My third great uncle -
Captain Halvor Martin Nilsen
was born 7 Feb 1852 in Eidanger, Telemark, Norway. He was the fifth child and fifth son of my third great grandparents Nils Jensen and Johanne Elisabeth Olsdatter. Like many of the young men in my Norwegian family he began his working life on the sea, as a sailor.
In the 1900 Norwegian National Census he is counted as the Captain of the Bark Coimbatore. The ship sailed out from Porsgrund, Norway due to arrive in Buenos Aires Argentina on February 15, 1901.
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| 1900 Norwegian census Skipslister fra innland og uland http://digitalarkivet.arkivverket.no/nn-no/ft/skip/sf01100021001108 |
Halvor died at sea February 2, 1901 of Beri-Beri. He was 48 years old. He is buried at the Norwegian Seaman's church in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Halvor left behind his wife, Inger Marie Andersdatter and three children, Adolfa Marie, Johanne Elisabeth and Nils Johan
Halvor Martin Nilsen, son of - Nils Jensen, father of - GunderAndreas Nilsen, father of - Nils Gundersen, father of - Dagmar Gundersen, mother of - Grace Sevald, mother of me
