Bartha Michelet 1
- Marriage: Gullick Fjelde in 1750
Bartha married Gullick Fjelde in 1750.
Marriage Notes:
"Jakob Henrik Gerhard Fjelde was a sculptor, of the whose artistic productions the city of Minneapolis has reason to be proud. The name Fjelde is taken from a place on the western coast of Norway, and translated into English it means "mountains." So far as known, the first person to bear that name was Gullik Fjelde, a theological student, who married, in 1750, Bartha Michelet, of a well-known military family, who had immigrated from France, being Huguenors. Paul Gerhard Fjelde, father of Jakob, descended in direct line from Gullik, was a cabinet maker and wood carver in Aalesund, Norway, a man of fine artistic tastes, who early discovered the talent of his son and provided for his education in art. His wife, Claudine Thomane Bolette, nee Hinchen, was of German descent, belonging to a family of merchants and sea captains, who came to Norway from Germany. The subject of this sketch was born in Aalesund, Norway, April 10, 1855. As a boy he showed considerable talent in an artistic way, and at the age of ten years his father began to encourage him in the work of wood carving." 1
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