youngest) was born in 1891, and Emilie (the eldest) born in 1879, so Tomine was a widow with responsibility for five children from 4 to 16 years old. It can't have been easy with five kids; life was not easier after Aanen died. It is also added with pencil in the census in 1900 she was backed from the government because of poverty. It also says that she was the "owner of the house with the property". This house has a nice location on Eidet, but is very modest (see picture). She had to buy the house back from the state after Aanen was dead (see below). Perhaps it was Emilie who helped her mother financially; Emilie was then 17 years. Emilie was a seamstress, and worked, perhaps together with Tomine. Alfred became a farmer and shoemaker, and Albert a preacher. See more about these here.
Tomine bought the house back from the state in July 1896.
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It is mentioned an event in Tveit historical society årsskrift no.16 (2005), where both Tomine and Emilie Aanensen is mentioned. It was signature action among women in connection with the dissolution of the Swedish-Norwegian union in 1905. The referendum in this connection was not really an issue for the women – they had no voting rights at that time. In 1898 when the men got the general right to vote, the proposal of female suffrage got only 33 votes, and was rejected with the reason that the women do not show sufficient interest. It was on this background an efforts to mobilize women, and in connection with the referendum in 1905, it was initiated a petition from the women, to the support of the men's votes. Both Tomine and Emilie sign this, together with 417 other women from Tveit.
Tomines house (to the left) and death protocol on Kristine's death in 1895
From the death protocol on Aanen's death 30. november 1895
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As show above, Ingeborg Kjøstaalsdtr also lives together with Tomine and the kids. It is Tomines mother-in-law.
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Jørgenstad
Tomine Regine Sørensdtr Jørgenstad was born on Jørgenstad in 1860. Jørgenstad is located on the upper Lindesnes, and probably after name Jørgen, Jørunn, e.l. The usual pronunciation is probably Jørsta. The first time we find Jørsta people in tax records is in 1594. In 1611 the farm was apparently divided into outer and inner Jørgenstad.
Tomine was born at inner Jørgenstad, and was the daughter of Søren Jakobsen (1834-1890) from Åseral and Ingeborg Torstensdtr (1836-1905) from Vigmostad. Søren was a farmer and carpenter, Ingeborg was weaving besides being a housewife. Tomine was the second oldest of 4 siblings.
Inner Jørgenstad, with the farm to Søren Jakobsen (blue square)
From church records in Spangereid – marriage between Søren Jacobsen and Ingeborg Torstensdtr (1857)
Tomines birth (1860) in the church records
Label from medisin bottle of Tomine, maybe for the unrest, of anxiety.
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Aanen Aanensen Øidne's ancestors
Aanen Aanensen was from Upper Øidne, and was the son of Aanen Torjussen. He died 18. april 1852, a half year before his son, the great-grandfather Aanen, was born. He was buried together with his father Torjus Aanensen. What could be the reason that the father and son died at about the same time, and was buried the same day? Was it disease? Accident? The great-greatson of Aanen's twin sister Anne Sørensen (Vidar Abrahamsen) says that the story is told in the family about this, is that Torjus Aanensen died a "natural" death, 62 years old. The son traveled to the village to arrange the funeral, and on the way got pneumonia and died after a few days.
Photos from the Upper Øydna, Audnedal and Grindheim church
Excerpt from church records in Grindheim about Torjus Aanensens and son Aanen Torjussens funeral 20. april 1852. They died 10. and 18. april, respectively.
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In the ancestral chart above we have the a.o. used the family research by Anna Rossevatn, Click to see the chart in better resolution;, designed by FamilySearch.
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There were difficult times in the 1800s. Many people migrated, and some went to America. Here is a small excerpt from the book "Kultursoga for Bjelland and Grindheim" (Magnus Breilid), that says a lot about the difficult time. Here is specifically mentioned Grinnem, where Aanen Aanensen Upper Øidne was born in 1852.
The rotting crowns that the kids got in wages, was indispensable in the hard struggle for existence. Valleys is facing north-south, with the high moors between – to go across these uplands were very hard-nosed. Here you can read more about child wanderings.
Above it was mentioned that the Aanen was "tjenestegut" (servant) on Landvig during the census in 1875. On the basis of the map above, one can wonder why Aanen went to Landvig. This was a terminus of a known child wander path to the east. One possible explanation is that Aanen had been on the Landvig before, through child wandering, and that he as adult (in 1875) returned there because he knew there was work to get, perhaps in relation to the shipbuilding activities in the area.
Aanen began at the school in 1860:
The school protocol is scanned on the the digital archive. It is not possible to see from the these protocols that Aanen (or his father) had a lot of absences, which would suggest that they were child wanderers.
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Tosten (optional. Torsten) Olsen
Amalies great-grandfather Tosten Olsen was lease holder and lived on the outer Fjeldskaar during the census in 1865 until his death in 1881. When he settled at Fjeldskaar is unclear. What we do know, is that Tosten married in Vigmostad with Rani Asbjørnsdtr and got 3 daughters (Sarah, Oline and Inger Marie), all was confirmed in Vigmostad – the latest in 1854. Tosten moved from Vigmostad together with his wife and three daughters to Lindesnes in 1857 (see here). Two of the daughters married and settled in Jørgenstad. One of them, Ingeborg Tostensdtr Jakobsen, married Søren Jakobsen in 1857 (on Jørgenstad), and these became Tomine's parents.
The third of the daughters to Tosten Olsen, Oline (f. 1840), married Lars Andreas Jørgensen and lived on Fjeldskaar. Andreas got the title deed on the gnr 162, bnr 3 in 1868 (the same property as Sofie and Sigvart Aanensen later took over). Oline died only 37 years old, and it seems that Lars Andreas later moved to Aavik.
Ingeborg and Søren's daughter Tomine was born on Jørgenstad in 1860. Her brother Syvert Olaus (b. 1871) had the title deed of the farm on the Fjeldskaar (g.no. 163, b.(2,3) in 1898. Olaus separated out later plot to Fjeldskår bedehus as a gift (see below). He married Karoline Amalie Olsdatter (b. 1873) in 1897. According to the church records Olaus lived, before they got married, on Jørgenstad, while Karoline lived in Goxem. They got the daughters Olga and Inga.
The chapel (bedehuset) was built in 1911 and it was Olaus and his twin brother Adolf, who built it. When the chapel was finished, 7 members to the board was selected; Olaus was one of them. Of those who signed the protocol in connection with the selection, were Johan Enok Villumsen (the father of Johan Cornelius) and Sigvart Aanensen (brother to the Amalie). The board had the responsibility to ensure that meetings were held. The traditional Easter meetings were well attended, and the chapel was almost too small for such gatherings.
Tomines elder sister, Elin Gurine (f. 1857), was married to Tobias Jansen in 1890. They had the deeds of the gnr 162 bnr 4 on Fjeldskaar (indicated by the yellow color and the red line in the figure below). There was probably here Amalie lived in her time on Fjeldskaar. In the census, is it by some names added that they are "paid for by fattigvesenet". If this was the case with Amalie,is not clear. Elin Gurine was widowed after her first marriage with school teacher Johan Teodor Jakobsen after only three years. They got a son in 1878; Gurine also got a son with Tobias Jansen in 1892. In the census for 1900 is stated that Tobias had temporary stay in New York city.
Amalies brother, Sigvart, was married to the sister of Johan Kornelius, Sofie.
Map of Upper Øydna and Ålefjær
The farm "Ækrå", b.no. 19, in the Upper Øydna, that Aanen's grandfather owned. Below we see the nice view from the farm. The pictures are taken in May 2006.
Aanen Torjussens birth (1824) and marriage (1850); from the church records
Ingeborg, Aanens Torjussens mother, dies in 1833
Excerpt from kirkeboka about Ingeborg's (Aanen's mother) birth in 1826
Excerpt from church records in Grindheim on Aanen's birth 21/9-1852
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Excerpt from Tveit church records for 1895, about Aanen's death. It seems that he died of "benbetænnelse" (leg inflammation).
Tomine Eidet in her older days
Bilde og dødsannonse for Anne Sørensen (tvillingsøster av Aanen)