Brekke og Iversen familiebilder fra 1800-tallet.

[Even Emil Nilsen Haugereid]

Fra Ernest Roy Iversen er det kommet henvendelse om det er noen som kan være behjelpelige med å identifisere personer på en del fotografier som er kommet ham i hende.
Han skriver bl.a.:
"My Aunt Audrey Iversen Orsland passed away recently. She was my grandmother's, Olga Brekke Iversen's, daughter. I have inherited some very interesting family items, Items Audrey did not even know she had, packed away. A very old large leather bound picture Album from Norway. In it are several group pictures pre- 1900 of Brekke's, Andersen's, and some Iversen pictures too. I also found a few old Ole Martin Iversen, Iversen and Andersen ( both together, and the Norway census indicates same) group pictures from, I believe, summer graduation in 1895. A great find. I keep finding some Norway letters to the family that all items survived 3 house fires. the albums were totally fine and not damaged. One Letter date stamped in 1952,a year before my Grandfather Iver Iversen died and was from an Amundsen, It started Hika Uncle Iver. Her first name on the return address to Norway, the corner was water damaged from one of the fires, but only in that one tiny spot. This means that one of Iver Iversen's brothers daughters in Norway, married an Amundsen. This is not surprising as Iver's oldest sister (first born Iversen) was married in Norway, to Benard Nordahl a close friend of the Amundsen's, especially after the Amunden's rescue in Northern Canada by Bernard Nordahl and others. Interesting I recovered, a Brass Primus number one 1895 Kerosene stove with an alcohol starter ring on it, in absolutely excellent condition. Maybe it was used to cook in the Northwest passage, or at the South Pole? A gift to my grandfather, possibly, from Nordahl, or Amundsen.
Maybe you might know someone interested in scaned copies of some of these old pictures to identify for the family trees. Of interest Is 3 silver coins I now have, 1905 on one side and 1906 on the other side. A special coin for Norway.
It seems that about half of the Iversen, Brekke, Andaas, and Larsen/Larsson's came to the United States. I spoke to my grandmother Olga Brekke Iversen quite a bit about the family when she was 90 years old. Olga had a Large Norwegian book on the Brekke family going back to the 8th century. My grandmother did say that another book existed in Norway."
Er det noen som kjenner til disse familiene eller denne boken?

[gj06453]

Hi Even Emil,

I know both sides of this family very well (Iversen/Brekke), and I have an ancestor file with facts and biographies of more than 400 A4-pages. I do not know them well enough to identify any people on pictures, but coming from the same area around Tvedestrand and Lyngør, I might be able to recognize some places. I do not know about the family book mentioned, but if it goes back to year 800 I would be very sceptic. I have a few out of hundreds of this family ancestor lines going beyond year 1500, but older than that would always be questionable.

I am not aware of which relative who married an Amundsen, but I believe there was a Ida Josephine Iversen who married Bernhard Nordahl. There were 2 Ida Josephine in this family, and the other one married a relative of mine in the US. I thought Iver's oldest sister was Anne Kristine, but maybe Ernest Roy could clarify that better ?

If there are issues he would like to discuss or correspond about directly with me, I am always available at: [email protected]

Interesting !

Wbr
Helge Berntsen

[Even Emil Nilsen Haugereid]

Hei Helge!
Takk for svaret som er nesten midt i blinken for Ernest Roy.
Jeg har videreformidlet svaret, så du får sikkert reaksjon fra ham.
Mvh
Even Emil

[gj06453]

Håper det, Even Emil. Men jeg har ikke hørt noe enda. Sjekket hans slektstre på Ancestry, og ser vi har mye å snakke om, som han bør rette til. Jeg er veldig interessert i å få klarlagt Bernhard Nordahls kone, idet vår felles slektstilknytning til henne kun bygger på "gjenfortalt historie" og ingen facts som jeg kjenner til. Kanskje han har noe som kan oppklare dette. Veldig lite å finne om Nordahl på nettet dessverre.

Mvh
Helge Berntsen

[Even Emil Nilsen Haugereid]

Hei Helge,
Jeg har heller ikke hørt noe fra ham etter at jeg videresendte svaret ditt.
Vi får tro det snart kommer en reaksjon.
Mvh.
Even Emil

[gj06453]

Vi er i kontakt nå, og har begynt å nøste

Mvh
Helge B.