Børre Jørgensen Semb

Utreist med/Emigrated on: "CLAUS THOMMESEN", departed from Skien May 25th to New York. Arrived Aug 11, 1849 with 158 passengers.

Utreist til/Emigrated to: Erin Township, Washington Co., Wisconsin

Børre Jørgensen was born in 1810 to parents Jørgen Børresen Sem and Gunhild Simonsdatter Lund. They had been married in 1806. Børre Jørgensen’s mother died 19 Jul 1816, and his father married Gunhild Olsdatter Berberg in 1817.  Gunhild Olsdatter also died, and Jørgen Børresen again married April 14, 1826 Johanne Jensdatter Elset from Solum parish.  She too died, and Jørgen Børresen married for the last time to Anne Margrethe Jensdatter, who survived him.  Anne Margrethe Jensdatter married the widower Peder Jansen Mauraasen, and they emigrated together in 1843.

              

Børre Jørgensen Sem married Maren Turine Hansdatter Dec 17, 1835.  She was the daughter of Hans Jansen Lien u.Fossum and Ellen Andersdatter, b. 1781.  Børre Jørgensen and Maren Hansdatter had five children who emigrated with them:

 

     Gunhild Andrea             b. Nov. 5, 1836 on Sem.

     Ellen Elise                        b. Dec.3, 1838 on Sem.

     (Hanne) Karina               b. May 2, 1841on Sem

     Karen                               b. Nov. 24, 1843 on Semb

     Hans                                b. Jun. 14, 1847 on Sem

     John                                 b. 1851
     Christian                          b. 1855
     Mary                                b. 1857

 

Børre Jørgensen had a half-brother Amund Jørgensen who emigrated in 1846.  His mother was Gunhild Olsdatter Berberg.  Børre Jørgensen's half-brother Jens Jørgensen, whose mother was Johanne Jensdatter, emigrated with Peder Jansen Mauraasen in 1843.

 

Børre Jørgensen's paternal grandparents were Børre Jørgensen Sem and Anne Nielsdatter.  His maternal grandparents were Simon Gregoriusen Lund and Karen Kirstine Jacobsdatter Nærum.

 

Maren Turine Hansdatter's paternal grandparents were Jan (or Jon) Hansen and Kirsten Jensdatter.  I don't know where her mother Ellen Andersdatter came from.

In 1845 we find the family on the farm Hagen under Sem:

Børre Jørgensen, carpenter, married, age 34
Maren Hansdatter, married, age 32
Gunhild Andrea, age 9
Ellen Elise, age 7
Karina, age 4
Karen, age 2
Ellen Andersdatter, his mother-in-law, widow, age 64


 

2003 - Skien Genealogical page - by Jan Christensen