Anne

Thank you so much for the information in this and your following messages. You and Linda have helped me so very much.

I will now meet with my family and suggest we amend our old and apparently innacurate records.

Thank you again.

Best regards

John

Hello Linda

Thank you so much for your reply.

I am not now sure he was born in Hammerfest. The information you, and the following posters have provided has made me doubt that.

I will now look at widening my search somewhat.

Best regards

John

Please excuse this in English. I do not speak Norwegian.

My Great Grandfather, Jonathon Jones Kraft, born in about 1839, a farmer, migrated to Australia in or about 1837, was the son of Edward Kraft, clergyman and Ellen Ellis Stuart.

His town of birth is recorded as being Hammerfest. Edward ...