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Andreas Elias Gerhardsen (1880 - 1966)

Andreas Elias Gerhardsen was born 17 Mar. 1880(# 10) on Ivarsøy farm, Fitjar in Sunnhordaland County, Norway. He died on 16 Jan. 1966 in Fitjar. He was son of Gerhard Conrad Thomsen and Anna Martine Olsdatter. Andreas Elias married Nilsine Pauline Salamonsdatter on 14 Apr. 1908(# 1). She was born in 2 Feb. 1879(# 7), Vestbøstad farm in Fitjar, and died on 5 Apr. 1966. They had 8 children:

1. Georg Gerhardsen, b. 27 Dec. 1908(# 1) Vestbøstad farm, d. 6 Oct. 1914(# 15), Vestbøstad.
2. Ingeborg Maria Gerhardsen, b. 4 Mar. 1910(# 7), Vestbøstad farm, d. 18 Nov. 1918(# 22) Vestbøstad.
3. Salomon Bertin Gerhardsen, b. 9 Dec. 1911(# 2) Vestbøstad farm,
4. Anna Gerhardsen, b. 27 Nov. 1912(# 2) Vestbøstad farm,
5. Emma Nilsine Gerhardsen, b. 20 July 1915(# 9) Vestbøstad farm, m. Nils Nilsen, they were living in Drotningsvik.
6. Gerhard Gerhardsen, b. 3 Sep. 1917(# 21) Vestbøstad farm.
7. Inghard Martin Gerhardsen, b. 4 Dec. 1919(# 2) Vestbøstad farm.
8. Ingeborg Marie Gerhardsen, b. 14 Mar. 1922(# 4) Vestbøstad farm.

Andreas' confirmation was Oct. 8, 1894(# 7) in Fitjar church. He was then living at Ivarsøy.

Andreas emigrated 13 Apr, 1899, 19 years of age, by Allan Line from Bergen, Norway. He arrived in Quebec, Canada on May 1, 1899 with the ship S/S Numidian. He was going to his sister Ingeborg Johnson in Belgrade, Minnesota, USA. Later he moved to Mayville in North Dakota and then to Ryder in North Dakota. Andreas returned to Norway in 1907.

Andreas bought Vestbøstad farm, Fitjar in 1908, and was living there until 1944


Andreas Elias and Nilsines' gravestone. 1)

1) Simon Steinsbø: Fitjar Bygdebok volume I, page 107 and volume II, page 98.
Jacob Aaland: Fitjar Bygdeskipnad og bygdesoge.
Hordaland county, Fitjar, Parish register (official) nr. A 1 (1862-1881), Birth and baptism records 1880, page 78.
Hordaland county, Fitjar in Fitjar, Parish register copy nr. B 1 (1906-1928), Marriage records 1907-1908, page 169
Hordaland county, Fitjar, Parish register (official) nr. A 1 (1862-1881), Birth and baptism records 1879, page 71.
Hordaland county, Fitjar in Fitjar, Parish register copy nr. B 1 (1906-1928), Birth and baptism records 1909, page 13.
Hordaland county, Fitjar in Fitjar, Parish register copy nr. B 1 (1906-1928), Death and burial records 1915, page 231.
Hordaland county, Fitjar in Fitjar, Parish register copy nr. B 1 (1906-1928), Birth and baptism records 1910, page 16.
Hordaland county, Fitjar in Fitjar, Parish register copy nr. B 1 (1906-1928), Death and burial records 1918, page 239.
Hordaland county, Fitjar in Fitjar, Parish register copy nr. B 1 (1906-1928), Birth and baptism records 1912, page 22.
Hordaland county, Fitjar in Fitjar, Parish register copy nr. B 1 (1906-1928), Birth and baptism records 1913, page 25.
Hordaland county, Fitjar in Fitjar, Parish register copy nr. B 1 (1906-1928), Birth and baptism records 1915, page 34.
Hordaland county, Fitjar in Fitjar, Parish register copy nr. B 1 (1906-1928), Birth and baptism records 1917, page 42.
Hordaland county, Fitjar in Fitjar, Parish register copy nr. B 1 (1906-1928), Birth and baptism records 1920, page 52.
Hordaland county, Fitjar in Fitjar, Parish register copy nr. B 1 (1906-1928), Birth and baptism records 1922, page 63.
Hordaland county, Fitjar in Fitjar, Parish register copy nr. A 2 (1887-1906), Confirmation records 1894, page 134.
.DIS Gravminner