Henrik Hummelstad
1830-1868
Born: Hedemarkens Amt Norway
Died: Norway
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1830-1868
Born: Hedemarkens Amt Norway
Died: Norway
<p><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">The surname Hummelstad was a 'farm name'. It was a commen practice in Norway to adopt the name of a farm where one worked, lived. Henrik Hummelstad's father's surname was HENRIKSEN and it is quite likely that his father's surname before him was GULBRANDSEN. </font></p><p><font face="Arial">There were no fixed surnames in Norway until 1925. Commonly the children of a marriage took the father's first name eg Henrik as a surname with the suffix datter for a female and sen for a male child. Thus the surname for a daughter of Henrik Gulbrandsen would have been Henriksdatter (Henrik's daughter) and a son would have been Henriksen (Henrik's son). In the case of this family they adopted the farm name of Hummelstad, although all of the children were baptised in both the names Hummelstad and Henriksen. </font></p><p><font face="Arial">A 'Hummel' was an old Swedish stringed intrument. The farm names in Norway were registered and there is no record of a farm named Hummelstad. The only farm I can find of the name HHummelstad in in Sweden near the border with Norway. It is possible that Henrik worked on a farm there but he was born in Norway. .</font></p>
<p><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">1865 Norwegian Census</font></p><p><font face="Arial">Municipality of Kristiania (later Oslo) No 0301</font></p><p><font face="Arial">Street name: Mollergarden </font></p><p><font face="Arial">Street No. 29</font></p><p><font face="Arial">City District: Trefoldigeds Menighed</font></p><p><font face="Arial">Name of Farm: Mollergaden</font></p><p><font face="Arial">Number of Flats: 2</font></p><p><font face="Arial">Henrik HUMMELSTAD...Hausfader......Malermester (master of trade/ painter?)... Born 1830.....Place: Hedermarkens Amt </font></p><p><font face="Arial">Bernhardine Emilie Caroline Hummelstad* Tillesen...Kone.....Born 1839....Christiania</font></p><p><font face="Arial">* = a farm name</font></p><p><font face="Arial">Eivind Ragnvold Hummelstad* ...son...1859</font></p><p><font face="Arial">Halvdan Gudbjorn Hummelstad*....son...1863</font></p><p><font face="Arial">Sverre Magnus Hummelstad*...son........1865</font></p><p><font face="Arial">Elen Birgithe Christensdatter.....Tjenesepige (female servant) Born 1849, Lier Prgj</font></p><p><font face="Arial">Ole Johansen....Malesvend (male servant)...Born 1844, Eidsvold</font></p><p> </p><p> </p>