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Carl Tornes

Josef Carl Mathiashis baptismal name

b. 3 Dec 1855 · Vågøy · Tornes · Kristiansund

3 Dec 1855Born — baptized Josef Carl Mathias, Vågøy.Proven
6 Apr 1856Baptism entered in the Vågøy church book — entry 8. Parents: Peder Tronsen & Marith Halvorsdatter of Lovran.Proven
—The farm servant boy who took the Tornes farm’s name.Proven
MarriageCarl & Susanna’s marriage — the register burned. Kristiansund’s late-1879 marriages survive in no copy.Unsolved
1889His daughter Karen Sophie’s baptism, Kristiansund — the father’s name lost in the burnt centre.Proven

The farm servant boy who took the Tornes farm’s name.

The baptism page at Vågøy is where he begins, as Josef Carl Mathias, son of Peder Tronsen and Marith Halvorsdatter of Lovran. The Tornes name comes later, from the farm — not from a surname he was born with.

Proven

Baptized Josef Carl Mathias, 6 April 1856, Fræna ministerialbok 565A02, p. 31, entry 8.

Proven

Parents named on that page: Peder Tronsen & Marith Halvorsdatter of Lovran.

The path

His path

Vågøyb. 3 Dec 1855 · bapt. 1856PROVENTornes farmtook the farm’s namePROVENKristiansundmarriage register burned · 1889 baptismPROVENHis PathThe places the records name

The records

The pages themselves

His baptism page · Vågøy, 1856 — entry 8, “Josef Carl Mathias.”
His baptism page · Vågøy, 1856 — entry 8, “Josef Carl Mathias.”
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His daughter Karen Sophie’s baptism · Kristiansund, 1889 — the father’s name lost in the burnt centre.
His daughter Karen Sophie’s baptism · Kristiansund, 1889 — the father’s name lost in the burnt centre.
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Beside them

Family

Parents

Peder Tronsen & Marith Halvorsdatter of Lovran

Spouse

Susanna Julsdatter Tornes d. 3 Feb 1909

Children

Ingeborg Marie Tornes Gimness 1883–1963

Karen Sophie b. 13 Oct 1889, Kristiansund

Still unknown

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