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Morten Andreas Magnus[1, 2, 3]

Male 1823 - 1905  (82 years)


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  • Name Morten Andreas Magnus  [4, 5, 6, 7, 8
    Birth 16 Feb 1823  Hogganvik, Vikedal, Rogaland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
    Christening 24 Jun 1823  Vikedal, Rogaland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 9
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1865  Vikedal, Rogaland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Residence 1891  Vikedal, Rogaland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Residence 1900  Vikedal, Rogaland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Death 30 Oct 1905  Hogganvik, Vikedal, Rogaland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 11
    Burial 4 Nov 1905  Vikedal, Rogaland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    Person ID I30445  Master
    Last Modified 8 Jan 2024 

    Father Johannes Kreutz Magnus,   b. Nov 1795, Hinneraae, Nedstrand, Rogaland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Jun 1881, Hogganvik, Vikedal, Rogaland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years) 
    Mother Anna Marie Catherina Von Krogh,   b. 30 Oct 1796, Hogganvik, Vikedal, Rogaland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Oct 1886, Hogganvik, Vikedal, Rogaland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years) 
    Marriage 28 Dec 1819  Vikedal, Rogaland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location  [12
    Photos
    Anna Marie Von Krogh and Johannes Kreutz Magnus
    Anna Marie Von Krogh and Johannes Kreutz Magnus
    Family ID F28  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Martha Johannesdtr Tangen,   b. 4 Jul 1817, Vieland Farm, Lyngdal, Vest-Agder, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Jan 1906, Hogganvik, Vikedal, Rogaland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years) 
    Children 
    +1. Johannes Mortensen,   b. 4 Feb 1847, Vikedal, Rogaland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1933, Bronx, New York City, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
    Family ID F2688  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 31 Dec 2014 

    Family 2 Berta Serine Andersdtr Waagen,   b. 29 Sep 1827, Tjøstheim, Skudesneshavn, Rogaland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Apr 1907, Hogganvik, Vikedal, Rogaland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Marriage 13 Apr 1852  Imsland, Rogaland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5, 6
    Children 
    +1. Anna Marie Magnus,   b. 5 Jan 1854, Vikedal, Rogaland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Mar 1937, Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
    +2. Johannes Creutz "John" Magnus,   b. 20 Apr 1857, Hogganvik, Vikedal, Rogaland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Dec 1936, Freeport, Nassau, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
     3. Martha Magnus,   b. 26 Nov 1861, Vikedal, Rogaland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 May 1938, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
     4. Anna Magnus,   b. 29 Oct 1863, Vikedal, Rogaland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Nov 1943 (Age 80 years)
    +5. Johanna Magnus,   b. 25 Sep 1865, Hogganvik, Vikedal, Rogaland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Nov 1943, New York, Kings, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
    +6. Fredrikke Andrea Magnus,   b. 28 Jun 1868, Vikedal, Rogaland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Apr 1929, Alamo, Williams, North Dakota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years)
     7. Anders Magnus,   b. 28 Apr 1870, Hogganvik, Vikedal, Rogaland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1950, Springfield Gardens, Lewis, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
    +8. Frederik Magnus,   b. 11 Aug 1872, Hogganvik, Vikedal, Rogaland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Sep 1928, Starkweather, Ramsey, North Dakota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years)
    Family ID F2687  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Jan 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 16 Feb 1823 - Hogganvik, Vikedal, Rogaland, Norway Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChristening - 24 Jun 1823 - Vikedal, Rogaland, Norway Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 13 Apr 1852 - Imsland, Rogaland, Norway Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1865 - Vikedal, Rogaland, Norway Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1891 - Vikedal, Rogaland, Norway Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1900 - Vikedal, Rogaland, Norway Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 30 Oct 1905 - Hogganvik, Vikedal, Rogaland, Norway Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 4 Nov 1905 - Vikedal, Rogaland, Norway Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Morten Andreas Magnus 1823-1905
    Morten Andreas Magnus 1823-1905

  • Notes 
    • Church records show that Maarten was born on February 16th 1823 as "Morten Andreas" son of Johannes Magnus and Anna Maria Catherine Von Krogh. He lived with his parents at the Haagenvik estate. Morten Andreas Magnus-Haagenvig was married at 29 to Britha Andersdatter-Vaagen, aged 24 1/2, on April 13th 1852 in Imsland. Prior to his marriage to Britha, Morten, at the age of 24, had a son (out of wedlock) through a liaison with one Martha Johannesdtr Tangen, age 30 [see notes on Martha]. Story tells us that Martha was a housekeeper at the Haagenvik estate. The birth of a son to Morten and Martha was verified from the Vikedal church records. The son, Johannes, apparently was raised by Morten and his wife Britha. The 1865 census for Vikedal, shows that on the Haagenvik farm lived a Maarten (Morten) Magnus(42) a farmer, farm owner and boat-builder; Britha Andersdatter(37), his wife and Johannes(8), Additional children of Morten/Britha were Katrina(11), Martha(4), Anna(2) and Johanna(3mos.). Subsequently, Morten and Britha, had another son named Anders. Anders later on, married Edvardine Bjørnsen, sister of Elisabeth Olava Bjørnsen (the mother of Alan Mortensen).

      Morten was the greatest shipbuilder in Rogoland county, having built 44 ships in the period from 1857 to 1883. . Morten A. Magnus started as a book printer apprentice with Kielland in Stavanger in his young days, but decided to go to sea and since became a master seiner with the district priest Løberg in Vikedal. But he wanted to learn ship construction, and he ended up pursuing his education with the renowned ship constructor Knud Nielsen in Stavanger.
      Morten and his older brother Frederik built more than 60 sail ships, most of them drafted by Morten A. Magnus, and they also operated more shipyards than the one at Hogganvik. They founded shipyards in Sandeid, Vats, Kvaley, Finnvik, Marvik, Ilsvåg, and other places. The shipyard at Hogganvik was the largest, and more than 200 men worked there. The salaries were 73 ore a day during the winter and 90 ore during the summer. One of the few intact items from this period is an accounting book from the latter part of the 1870's. This book states that many of the employees received part of their salary in the form of goods, and the remaining salary was paid in full in cash. In the book a statement is made about one certain employee that received 6 kg of rye and 6 kg of grit/peeled grain for 1.07 ore and 1.40 ore respectively. Additionally, he received a ¼ kg of coffee for 45 ore, 1/2 kg butter for 0.68 ore, 1 piece of pork for 1.75 Kroner, 4 cans of gasoline for 1 Krone, 1 pound of tobacco for 1.60 Kroner and he also granted himself a plate of sugar for 67 ore as well as a pencil for 7 ore. In the accounting book there is also a peculiar notice about the number of plugs used to cover the rivets used on the ship that was being constructed at that time. "13900 plugs were used for this ship. The carpenter was paid 41.60 Kroner" is written in the book. The carpenter Vigleik Brakjen did not receive much of a salary for his work. It is also said about the carpenter that when the flow in the river next to his workshop reached minimum levels, he turned the lathe himself.
      Due to the many shipyards, workers from across the nation were attracted. All of the workers did not have the seriousness about them that was required in the carpenter business at the time. It was not without reason that the officials in Vikedal made a statement to the county representative to fix the problem. In the statement it was written that, "as a consequence of the shipyards increased productivity, a large amount of workers have been employed" and the county representative was asked to "develop a royal resolution so that street rioting, loud noise, public dancing, card playing and other entertainment is stopped at a certain time of the evening, and that this resolution will be the general law regarding these matters in the shipyard's surrounding districts." In Hogganvik, the frigate >Særimner< was launched in 1878 - at the time the largest ship built in Norway, and certainly one of the most beautiful. It weighed in at 1366 tons n.r. Neither the shipyard owners nor the ship -owner made any profit off of that ship, from what is said. The ship cost 200,000 Kroner to build. It was shipwrecked on a coral reef in the Gulf in 1907. There were many different types of boats built at Hogganvik, yacht (jakter), galeas (galeaser), schooner (skonnertskip), and brig (brigger) such as >Garibaldi<, frigate (fregatter) as >Njord<, >Dictators and >John Haugvaldstad<, barcue (barker) as Myopia<, >President<, ~Patria<, >Poseidon<, >Ths. Falck<, and others. But the big decline in the sailing ship industry came in 1858 and with it the end of the shipyard at Hogganvik.

      More About Morten Andreas Magnus:
      Date born 2: 16 Feb 1823, Haagenviig Farm, Vikedal, Norway.1038
      Date born 3: 16 Feb 1823, Haagenvik. Norway.1039, 1039
      Burial: 1905, Haagenvik Farm, Norway.
      Died 2: Oct 1905, Haagenvik, Vikedal, Norway.1040
      Died 3: Oct 1905, Haagenvik, Vikedal, Norway.1040
      Died 4: Oct 1905, Haagenvik. Norway.
      Ethnicity/Relig.: LUTHERAN.
      Occupation: SHIPBUILDER, FARM OWNER.

      More About Morten Andreas Magnus and Martha Johannesdtr Tangen:
      Marriage: Haagenvik, Vikedal, Norway.1040

      More About Morten Andreas Magnus and Berta Serine Andersdtr Vaagen:
      Marriage 1: 13 Apr 1852, Imsland, Norway.1040
      Marriage 2: 13 Apr 1852, Imsland.1040

      Children of Morten Andreas Magnus and Martha Johannesdtr Tangen are:
      +Johannes Mortensen, b. 04 Feb 1847, Haagenvik Farm, Vikedal, Norway1040, 1041, d. 1933, Bronx, Nassau, New York, USA1042, 1043.

      Children of Morten Andreas Magnus and Berta Serine Andersdtr Vaagen are:
      Anna Marie Magnus, b. 05 Jan 18541044, d. date unknown.
      +Johannes Creutz Magnus, b. 20 Apr 1857, Haagenvik Farm, Norway1044, 1045, d. WFT Est. 1907-1949.
      Martha Magnus, b. 26 Nov 18611046, d. date unknown.
      Anna Magnus, b. 29 Oct 18631046, d. date unknown.
      Johanna Magnus, b. 25 Sep 18651046, d. date unknown.
      Fredrikke Andrea Magnus, b. 28 Jun 18681046, d. date unknown.
      Anders Magnus, b. 28 Apr 1870, Haagenvik, Norway1046, d. 1950, Springfield Gardens, Lewis, New York, USA1046.
      Frederik Magnus, b. 11 Aug 18721046, d. date unknown.

  • Sources 
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    9. [S203] National Archives of Norway, Vikedal Parish Register, (Digitalarkivet, National Archives of Norway) (Reliability: 3).
      Source information: Rogaland county, Vikedal in Vikedal, Parish register (official) nr. A 3 (1817-1850), Birth and baptism records 1823, page 13.
      http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:NBN:no-a1450-kb20050922021098.jpg

    10. [S183] National Archives of Norway, 1865 Norway Census, (Digitalarkivet, National Archives of Norway) (Reliability: 3).
      Census year: 1865
      Municipality: Vikedal
      Municipality number: 1157
      Name of domicile: Øvre Haakenvig
      Number of persons in this domicile: 13

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      Name Family status Marital status Occupation Birth year Place of birth Ethnicity
      Maarten Magnus Husfader g Gaardbruger Selveier og Skibsbygger 1824 Vikdals Prgj.
      Britha Andersdatter hans Kone g 1829 Vikdals Prgj.
      Johannes Magnus deres søn ug 1858 Vikdals Prgj.
      Katrine Magnus deres datter ug 1855 Vikdals Prgj.
      Martha Magnus deres datter ug 1862 Vikdals Prgj.
      Anna Magnus deres datter ug 1864 Vikdals Prgj.
      Johanna Magnus deres datter ug 1865 Vikdals Prgj.
      Maans Johannesen ug Tjænestekarel 1848 Vikdals Prgj.
      Katrine Tjærandsdatter ug Tjænestepige 1841 Vikdals Prgj.
      Siselia Sørensdatter ug Tjænestepige 1853 Vikdals Prgj.
      Sirine Olsdatter ug Tjænestepige 1853 Vikdals Prgj.
      Inger Eliasdatter ug Tjænestepige 1821 Vikdals Prgj.
      Lars Olsen hendes søn ug 1854 Vikdals Prgj.


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      Norwegian Historical Data Centre (NHDC)
      The Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Tromsø N-9037 Tromsø, NORWAY
      Updated: November 10th 2004

    11. [S203] National Archives of Norway, Vikedal Parish Register, (Digitalarkivet, National Archives of Norway), Vikedal sokneprestkontor, IV: Parish register (official) no. A 10, 1884-1907, p. 167 (Reliability: 3).
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    12. [S203] National Archives of Norway, Vikedal Parish Register, (Digitalarkivet, National Archives of Norway), Vikedal sokneprestkontor, IV: Parish register (official) no. A 3, 1817-1850, p. 192 (Reliability: 3).
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