Johan Martinsen Bingen ^{1 2 3 4}

   Another name for Johan was Johan Martinssen.

  General Notes:

In the census for 1900 Johan Bingen was married but lodging by himself at Herslebs Gade 32 in Kristiania. His normal residence was in Sem, Vestfold. A note says, "Unitariske Samfund".

His normal residence at Sem leads to his family, the only Bingens there on the Rydningen (plads) farm in Sem, Vestfold:
Lina Bingen, Hm g Hus- og Fjøsstel, 1859, Trygstad Sm;
Holm Bingen, S, ug, 1888, Trygstad;
Johannes Bingen, S, ug, 1893, Kristiania;
Dagny Bingen, D, ug, 1887, Trygstad;
Jenny Bingen, D, ug, 1891, Trygstad.

In Sem og Slagen, En bygdebok; Første bind: Gårdshistorie, Johan Bingen is identified as being a tenant farmer or cottager [Forpaktere eller husmenn] on Rønningen, nordre part. A note under Annual Duties [Årlig pliktarbeid] states, "50 dager.(Synes som om Bingen kun har ydet 10 dager.)" ⁶

  Noted events in his life were:

• He was a warehouseman [Lagerarbeider hos Hudhandler Østby] in 1900.

Johan married Lena Gudbrandsen, daughter of Gudbrand Bergersen and Marie Hansdatter, on 11 Mar 1887 in Trøgstad, Østfold, Norway.¹ (Lena Gudbrandsen was born on 10 Dec 1859 in Myraas, Trøgstad, Østfold, Norway and was christened on 19 Feb 1860 in Trøgstad, Østfold, Norway.)

  Marriage Notes:

They were not married when their first child Dagny was born. ¹