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SOURCES
Census
1865, Kragerø, Telemark, Norway
John H. Wiig, head, age 29, tailor, born Bergens Stift
Sønneva Jensine Mattilde, age 21, wife, born Kragerø
1900, Jens Jensen, Bronx, New York, NY, ED1030
1910, Jens Jensen, Bronx, New York, NY, ED1617
1920, Jens Jensey, Bronx, New York, NY
Immigration
Moving from Kragere, Juli 06, 1888, destination: NY, Line: Rollo
J. H. Wiig, tailor, married, age 52
Henriette Wiig, single, age 20, residence Kragere
Constance Wiig, age 18 1/2, residence Kragere
Marriage
New York, Wiig, Konstance I. M. and Jens L. Jensen, 1890, Certificate
Number 4782
WWI Draft Registration
Waldorf Valente Jensen, b. Nov. 4, 1895, Bronx, NY
Death Index
Waldorf Valentine Jensen, d. Aug 1965, Dade Co., FL
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BIOGRAPHY
In Norway the last name of a person was the "farm name." I believe John H.
Wiig took his surname from a farm he lived on before he married and
removed to Kragerø, where he was a "tailor." As Bergens Stift, where John
was born, covers a very large area, and, as there are many, many farms
with "vik" in their names, it may be impossible to find John's place of
birth and parents. John's middle name was probably Henri or Harold, as
these names were carried down to his son and grandson.
The only information found thus far John Wiig and his wife Sønneva are
contained in the 1865 census and the immigration record. John was born in
Bergens Stift, a province that was later broken up into modern Hordaland,
Sogn og Fjordane, Sunnmøre and Romsdal. Sønneva was born in
Kragerø, a sea-side region southwest of
Oslo, which is today a resort area. The artist Edvard Munch came from
Kragerø.
John H. Wiig accompanied his daughters
Henriette and Constance to America in 1888, but it does not appear
that he remained in America. Most likely he settled Henrietta and
Constance, perhaps visited with relatives who had immigrated previously,
and then returned home to Sønneva and his other children. John's son
Henry Wick immigrated a year later in 1889,
and two other people named Wig immigrated from Kragerø within the next few
years: Engle Wig, age 16, in 1891, and Anna Wig, age 20, in 1898 . These
may also be their children as John and Sønneva are the only people living
in Kragere in 1865 with the surname Wiig or Wig. Also, the names Anna,
Saneva, and Jean appear among John's grand-daughters.
John's daughter Constance Wiig married Jens Jensen in 1890,
and they lived in the Bronx, where Jens was a pipe fitter in 1900. By 1910
he was a foreman in the Ship Yard, and in 1920 a machinist. Jens and
Constance had four children: Sylvia Jensen, Bergilot Jensen
[Bergliot Jensen], Waldorf Jensen, and
James Roy Jensen. Constance died before the 1920 census as Jens was a widow at
that time. Waldorf married Blanche___ and they had a daughter Marjorie
Jensen. Waldorf and Blanche moved to Miami before 1930 where he was a real
estate broker.
John and Sønneva may have also had a daughter
Hildur Marie Beck as this was May
Greenwold's cousin, although we're unsure if they were first or second
cousins.
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