{"id":1106,"date":"2016-08-14T15:05:28","date_gmt":"2016-08-14T22:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/genealogyjottings.com\/?p=1106"},"modified":"2016-08-14T15:05:28","modified_gmt":"2016-08-14T22:05:28","slug":"52-ancestors-in-52-weeks-25-sivert-knudsen-1843-1907","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/genealogyjottings.com\/?p=1106","title":{"rendered":"52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks #25\u2014Sivert Knudsen (1843-1907)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"In Norway’s Nordland County, on the Vester\u00e5len archipelago, the \u00d8ksnes municipality covers part of the large island of Lang\u00f8ya as well as many smaller islands north of there. B\u00f8 and Sortland municipalities share Lang\u00f8ya with \u00d8ksnes.
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The \u00d8ksnes Church, built in 1703, stands on one of the small islands, Skogs\u00f8ya. The actual parish grounds have been maintained since the 1400’s, and parts of the present church building date to the 1600’s.
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Sivert Knudsen was born in this parish at Roten farm, probably on 23 July 1843, to Knud Sjursen and Brita Kristoffersdatter. <\/span>The date is questionable because his baptism record does not provide a birth date, and subsequent records give conflicting information. Sivert’s confirmation record, arguably the most reliable record, (because the information likely would have been provided by his parents) gives the 23 July 1843 date. Sivert’s youngest daughter Sofie’s baptism registration offers an earlier birth year of 1842. His death record gives a third birth date of 3 June 1843. The July date is probably correct given that he was then baptized a month later on 27 August of that year. Norwegian babies were usually baptized shortly after birth.
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When Sivert was a small boy, his family moved on to Hadsel parish. Sivert was confirmed there at age 17 on 9 June 1861. Of course, like most Norwegians, he had already received his smallpox vaccination several years earlier in 1856.<\/span>
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Until 1865, Sivert worked to help his father who was a tenant on the Bj\u00f8rndal farm in Hadsel. That autumn on 11 September he returned to \u00d8ksnes and married 24-year-old Martha Karoline Dorthea Hansdatter. They wed in the same \u00d8ksnes church where his parents had been married. When Sivert married Martha, he acquired a step-son, Johan.
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After Sivert and Martha married, they and her son settled on the Roten farm in \u00d8ksnes where Sivert had been born. Sivert made a living as a farmer and fisherman.
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The couple lived at \u00d8ksnes for three years and began adding to their family. According to family records, they had twelve children in all, including:
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