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From: "Stephen Haagensen" <>
Subject: Haagensen Fredrikstad Norway and Grimsby England
Date: Sun, 6 Dec 1998 23:02:08 -0000


Help Needed. Do you recognise any of the names below???

Searching for any info on my elusive great great grandfather. He died in
Grimsby/Cleethorpes UK on July 11th 1920 aged 66. On his memorial card he
is described as Haakon Haagensen dearly beloved husband of Maria Haagensen.

I also have a barely legible copy of a baptism certificate for one of his
sons.
Rough translation as follows, bracketed words are uncertain.

Johan Herman Haagensen of parents:
(Hermand) Hakon (Oluf) Haagensen and wife: Johanne Marie (Ringist)
born: Western Fredrikstad 19 March? 1875
baptised: 11 April same year

I also have a copy of an entry in the 1881 census for Great Grimsby shown
below:

Haken Haagensen Head age 28 .seaman born Fredrikstad
Norway
Maria Haagensen Wife 30
born Fredrikstad
H.Maria Haagensen daug 8 scholar born
Fredrikstad
John H. Haagensen son 6 scholar born
Fredrikstad {Above certificate for this person}
Peter J. Haagensen son 4 scholar born
Fredrikstad
Harriet M. Haagensen daug 2 scholar born
Fredrikstad
(Teresa) A. Haagensen daug 5 months born
Grimsby Lincs
Andrew C. (Managen) lodger 26 seaman born
Denmark

>From the census in Grimsby 1881 it looks like Haaken and family arrived in
Grimsby in 1879/1880

I have done some searching via the internet of Norwegian census databases
1865 1875 but can find no definite links. I know nothing at all of his life
in Norway before he brought his family to England and became a fisherman
here in Grimsby. In fact I can find little of his life in Grimsby.

I am particularly keen to find information about any of these persons. So
that I may trace my great grandfather who was Peter John Haagensen listed
above, and his father Haakon/Hakon/Haken Haagensen!!
You can see how confused I
am!

Any help would be much
appreciated!

Stephen
Haagensen

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