G4 (fm:p) Lars Johnsen Vattedal & Kari Jonsdatter

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G4 (fm-f) Lars Johnsen Vattedal
Birth: 27-06-1846, Ambistraet, Kvinnherad
Death: 27-03-1919, Vattedal, Tysnes
Parents: John Larsen Hauge (1818-1892) & Kari Hansdatter (1811-1882)
Siblings: Hans Johnsen (1859-~1892), Ingeborg Johnsdatter (1850-?), Kari Johnsdatter (1852-?)
Occupations: Shoemaker, farmer, builder, carpenter

FamilySearch ID: G31C-7PF

G4 (fm-m) Kari Jonsdatter (Places: Leite, Vattedal) 
Birth: 09-05-1851, Leite, Kvinnherad
Death: 06-06-1899, Vattedal, Tysnes
Parents: John Olsen Dunbakken (1825-1917) & Margrethe Jakobsdatter (1830-1912)
Siblings: Elen/Elna (1854), Anna (1857), Alis (1859), Jacob (1862), Ole/Olav (1865), Margrethe (1869), Jon (1870), Brynjel (1875)

FamilySearch ID: MNSB-KMD

Marriage: 9 June 1871 Kvinnherad

Children

  1. 1872 – John Larsen (dob 18 May 1872 – 6 Nov. 1956)
    • He was a sailor in 1891 and a sailor and carpenter in 1900. He was married on 11 Nov 1894 to Anna Gurine Hansdatter (7 July 1873 – 18 Jan 1970). They probably had no children.
  2. 1874 – Kari Larsdatter (18 Sep 1874 – 12 Aug 1882 Died from Scarlet Fever)
  3. 1877 – Elen Marie Larsdatter (31 Mar 1878 – 15 Sept 1882 Died from Scarlet Fever)
  4. 1879 – Margrethe Jonette Larsdatter (27 oct 1879 – 15 Dec 1968). She lived with my grandmother in Bergen in 1934 and is buried with her there.
  5. 1883 – Lars Johan Larsen (3 June 1883 -?) Departed on 29 Nov 1899 from Bergen to the US as a sailor. He was listed on the 1900 census with the family but absent, probably in New York. There is a record of him leaving for New Nork in 1899. The New York, County Naturalization Records, 1791-1980 has a record from 1911 for a Lars Johan Larsen born in Tysnes on 30 June 1883 which is most likely him. A WW1 Draft record for 1918 shows the same person, now married to Margaret, living in New York.
    I have matched him to Lawrence (Larry) Larson married on 23 Mar 1913 to Margaret Enright (1880-1948) from Ireland. They had 3 children: Margaret Larson (1914-?), Lawrence Joseph Larson (1915-2004) & James Patrik Larson (1917-1980)
  6. 1887 – Kari Marie Larsdatter (15 Feb 1887 – 1975)
  7. 1890 – Jacob Nicolai Larsen (11 Nov 1890 – 18 Dec 1927) He was a lumberjack and a sailor. Married on 14 Dec 1914 to Kristofa Monsine Monsen (1893-1981). I can find no children but a fosterdaughter. She later remarried Wiik
  8. 1895 – Hans Olai Larsen (18 May 1895 – 18 Feb 1914) He died young from TB.

Census data

  • 1865 : Kvinnherad Census has Lars (age 20) living in Haugedunbakken with his parents, John Larsen (48) and Kari Hansdatter (53) and 3 siblings, Engeborg (16), Kari (14) & Hans (7). Lars is a shoemaker
  • 1865 : Kvinnherad Census has Kari (aged 15) living in Haugedunbakken with her parents, John Olsen (41) & Margrethe Jakobsdatter (36), and her 5 siblings, Elen (12), Anna (9), Alis (7), Jakob (4) & Ole (1).
  • 1875 : Tysnes: Vattedal — has Lars and Kari with their son John, daughter Kari and a servant. Lars is listed as farmer and ‘Jagtebygger’. He is the owner of their farm (bnr 395b). They had 4 cows, 9 sheep and a pig and they grew potatoes and oats.
  • 1891 : Tysnes: Vattedal — Lars Jonsen (1846) and Kari Jonsdtr (1857) are still living at the farm with 5 of their children: Jon (1872), Lars (1883), Jakob (1890), Margrethe (1879) and Kari Marie (1887). They have no live-in servant.
  • 1900 : Tysnes: Vattedal (farm 141 Bnr 2) — Lars’ wife Kari has now died. As well as a farmer Lars is now a carpenter. Living with him are his daughter Kari (1887), my grandmother, and his sons Jacob (1890), Hans Olai ((1895) and Lars Johan (1883), although Lars Johan was at sea, probably in New York. His oldest son John is still a sailor but also a carpenter and married to Anna Hansdatter. They are also living on the farm but in their own household.
  • 1910 : Tysnes: Vattedal (farm 141 Bnr 2) — Lars is still running the farm and being a lumberjack/carpenter. His daughter Margrete is now back home and running the house. She and my grandmother Kari are listed as servants. His sons Jacob is a sailor and Hans Olai a farm boy. His son Lars Johan is not with them, could he have emigrated to the US?

Death:

Kari died in Vattedal on 6 June 1899 from nerve pain.

Lars died in Vattedal on 27 March 1919 from atherosclerosis and bronchitis