Descendants of Christopher FINDSEN FURDALEN (FINDSEN)

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1. Christopher FINDSEN FURDALEN (FINDSEN)

¹Family Search.
Occasionally corrupted characters are found in FamilySearch.org records. They may be deciphered as follows:
à= Ø (upper case); ø = ø (lower case); Ã¥ = å (lower case); æ = æ (lower case); é = é (lower case); ä = ä (lower case); ö = ö (lower case).
"CHRISTOPHER FINDSEN
Christening: 12 JAN 1834 Nord Odal, Hedmark, Norway
Father: FIND HANSEN
Mother: BERTHE KNUDSDR."
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/IGI/individual_record.asp?recid=100285661221&lds=1®ion=12&frompage=99.

²Parish Register: Hedmark fylke, Nord-Odal, Ministerialbok nr. 1 (1819-1838), Page 268, Christening no. 5, 1834.
This is a scanned image of the original parish register.
"Christopher."
http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read?idx_kildeid=9138&idx_id=9138&uid=ny&idx_side=-125
Parents: Find HANSEN SOLØST and Berthe KNUDSDATTER.

³Family Search.
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/IGI/individual_record.asp?recid=100285661221&lds=1®ion=12&frompage=99
As above.

⁴Parish Register: Hedmark fylke, Nord-Odal, Ministerialbok nr. 1 (1819-1838), Page 268, Christening no. 5, 1834.
http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read?idx_kildeid=9138&idx_id=9138&uid=ny&idx_side=-125
As above.

⁵Tararua District Council Online Cemetery Search, http://www.tararuadc.govt.nz/asp/cemeteries_search.asp?menu=ce.
"Internal Plot No: 4058 Last: Findsen First: C
Cemetery: Norsewood Last Address:
Section: Main Age: DOB:
Block: 4 Person Classification:
Section/Plot Number: Occupation:
Grave: Marital Status: Unknown Religion:
Row Alpha: 6

Date of Death: 24/06/1904 Number of Burials: 1
Date of Funeral/Burial: Time of Funeral/Burial:
Burial Warrant Number: Funeral Director:
Interment Type: Funeral Officiator:
Depth:

Comments: Index No 48 & B330 & Nswd Promotions/B Ridgway, Pioneer Block 2."
http://www.tararuadc.govt.nz/asp/cemeteries_details.asp?menu=ce&plotid=4058&Editok=Y.

⁶New Zealand Registrar-General's Office, New Zealand Death Index (microfiche), Folio no. 1904/905, 1904.
(Yr/No.) This information can be used to order Death Registration Printout (photocopy/printout of original registration) and/or Death Certificate (transcript from original record).
"FINDSEN Christoffer 905."

⁷Tararua District Council Online Cemetery Search.
http://www.tararuadc.govt.nz/asp/cemeteries_details.asp?menu=ce&plotid=4058&Editok=Y
As above.

⁸1865 Norwegian Census (Digitalarkivet).
"Christopher FINSE hf Husmand uden Jord, Tømmerhuger g 28 m Strøms Prestegjeld 1 1."
http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/webcens.exe?slag=visbase&sidenr=9&filnamn=f60423&gardpostnr=684&personpostnr=3531&spraak=e&merk=3531#ovre
Skara Pasotorpet farm, Grue, Grue, Hedmark, Norway.

⁹Emigrants from Kristiania/Christiania (Oslo), Norway (Digitalarkivet).
- | Harbour | No. | Year | Day | Given name | Last name | Sex | Status | Occupation | Age | Residence | Destination | Remarks | Foreigners | Freight | Line.
"25209 Oslo 418A 1872 30 Christoffer FURDALEN m G Arb. - 38 S. Odalen New Zealand 1389 Norsk œ 28 Høvding."
http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/webcens.exe?slag=visbase&sidenr=18&filnamn=EMIOSLO&gardpostnr=25209&spraak=e&merk=25209#ovre.

¹⁰1872 "Høvding" Passenger List, www.norsewoodcemetery.co.nz/ships/1872-hovding-passenger-list.php.
Departed Kristiania/Christiania (now Oslo), Norway, on 31 May 1872. Arrived Napier, New Zealand, on 15 Sep 1872. Captain C. B. Berg.
Roll call taken aboard ship.
"FINDSEN Christoffer 38 Male Interior Odalen Farm labourer 28 " " [£28]."
Assisted immigrant: promisory note of £28 for passage.

¹¹Wises, New Zealand [Post Office] Directory, Norsewood, 1875/1876.
"FINDSEN, Christopher, settler."

¹²Wises, New Zealand [Post Office] Directory, Norsewood, 1878/1879.
"FINDSEN Christopher, settler."

¹³Wises, New Zealand [Post Office] Directory, Norsewood, 1885/1886.
"FINDSEN Christopher, settler."

¹⁴Wises, New Zealand [Post Office] Directory, Norsewood, 1890/1891.
"FINDSEN Christopher, settler."

¹⁵Wises, New Zealand [Post Office] Directory, Norsewood, 1892/1893.
"FINDSEN Christopher, settler."

Kari SØRENSDATTER OPSTAD

¹Family Search.
Occasionally corrupted characters are found in FamilySearch.org records. They may be deciphered as follows:
à= Ø (upper case); ø = ø (lower case); Ã¥ = å (lower case); æ = æ (lower case); é = é (lower case); ä = ä (lower case); ö = ö (lower case).
"CHRISTOPHER FINSEN
Spouse: KARI SORENSDR
Marriage: 28 DEC 1863 Sor Odal, Hedmark, Norway."
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/IGI/individual_record.asp?recid=500220013134&lds=1®ion=12®ionfriendly=Norway&frompage=99.

²Parish Register: Hedmark fylke, Sør-Odal, Ministerialbok nr. 2 (1859-1863), Page 189, Marriage no. O.39, 1863.
This is a scanned image of the original parish register.
http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read?idx_kildeid=8870&idx_id=8870&uid=ny&idx_side=-168
Christopher FINSEN (27) and Kari SØRENSDR (19).
Christopher born LYSTAD, living OPSTAD. His father: Fin HANSEN.
Kari ??. Her father: Søren SJØNESEN.

³Family Search.
"Kari Sorensdatter Sorenson
Birth: About 1840
Death: 25 DEC 1872 Norsewood, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand
Father: Soren Sjonnesen
Mother: Marte Arnesdatter."
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/IGI/individual_record.asp?recid=100301893895&lds=1®ion=12&frompage=99.

⁴Parish Register: Hedmark fylke, Strøm (Odalen), Ministerialbok nr. 5 (1811-1849), Page 103, Christening (14 Jul), 1844.
This is a scanned image of the original parish register.
"Kari."
http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read?idx_kildeid=9145&idx_id=9145&uid=ny&idx_side=-106
Parents: Soren SJØNNES. OPSTAD?? and Marthe AMUNDS.

⁵Parish Register: Hedmark fylke, Strøm (Odalen), Ministerialbok nr. 5 (1811-1849), Page 103, Christening (14 Jul), 1844.
http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read?idx_kildeid=9145&idx_id=9145&uid=ny&idx_side=-106
As above.

⁶Norsewood School Jubilee Committee, Norsewood School 75th Jubilee, 1874-1949, Dannevirke Publishing Co., New Zealand, 1949, Page 98.
(Cover Title: 75th jubilee, Norsewood School, 1874-1949, 25th, 26th & 27th September 1949, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand).
"The First Christmas

On the first Christmas Eve Mrs. Karrie SVENSEN [FINDSEN], sister-in-law of Mr. LAURVIG, died in giving birth to a baby girl. No medical assistance could be obtained, and it was a case of strangers in a strange land doing what they could for each other. Mr. LAURVIG made a rough coffin out of slabs and the body of this woman pioneer was laid to rest on the edge of the bush on Boxing Day. No clergyman was available, but Mr. CHRISTOFFERSEN, who after­wards became a Wesleyan minister, read a short passage from the Bible. The shadow of mourning lay over the little com­munity during the first Christmas Day spent in New Zealand. No attempt was made to celebrate the season of goodwill, and it is doubtful if a child received a Christmas present. The children played in the bush and at times with their mothers were lost and had to be searched for.

The little girl born on that first Christmas Eve lived and was cared for. She grew into girlhood and married, and her family, New Zealand-born, has enjoyed many a Christmas in happier. circumstances than that sad day in the Norsewood bush."
Discrepancy in date of death.

⁷Family Search.
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/IGI/individual_record.asp?recid=100301893895&lds=1®ion=12&frompage=99
As above.
Discrepancy in date of death.

⁸Norsewood School Jubilee Committee, Norsewood School 75th Jubilee, 1874-1949, Page 98.
"Mr. Laurvig made a rough coffin out of slabs and the body of this woman pioneer was laid to rest on the edge of the bush on Boxing Day."

⁹Tararua District Council Online Cemetery Search, http://www.tararuadc.govt.nz/asp/cemeteries_search.asp?menu=ce.
Not found. (Buried in unmarked grave, exact location unknown.).

¹⁰1865 Norwegian Census (Digitalarkivet).
"Kari Sørensdatter hans Kone g 22 k Grue."
http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/webcens.exe?slag=visbase&sidenr=9&filnamn=f60423&gardpostnr=684&personpostnr=3532&spraak=e&merk=3532#ovre
Skara Pasotorpet farm, Grue, Grue, Hedmark, Norway.

¹¹Emigrants from Kristiania/Christiania (Oslo), Norway (Digitalarkivet).
- | Harbour | No. | Year | Day | Given name | Last name | Sex | Status | Occupation | Age | Residence | Destination | Remarks | Foreigners | Freight | Line.
"25210 Oslo 418B 1872 30 Kari SØRENSEN f G - - 28 S. Odalen New Zealand 1390 Norsk œ 28 Høvding."
http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/webcens.exe?slag=visbase&sidenr=18&filnamn=EMIOSLO&gardpostnr=25210&spraak=e&merk=25210#ovre.

¹²1872 "Høvding" Passenger List, www.norsewoodcemetery.co.nz/ships/1872-hovding-passenger-list.php.
Departed Kristiania/Christiania (now Oslo), Norway, on 31 May 1872. Arrived Napier, New Zealand, on 15 Sep 1872. Captain C. B. Berg.
Roll call taken aboard ship.
"FINDSEN Kari Sorensen 28 Female."
Assisted immigrant.

2. Berte Marie CHRISTOPHERSDATTER (FINDSEN)

¹Family Search.
Occasionally corrupted characters are found in FamilySearch.org records. They may be deciphered as follows:
à= Ø (upper case); ø = ø (lower case); Ã¥ = å (lower case); æ = æ (lower case); é = é (lower case); ä = ä (lower case); ö = ö (lower case).
"BERTE MARIE KRISTOFFERSEN
Birth: 15 JUL 1863
Christening: 16 AUG 1863 Sor Odal, Hedmark, Norway
Father: CHRISTOFER FINSEN
Mother: KARI SORENSDR."
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/IGI/individual_record.asp?recid=500219812011&lds=1®ion=12&frompage=99.

²Parish Register: Hedmark fylke, Sør-Odal, Ministerialbok nr. 2 (1859-1863), Page 86, Christening O.170, 1863.
This is a scanned image of the original parish register.
"Berte Marie."
http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read?idx_kildeid=8870&idx_id=8870&uid=ny&idx_side=-93
Parents (unmarried): Christofer FINSEN LYSTAD and Kari SORENSDR.

³Family Search.
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/IGI/individual_record.asp?recid=500219812011&lds=1®ion=12&frompage=99
As above.

⁴Parish Register: Hedmark fylke, Sør-Odal, Ministerialbok nr. 2 (1859-1863), Page 86, Christening O.170, 1863.
http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read?idx_kildeid=8870&idx_id=8870&uid=ny&idx_side=-93
As above.

⁵1865 Norwegian Census (Digitalarkivet).
"Maria Christophersdatter Deres Datter ug 3 k Grue."
http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/webcens.exe?slag=visbase&sidenr=9&filnamn=f60423&gardpostnr=684&personpostnr=3533&spraak=e&merk=3533#ovre
Skara Pasotorpet farm, Grue, Grue, Hedmark, Norway.

⁶Emigrants from Kristiania/Christiania (Oslo), Norway (Digitalarkivet).
- | Harbour | No. | Year | Day | Given name | Last name | Sex | Status | Occupation | Age | Residence | Destination | Remarks | Foreigners | Freight | Line.
"25211 Oslo 418C 1872 30 Berthe Marie - f u - - 8 S. Odalen New Zealand 1391 Norsk œ 28 Høvding."
http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/webcens.exe?slag=visbase&sidenr=18&filnamn=EMIOSLO&gardpostnr=25211&spraak=e&merk=25211#ovre.

⁷1872 "Høvding" Passenger List, www.norsewoodcemetery.co.nz/ships/1872-hovding-passenger-list.php.
Departed Kristiania/Christiania (now Oslo), Norway, on 31 May 1872. Arrived Napier, New Zealand, on 15 Sep 1872. Captain C. B. Berg.
Roll call taken aboard ship.
"FINDSEN Berthe Marie 8 Female."
Assisted immigrant.

4. Hans Sigvard CHRISTOPHERSEN (FINDSEN)

¹Family Search.
Occasionally corrupted characters are found in FamilySearch.org records. They may be deciphered as follows:
à= Ø (upper case); ø = ø (lower case); Ã¥ = å (lower case); æ = æ (lower case); é = é (lower case); ä = ä (lower case); ö = ö (lower case).
"HANS SIGVART KRISTOFFERSEN
Birth: 12 SEP 1870
Christening: 27 DEC 1870 Sor Odal, Hedmark, Norway
Father: CHRISTOFER FINSEN
Mother: KARI SORENSDR."
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/IGI/individual_record.asp?recid=500219800683&lds=1®ion=12&frompage=99.

²Parish Register: Hedmark fylke, Sør-Odal, Ministerialbok nr. 4 (1870-1875), Page 5, Christening no. O. 199, 1870.
This is a scanned image of the original parish register.
"Hans Sigvard."
http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read?idx_kildeid=8872&idx_id=8872&uid=ny&idx_side=-7
Parents (married 7 years): Christofer FINSEN ?SKRADDERSTUI u. KJOLSTAD (38) and Kari SORENSR (27).

³Family Search.
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/IGI/individual_record.asp?recid=500219800683&lds=1®ion=12&frompage=99
As above.

⁴Parish Register: Hedmark fylke, Sør-Odal, Ministerialbok nr. 4 (1870-1875), Page 5, Christening no. O. 199, 1870.
http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read?idx_kildeid=8872&idx_id=8872&uid=ny&idx_side=-7
As above.

⁵Headstone.
"In loving memory of
Hans Sigwart FINDSEN
beloved husband of Annie
Died 28th July 1959
Aged 88 years.
Annie
Beloved wife of
Hans Siwart FINDSEN
Died 2nd November 1968
Aged 87 years.
Ever remembered."

⁶Hastings District Council Cemetery Search, http://www.hdc.govt.nz/cem/cemetery_home.html.
"Surname FINDSEN
First Name HANS SIGWART
Age at Death
Date of Death/Burial 31/07/1959
Address 0
District
Occupation
Block Name LJS
Plot Number 6
Site HASTINGS
Purchaser FINDSEN ANNIE
Funeral Director."

⁷Headstone.
As above.

⁸Emigrants from Kristiania/Christiania (Oslo), Norway (Digitalarkivet).
- | Harbour | No. | Year | Day | Given name | Last name | Sex | Status | Occupation | Age | Residence | Destination | Remarks | Foreigners | Freight | Line.
"25213 Oslo 418E 1872 30 Hans Sigurd - m u - 1 1/2åR - S. Odalen New Zealand 1393 Norsk œ 28 Høvding."
http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/webcens.exe?slag=visbase&sidenr=18&filnamn=EMIOSLO&gardpostnr=25213&spraak=e&merk=25213#ovre.

⁹1872 "Høvding" Passenger List, www.norsewoodcemetery.co.nz/ships/1872-hovding-passenger-list.php.
Departed Kristiania/Christiania (now Oslo), Norway, on 31 May 1872. Arrived Napier, New Zealand, on 15 Sep 1872. Captain C. B. Berg.
Roll call taken aboard ship.
"FINDSEN Hans Sigwart 1 1/2 Male."
Assisted immigrant.

Annie

¹Headstone.
"In loving memory of
Hans Sigwart FINDSEN
beloved husband of Annie
Died 28th July 1959
Aged 88 years.
Annie
Beloved wife of
Hans Siwart FINDSEN
Died 2nd November 1968
Aged 87 years.
Ever remembered."

²Hastings District Council Cemetery Search, http://www.hdc.govt.nz/cem/cemetery_home.html.
"Surname FINDSEN
First Name ANNIE
Age at Death
Date of Death/Burial 04/11/1968
Address 0
District
Occupation
Block Name LJS
Plot Number 6
Site HASTINGS
Purchaser FINDSEN ANNIE
Funeral Director."

³Headstone.
As above.