Louis (Lars) Johannessen Hoff Folkenberg
(1837-1892)

 

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Spouses/Children:
Inger Maria Johansdatter Veiby

Louis (Lars) Johannessen Hoff Folkenberg 1 2 3

  • Born: 23 Dec 1837, Oslo, Norway
  • Unmarried: Inger Maria Johansdatter Veiby
  • Died: 13 Jun 1892, Folkenberg, Multnomah, Oregon, USA aged 54

   Another name for Louis was Lars Johannesen Hoff.

  General Notes:

Lars moved to America before his son Anton was born.

  Noted events in his life were:

• He was a joiner [snedker] from 1868 to 1872.


Louis had children with Inger Maria Johansdatter Veiby, daughter of Johan Gulbrandsen Veiby and Anne Mattiasdatter. (Inger Maria Johansdatter Veiby was born on 7 May 1845 in Askim, Østfold, Norway, christened on 18 May 1845 in Askim, Østfold, Norway and died on 13 Aug 1931 in Linton, Oregon (West Union), USA.)


  Marriage Notes:

A census of about 1880 lists the Folkenberg family:
Folkenberg, Lars, 42 yrs old, married, farmer, born in Norway;
" , Mary, 37 yrs old, married, housekeeper, born in Norway;
" , Dorwall, 12 yrs old, at school, crippled, born in Norway;
" , Anton, 7 yrs old, at home, born in Norway;
" , Joseph, 4 yrs old, at home;
" , Fred, 2 yrs old, at home;
" , female baby, 4 months old, at home. 4

Sources


1 Ulf Grøndahl, Gårdshistorie for Askim (Bind 2) (Utgitt av Askim kommune, Askim, 1987.), p. 284.

2 The Digitalarkivet Census for Norway, http://digitalarkivet.no/cgi-win/WebFront.exe?slag=vis&tekst=meldingar&spraak=e (A joint project between The National Archives of Norway, The regional Archive of Bergen and The Department of History, University of Bergen.), Askim: 1847-1879, Ministerialbok.

3 Bengt Strøm (b-str@online.no), Descendants of Inger Maria Johansdatter Veiby.

4 Judith Folkenberg, A part of the census of mid 1880.

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