Surname Saturday 2.0: The Angells
The Angell Family
The Angell family is on the Norwegian side of my family
tree. I really know very little about it aside from what I have learned from
others, though the stories are beginning to build. I do have two about Kaja aka
Karen Angell, who married into the Bordewich family. Kaja was my great-grandfather's
paternal grandmother, and aside from her marriage to Hans Henrik, I have one
interesting fact about her, and one story that has been passed down about her.
Though I do not yet have the facts straight, the book I got
from the American Bordewich branch of this tree mentions that she was adopted.
I am not sure if Angell was her birth name, or if that was her adopted name.
But it is possible it was both. During the period she was born, it was still
likely that a child would be most likely to be adopted by relations than
strangers, so it is possible that she may have been adopted by an aunt or
uncle. But as of yet, I have no experience with adoptions, especially such old
adoptions, so that will come later.
The story I have read about Kaja goes like this: Johan
Bordewich, her father-in-law, had lost his wife to childbirth thirteen years
before, and his daughters had taken up the control of the household in her
absence, each in turn as the girls were married off. At the time Kaja married
Hans Henrik, Hans's sister Elsie was in charge of the household, and as such,
she sat at her father's side at the supper table. When Kaja joined the
household, Johan insisted that she take Elsie's place at the table. For the
first few meals, Kaja did so, but finally she insisted that Elsie take the
place once more, as Kaja felt it was her due. Upon seeing Kaja in a different
spot at the table, Johan insisted she return to the spot beside him, but she
refused, telling him she was just fine where she was. Johan was not used to
being told no, but after a bit more insistence on Kaja's part, he gave in.
Though he was not pleased to be told no, he was impressed by his daughter-in-law's
ability to stand up to him.
Before Kaja, I have a few more generations, but I know
absolutely nothing about them aside from the names and dates I have gotten from
others. I hope to learn more as time goes on, as I have learned about Kaja, but
only time will tell if that will happen. All I can do is keep researching.
My Angell line for those interested:
* Hans Rasmussen Angel was born sometime before 1740. He
married Ingeborg Michelsdatter Hvid. I currently have only one child listed for
them. I have no mention of when he died.
* Rasmus Angel was born 1755 in Nordland, Norway. He married
Dorthea Hansdatter Ellingsen sometime before 1784, and they had at least one
child. He died 1791 in Nordland at the age of 36.
* Hans Angel Gronoen was born in 1784 in Nordland, Norway.
He married Rechardina Hendricha Klaeboe sometime before 1834. They had at least
three children: Karen Dorothea (aka Kaja), Ida, and Margelie. He died in 1845.
+ Karen Dorothea Angell was born
1835 in Helgeland, Norway. She married Hans Henrik Bordewich 1859 in Nordland,
Norway. The couple had nine children: Leonharde Marine, Henrik Bergthon, Eivind
Sofus, Richard Angell, Johanna Petrine, Harold Carlos, Alfred, Karen Robertine,
and Helga Hagerup. Karen died in 1922 in Oslo, Norway. For details on her family
with Hans Henrik, see the Bordewick Surname post.
+ Margelie Angell was born about
1845 in Nordland, Norway. She married Mathias Hagerup about 1862 in Nordland,
Norway. The couple had one child I have record of: Karen Dortea Hagerup. I have
no other records of their descendants. Margelie died about 1862.
What I don't know:
* Who Kaja's natural parents were.
* I'd also love to know more about this branch in general.
What Rasmus and Hans did for a living, how many other children there might be
in these two branches, and more firm birth, marriage and death dates.
More on this line:
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