Hvaal – family Painting of Solveig (Hvaal) Maukon Hilda and Ole with children 1 Preface On these pages we present the story of a large family originating from the farm “Søndre Hvaal” in Lardal, Norway. This farm has been in the family we are describing since 1864. That year Johannes Halvorsen and Anne Oline Evensdatter bought the farm. They had 10 children and it is, in particular, the son Ole (number 5 of the children) we are discussing here. Ole Johannesen Hvaal took over the farm in 1878 and the same year married 15-year-old Hilda Josefine Nielsdatter. Ole and Hilda had 17 children – you can see 16 of them on the front page. We are discussing their ancestors – and in particular their descendants. All descendants are coded. This makes it easy to see the family relations – both with regard to generation as well as within the same generation. The system will be described later. The author of these pages is not directly in the family. However, I am married to one of the great grandchildren of Ole and Hilda. In the work to collect information I have used all available re- sources such as the digitized church books – the census from 1865 and 1900 as well as “Lardal bygdebok” – a book from 1973 about the farms in Lardal Kommune. Most information is,- how ever, obtained from the different family members. The Norwegian names are not translated. Thormod Henriksen Thormod died 13 feb. 2020 at the age of 92. Please contact Terje Henriksen ([email protected]) for comments and corrections A picture taken by Odd Aino Maukon in 1995 Place and name In order to give some orientation, we include on this page a map of Vestfold, Norway. Hvaal and surroundings are encircled. The cities in Vestfold (Holmestrand, Horten, Tønsberg, Sandefjord and Larvik) are all situated near the coast. Lardal kommune belongs to the inland of Vestfold. The large 2 river Lågen divides Lardal in an east and west side. Hvaal is on the east side. Most of the farms have fishing opportunities in Lågen (a good river for salmon fishing). Today there are several farms in the same area with the name Hvaal. The one in question is “Søndre Hvaal” ( South) with gnr. 51 (The farm num - ber). The picture to the right is taken from south – nearest is Søndre Hvaal – whereas Nordre Hvaal is beyond the trees dividing the picture. Svarstad church The farm Hvaal is situated on the east side of Lågen river – within the red circle Andebu on the map. Svarstad church is marked by a red dot. The above picture shows the surroundings – which are mainly farmlands. To t he east is the forest that goes all the way to Ande - bu. Furthermore, the churches Hedrum church in Hedrum and Larvik are marked, as well as Farri - seide. Farriseide Larvik church 3 The Name We assume that the name is from the old Norwegian word “høll ” – which indicates something like a “round hill”. In 1590 up to about 1670 the name was written Huall. Then we find the name Hvaell. In newer time the name Hvaal is used – and the family we are engaged with, is using that name. On some new maps, like the one given, the name is written Hvål . The farm has since the middle of 1600 had 2 horses, 7 – 11 cattle and 8 – 25 sheep. Furthermore, to the farm was a quite large forest. The number of people living on the farm was in the period 1700 – 1900 from 6 to 21 people. Ownership The farm has from old days been in private ownership. We know the owners and users of the farm from about 1600. The family we discuss here came to the farm in 1864 when Johannes Halvorsen and Anne Oline Evensdatter bought the farm from Hans Halvorsen Myre for 200 spciedaler (specie- daler was the Norwegian current up to 1875). A speciedaler from that time is about 180 Norwegian kroner (about 33 dollar). Ole Johannesen Hvaal handed over the farm to his son Ottar in 1910. It is possible that he regretted this – he took the farm back within a year and sold it to Kristoffer Werge - land. Then after 9 years Ottar again took over the farm on “odel” (allod). The owners of the farm since 1864: 1864 – 1878 Johannes Halvorsen 1878 – 1910 Ole Johannesen Hvaal 1910 – 1911 Ottar Hvaal 1911 – 1920 Kristoffer Wergeland (not in the family) 1920 – 1936 Ottar Hvaal 1936 – 1952 Hanna Solberg Hvaal (wife of Ottar ) 1952 – 1984 Odd Hvaal 1984 – 2012 Othar Hvaal (son of Odd ) 2012 – Solveig Beate Hvaal (daughter of Ottar ) The present owner Solveig Beate Hvaal and may be the next owner; Martin Hvaal. Photo 30. June 2013 at Svarstad church after Martin was baptized Previous owners of Hvaal From left is Johannes Halvorsen (have no picture). Then follows Ole Johannesen Hvaal, Ottar Hvaal, Hanna Hvaal (the wife and widow of Ottar), Odd Hvaal and Othar Johannes Hvaal. The present owner Solveig Beate Hvaal is above. 4 Ole and Hilda Josefine Hvaal with ancestors In this work we shall concentrate on the descendents of Ole Johannesen Hvaal and his wife Hilda. However, we shall start with the couple and their ancestors – at least a few generations as far as we know it today. Ole Johannesen Hvaal (1851 – 1924). Hilda Josefine Nielsdatter (1863 – 1950). Ole was born on Smukkestad (a farm on the Hilda was born in Larvik 10. March 1863 and other side of the river Lågen) 27. February 1851 baptized in Larvik church on the 17. of May. She and babtized in Svarstad church on 8 June. His was given the name Hilda Josephine (with ph) . parents were Johannes Halvorsen and Anne She used the name Hilda and furthermore, the Oline Evensdatter. The family moved to Hvaal full name was written Hilda Josefine in the when Ole was 13 years old. church books. She was the second child of Niels Hansen and Anne Marie Nielsdatter. Ole was sergeant and “fanejunker” (the highest degree below officer in Norway up to 1930). He This family lived in Larvik or right outside took over the farm in 1878. (Farriseie). Her father Niels Hansen was “vognmand” (carriage and wagon foreman) in the city of Larvik. Hilda came to Hvaal in 1878 when she married Ole. Hilda and Ole married in Svarstad church on December 27. 1878. He was 27 years, whereas Hilda was only 15 years and 9 months. A copy from Svarstad church book is shown above. The handwritten copy gives a lot of valuable information. From left is the date of the wedding – then the names and class of the two. Then follows the birth date and place and finally the two fathers – Johannes Halvorsen and Niels Hansen. Ole and Hilda bought Øvre Kongelf in 1910 when they first sold Hvaal to Ottar. They lived at Kongelf until 1918. 5 Here is a picture of Svarstad church as it is today. In the front are even the graves to some in the Hvaal family. In this church Hilda and Ole married 27. December 1878. Furthermore, all their 17 children were baptized in this church. For me this church has also a particular position since Målfrid and I were married here; 24. August 1957 – almost 179 years after Ole and Hilda. Picture below is from the wedding – coming out the church. 6 Ole`s ancestors Below we have some of Ole`s ancestors gathered in a “family tree”. We have still some question marks where information is lacking. Christen Knudsen Skog + Eli Nilsdatter (1731 – 1783 ?) 1752 (1735 – 1766) Skog Borger Borgersen Vergedal + Sibille Jacobsdatter (1720 – 1778) (? – ?) Vergedal Jon Mattissen + Anne Halvorsdatter ( – ) Grini in Lardal Ole Ellefsen Helgeland + Christine Syversdatter ( – ) ( – ) Helgeland Knut Christensen + Eli Borgersdatter (1753 – 1845) 1780 (1752 – 1837) Smukkestad Halvor Jonsen + Tolline Olsdatter Even Olsen Hvisle + Sibylle Knudsdatter (1786 – ?) 1781 – 1853) 1818 (1781 – 1855) Kristiania and Grini-eie in Lardal Askjemhagen – Hvisle 1841 Johannes Halvorsen Anne Oline Evensdatter (24/8 1813 – 11/6 1886) (1822 – 9/6 1886) Askjemhagen – Smukkestad – Hvaal + Hvisle – Smukkestad – Hvaal Ole Johannesen Hvaal (1851 – 1924) Some comments about the ancestors The family tree for Ole Johannesen Hvaal show that the ancesters are mainly from different places in Lardal. Johannes Halvorsen was born in Kristiania. His parents were Halvor Jonsen and Tolline Olsdatter Nedre Slottsgate. Johannes was baptized 12. September 1813 in Akershus slottsmenighet. Halvor and Tolline were married 24. April 1813 in Akershus slottsmenighet. They moved to Grini-eie in Lardal, and got 5 more children in the period 1815 –1824. Halvor Jonsen was born here and was baptized 26. February 1786 i Lardal. His parents were Jon Mattissen and Anne Halvorsdatter. On Oles mother side (Anne Oline) we can follow the family for several generations backwards They all lived on different farms in Lardal. 7 The parents. Johannes Halvorsen and Anne Oline Evensdatter. Even if Johannes was born in Kristiania, he spent most of his life in Lardal. He married in 1841 Anne Oline Evensdatter (he was 28 and the bride 19). They lived on several farms in Lardal, such as Askjemhagen and Smukkestad, before they bought Hvaal in 1864. They ran this farm (with 2 horses, 5 cattle and 6 sheep) for 13 years. They even had a “general store” here for a period. When the son Ole took over the farm in 1878 they moved to “Øvre Hvaal” (about 200 meters away) to their oldest daughter Karen Helene. They both lived until June 1886 – and it happened that they died from pneumonia with Anne Oline Evensdatter only two days in between. They had 10 children – and we would like to mention them all.