1. Ole Kristian (Ole Christian) TORKILSEN
1Parish Register: Østfold fylke, Skiptvet, Ministerialbok nr. 6 (1839-1860), Page 28, Christening no. 11, 1845.
This is a scanned image of the original parish register.
"Ole Kristian TORKILSEN."
http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read?idx_kildeid=7220&idx_id=7220&uid=ny&idx_side=-34
Parents: Torkil TORSEN and Kirsti OLSDATTER.2Personal Correspondence: Judy MARTIN (New Zealand), eMail.
"Ole Christian Torkilsen (born Torkildssen) born 1845 in Skiptvet, Ostfold, Norway. He marriedMaren in 1871 and they came to Norsewood on the Hovding in 1872. He died in Norsewood 14th August 1913."3Parish Register: Østfold fylke, Skiptvet, Ministerialbok nr. 6 (1839-1860), Page 28, Christening no. 11, 1845.
http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read?idx_kildeid=7220&idx_id=7220&uid=ny&idx_side=-34
As above.4Tararua District Council Online Cemetery Search.
"Internal Plot No: 4982 Last: Torkilsen First: Ole
Cemetery: Norsewood Last Address:
Section: Main Age: 68 DOB:
Block: 4 Person Classification: Adult
Section/Plot Number: Occupation:
Grave: Marital Status: Unknown Religion:
Row Alpha: 3
Date of Death: 17/08/1913 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 159 & Nswd Promotions/B Ridgway, Pioneer Block 2, Old plot."
http://www.tararuadc.govt.nz/asp/cemeteries_details.asp?menu=ce&plotid=4982&Editok=Y
Duplicate records.5Tararua District Council Online Cemetery Search.
"Internal Plot No: 4983 Last: Torkilsen First: Ole
Cemetery: Norsewood Last Address:
Section: Main Age: 73 DOB:
Block: Person Classification: Adult
Section/Plot Number: Occupation:
Grave: Marital Status: Unknown Religion:
Row Alpha:
Date of Death: 14/08/1918 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 B214 & Nswd Promotions/B Ridgway, Born at Skiptvet Norway 1845, Husband of Karen Helene."
http://www.tararuadc.govt.nz/asp/cemeteries_details.asp?menu=ce&plotid=4983&Editok=Y
Duplicate records.
No death registered in 1918.6Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 2, Page 8, 02 Jul 1914.
Newspaper. Region: Wellington. Copies (1865-1915) available from National Libraries 'Papers Past' website at http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Newspaper is searchable.
"FOR STAMP DUTY
DECEASED PERSONS' ESTATES...
HAWKES BAY DISTRICT...
Ole Christian TORKELSEN, £566."7New Zealand Registrar-General's Office, New Zealand Death Registration Index (microfiche), Folio no. 1913/1967, Norsewood, Sep quarter, 1913.
(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).
"TORKILSEN Ole Christian 1967."
No death registered in 1918.8Personal Correspondence: Judy MARTIN (New Zealand), eMail.
As above.9New Zealand Birth, Death and Marriage Historical Records - Death Search, http://bdmhistoricalrecords.identityservices.govt.nz/Home/.
These records are scanned and prone to character identification errors.
This information can be used to order Death Registration Printout (photocopy/printout of original registration) and/or Death Certificate (transcript from original record) online.
| Registration Number | Family Name | Given Name(s) | Date of Birth/Age at Death |.
"1913/9973 Torkilsen Ole Christian 67Y."10Tararua District Council Online Cemetery Search.
http://www.tararuadc.govt.nz/asp/cemeteries_details.asp?menu=ce&plotid=4982&Editok=Y
As above.11Tararua District Council Online Cemetery Search.
http://www.tararuadc.govt.nz/asp/cemeteries_details.asp?menu=ce&plotid=4983&Editok=Y
As above.12Memorial (Headstone or Plaque).
"In Loving Memory of
Ole Christian
TORKELSEN
Born at Skiptvet, Norway, 1845.
Died at Norsewood, 14th August 1913.
"He Giveth His beloved sleep"."
Photographed 13 Jan 2012.13Norsewood Cemetery Plan (obtained 2005).
Directions assume entry through gate on Odin Street. There is a map at the cemetery.
"O. C. TORKILSEN."
Pioneer Block 2 (left side of driveway), section E, row 3 (from driveway).14Wise's New Zealand Post Office Directory, Norsewood.
1875-1876: Not found.
1878-1879: TORKELSEN Ole, splitter.
1890-1891: Not found.
1892-1893: Not found.
1902: TORKELSEN Ole, farmer.15Electoral Roll, Waipawa, 1905.
"5413 TORKILSEN, Ole Christian, Norsewood, farmer."16Emigrants from Kristiania/Christiania (Oslo), Norway (Digitalarkivet).
- | Harbour | No. | Year | Day | Given name | Last name | Sex | Status | Occupation | Age | Residence | Destination | Remarks | Foreigners | Freight | Line.
"25222 Oslo 421A 1872 30 Ole Christian TORKILDSEN m G Arb. - 26 Fredrikstad New Zealand 1402 Norsk œ 16 Høvding."
http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/webcens.exe?slag=visbase&sidenr=7&filnamn=EMIOSLO&gardpostnr=25222&spraak=e&merk=25222#ovre.171872 "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.
"TORKILDSEN Ole C. 26 MaleInterior late Fredrikstad Laborer 16 " " [£16]."
Assisted immigrant: promisory note of £16 for passage.18Archway (New Zealand Archives Online), http://archway.archives.govt.nz/, 1913.
| Title | Years |
| Agency | Series | Accession | Box/Item | Record | Part | Alternative No. |.
"TORKELSEN, Ole Christian 1913 - 1913
AAOY - W3298 400 1913/74 - -."
http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?OID=16203675.
Maren Helene (Maren Helena) SEVERSEN
1Family Search, 01 Aug 2008.
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).
No marriage or children found.2Personal Correspondence: Judy MARTIN (New Zealand), eMail, 06 Feb 2009.
"Ole Christian Torkilsen (born Torkildssen) born 1845 in Skiptvet, Ostfold, Norway. He marriedMaren in 1871 and they came to Norsewood on the Hovding in 1872. He died in Norsewood 14th August 1913."3Personal Correspondence: Judy MARTIN (New Zealand), eMail, 06 Feb 2009.
"Maren Helene Torkilsen (nee Seversen) born in Norway in 1840. She died 17 Sept 1907 in Norsewood."4Tararua District Council Online Cemetery Search.
"Internal Plot No: 5287 Last: Torkelsen First: Karen Middle Names: Helene
Cemetery: Norsewood Last Address:
Section: Main Age: 67 DOB:
Block: 4 Person Classification: Adult
Section/Plot Number: 9 Occupation:
Grave: Marital Status: Unknown Religion:
Row Alpha: 3
Date of Death: 17/09/1907 Number of Burials: 1
Date of Funeral/Burial: 19/09/1907 Time of Funeral/Burial:
Burial Warrant Number: Funeral Director:
Interment Type: Funeral Officiator:
Depth:
Comments: Index No 83 & B214, Old plot. Headstone."
http://www.tararuadc.govt.nz/asp/cemeteries_details.asp?menu=ce&plotid=5287&Editok=Y.5Bush Advocate, Page 4, 18 Sep 1907.
Newspaper. Region: Hawke's Bay. Copies (1888-1909) available from National Libraries 'Papers Past' website at http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.
"DEATH
TORKILSEN.-On 17th inst., Maren Helena, wife of O. C. TORKILSEN, Norsewood; aged 67 years.
Funeral will atke place at 2 p.m. on Thursday, 19th."6Bush Advocate, Page 5, 18 Sep 1907.
"Mr TORKILSEN, sen., wife of Mr O. TORKILSEN, of Norsewood, died yesterday at her residence in Norsewood at about 3 p.m. in the afternoon. On Monday evening she complained of a pain in the head, and suddenly went to sleep between the hours of 8 and 9 o'clock, but never regained consciousness. Dr VEITCH stated that death was due to hemorrhage of the brain. Much sympathy is felt for the family in their bereavement, especially as the wife of the eldest son, Mr T. TORKILSEN, is at present an inmate of the Waipukurau hospital."7New Zealand Registrar-General's Office, New Zealand Death Registration Index (microfiche), Folio no. 1907/1847, Norsewood, Sep quarter, 1907.
(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).
"TORKELSEN Maren Helene 1847."8Personal Correspondence: Judy MARTIN (New Zealand), eMail, 06 Feb 2009.
As above.9New Zealand Birth, Death and Marriage Historical Records - Death Search, http://bdmhistoricalrecords.identityservices.govt.nz/Home/.
These records are scanned and prone to character identification errors.
This information can be used to order Death Registration Printout (photocopy/printout of original registration) and/or Death Certificate (transcript from original record) online.
| Registration Number | Family Name | Given Name(s) | Date of Birth/Age at Death |.
"1907/9901 Torkelson Maron Helena 67Y."10Tararua District Council Online Cemetery Search.
http://www.tararuadc.govt.nz/asp/cemeteries_details.asp?menu=ce&plotid=5287&Editok=Y
As above.11Memorial (Headstone or Plaque).
"In
Loving Memory
of
Maren Helene.
Beloved wife of
Ole
TORKILSON
Who died Sep. 17, 1907
Aged 67 years."
Photographed 13 Jan 2012.12Bush Advocate, Page 4, 20 Sep 1907.
"The funeral of the late Mrs Maren Helena TORKILSEN, wife of Mr O. C. TORKILSEN, was held at Norsewood yesterday afternoon, and was followed from the house to the cemetery by one of the largest gatherings seen in Norsewood. Mrs TORKILSEN was one of the original immigrants, and died on the thrity-fith anniversary of the landing at Napier. Pastor CHRISTIANSEN, of the Lutheran Church, Palmerston North, officiated, and conducted service first at the house of the deceased and afterwards at the graveside. The coffin was borne from the hearse to the graveside by Messrs E. SVENSEN, M. GURZINSKI, A. OLSEN, H. STRAND, O. OLSEN, and B. GUNDERSEN. Mr O. C. TORKILSEN has been the recipient of many sympathising messages, and the large number of floral wreaths and crosses which covered the grave showed the deep respect in which the deceased lady was held."13Norsewood Cemetery Plan (obtained 2005).
Directions assume entry through gate on Odin Street. There is a map at the cemetery.
"M. H. TORKELSEN."
Pioneer Block 2 (left side of driveway), section E, row 3 (from driveway).14Emigrants from Kristiania/Christiania (Oslo), Norway (Digitalarkivet).
- | Harbour | No. | Year | Day | Given name | Last name | Sex | Status | Occupation | Age | Residence | Destination | Remarks | Foreigners | Freight | Line.
"25223 Oslo 421B 1872 30 Maren Helene - f G - - 32 Fredrikstad New Zealand 1403 Norsk œ 16 Høvding."
http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/webcens.exe?slag=visbase&sidenr=7&filnamn=EMIOSLO&gardpostnr=25223&spraak=e&merk=25223#ovre.151872 "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.
"TORKILDSEN Marien 32 Female."
Assisted immigrant.16Electoral Roll, Waipawa, 1905.
"5412 TORKILSEN, Maren, Norsewood, domestic duties."
1Personal Correspondence: Judy MARTIN (New Zealand), eMail, 06 Feb 2009.
"Charles Ole Torkilsen, born in Norsewood 1873, died in Norsewood 11 July 1947."2Tararua District Council Online Cemetery Search.
"Interment ID: 4979 Last: Torkilsen First: Charles Middle Names: Ole
Cemetery: Norsewood Last Address:
Section: Main Age: 75 DOB:
Block: C Person Classification: Adult
Section/Plot Number: 36 Occupation:
Grave: Marital Status: Unknown Religion:
Row Alpha: 4
Date of Death: 11/07/1947 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 464 & B241 & Nswd Promotions/B Ridgway. Headstone."
http://www.tararuadc.govt.nz/asp/cemeteries_details.asp?menu=ce&plotid=4979&Editok=Y.3New Zealand Registrar-General's Office, New Zealand Death Registration Index (microfiche), Folio no. 1947/2953, Norsewood, Sep quarter, 1947.
(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).
"TORKILSEN Charles Ole 2953."4Personal Correspondence: Judy MARTIN (New Zealand), eMail, 06 Feb 2009.
As above.5New Zealand Birth, Death and Marriage Historical Records - Death Search, http://bdmhistoricalrecords.identityservices.govt.nz/Home/.
These records are scanned and prone to character identification errors.
This information can be used to order Death Registration Printout (photocopy/printout of original registration) and/or Death Certificate (transcript from original record) online.
| Registration Number | Family Name | Given Name(s) | Date of Birth/Age at Death |.
"1947/23880 Torkilsen Charles Ole 75Y."6Tararua District Council Online Cemetery Search.
http://www.tararuadc.govt.nz/asp/cemeteries_details.asp?menu=ce&plotid=4979&Editok=Y
As above.7Memorial (Headstone or Plaque).
Photographed 17 May 2009.8Norsewood Cemetery Plan (obtained 2005).
Directions assume entry through gate on Odin Street. There is a map at the cemetery.
"C. TORKILSEN."
Main Block (left side of driveway), section C, row 4 (from driveway), plot no. 36.
4. Karl Oscar Marinius TORKELSEN
1New Zealand Birth, Death and Marriage Historical Records - Birth Search, http://bdmhistoricalrecords.identityservices.govt.nz/Home/.
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| Registration Number | Family Name | Given Name(s) | Mother's Given Name(s) | Father's Given Name(s) | Still Birth |.
"1874/14265 Torkelsen Karl Oscar Marinius Maren Helene Ole Christian -."
7. John Lewis HANSEN (TORKILSEN)
1Personal Correspondence: Bob HANSEN (New Zealand), eMail, 19 Oct 2005.
"b. June 12, 1894, Norsewood, New Zealand."2New Zealand Birth, Death and Marriage Historical Records - Birth Search, http://bdmhistoricalrecords.identityservices.govt.nz/Home/.
These records are scanned and prone to character identification errors.
This information can be used to order Birth Registration Printout (photocopy/printout of original registration) and/or Birth Certificate (transcript from original record) online.
| Registration Number | Family Name | Given Name(s) | Mother's Given Name(s) | Father's Given Name(s) | Still Birth |.
"1894/2798 Hansen John Lewis Georgina Edward -."3Personal Correspondence: Bob HANSEN (New Zealand), eMail, 19 Oct 2005.
"d. Abt. July 1916, France."4Commonwealth War Graves Commission Website, www.cwgc.org.
"Date of Death: 15/09/1916."
http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=1463951.5Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database, www.aucklandmuseum.com/?t=130.
* HMNZT 42
"
Full Name
Rifleman John Torkilsen
Rank Last Held
Rifleman
Forename(s)
John
Surname
Torkilsen
Also Known As
Torkilson
War
World War I, 1914-1918
Serial No.
25/244
First Known Rank
Rifleman
Occupation before Enlistment
Carpenter
Next of Kin
Mrs Matilda Barclay (sister), Norsewood, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand
Body on Embarkation
New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Embarkation Unit
3rd Battalion, B Company
Embarkation Date
5 February 1916
Place of Embarkation
Wellington, New Zealand
Transport
* HMNZT 43
* HMNZT 44 Vessel
Ulimaroa or Mokoia or Navua
Destination
Suez, Egypt
Nominal Roll Number
24
Page on Nominal Roll
9
Campaigns
France
Last Unit Served
3rd Battalion, 3rd NZRB
Place of Death
Somme, France
Date of Death
15 September 1916
Age at Death
21
Year of Death
1916
Cause of Death
Killed in Action
Cemetery Name
Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial
Biographical Notes * John Torkilsen was the son of Ole and Maren Torkilsen.
* Surname is recorded as Torkilson on Nominal Roll, Torkilsen in all other references. Sources Used * Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1917
* Commonwealth War Graves Commission. URL: http://www.cwgc.org."
http://muse.aucklandmuseum.com/databases/Cenotaph/RecordDetail.aspx?OriginalID=62805&SearchID=1760306&Ordinal=90.6New Zealand Birth, Death and Marriage Historical Records - Death Search, http://bdmhistoricalrecords.identityservices.govt.nz/Home/.
These records are scanned and prone to character identification errors.
This information can be used to order Death Registration Printout (photocopy/printout of original registration) and/or Death Certificate (transcript from original record) online.
| Registration Number | Family Name | Given Name(s) | Date of Birth/Age at Death |.
"1918/25343 Torkilson John NR."
Wrong year.7Personal Correspondence: Bob HANSEN (New Zealand), eMail, 19 Oct 2005.
"Buried: July 1916, France."8Commonwealth War Graves Commission Website.
"Name: TORKILSEN, JOHN
Initials: J
Nationality: New Zealand
Rank: Rifleman
Regiment/Service: New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Unit Text: 3rd Bn. 3rd
Age: 21
Date of Death: 15/09/1916
Service No: 25/244
Additional information: Son of Ole and Maren Torkilsen.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Memorial: CATERPILLAR VALLEY (NEW ZEALAND) MEMORIAL."
http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=1463951
Memorial: Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial.9Archway (New Zealand Archives Online), http://archway.archives.govt.nz/.
| Title | Years |
| Agency | Series | Accession | Box/Item | Record | Part | Alternative No. |.
"TORKILSEN, John - WW1 25/244 - Army
1914 1916 New Zealand Defence Force, Personnel Archives Wgtn."10Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database.
* HMNZT 42
"Full Name
Rifleman John Torkilsen
Rank Last Held
Rifleman
Forename(s)
John
Surname
Torkilsen
Also Known As
Torkilson
War
World War I, 1914-1918
Serial No.
25/244
Gender
Male
First Known Rank
Rifleman
Occupation before Enlistment
Carpenter
Next of Kin
Mrs Matilda Barclay (sister), Norsewood, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand
Body on Embarkation
New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Embarkation Unit
3rd Battalion, B Company
Embarkation Date
5 February 1916
Place of Embarkation
Wellington, New Zealand
Transport
* HMNZT 43
* HMNZT 44 Vessel
Ulimaroa or Mokoia or Navua
Destination
Suez, Egypt
Nominal Roll Number
24
Page on Nominal Roll
9
Campaigns
France
Last Unit Served
New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 3Battalion, 3rd
Place of Death
Somme, France
Date of Death
15 September 1916
Age at Death
21
Year of Death
1916
Cause of Death
Killed in Action
Memorial Name
Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial, Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France
Biographical Notes
John Torkilsen was the son of Ole and Maren Torkilsen.
Additional Information
Surname is recorded as Torkilson on Nominal Roll, Torkilsen in all other references.
Sources Used * Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1917
* Commonwealth War Graves Commission. URL: http://www.cwgc.org."
http://muse.aucklandmuseum.com/databases/cenotaph/RecordDetail.aspx?OriginalID=62805&SearchID=8176871&Ordinal=1.