Ludovika Martine Lauritsdatter Kvalvaag Edwards 1868-1954

[Claire Thomas]

I am seeking information about Ludovika, my great, great grandmother, and her family. See title for her full name and lifespan. Thank you.

[Arkivverket - Anita Riise]

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[Grethe Flood]

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Entry #49:

Ludovica Martine, born on 19 August 1868: 

Nord-Trøndelag county, Frol (Levanger landsokn) in Levanger, Parish register (official) no. 721A01 (1864-1874), Born and baptised 1868, Page 34:

https://media.digitalarkivet.no/en/view/2477/36

[Grethe Flood]

In 1902 Carl Olsen Kvalvaag and Ludovika Martine Johansen had a daughter Alma Karoline Marie:

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/view/255/pd00000018710754

Møre og Romsdal county, Kristiansund in Kristiansund, Parish register (official) no. 572A18 (1898-1913), Born and baptised 1902, Page 78
https://media.digitalarkivet.no/en/view/3828/85

 

Please note that the parish registers for Kristiansund were miraculously rescued, but were partly damaged when the city of Kristiansund was bombed by the Germans in the days from 28 April till 1 May 1940. 

Endret August 10, 2023 av Grethe Flood

[Grethe Flood]

Census 1900 for Kristiansund:

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/census/person/pf01037372007679

[Grethe Flood]

Karl Kvalvaag emigrated from Kristiansund in 1905:

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/view/8/pe00000000248775

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/view/9/og00000000248775

 

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2W8-Z8YQ

Name	Karl Kvalvaag
Age	34
Birth Year (Estimated)	1871
Event Type	Immigration
Event Date	1905
Event Place	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Ship Name	Cymric

 

[Grethe Flood]

Ludovika and the children followed when they emigrated from Trondheim to Oregon in 1906:

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/view/8/pe00000000171606

Name	Year of birth	Age	Position	Birth place	Residence	Date of emigration	Destination	Ship

Ludovika Kvalvaag	1868		g Skibstømmand		Kr.sund	1906-10-09	Portland, Oregon	via Xania
Karl Kvalvaag	1895				Kr.sund	1906-10-09	Portland, Oregon	via Xania
Alma Kvalvaag	1902				Kr.sund	1906-10-09	Portland, Oregon	via Xania
Halfdan Kvalvaag	1904				Kr.sund	1906-10-09	Portland, Oregon	via Xania

[Grethe Flood]

US Census 1910:

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLY1-9CD

Name	Ludvika M Edwards
Sex	Female
Age	42
Birth Year (Estimated)	1868
Birthplace	Norway
Marital Status	Married
Race	White
Ethnicity	American
Relationship to Head of Household	Wife
Father's Birthplace	Norway
Mother's Birthplace	Norway
Event Type	Census
Event Date	1910
Event Place	Portland Ward 10, Multnomah, Oregon, United States
Event Place (Original)	Portland Ward 10, , Oregon
Sheet Letter	A
Sheet Number	3
Affiliate Publication Number	T624
Affiliate Name	The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)

 

 

[Grethe Flood]

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/170719090/l-s-edwards

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/170719090/l-s-edwards#view-photo=277421609

 

[Grethe Flood]

Here are Ludovikas parents and elder siblings in the 1865 public census for Levanger/Frol: 

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/census/person/pf01038338001031

 

https://rhd.uit.no/folketellinger/ftliste.aspx?ft=1865&knr=1720&kenr=002&bnr=0035&lnr=000

• Tellingsår: 1865
• Kommune: Frol
• Kommunenummer: 1720
• Navn på bosted: Brosvehyllan

Antall personer registrert på bostedet: 10. 

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	Navn	Familie-stilling	Sivil-stand	Yrke	Fødselsår	Fødested	Etnisitet
	Lauritz Johansen		g	Huseier Spillemand	1833	Skogns Prgj.
	Julie Augusta Jonasdatter	hans Kone	g		1831	Throndhjem
	Frits J Lauritsen	deres Søn	ug		1858	Levanger
	Anna M Lauritsdatter	deres Datter	ug		1860	Levanger
	Evangeline H. Lauritsdatter	deres Datter	ug		1862	Levanger
	Janna J Lauritsdatter	deres Datter	ug		1865	Levangers Prgj.
	Jørgen Kjønstad	Logerende	g	Murer	1828	Levanger
	Ingeranna Johannesdatter	hans Kone	g		1828	Skogns Prgj.
	Johan E. Jørgensen	deres Søn	ug		1851	Levanger
	Jon M. Jørgensen	deres Søn	ug		1859	Levanger

 

[Grethe Flood]

Ludovikas father was a widower in 1875 and the children are not mentioned together with him:

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/census/person/pf01052380000315

 

His occupation was "spillemann" and the closest I get an English translation is "fiddler". But I'm not certain if that is correct. 

[Grethe Flood]

Ludovikas mother died in 1871: 

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/view/267/pg00000005111458

Nord-Trøndelag county, Levanger in Levanger, Parish register (official) no. 720A03 (1864-1874), Deceased and buried 1872, Page 98
https://media.digitalarkivet.no/en/view/2475/66

 

 

[Grethe Flood]

Ludovikas parents married on 14 May 1857 - entry #4:

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/view/327/pv00000006132407

Nord-Trøndelag county, Levanger in Levanger, Parish register (official) no. 720A02 /1 (1855-1863), Married 1857-1859, Page 123
https://media.digitalarkivet.no/en/view/2474/53

The groom's occupation is "musikant" = musician and his full name is Fredrik Lauritz Johansen. The bride's full name is Julie Augusta Jonasdatter Sundland, and she was born in Bakklandet parish in Trondheim. 

 

Fredrik Julius, born 14 August 1857 - he seems to have been called Fritz.

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/view/255/pd00000024996657

Nord-Trøndelag county, Levanger in Levanger, Parish register (official) no. 720A02 /1 (1855-1863), Born and baptised 1858-1859, Page 55
https://media.digitalarkivet.no/en/view/2474/6

 

Anna Marie, born 6 January 1860

https://media.digitalarkivet.no/en/view/2474/7

 

Evangeline - Vangeline Hansine, born 26 December 1862

https://media.digitalarkivet.no/en/view/2474/16

 

Janna Justine, born 18 May 1865

https://media.digitalarkivet.no/en/view/2475/10

 

 

[Grethe Flood]

Evangeline Hansine married and settled in Trondheim:

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/search/persons/advanced?from=&to=&firstname=evangelin*&lastname=&birth_year_from=1862&birth_year_to=1862&birth_date=&birth_place=levanger&domicile=&position=&event_year_from=&event_year_to=&event_date=&related_first_name=&related_last_name=&related_birth_year=

 

In the 1910 public census I find Janna Justine in Fauske:

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/census/person/pf01036919005457

 

 

[Roy-Petter Askim]

Foster child payed for by her dad in 1875: https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/census/person/pf01052388002065 

"Enepige"= Only maid this family had 1891: https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/census/person/pf01053073010300 

Halfdan Georg born 1904: https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/view/255/pd00000023327474 

 

Karl and his mother in 1885: https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/census/person/pf01053299004951 

abd in 1891: https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/census/person/pf01053030006474 

 

 

Endret August 10, 2023 av Roy-Petter Askim

[Claire Thomas]

Thank you so much. All of this information is very helpful! I was able to find some of these documents this month and put them together on ancestry.com, but I did not know that her dad Fredrich Lauritz was a musician/fiddler or that the Kristiansund records were damaged in World War II. I also couldn't find the 1885 census and did not know that Ludovika's husband, Karl Magnus, was illegitimate. It is so wonderful to find these answers. Ludovika lived out her late years in an asylum after supposedly being blinded by her husband from being pushed downstairs. (Rumor passed down from family). My mom and I wanted to find out her life story and remember her. It seems her mother Julie and infant brother Hans died when she was three so she was farmed out as a foster child. I hope she had some happiness in her life. 

[Grethe Flood]

Here is the confirmation record for Julie Augusta Sundland - her parents were Jonas Sundland and Inger Halvorsdatter:

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/view/279/pk00000000123026

 

Baptism record for Julie Augusta - Ludovikas mother:

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/view/255/pd00000041591654

Sør-Trøndelag county, Bakklandet (Bakke) in Strinda, Trondheim, Parish register (official) no. 604A03 (1818-1850), Born and baptised 1831, Page 8
https://media.digitalarkivet.no/en/view/16282/10

 

 

[Claire Thomas]

Thank you, Grethe!