Søker Ungk Matros Jens Hendrik Jensen f. 1831 i Tønsberg

[dn20653]

I've run out of sources to find Jens Hendrik Jensen f. 1831 and from Tønsberg.

Is it possible he may have been from elsewhere?

Are there resources to find sailors who left after 1875?

My only record is his name on a birth certificate for his son, Arthur Oscar Johan Jensen born 26 Aug 1875 in Strømsø, Tangen by Hansine Bentzen Hansdatter av Brandtombakken.

And why is this boy given so many names and why would he be given his father's name if he was only an affair?

Takk for hjelpen!
sally

[gj04741]

Hi,
Here is the link to the baptism:

Arthur Ocar Johan, born 26th of August 1875, baptized 7th of November 1875
http://www.digitalarkivet.no/cgi-win/webcens.exe?slag=visbase&sidenr=4&filnamn=dp06021874&gardpostnr=343#nedre
Buskerud fylke, Strømsø, Ministerialbok nr. I 19 (1874-1877), Fødte og døpte menn 1875, side 42. http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read?idx_kildeid=5908&idx_id=5908&uid=ny&idx_side=-47
Birth notified by the mother (3rd child with different menn) Father Jens Jensen from Tønsberg, age 44. Mother age 38 ½
The parents are not married.


Mvh,
Arna Kristin

[dn20653]

Yes That is correct! NOW how do I find this mysterious sailor? I have been searching for 4 years and have found nothing. I have checked all birth records in 1829 through 1834 in most counties in Vestfold, only Nøtterøy shows a Jens Hendrik Jensen 1829, but he married.
Advice on other resources?
I'm really stumped. I even sent $100 to a genealogist in Tønsberg but no luck.
sally

[gj04741]

Hi,
I’m still thinking… tried to searche the 1865 census and found the following:

Found one candidate in Vestfold in the census of 1865
Address: Fetja (farm name)
Jens Jensen, sailor, unmarried, age 33, born in Stokke
http://www.digitalarkivet.no/cgi-win/WebCens.exe?slag=visbase&sidenr=8&filnamn=f60720&gardpostnr=340&personpostnr=2020&merk=2020#ovre

Haven’t found his birth record though… However, the name Jens is commonly used in Stokke.

…and I’ve also checked the one born in Nøtterøy in 1829
The Jens Hendrik Jensen born 1829 in Nøtterøy got married to Lorense Maria Eriksdatter in 1858, so he’s not the one you’re looking for.
http://www.vestfold-slekt.net/notteroy/bygdebok/oterbaek.html

If you dear try reading Norwegian the following bygdebooks of Vestfold are available online, Andebu, Nøtterøy, Sandeherred, Stokke and Tjøme. http://www.vestfold-slekt.net/english.html

Regards,
Arna Kristin

[dn20653]

Yes I think Fetja is a good possibility, but then I found no one born in Stokke. Yes I read Norwegian, VERY SLOWLY, yet misunderstand the "gist" of what is written often since I'm not native born. Is the only way to find his middle name by finding his confirmation records? Other sources? Is there a registry for sailors? sally

[gj04741]

Hi,
Most likely the Jens Jensen living in Stokke in 1865

Jens Jensen confirmation Stokke 1845, born at Klaastad
Vestfold fylke, Stokke, Ministerialbok nr. 7 (1844-1857), Konfirmerte 1848, side 232. http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read?idx_kildeid=1271&idx_id=1271&uid=ny&idx_side=-232

He might have moved to Tønsberg from somewhere else and thus you should look trough the immigration (indflyttede – inn- og utflyttede) list in the church book of Tønsberg

As far as I know there is no spesifikk register of sailors.

Regards,
Arna Kristin