{"id":499,"date":"2015-05-12T16:35:36","date_gmt":"2015-05-12T16:35:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ww2.fjeldskaar.com\/?page_id=499"},"modified":"2023-02-16T14:36:23","modified_gmt":"2023-02-16T13:36:23","slug":"anna-og-eilif","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.andersen-slekt.info\/en\/anna-og-eilif\/","title":{"rendered":"Anna and Eilif"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0 < g\u00e5 til Jenny og Rudolf<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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Anna Marie and Eilif Andersen<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n

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\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Eilif was the son of Jenny Aagot and Otto Rudolf Andersen<\/strong><\/a><\/span>.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Eilif was born in \"Christiania F\u00f8dselsstiftelse\" in Oslo 17. February 1886. F\u00f8dselsstiftelsen was founded by the following reasons:<\/span><\/p>\n

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The purpose of \"F\u00f8dselsstiftelsen\" was a.o. to obtain the unmarried and poor pregnant women, midwifery, nursing and supervision. It was there that Jenny Aagot gave birth to Eilif when she was 20 years old. She traveled to Oslo to give birth because she was unmarried; it was unmarried and poor women from all over the Eastern part of Norway who came to F\u00f8dselsstiftelsen to give birth. Jenny Aagot lost her mother (Elsebeth) when she was 2 months pregnant with Eilif, and the house was sold at a forced auction. Jenny Aagot was thus on bare ground when her mother died, and had no home and close relatives that could assist her in the birth. She subsisted herself perhaps as \"tjenestepige\" (servant), like many of the women who gave birth at Christiania F\u00f8dselsstiftelse. Why she and Rudolf didn't marry before April 1886, we don't know.<\/span><\/p>\n

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From church records. Father was \"unmarried blacksmith Rudolf Andersen\"; the mother was \"Pige Jenny Jacobsen\". Godparents were Pige Margit Jacobsen and Rachel Aniksdal (?). The latter is unknown.<\/span><\/div>\n
…..<\/span>Margit Ovidia Jacobsen was Jenny's cousin; daughter of Jenny's uncle, 'skibsf\u00f8rer' Anders Jacobsen. Jenny and Margaret grew both up on the \u00d8stre Halsen, was at the same age, and were confirmed at the same time (5\/10-1879). They were close friends \u2013 considering that Margaret went along with Jenny Aagot to Oslo for the birth. Margit married in 1899 and moved to Drammen.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n

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\nEilif's confirmation 22. april 1900<\/span><\/p>\n

Eilif fortalte til \u00d8stlands-Posten 24. mars 1965 litt om oppveksten sin «Minner fra gamle dagers Larvik»<\/strong><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Skiensfjordens Mechanical technical school, where Eilif was a student. Eilif is in the middle row, no. 6 from the left (click to see larger image).<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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After completing Technical School, Eilif traveled to South Africa (5. July 1905) to work at the diamond mines in Kimberley.<\/span>
\n\"It was a journey with many inconvenience, can you believe. It was in 1905 shortly after the union with Sweden was broken. Boer war had finished for a couple of years ago. My uncle Johan Detre Jacobsen and Magnus Martinsen traveled to Africa in 1903.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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I was 18-19 years old at the time pesting on my aunt who was Irish by birth that she could be writing to uncle to get me a job down there, he was in Kimberley the diamond city. Finally it was settled that I could make the trip. The trip cost a lot of money according to the time, I borrowed 450 kr in Larvik savings Bank, the journey cost 350 kr from Larvik to Captovn, very cheap present day. There was a scheduled boat from Larvik to Nevcastel Vilson Linien on Thursday evening.\"<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Read more of his own travel description here<\/strong><\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Postkort fra Eilif til Anna da Eilif var i S\u00f8r-Afrika:<\/p>\n

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Det er blitt fortalt at Eilif var S\u00f8r-Afrika i 4 \u00e5r. Da fikk han brev fra forloveden Anna som anmodet han sterkt om \u00e5 komme hjem. Han reiste da hjem til Norge, og de giftet seg 23.10.1909. De nygifte flyttet inn i Helgesens gate 7, der Anna hadde vokst opp. I 1918 kj\u00f8pte Eilif hus i Griffenfeldtsgate 18 p\u00e5 Torstrand. Omr\u00e5det ble ogs\u00e5 kalt L\u00f8kka (Reipbanel\u00f8kka), oppkalt etter den gamle Reipbanen, som l\u00e5 rett overfor Griffenfeldtsgate, og mellom Mesterfjellet og Dronningens gate.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Bilder av A\/S Frams Skibsbyggeri (trykk p\u00e5 det h\u00f8yre bildet for st\u00f8rre bilde)<\/em><\/p>\n

After his stay in South Africa, Eilif changed to shipbuilding. He borrowed money and founded A\/S Fram's<\/span> Skibsbyggeri<\/span><\/span><\/strong> in 1917. He was the manager. 'Fram' built two composite ships, \"MS \u00d8stfjell<\/a><\/strong><\/span>"(620 tonnes, 145,6 foot, 320 hp) and "MS Bj\u00f8rn\u00f8<\/strong><\/span>\"(500 tons, 26,6 foot width), both were completed in 1919. \u00d8stfjell was sold to T\u00f8nsberg, and converted to a barge in 1926. The construction of the Bj\u00f8rn\u00f8 was done at the mission of Bugge Olsen AS, and later sold to Germany. It went down under World War II. Read more here<\/strong><\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Locations of Fram and the smie of Eilif and Rudolf. Original photo from 1917 (from Per Nyhus, \"Larvik f\u00f8r og n\u00e5<\/a>\u00ab).<\/p>\n

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Postcard message from Eilif to Anna<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Bridal photo of Eilif and Anna. Click to see the larger size.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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However, the shipp building went bankrupt after a few years, and Eilif lost everything he had invested, and the house which he had recently purchased, Griffenfeldtsgate 18 (see map here<\/strong><\/a><\/span>), was pledged. See excerpts from the pledge documents of Larvik here<\/strong><\/a><\/span>. Eilif then had 6 minor children to provide for. They had been through a difficult time, and even worse after the bankruptcy, with debt and without income. \"Had it not been for their Christian faith, they had not come so well through this difficult times.\"<\/em> (Egil Rudsta Andersen).<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nEilif owned a patent (no 39674) together with his father Rudolf. It was probably Eilif's idea, but he lost the ownership when he went bankrupt. The patent was about the exploitation of combustion gas, which could reduce the consumption of coal and wood. Click on the chart to see the patent.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Eilif fikk forholdsvis snart tilbud om \u00e5 reise til sj\u00f8s. Men han kunne ikke tenke seg det, og takket nei. Etter en innsats fra Anna, endte det med at en annen reiste til sj\u00f8s, mens Eilif overtok vedkommendes jobb hos Alfr. Andersen. Etter en tid, fikk Eilif jobben med \u00e5 avvikle en r\u00f8rleggerbedrift som Alfr. Andersen hadde overtatt som konkursbo. Det viste seg, under denne jobben, at det var behov for \u00e5 fortsette driften av r\u00f8rleggerforretningen, og Larvik R\u00f8rhandel ble dermed stiftet. Eilif ble leder av bedriften. Det var ikke lite arbeid med \u00e5 legge inn vannklosetter i hjemmene. Men dette arbeidet hadde ogs\u00e5 sine motstandere. Se mer om pudrett here<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span>
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\"\"<\/p>\n

He continued in Larvik R\u00f8rhandel until 1946\/47, when his sons Egil and Erling established their own company \u2013 Larvik Varme & Sanit\u00e6r. Eilif didn't want to be a competitor with his sons, and began, therefore, as employee in Larvik Varme & Sanitat\u00e6r. His eldest daughter, Jenny, also began in the the company, and worked in the office.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nThe house in Griffenfeldtsgt. 18, Larvik (see map here<\/a><\/strong><\/span>) (bildet til venstre er fra Roy Olsen)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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\nEilif bought Griffenfeldtsgate 18 in June 1918. It was pledged in 1925 when he went bankrupt.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

For \u00e5 spe p\u00e5 \u00f8konomien, leide Eilif ut lokale til matvarebutikk (Kooperativen) i huset. Inngangen var p\u00e5 veggen uten vinduer (se bildet til h\u00f8yre ovenfor). Senere startet de sin egen matvarebutikk her. B\u00e5de Anna, Jenny og Ingjerd var fast inventar i butikken i mange \u00e5r.<\/span><\/p>\n

Torstrand<\/strong><\/p>\n

Torstrand er den \u00f8stre delen av de gamle bydelene i Larvik. Den ligger p\u00e5 ei stor elveslette, og er atypisk for Larvik som ellers er kjent for sine mange bakker. I d\u00e5rlige tider var det som regel litt verre p\u00e5 Torstrand enn ellers i byen. Her rammet arbeidsl\u00f8sheten aller verst, ettersom de fleste arbeidere i byen bodde her. Og med arbeidsledigheten fulgte all annen mulig elendighet, som matmangel, sykdom og bolign\u00f8d. Det er en hjerteskj\u00e6rende skildring av forholdene i \u00d8stlands-Posten 1917:<\/p>\n

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I sm\u00e5k\u00e5rshjemmets stue fantes bare det aller n\u00f8dvendigste. Og i hver seng kunne det ligge 2-3 barn.<\/em><\/p>\n

«Aldrig har vi trodd det at her var slik bolign\u00f8d. Det er en masse gamle r\u00f8nner. De fleste av disse er s\u00e5 usle og overbefolket, at det minder meget om forholdene i fattigkvarterene i storbyene. F.eks. bor der opptil 12 mennesker i to smaa rum – barn og voksne av begge kj\u00f8n. I et annet hus bor der i enden av et av et elendig gammelt uthus 2 familier. Paa det ene sted var kj\u00f8kkenet ikke fullt 1,5 m bredt. Vinduer og gulv var meget aapne. Lite lys, m\u00f8rkt og utrivelig.\u00a0<\/em>
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Mest trist var det at se alle de nygifte som maa begynne livet under slike fortvilede husforhold. De unge m\u00f8dre stod med sine barn paa armen og vidste ikke sin arme raad. Vi undres ikke paa at modet minker og sygdommen efter hvert holder sit intog.» (Fra Larvik A-\u00c5 av Per Nyhus).\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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Torstrand sett fra Mesterfjellet i 1880-\u00e5ra <\/em>(Fra Larvik A-\u00c5 av Per Nyhus).\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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Larvik Bedehus<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Jeg mener \u00e5 huske at bestefar Eilif fortalte meg at han ble kristen ved forkynnelsen til den kjente lekpredikanten Albert Lunde p\u00e5 Larvik Bedehus. I Store norske Leksikon st\u00e5r dette om Albert Lunde: Albert Lunde var en av Nordens fremste predikanter. Han reiste til USA i 1895, ble grepet av en vekkelse representert ved blant andre Dwight Lyman Moody. Fra 1901 virket han som fri reisepredikant i Norge, og ble landskjent gjennom den vekkelsen som ble fremkalt av hans m\u00f8ter i Kristiania i 1905\u20131906.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Eilif var sv\u00e6rt aktiv p\u00e5 Larvik Bedehus. Larvik Bedehus<\/a><\/b> er en trebygning som\u00a0ble oppf\u00f8rt i\u00a01875<\/a>. Bedehuset har en prekestol i\u00a0barokk<\/a>\u00a0fra begynnelsen av\u00a01700-tallet. <\/small><\/sup>I en historikk st\u00e5r det f\u00f8lgende \u00e5 lese:<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"\"\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Sunday school in Larvik bedehus in 1932.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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\nEilif's New Testament w\/notes<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0Letter from grandfather Eilif \u2013 dictated to Ingjerd (drawing by Helge Fevang)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Eilifs liv ble selvsagt\u00a0 – i st\u00f8rre eller mindre grad – p\u00e5virket av\u00a0 de ytre omstendigheter, b\u00e5de lokale og globale. Han opplevde flere verdensomspennende kriser, bl. a. to verdenskriger, en influensapandemi og en \u00f8konomisk depresjon.<\/p>\n

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Eilif had humor, and enjoyed a good story. A story I heard he told multiple times: There was two police constables who found a binge drunk man lying in Schleppegrells street. But none of them knew how to write the street name; it ended, therefore, that they dragged him over to Bugges street before they wrote the report.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Another favorite story was about the guy who had been told by her mother to go to the bakery and buy wort bread. But he stumbled at the doorstep, and forgot about it. He bought wheat bread instead.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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< go to Gusta and Hans J\u00f8rgen<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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Anna Marie b. Thorsen<\/span><\/h2>\n

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Anna Thorsen was born 25\/3-1887 on Thorstrand, Larvik. She grew up in straitened circumstances, when her mother became a widow with 3 young children. See more about her here<\/strong><\/a><\/span>. But by the joint efforts they managed to get through the difficult time. She married Eilif Andersen 23\/10-1909.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Anna was confirmed 6. October 1901<\/p>\n

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Anna was involved both of avholdssak and Christian activity and work among alcoholics. Only 20 years old she was in Hvite B\u00e5nd 17 days after the local association was founded 23. march 1906. She was the leader of Larvik Hvite B\u00e5nd in more than 20 years. Hvite b\u00e5nd is part of The Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) that was among the first organizations of women devoted to social reform with a program that \"linked the religious and the secular through concerted and far-reaching reform strategies based on applied Christianity.\" It plays an influential role in the temperance movement. Anna had her reasons for joining Hvite B\u00e5nd in the experiences in the family. It is said that the maternal grandfather Erik struggled with alcohol problems. She was also involved in founding the Finnmarksmisjonens work in Larvik in 1909; this was dedicated to activity in the county of Finnmark (far north).<\/span><\/p>\n

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Here, she explains from the trip to the 29. landsstevne in the Hvite b\u00e5nd.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"\u00a0 Anna\u00a0also had responsibility for the grocery shop.<\/em><\/p>\n

Anna and Eilif enjoyed to traveling around in Norway by car. Here<\/strong><\/a><\/span> she tells about a trip to Stavanger. She had the care of the sailors and sent them gifts; here<\/strong><\/a><\/span> you can read the letters of gratitude.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Anna and Eilif had 6 children; Jenny<\/strong><\/a>, Hans<\/strong><\/a>, Egil<\/strong><\/a>, Ingjerd<\/strong><\/a>, Erling<\/strong><\/a><\/span> and Liv<\/strong><\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>The family Andersen; Eilif, Liv, Anna, Erling and Ingjerd in the fronte; Egil, Hans and Jenny in the back row. Click on the picture to see larger size.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Letter to Anna from her father Hans J\u00f8rgen<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Postcards from the maternal grandmother Anna<\/span><\/p>\n

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Anna, Eilif and Hans (?) in the living room in Griffenfeldtsgate; to the right is a camera that belonged to Anna.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Anna and Eilif with the kids Ingjerd, Liv, Jenny, Egil, Erling and Hans.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Diamond-bride and groom (60 years marriage) Andersen in 1969<\/span><\/p>\n

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Anna Maries liv ble selvsagt p\u00e5virket av de ytre omstendighetene, b\u00e5de lokale og globale. Hun opplevde flere verdensomspennende kriser, bl. a. to verdenskriger, en influensapandemi og en \u00f8konomisk depresjon. Influensapandemien, ogs\u00e5 kalt spanskesyken, hadde sv\u00e6rt h\u00f8y d\u00f8delighet og smittet anslagsvis 500 millioner mennesker \u2013 rundt en fjerdedel av verdens befolkning.<\/sup> Antallet d\u00f8de er ansl\u00e5tt til mellom 17 og 50 millioner, og kanskje s\u00e5 h\u00f8yt som 100 millioner, noe som gj\u00f8r den til en av de verste pandemier i historien.\u00a0<\/sup><\/sup><\/sup>Det antas at det i Norge omkom 13 000\u201315 000 mennesker av spanskesyken. Pandemien Covid-19 (2019-2022) tok 4300 liv, noe som betyr at det prosentvis omkom seks ganger s\u00e5 mange under spanskesyken som under Covid-19, n\u00e5r en tar hensyn til veksten i folketallet.<\/p>\n

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