Carl and Karen (nee Andreasdatter) both aged 25, married in Norway and arrived in New Zealand on-board the "Celaeno" with their young son Oscar B. The family were allotted a section on the Karere Scandinavian Block. Carl worked as a wheelwright, having been trained in Norway as a cabinet maker. In 1886, Carl founded C A Bergersen - Engineer, Gunsmith, Locksmith and Machinist., He was also an inventor and filed several patents including one for a radical type of sash window. Carl died in Palmerston North in 1922. There is no availible information of Karen's death. Their children were: Oscar (b. c 1870), Alexander Marthinius (b. 1871), Hildas Emmuanuel (b. 1872), Olga Lenora Constantina (b. 1875-1876), Hildas Laurence Constance (b. 1878) and Ragna Doretta Amalie (b. 1881).
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Bergersen Family
Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Date
- circa 1878
- Digitisation ID
- 2013_Pi653_006887
- Held In
- Coolstore
Creation
- Created By
- Tyree and Huff
- Place
- Palmerston North
Object rights
- License
- No Known Restrictions
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