© 2017 Dag Trygsland Hoelseth
The grave of musician Bjarne Halvard Hansen (1910–1962) and Rakel Debora Hansen (1914–2010) at Østre gravlund (Eastern Cemetery), Oslo, Norway, grave no. 10.039.10.011. In the death announcement in Aftenposten 14 April 1962 No. 177, p. 17, his wife Elsa as well as five children were listed. According to the funeral notice in Aftenposten on 21 April 1962 No. 185 p. 16, Hansen worked as an orchestra conductor.
According to the 1910 census, Bjarne was the son of carpenter Anton Julius Hansen and Maren Helene Hansen, née Olsen.
© 2017 Dag Trygsland Hoelseth
Østre gravlund (Eastern Cemetery), Oslo, Norway, January 2017.
My grandfather :) He was divorced from Rakel, and had remarried Elsa. Bjarne had 2 children; Jorun (1936-) and Veslemøy (1945-2016).
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments! Yes, I gathered that Elsa was Bjarne's second wife. But I interpreted the death announcement as saying that he had five children - were some of them stepchildren?
ReplyDeleteI have actually never seen the death announcement, as I was born in 1977. Where did you see it?
DeleteThe death announcement was publoished in Aftenposten. If you don't subscribe to Aftenposten and has access to its archives I can send you a copy if you send me an e-mail at dagtho [at] yahoo.com
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