I`m not sure if this is the correct board for this post. If not I assume the moderator will move my post. My question is, is there any US registers over sailors?
At his son, Anders Eugene`s (later on only Eugene) confirmation in 1923 the church reord states that Jacob is a captain (sailor). I have tried to find the maritime inscription which could tell me anything about when and where Jacob sailed. As Norway had compulsory enlistment, all sailors were naturally interesting subjects for service in the Navy. The government needed to keep records of all sailors, so that they could be drafted for service in case of war.
In 1926 Anders Eugene and his sister Esther travels to Chicago from Norway. Their next of kind is said to be their Adoptive mother Marie. I have therefore assumed that Jacob and his Wife Eva died before that. I have been told from Jacob`s grand nephew that he died on sea, but not when and where. Jakob and Eva got married in 1908 in Chicago. In 1910 I find Eva in a cencus here in Norway, but not Jacob. After 1910 I can not find anything about them in Norway.
Because of their ties to USA, I suspect that Jacob might have been on an American ship. How can I find out if this is a correct assumption. Does it exist a register equivalent to the norwegian register over sailors?
Family Group Record for Skibsfører Jakob "Jack" Johnsen
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Husband: Sailor Jakob Johnsen
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AKA: Skibsfører Jakob "Jack" Augensen, Jacob Johnsen, Jack Johnsen
Born: 9 Mar 1879 - Bakerovnen, Bamble, Telemark (1)
Christened: 12 Mar 1879 - Bamble, Telemark
Died: Bef 1926
Cause of Death: Died at sea
Buried:
Father: Augen Johnsen (1837-1906)
Mother: Anna Margrethe Nilsdatter (1836-1924) (2)
Marriage: 6 Jun 1908 Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
(3)
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Wife: Eva Johansen (4)
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AKA: Eva Andersen, Eva Johanesen
Born: 3 Sep 1889 - Moss, Østfold (5)
Christened:
Died: Bef 1926
Buried:
Father: Dampskibsfyrbøter Anders Johansen (1852-1930) (6)
Mother: Josefine Jonasdotter (1854- )
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Children
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1 M Anders Eugen Johnsen (4)
Born: 6 Jan 1909 - Moss, Østfold
Christened: 12 Jan 1909 - Moss, Østfold (7)
Died: 7 Jan 1945 - Elgin, Kane, Illinois (8)
Buried: 10 Jan 1945 - Mt.Olive cemetary, Chicago, Cook, Illionis
Spouse: Esther Elevarda Melby (1910-2001)
Marr. Date: 14 Jan 1930 - Cook, Illinois, USA (9) . (Skilt)
Spouse:
Marr. Date:
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2 F Edith Johnsen
Born: 17 Feb 1911 - Bagerovnen, Bamble, Telemark (10)
Christened: 28 Jul 1913 - Bamble, Telemark
Died: 8 Jul 1994 - Sarasota, Sarasota, Florida, USA (11)
Buried:
Spouse: Sven John Streed (1909-1961) (12)
Marr. Date:
Spouse:
Marr. Date:
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Kilder
1. 1900-telling for 0814 Bamle. .... Telemark fylke, Bamble i Bamble,
Ministerialbok nr. I 7 (1878-1888), Fødte og døpte 1879, side 18.
2. Telemark fylke, Bamble, Ministerialbok nr. 6 (1869-1877), Fødte og døpte
1872, side 36, nr 57.
3. "Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1920," index, FamilySearch
(
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N7H2-12B : Jacob Johnson and
Eva Johansen, 06 Jun 1908.
4. Folketelling 1910 for 0814 Bamble herred.
5. Østfold fylke, Bysoknet i Moss, Ministerialbok nr. II 2A (1887-1893),
Fødte barn av dissentere 1889, side 196.
6. Folketelling 1885 for 0104 Moss kjøpstad.
7. Telemark fylke, Bamble i Bamble, Klokkerbok nr. I 11 (1920-1935),
Konfirmerte 1923, side 125.
8. Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947.
9. Cook, Illinois Marriage License 1264892.
10. Telemark fylke, Bamble i Bamble, Ministerialbok nr. I 9 (1901-1917),
Fødte og døpte 1913, side 123.
11. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-Current.
12. United States Census, 1940.