Below, you will find several family lines where we search for additional information. Links are established to editorial texts and pedigrees, in order to help you determine whether these are indeed "your" family lines. Most material is in Norwegian, with some few exceptions in English, French, German, Danish and Swedish.

If you have material you want to share with us, we will be happy to hear from you by mail, e-mail or telephone:  

Carsten Berg Høgenhoff, Johan Castbergs vei 54, 0673 Oslo, Norway. Tel: +47-23 14 03 09.
Steinar Winnem, Gml. Kirkeplass 4 H0308, 3019 Drammen. Tel +47-922 64 175

We search information about the following persons or families:

Allan
The ancestors of merchant William Allan (d. 1777), Molde, Norway.  Contact: Steinar Winnem / Carsten Berg Høgenhof

Burchard
The ancestors of Jacob Burchard from Vegan at Lofoten, Norway. He was born 1828 at Lødingen, Nordland, Norway, and was married to Bolette Nilsdatter from Evenes, Nordland, Norway, born 1830.
Contact: Steinar Winnem

de Créqui
The ancestors of the Norwegian lieutenant colonel Ahasverus de Crequi de/dit la Roche of Dutch origin, and his father Jean de Crequi de/dit la Roche, a captain in Holland. We miss the actual link from this Dutch/Norwegian part of the family to the the high noble family de Crequi from Crequy, Pas-de-Calais, France. This family can be traced back one thousand years. Some previous generations to Jean de Crequi are hinted in the sources, but not confirmed. Ahasverus de Crequi carried the de Crequi family's coat of arms, the seven branched plum tree.

The late marquis Boris des Aubrys, Paris, who in 1981 read through the five volumes of the de Créqui family saga for me, confirmed that Jean and Ahasverus de Créqui are indeed genuine de Créquis, and hinted that they may have been Huguenot refugees who fled to a safer life in Amsterdam and later - in Ahasverus' case - in Norway. See also la Roche. Contact: Carsten Berg Høgenhoff

Torsten Iversen
The ancestors of marshal Torsten Iversen , Flakstad, Lofoten. Born outside Flakstad, probably drowned on duty in 1818. Married to Ingeborg Severine Sandberg, f. 1777, d. 22 Feb 1848, Ramberg, Lofoten.

Et søk på Folketellingen 1801 (Digitalarkivet) gjort 15. juni 2000 viser at det nord for Trondheim bare finnes én Torsten (Tosten) Iversen, 26 år og bosatt i Hassel prestegjeld i Nordland. Han står oppført som "mandens broder". "Manden" på gården Lechang Nedre heter Lars Tostensen (46 år), gift med Berthe Jonsdatter (30 år), begge gift 1. gang. De har med andre ord ikke like patronymika, de to brødrene. Tosten Iversen er ugift i 1801, og står ikke oppført med noen stilling på gården.

I tillegg finner vi i 1801 en Torsten Iversen-Fjersløv på gården Haug i Steigen prestegjeld, 37 år, gift med Ingeborg Isachsdatter og med to små barn fire og to år, samt to litt eldre fosterbarn. Her er Fjersløv-navnet knyttet til Iversen, og han er en lite sannsynlig kandidat til å være lensmann Torsten Iversen i 1818.

Tosten Iversen i Hassel er dog en nærmere undersøkelse verdt.

Torsten Iversen is of special interest to me, as he represents the first known agnatic ancestor on my father's side. As he was a marshal (Norwegian: lensmann) , it should not be impossible to trace him, but so far I have had no luck. See the above, though, about a Torsten (Tosten) Iversen in Hassel, 26 years old in 1801. He may seem to be a good candidate, but further investigations remain! Contact: Carsten Berg Høgenhoff

Olderøy
The ancestors of Jøa Povelsdatter , (b. ca 1762), possibly the mother of Lars Halvorsen Olderøy b ca 1795 at Sunndalen, Norway. Contact: Carsten Berg Høgenhoff / Steinar Winnem

la Roché
The Roché family and its connection with the de Crequi- and other families connected with it, as shown by Delgobes and Kielland in the 19th century. These 16th and 17th century family connections are uncertain and with little evidence apart from some old shields and coats of arms (from Delgobes), but any hint would be valuable. Other names are Delordelie, de Leys, Rengers, Voorthuysen, Hanegreuen and Olderingk. The spelling of these names may differ in the sources. See the above de Crequi family for further details. See also de Crequi. Contact: Carsten Berg Høgenhoff

Selsbak
The ancestors of Johannes Jonsen Selsbak , Trondheim, Norway. (b 1763)  Contact: Carsten Berg Høgenhoff

Sommer
The ancestors of Jens Peter Sommer of Nes parish, Romerike, Norway. He was born approx. 1803, supposedly in Denmark, and married to Inger Larsdatter Aas, daughter of Lars Olsen Aas and Marthe Amundsdatter, both from Sør-Odal community, Norway.

According to Grete Sommer , rumours say that the Sommer family of Nes at Ringerike origins from Schleswig in Germany. This may show be true, as Sommer is indeed not a very common name in Norway .Contact: Carsten Berg Høgenhoff

Photographs from Tomtegata/Tomtegade in Oslo
Lauritz Ditlof Sommer ran a small hotel or inn at Tomtegade (Tomtegata) in Oslo in 1875. This street, which was close to the main railway station in Oslo, disappeared in the 1960'ies when the whole area was renovated. I search photographs from Tomtegata, preferably from before 1900, but also later. In particular, I am interested in Tomtegata 11 where the hotel was located, but the street in general is also of great interest. Contact: Carsten Berg Høgenhoff

Wiingaard
The ancestors of the vicar at Bolsø Hans Wiingaard . (The family name may at places be written Wingaard or Wungard).

Contact: Steinar Winnem / Carsten Berg Høgenhoff

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