Travels of Zakarias Simonsen, Vardø, Finnmark

[Anton Hagelee]

Is it possible to follow the travels of the fisherman and soldier  Zakarias Simonsen of Vardø, Finnmark to various countries such as England and Denmark during the 1800 to 1845  time frame?

 

Marriage 

 

Original is fourth entry right hand page 

 

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/kb20070612620267

 

Death 

 

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/view/267/pg00000006516386

 

Also 

 

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/view/267/pg00000008645553

 

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/view/327/pv00000009464992

 

 

[Anton Hagelee]

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Endret Lørdag 21:01 av Anton Hagelee

[Matthias Kolberg]

7 timer siden, Anton Hagelee skrev:

Original is fourth entry right hand page 

 

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/kb20070612620267

I believe it is the third entry, left hand page

 

 

From his marriage with Ane in 1817 until 1833, he is recorded as father in the baptisms of 8 children, including the still born in 1829:

 

Karen Margrethe born February 4, 1818

 

Hanna born April 20, 1820

Jacobine born February 8, 1823

Brithe Marie born July 25, 1825

Hendricke Kathrine born February 8, 1828

 

A still born in 1829

Elen born December 27, 1830

 

Søren born July 7, 1833

 

All these records show Zacharias in Vardø. What suggests he ever left? 

 

 

 

[Anton Hagelee]

This post from Ellen Charge. 

 

Through MyHeritage, I have determined the existence of ~3 distinct triangulating match clusters, which are outlined in the attached Excel spreadsheet. I have also identified, using the more extensive trees of some matches, two couples that are the shared ancestors of a few of my matches: one from Hedmark (Matthias Halvorsen Vestby [b. 1822, d. 1897 + Marthe Christoffersen b. 1823, d. ?], the other from Finnmark and Troms (Hanne Zakariasdatter Bork/Borch [b. 1820, d. 1869]  + Jens Johan Bork/Borch [b. 1812, d. 1886]). 

 

I was not able to find a link with the family listed as being from Hedmark. I am now trying the family from Finnmark, Since Zakarias the father of Hanne was both a soldier and fisherman, I was hoping to find some connection between he or perhaps one of his siblings and England. 

 

Two of the ancestors of Ellen Charge are likely of uncertain parentage and were born between 1826 to 1836. This fits somewhat with the age range of Zakarias and his male siblings as potential fathers. But they likely need to be found in England during that time. 

 

 

Endret Lørdag 21:29 av Anton Hagelee

[Anton Hagelee]

Three of the sons of Simon Larsen are found in the 1801 Census.  Zachrias, Søren and Berteus. 

 

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/census/person/pf01058491001036

 

 

Endret Lørdag 21:35 av Anton Hagelee

[Matthias Kolberg]

Where does it say he was a soldier and fisherman? It was not mentioned in the church records I checked.

 

Here is Hanna’s baptism, no 17 on the left page

Finnmark fylke, Vardø i Vardø, Vadsø, Ministerialbok nr. 2 (1805-1842), Fødte og døpte 1820-1822, Side 100-101
Brukslenke for sidevisning: https://www.digitalarkivet.no/kb20070612620290
 

 

[Anton Hagelee]

3 hours ago, Matthias Kolberg said:

Where does it say he was a soldier and fisherman? It was not mentioned in the church records I checked.

 

Zacharias Simonsen

Position:

Ungk. Fisker

 

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/view/255/pd00000030523625

 

Apparently not a soldier. I misread the marriage record and included the Soldat that belongs to the man directly below Zacharias Simonsen. Johan Jørgen Hansen. 

 

I must have been tired when I composed the comment as the reference is clearly 3rd down left hand page. 

 

 

 

 

 

Endret Søndag 01:11 av Anton Hagelee

[Matthias Kolberg]

5 timer siden, Anton Hagelee skrev:

Zacharias Simonsen

Position:

Ungk. Fisker

 

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/view/255/pd00000030523625

This is a record from 1885 regarding Zacharias Simonsen born 1855, not the one born 1791

 

He might well have been a fisherman like his father Simon Larsen, but I have not seen this explicitly stated anywhere

[Anton Hagelee]

On 8/15/2026 at 4:34 PM, Matthias Kolberg said:

Where does it say he was a soldier and fisherman? It was not mentioned in the church records I checked.

 

So, I found the source for the comment on Soldier. It is a Tree with no source so suspect on that account. 

 

 

  Zakarias Simonsen

Soldat Vardøhusfestning

 Spouses and children

• Married January 6, 1817 (Monday), Vardø, Vardø Kommune, to Anne Hansdatter Kjerland 1800- with
  •  Simon Simonsen Zakariasen 1816-
  •  Karen Margrethe Zakariasdatter 1818-1848
  •  Hanna Zakariasdatter 1820-
  •  Jacobine Zakariasdatter 1823-
  •  Birthe Marie Zakariasdatter 1825-
  •  Hendrikke Katharine Zakariasdatter 1827-
  •  Elen Zakariasdatter 1830-
  •  Søren Larsen Zakariasen 1833-

 

https://gw.geneanet.org/janavadso?n=simonsen&oc=1&p=zakarias&_gl=1*1w5k7kw*_gcl_aw*R0NMLjE3ODQ0MDg3MzMuQ2p3S0NBand5T3pTQmhCVEVpd0FteHZKLXZvVzdZX1M3aklPdmlrcktfYk5mSkxkWTJUaDBfZnlSSUNKdXd5cHJGUE5vNWxGZmNjTnFSb0NDdWdRQXZEX0J3RQ..*_gcl_dc*R0NMLjE3ODQ0MDg3MzMuQ2p3S0NBand5T3pTQmhCVEVpd0FteHZKLXZvVzdZX1M3aklPdmlrcktfYk5mSkxkWTJUaDBfZnlSSUNKdXd5cHJGUE5vNWxGZmNjTnFSb0NDdWdRQXZEX0J3RQ..*_gcl_au*MTc2NzM3OTIwOC4xNzg1NTEyNTg2*_ga*NDE3OTYyOTA5LjE3Nzc3MzQ2NDI.*_ga_LMK6K2LSJH*czA2MzY4ZDRkLWQ0MjQtNDMxYy05NDI3LWRkM2RjMjQzMjE3MyRvMTIyJGcxJHQxNzg3MTc5MzA0JGoxMCRsMCRoMA..

 

https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/62476/records/5075277702

 

 

[Anton Hagelee]

Digging a little further brings up the Tree on Geni.com

 

Zacharias Simonsen 

Gender:	Male
Birth:	1796 Seljelv, Balsfjord, Troms, Norge (Norway)
Death:	October 17, 1847 (50-51) Vardø, Finnmark, Norge (Norway)
Place of Burial:	Vardø Prestegjeld, Finnmark, Norge (Norway)
Immediate Family:	Son of Simon Larsen Seljeelv and Karen Baardsdatter Seljeelv Husband of Ane Hansdatter Father of Simeon Zachariasen, Svartnæs Indre; Hanna Zachariasdatter and Jacobine Zachariasdatter Brother of Anne Maria Simonsdatter; Bertheus Simonsen; Elen Simonsdatter; Lars Simonsen, Berg and Søren Simonsen     https://www.geni.com/people/Zacharias-Simonsen/6000000000048964824

[Anton Hagelee]

A little further for the Original Poster on Hanna Zachariasdatter who is perhaps connected in some fashion to OP through a person unknown. 

 

Hanna Zachariasdatter 

Gender:	Female
Birth:	April 20, 1820 Vardø, Finnmark, Norge (Norway)
Death:	1869 (48-49) Kramvik
Immediate Family:	Daughter of Zacharias Simonsen and Ane Hansdatter Wife of Jens Johan Nilsen Borch Mother of Nora Johanna Jensdatter Borch; Henrik Klæboe Borch; Sirianna Jensdatter; Johan Kristian Jenssen; Karen Bertalia Jensdatter and 1 other Sister of Simeon Zachariasen, Svartnæs Indreand Jacobine Zachariasdatter     A Google translation from the Bygdebok description of the family    Hanna and her husband Jens Johan are mentioned on page 439 in the book "Gårds- og slektshistorie for Dyrøy, volume III, written by Oddbjørn Knutsen. They lived in Forstrand in Dyrøy before they moved to Vardø. Jens Johan was born here. It says that they had 5 children before they moved, the names are also found here, and match those registered here on geni.com   https://www.geni.com/people/Simon-Seljeelv/6000000022451971067

 

[Anton Hagelee]

Father of the family. 

 

 

Simon Larsen Seljeelv 

Norwegian: Simon Larsen, Seljeelv

Gender:	Male
Birth:	1754 Bergen, Hordaland, Norge (Norway)
Death:	1808 (53-54) Seljelv, Balsfjord, Troms, Norge (Norway)
Place of Burial:	Tromsø Prestegjeld, Troms, Norge (Norway)
Immediate Family:	Son of Lars Stephansen and NN Partner Lars Husband of Karen Baardsdatter Seljeelv Father of Anne Maria Simonsdatter; Bertheus Simonsen; Elen Simonsdatter; Lars Simonsen, Berg; Zacharias Simonsen and 1 other Half brother of Stephen Larsen; Sylfester Larsen, D.Y. and Elias Larsen
Added by:	Arne Salomonsen Hovland on November 4, 2008
Managed by:	Gro Anethe Liljedahl, Asbjørn Grebstad Hovland and Elna Marion Kristiansen Vollan

 

 

 

For the OP. you can go to the Geni.com site for the Father , look up in the right hand corner for Box labelled Action. Click on Descendants and pick how far you want to search and look at the list of descendants and see if any of them are connected to England or the UK in any fashion. 

 

https://www.geni.com/people/Simon-Seljeelv/6000000022451971067?through=6000000000048964824

[Anton Hagelee]

looked four generations from Simon Larson Seljeelv which seems to cover the time frame when  this line would have linked with your line to lead to DNA showing up. 

 

https://www.geni.com/list/descendants/6000000022451971067#4

 

I saw several descendants who emigrated to America but no connection from this family to any place in the UK. 

 

American example: Descendant of 2. Lars Simonsen, Berg b. June 9, 1787, 

 

4. Gabriel Albrigt Larson b. February 21, 1844, Fagerbukt, Tromsøysund, Tromsø, Troms, Norge (Norway); d. June 23, 1876, Forest City, Iowa, United States

 

Probably this fellow, birth date and year is a little off but not terrible. 

Name

Gabriel A. Larson

Gender

Male

Birth Date

23 Feb 1843

Birth Place

Norway

Death Date

23 Jun 1876

Death Place

Winnebago County, Iowa, United States of America

Cemetery

Oakland Cemetery

 

Burial or Cremation Place

Forest City, Winnebago County, Iowa, United States of America

 

https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60525/records/60120704?tid=&pid=&queryId=92530789-e76e-4e50-a1a7-52a128f7f0ba&_phsrc=ZZs5&_phstart=successSource

 

https://www.geni.com/list/descendants/6000000022451971067#4

 

 

 

 

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