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Fordel Ingebrigtsøn of Mellingsjorden, Korgen Nordland Norway and Some of his Descendants

 Last Updated 14 December 2006

Generation No. 1

      @1.  Fordel¹ Ingebrigtsøn was born 1640 in Mellingsjorden, Korgen Nordland Norway¹, and died Aft. 1701 in Mellingsjorden,Korgen Nordland Norway².  He married --- Abt. 1660 in Mellingsjorden, Korgen Nordland Norway³.  She was born Abt. 1640 in Nordland Norway³, and died Unknown.

Notes for Fordel Ingebrigtsøn:

Fordel was the proprietor of the Mellingsjorden farm no. 1 by 1666 with his son, Elias.  In 1701 he was 61 years old.

Children of Fordel Ingebrigtsøn and --- are:

Generation No. 2

      @8.  Peder² Fordelsøn (Fordel¹ Ingebrigtsøn) was born Abt. 1681 in Mellingsjorden, Korgen Nordland Norway⁷, and died 1717 in Mellingsjorden, Korgen Nordland Norway⁸.  He married Ane Olsdatter 1713 in Mellingsjorden, Korgen Nordland Norway.  She died 1767 in Mellingsjorden, Korgen Nordland Norway.

Notes for Peder Fordelsøn:

In the record of his probate in 1718, Peder's estate included property worth 56-2-0,  two books and livestock.  Also debt of about 24-1-14. 

Children of Peder Fordelsøn and Ane Olsdatter are:

Generation No. 3

      @9.  Elias³ Pedersøn (Peder² Fordelsøn, Fordel¹ Ingebrigtsøn) was born 1714 in Mellingsjorden, Korgen Nordland Norway¹⁰, and died 28 July 1787 in Osmo, Hemnes Nordland Norway¹⁰.  He married Maren Johnsdatter 18 May 1742 in Osmo, Hemnes Nordland, Norway¹¹, daughter of Jon Ingrebrigtsøn and Karen Iversdatter.  She was born 1713 in Valåmoen, Hemnes Nordland Norway¹², and died 1789 in Osmo, Hemnes Norway¹³.

Notes for Elias Pedersøn:

At the time of Elias' marriage in 1742, he obtained a lease and settled the Osmo farm.  This is the earliest reference known of this farm.

Osmo Farm is one of the earliest farms in the Hemnes district of Nordland, about a third of the distance between Trondheim and Narvik.  It is perched on a peninsula of land that juts into the SørFjord opposite the Town of Hemnesberget.  Osmo was separated from the Hestnesosen Farm when Elias obtained his lease and remains intact and in possession of Elias' descendants today. 

More About Maren Johnsdatter:

Children of Elias Pedersøn and Maren Johnsdatter are:

Notes for Peder Eliasen:

Peder died unmarried.

Notes for Jon Eliasen:

Jon died unmarried.

Generation No. 4

      @14.  Elias⁴ Eliasen (Elias³ Pedersøn, Peder² Fordelsøn, Fordel¹ Ingebrigtsøn) was born 07 February 1753 in Osmo, Hemnes, Nordland Norway¹⁶, and died 1798 in Osmo, Hemnes Nordland Norway¹⁶.  He married Elen Maria Jonsdatter 1777 in Osmo, Hemnes Nordland, Norway¹⁶, daughter of Jon Olsen and Randi Andersdatter.  She was born 1760 in Straumsnes, Hemnes Nordland Norway¹⁷, and died 13 July 1826 in Osmo, Hemnes Nordland Norway¹⁸.

Notes for Elias Eliasen:

Elias owned the lease of the Osmo Farm from 2 December 1773 to 20 October 1775.

More About  Elen Maria Jonsdatter:

Children of Elias Eliasen and Elen Jonsdatter are:

More About Ranni Helene Eliasdatter:

Cause of Death: Drowned in a brook

Generation No. 5

      @21.  Ole Adrian⁵ Eliasen (Elias⁴, Elias³ Pedersøn, Peder² Fordelsøn, Fordel¹ Ingebrigtsøn) was born 07 September 1794 in Osmo, Hemnes, Nordland Norway²⁵, and died 28 January 1880 in Osmo, Hemnes Nordland Norway²⁶.  He married Inger Hansdatter 1827 in Osmo, Hemnes Nordland, Norway²⁶, daughter of Hans Henrichsen and Anne Olsdatter.  She was born 06 February 1802 in Buvik, Hemnes, Nordland Norway²⁷, and died 15 May 1877 in Osmo, Hemnes Nordland Norway²⁸.

Notes for Ole Adrian Eliasen:

Ole first leased then purchased the land from the Crown for 120 Dollars (old currency) and an annual gift of 3  --- 5/21 --- barley estimated in money, dated 10 July  1840 to 20 October 1841.

Ole is listed in the 1865 Census aged 73, born Heimnes.  He is listed in the 1875 census as living with wife Inger at the Osmo Farm.  He lists his occupation as Farm Owner and Fisherman.

More About  Inger Hansdatter:

Child of Ole Eliasen and Inger Hansdatter is:

Generation No. 6

      @23.  John⁶ Olsen (Ole Adrian⁵ Eliasen, Elias⁴, Elias³ Pedersøn, Peder² Fordelsøn, Fordel¹ Ingebrigtsøn) was born 20 July 1828 in Osmo, Hemnes, Nordland Norway²⁹, and died 27 August 1894 in Osmo, Hemnes, Nordland Norway³⁰.  He married Hedevig Margrethe Pedersdatter 1859 in Osmo, Hemnes Nordland, Norway³⁰, daughter of Peder Lorentsen and Elen Paasche.  She was born 14 March 1836 in Brennesvik, Hemnes, Nordland Norway³¹, and died 24 October 1914 in Osmo, Hemnes Nordland Norway³².

Notes for John Olsen:

John appears in the 1865 census, aged 38 born Hemnes.  He is married.

John appears in the 1875 Norwegian Census in Hemnes, born 1828, House Father.  His occupation is Cabinetmaker and Painter.

More About Hedevig Margrethe Pedersdatter:

Children of John Olsen and Hedevig Pedersdatter are:

Notes for Inger Emilie Johnsdatter:

Inger is listed in the census of 1865 as aged 4.

Notes for Else Helena Johnsdatter:

Else is listed in the 1900 Norwegian Census as unmarried, living with her mother and brother Peder.

Notes for Lorents Kristoffer Johnsen:

Lorents was a jeweler.

Generation No. 7

      24.  Elen Maria⁷ Johnsdatter (John⁶ Olsen, Ole Adrian⁵ Eliasen, Elias⁴, Elias³ Pedersøn, Peder² Fordelsøn, Fordel¹ Ingebrigtsøn) was born 01 June 1856 in Osmo, Hemnes Nordland Norway³⁷, and died 30 March 1899³⁸.  She married Ole Pedersen.  He died Unknown.

Notes for Elen Maria Johnsdatter:

Elen is listed in the 1875 census born 1856.  Her occupation is servant.

Children of Elen Johnsdatter and Ole Pedersen are:

Notes for Hilmar Pedersen:

Hilmar's death is mentioned in a letter from Peder Osmo to his brother Jens.

Notes for Hilmar Pedersen:

In 1924 Hilmar started an orchestra with his half brothers and Haakon Trygve and Ehrling Osmo.

      25.  Peder Lorents⁷ Johnsen (John⁶ Olsen, Ole Adrian⁵ Eliasen, Elias⁴, Elias³ Pedersøn, Peder² Fordelsøn, Fordel¹ Ingebrigtsøn) was born 24 October 1860 in Osmo, Hemnes Nordland Norway⁴⁰, and died 16 January 1933 in Osmo, Hemnes Nordland Norway⁴⁰.  He married Julianne Nilssdatter 1894 in Osmo, Hemnes Nordland, Norway⁴⁰.  She was born 1869 in Sandnes, Hemnes Nordland Norway⁴⁰, and died 23 April 1937 in Osmo, Hemnes Nordland Norway⁴⁰.

Notes for Peder Lorents Johnsen:

Peder obtained the deed to Osmo from his father for 1500 Krone and a pension agreement dated 18 July to 1 August 1893.  He sold the farm to his brother Johannes in 1902 and purchased the right to live at Osmo spit (the land jutting out into the fjord) as a cottager.

Peder is listed in the 1865 census as aged 6.

Some of Peder's children moved to Alvik in Western Norway around 1929.

Children of Peder Johnsen and Julianne Nilssdatter are:

      27.  Idda Margrethe⁷ Johnsdatter (John⁶ Olsen, Ole Adrian⁵ Eliasen, Elias⁴, Elias³ Pedersøn, Peder² Fordelsøn, Fordel¹ Ingebrigtsøn) was born 06 May 1865 in Osmo, Hemnes Nordland Norway⁴³, and died Unknown.  She married --- Tvera.  He died Unknown.

Notes for Idda Margrethe Johnsdatter:

Idda is listed in the 1865 census as aged 1.

Child of Idda Johnsdatter and --- Tvera is:

      29.  Jens Grøenback⁷ Johnsen (John⁶ Olsen, Ole Adrian⁵ Eliasen, Elias⁴, Elias³ Pedersøn, Peder² Fordelsøn, Fordel¹ Ingebrigtsøn) was born 01 December 1869 in Osmo, Hemnes Nordland Norway⁴⁴, and died Aft. 01 December 1959.

Notes for Jens Grøenback Johnsen:

Jens made his living as a fisherman working the lucrative Cod beds of Lofoten during the months of February, March and April.  His station was in Orsavag, Lofoten for 14 years.  In addition, he spent two seasons fishing near the Russian border in Finmark.  During the summers, he worked at the Sawmill at Mo.  The remainder of the time, he was engaged in making and mending sails⁴⁵.

This photo shows Jens Osmo (front row, center)  and some of his children  on the occasion of his 90th birthday on  1 December 1959. To his left is daughter  Hjordis, and on his right is daughter  Aslaug.  Behind him, left right are sons Haakon, Trygve and Sverre.  Daughter Solveig is absent.   The picture on the wall behind Haakon is of Jens' youngest brother Lorentz playing violin in his Orchestra.   (Photo courtesy of Svein Osmo).

Children of Jens Grøenback Johnsen are:

Notes for Solveig Osmo:

Solveig moved to Alvik, on the west coast of Norway to live around 1929.

      @30.  Johannes Kornelius⁷ Johnsen (John⁶ Olsen, Ole Adrian⁵ Eliasen, Elias⁴, Elias³ Pedersøn, Peder² Fordelsøn, Fordel¹ Ingebrigtsøn) was born 06 May 1872 in Osmo, Hemnes Nordland Norway⁴⁶, and died 19 October 1958 in Hemnesberget, Nordland Norway⁴⁷.  He married (1) Elen Anna Ohlsen Bef. 1895, daughter of Johan Ohlsen and Ellen Aandal.  She was born 02 May 1870 in Aandal, Romsdal Norway⁴⁷, and died 10 June 1944 in Trondheim, Sør Trondelag Norway⁴⁷.  He met (2) Henriette Johnsen 1905 in Trondheim, Sor Trondelag Norway⁴⁸, daughter of Johannes --- and Henriette Larsen.  She was born 06 January 1886 in Strinda, Sør Trondelag Norway⁴⁹, and died 1948 in Boston, Suffolk County Massachusetts⁵⁰.  He met (3) Anna Pedersen Aft. 1926 in Osmo, Hemnes Nordland, Norway.  She died Unknown.

Notes for Johannes Kornelius Johnsen:

Johannes obtained the lease for the Osmo Farm from his brother Peder for 2300 Krone on 22 May to 13 June 1903.  He lost the farm as a result of the bankruptcy of his Bakery business in 1905.  Through his son Femmer, he purchased it from the trustees in 1906 and purchased it back from his son for 1000 Krone on 20 June 1924 to 2 September 1926.

Johannes is listed in the 1875 census with his family in Hemnes at the  Osmo Farm.  In the 1900 Census, he is living in Trondheim as a Baker living with wife Anna, born 1870 in Molde and children Hedevig, born 1895, Femmer, born 1896 and Asstri, born 10 February 1900  Also living at the farm is Johannes' brother Lorents, born 1879.

From early letters written by Johannes and other family members, we have a picture of his early years.  In one letter, dated 22 July 1895 to his brother Jens, he writes from Korgen of the birth of his first child Hedvig.  He writes that they had not been expecting her for another month.  Since in many of thes letters he writes to ask to borrow money, one gets the impression that he was an entrepreneur.

From a letter written to Jens by sister Else, we know that Johannes spent much of the winter months of 1895-1896 longline fishing at Lofoten on the Norwegian Coast.  According to another letter, this one written by Lornts Osmo to brother Jens, Johannes wife Anna was furious at his decision (the letter says "Hot around her ears" - "hed om orene" in Norwegian).  By December 1896 he had moved to Trondheim.

Johannes owned a Bakery in Trondheim that operated for about 10 years. He became involved with Henriette Johnsen, a bakery worker who bore him a child in 1905.  The bakery and his marriage both failed and in 1907 he came to America.   Henriette Johnsen followed him to Boston in September 1907 on a ticket paid for by him.  In 1914 he started another bakery at 119 Green Street in Jamaica Plain (Boston Massachusetts). 

After Henriette arrived, things did not go so well between the couple, and Henriette  married Louis C Hornow in 1917.  She remained close to the Osmo and Dame families until her death in 1948.

The record of his entry into the US has not been found, but it was certainly before September 1907.  A search of the Ship Arrival lists in the Ports of Boston and New York has failed to turn up Johannes' immigration record.

Johannes initially used the name John Johnson in America.  In the Cambridge, Massachusetts City Directory for 1908,  a John Johnson, baker is living at 583 Main Street.  He appears again in Cambridge in 1911 living at 81a Hampshire Street.  He is not listed in the Directories of Boston, Brookline or Cambridge in 1909, 1910, 1912 or 1913.  In 1914 John Osmo, Baker is listed in the Boston City Directory living and working at 119 Green Street Jamaica Plain.  He is similarly listed in the directories of 1915 through 1923.  In 1926 the entry shows him working at 39 Corinth Row in Roslindale, and living at 15 Astivus(?) road Jamaica Plain.  He is not listed after this.

In a letter Johanes wrote to his brother Jens at Hemnes in September 1908  he says he was finding a little work, living at 13 Market Street Cambridge, and was hoping to receive several hundred Kroner from a creditor in Trondheim.  In December 1908, he wrote that he had started a job as foreman at a Swedish Bakery in Cambridge Massachusetts and had moved to 22 Jefferson Street in that city⁵².

The 1910 US Census shows John Johnsen, baker boarding at 81 Hampshire Street in Cambridge.  He speaks English.  He is married.  He indicates his immigration was in 1907⁵¹. 

There is no record of Johannes in the 1920 or 1930 US Census

In 1914 Johannes wrote to his wife Anna in Trondheim asking her to send two of their children- Hedvig the oldest to accompany Johanne the youngest over to him.  In the Passenger Manifest of the Bergensfjord on 12 October 1914, Hedvig and Johane list their father's address as 119 Green Street in Jamaica Plain.

Johannes traveled home for a short visit his family in Norway in 1923.    In the Passenger Manifest of the Stavangefjord arriving at Ellis Island on 2 November 1923, Johannes' name has the number 190760 and the date 6/11/26 scribbled above his name.  He is listed as 51, a married baker.  His wife, Anna Osmo in Trondheim is his closest relative.  He is visiting a friend, Ms. Freeman of Boston.  He lists a previous visit from 1907 to 1923.  He intends to remain in the US for 4 years.  He is 5 feet 5 inches tall with brown hair and blue eyes.  He appears in Oslo Emigrant files as an emigrant from Oslo to New York on 28 August 1926 aboard the Stavangerfjord.  "Not from Oslo" 

Johannes returned to his native country in 1926 and bought back ownership of the Osmo farm from his son Femmer.  He built a new Farm House to replace one that burned shortly after his return,  While there, his housekeeper, Anna Pedersen bore him a daughter Judith.  Anna moved with her daughter north to Bodo.  Judith died of Cancer before she was married. 

Johannes sold the farm in 1939 and moved to the village of Hemnesberget to live.   In his later years, according to his grand daughter Anna Dame, he became a very disagreeable fellow and lived a hermit’s life until he died at the Hemnes Sick Home at Hemnesberget on 19 October 1958.  He is buried at the Hemnes Church.

More About Elen Anna Ohlsen:

Notes for Henriette Johnsen:

Henriette was a worker at the Bakery of Johannes Osmo in Trondheim.  She bore a son Henning by him and this precipitated the breakup of Johannes' family.  Henriette followed Johannes to Boston but left her son behind to be raised by her mother.   She continued to work with Johannes at his Bakery on Green Street in Boston. 

A Henriette Johnsen is listed in the Emigration records of Norway.  She is listed as departing 3 September 1907.  She was born in 1886 and was headed for Boston via Christiana on the Scandinavian Line.  The Ellis Island Record for the Ship Manifest for the Hellig Olav, arriving in New York from Christiana on 17 September 1907 shows Henrietta Johnsen in Steerage.   Her ticket was paid for by Johannes Johnsen.  Her contact is an uncle Konrad Ringstrad in Roxbury.  She is 5 feet 4 inches tall, brown hair and brown eyes.  Her closest relative in Norway is Emelie Pedersen from Trondheim.

In 1909, Henriette returned to Norway for a visit.  She is listed in the Passenger Manifest of the Hellig Olav on 1 April 1910, arriving from Christiana as a second class passenger.  This manifest entry is misfiled but has been located on the microfilm on pages 1274-1275.  She is 23 years old. single, lists her mother, Henriette Lohrsen as her closest relative.  Final destination is Boston.  She paid her own fare, and lists a previous visit to the US from 1907 to 1909.  It is interesting to note that the manifest itself indicates that the passengers were transferred from the SS United States.  Need to check out why this is indicated.

A search of the US Census for 1910, 1920, and 1930 has failed to locate Henriette Hornow or Henriette Johnsen in Massachusetts.

Sometime before 1920 she married Louis Hornow, a second generation German from New York. 

Henriette returned to Trondheim in 1920 for the Confirmation of her son and returned to Boston soon afterwards.  Her return was through Ellis Island on 21 December 1920 aboard the Bergansfjord.  Here she is listed as Henriette Hornow, a US citizen.  She lives at 3 Wolsey Square Jamaica Plain.

Henriette played a prominent role in the lives of the Dame and Wainwright families in Boston through the thirties and forties.  She and her husband are remembered by several family members during and just after the War.  Several family members remember her name as Gertrude.

Children of Johannes Johnsen and Elen Ohlsen are:

Notes for Sofie Osmo:

There is no living family recollection of this individual.  Odd Meringdal, in his "The Aandahl Family" only lists her name and her probable place as third in the birth order. 

Sofie is mentioned in a letter sent from Else Osmo to Jens Osmo written on 4 April 1899: (translated by Svein Osmo)

Notes for Lilly Osmo:

We today have only photos of this hauntingly beautiful young girl, who bears a striking resemblance to several other members of the family.  One of the photographs in the compilers possession indicates years of her birth and death. Oral tradition holds that Lilly died of Tuberculosis, and that the family maintained strict secrecy about this information fearing that their chances of coming to America would be in jeapordy.

Child of Johannes Johnsen and Henriette Johnsen is:

Child of Johannes Johnsen and Anna Pedersen is:

Generation No. 8

      44.  Oskar Trygve⁸ Osmo (Peder Lorents⁷ Johnsen, John⁶ Olsen, Ole Adrian⁵ Eliasen, Elias⁴, Elias³ Pedersøn, Peder² Fordelsøn, Fordel¹ Ingebrigtsøn) was born 07 February 1907 in Osmo, Hemnes Nordland Norway⁵⁸, and died Unknown.

Child of Oskar Trygve Osmo is:

      47.  Torvald⁸ Osmo (Peder Lorents⁷ Johnsen, John⁶ Olsen, Ole Adrian⁵ Eliasen, Elias⁴, Elias³ Pedersøn, Peder² Fordelsøn, Fordel¹ Ingebrigtsøn) died Unknown.

Child of Torvald Osmo is:

      50.  Aslaug⁸ Osmo (Jens Grøenback⁷ Johnsen, John⁶ Olsen, Ole Adrian⁵ Eliasen, Elias⁴, Elias³ Pedersøn, Peder² Fordelsøn, Fordel¹ Ingebrigtsøn) died Unknown.

Notes for Aslaug Osmo:

Aslaug moved to Alvik in the West of Norway to live around 1929.

Children of Aslaug Osmo are:

      52.  Haakon⁸ Osmo (Jens Grøenback⁷ Johnsen, John⁶ Olsen, Ole Adrian⁵ Eliasen, Elias⁴, Elias³ Pedersøn, Peder² Fordelsøn, Fordel¹ Ingebrigtsøn) died Unknown.

Notes for Haakon Osmo:

Haakon moved to Alvik in the Western part of Norway around 1929.  He returned to Mo at the beginning of World War 2.

Children of Haakon Osmo are:

      53.  Trygve⁸ Osmo (Jens Grøenback⁷ Johnsen, John⁶ Olsen, Ole Adrian⁵ Eliasen, Elias⁴, Elias³ Pedersøn, Peder² Fordelsøn, Fordel¹ Ingebrigtsøn) died Unknown.

Notes for Trygve Osmo:

Trygve moved to Alvik in the Western part of Norway around 1929.

Children of Trygve Osmo are:

      @55.  Hedvig Margarethe Bjerring⁸ Osmo (Johannes Kornelius⁷ Johnsen, John⁶ Olsen, Ole Adrian⁵ Eliasen, Elias⁴, Elias³ Pedersøn, Peder² Fordelsøn, Fordel¹ Ingebrigtsøn) was born 17 July 1895 in Osmo, Hemnes Nordland Norway⁵⁹, and died 07 February 1985 in Stoneham, Middlesex County Massachusetts⁶⁰.  She married William Michael Dame 01 October 1918 in Boston, Suffolk County Massachusetts⁶¹, son of Christopher Dame and Eva Schmidt.  He was born 06 July 1891 in East Boston, Suffolk County Massachusetts⁶², and died 15 December 1965 in East Boston, Suffolk County Massachusetts⁶³.

Notes for Hedvig Margarethe Bjerring Osmo:

According to oral family stories, Hedvig met William Dame shortly after her arrival into Ellis Island from Norway on 12 October 1914 abord the Bergansfjord.  She came with her sister Johane (Jenny).

William Dame, Margaret Dame (Hedvig) and Anna Dame are listed in the US Census for 192