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Karen Gurine Berentsdtr Imsøy

1855-1888

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Johan Enoch Villumsen Fjeldskaar

1853-1917

 

Both were from Spangereid at Lindesnes. Johan Enok was the son of the Sille Tomine Petersdatter and Willum Johnsen (see below), and was born on Flatebø in 1853, later moved to Fjeldskaar and died 1917 (of heart disease). Karen Gurine, the daughter of Martine Christoffersdatter and Berent Elias Christensen (see below), was born on the Gitlevåg in 1855 and died on Flatebø in 1888.

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Johan Enok dør 10. desember 1917 av hjertefeil, under et besøk på Kleven i Mandal. Fra kirkeboken.

Kleven. En gang nord-Europas beste seilskutehavn (Fra «Mandal før og nå» 1992, av Einar Spetland)

Spangereid kirke. Opprinnelig var kirken en langkirke i romansk stil da den ble bygd i ca 1100, og den eldste delen er i stein. I 1830-årene ble kirken bygget om og utvidet slik at den i dag fremstår som en korskirke.

Johan Enok was a fisherman and farmer. He was a resident of the Inner Fjeldskaar (Gnr 162 Bnr 6) where he had cows, and cultivated corn and potatoes. To Fjeldskaar belonged also a rich salmon fishing. There were five fishing spots where people did salmon fishing: Black Hillegarn, Kjødnodden, Yellow Holmen, Big Hillegarn and Dropskjersteinen. Inner Fjeldskaar owned four-fifths of the fishing, outer Fjeldskaar one-fifth.

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At the first census in Norway (1801), we find our relative Joen Joensen. He belonged to one of the 2 families on Flatebø. He was then 53 years old, and was married to Anna Tønnesdtr, who was 60 years old. It is not quite certainly that Joen was born on Flatebø, but both his son, grandson, great-grandson (Johan Enok) and his grandson's grandson (Johan Kornelius) was born there. Johan Enok's mother (Sille Thomine Petersdtr) also came from the Flatebø – according to the church records she had a place of residence Fladebø when she was baptized.

Johan Enok (click to see larger image)

Sofie and Johan Kornelius

Johan Enok and Karen Gurine had 2 children together – Johan Kornelius and Sofie. Karen Gurine died on Flatebø in 1888, the same year that she gave birth to her third child – Villum. He died just 10 hours old. Karen Gurine died the next day afterwards of pneumonia. After Karen Gurine died, Johan Enoch moved to Fjeldskaar. He bought the farm on the Inner Fjeldskaar 31. December 1890.

Flatebø. Blue square shows the the farm of Johan Enok. It is now (July 2006), only four farms on Flatebø, but only one in operation. It is our genealogy-farm (see photo aerial view from 1961 below).

From the census in 1865. We see the family of Vellem Johnsen; Johan Enok was then 12 years

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Fjeldskaar-farm (Gnr 162, Bnr 6; blue square)

Below we see an excerpt from the population census in 1865 about Karen Gurine's family. We see that Karen Gurine is the daughter of Bernt Elias Christensen, who was a farmer and homeowner on Imsø. Mother is Martine Christoffersdatter. They were married in 1848. Karen Gurine is at this time (1865) was 11 years, and is at home with 1 sister and 1 brother.

Imsøy – with the farm of Bernt E. Christensen (gårdsnr 139, bnr 2) in the blue square

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Karen Gurine was born on the Gitlevåg, but grew up on the Imsøy, where her mother came from. Several people from Imsøy were seafaring people, including the brother of Karen Gurine, Christian Immanuel Berntsen, was apparently on the way to the West Indies when the census was conducted in the Western Imsa in 1875.

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Karen Gurine was born 4. February 1855

As we see above, Karen Gurine's grandfather, Christen Bærentsen Gitlevaag, was farmer and teacher.

 

Karen Gurine was born on the Gitlevåg in 1855, and confirmed in 1869. She was the middle of the siblings at 7.

From the Census of 1865. Karen Gurine was here 11 years, sister Amalie (later married to the father of Aabert Andersen; see later) 4 years. 

To the left: Gitlevåg in the background, Bærteigen is the house to the right. On the image to the right we see the house on Bærteigen; the family in the foreground is the later owners of the house.

Bærteigen anno 2006

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Tosten and Ranni got the daugther Ingeborg in 1837, Inger Marie in 1838 and Olene in 1840; all born in Vigmostad.

    Johan Enok and the son Johan Kornelius (click to see larger image)

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Johan Enok and Karen Gurine's descendants (click to see larger image)

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Johan Enoch and Teodine

After Karen Gurine died, Johan Enok married again – with Theodine Emilie Tønnesdtr (b. 1868). They had 4 children: Edvarda, Sigurd, Marie and Gerhard. Below, we see excerpts from the census 1900. Johan Enok has married again (with Theodine) and has 3 children living in the house, Marie, Villum (Sigurd) and Edvarda. All four children are born on Fjeldskaar. See more here.

Shift after Johan Enok's death in 1918. The farm will be taken over by Sigurd together with Gerhard. 

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