Earlier I said I thought this was a picture of Grandma's relatives in Norway (perhaps her mother and sisters), but I got an email from Janet Fisher giving the correct names for the people. Two of the women in the photo are relatives, but they are not her mother and sister. The information comes from the Nepaas family (Amanda's side of the family in Norway):
About the picture you sent to us, Olav (Olav Nepaas is nephew of Amanda Nepaas Pedersen and is 84) knew them; the man in the picture is Olaf Lakselv, he rented the farm (named Nøstvik) under the war.
The name of the farm is Nøstvik. The farmer who owned it was in prison.
The lady in front of him, an older woman is Ellen Nøstvik, born Nepås - she was Salamon Nepås's sister [which makes her Amanda's aunt - but she was also a cousin to Grandma's mother Kari!].
The little girl in front - daughter to Olaf Lakselv.
The lady in the middle-back with the flowered dress, Malmfrid Venes - born Nøstvik, daughter to Ellen [and so Amanda's cousin].
Lady to the right - Gunnhild Lakselv - wife to Olaf. Lakselv family is not related to the Nepås family.
Picture was taken between 1940-1945.
Olaf was sent to prison because he was against the war. Ellen would be great aunt to Olav [the man who identified the picture]. Ellen would have been Amanda's aunt. She died around 1950. We don't know for sure when she was born.
About the picture you sent to us, Olav (Olav Nepaas is nephew of Amanda Nepaas Pedersen and is 84) knew them; the man in the picture is Olaf Lakselv, he rented the farm (named Nøstvik) under the war.
The name of the farm is Nøstvik. The farmer who owned it was in prison.
The lady in front of him, an older woman is Ellen Nøstvik, born Nepås - she was Salamon Nepås's sister [which makes her Amanda's aunt - but she was also a cousin to Grandma's mother Kari!].
The little girl in front - daughter to Olaf Lakselv.
The lady in the middle-back with the flowered dress, Malmfrid Venes - born Nøstvik, daughter to Ellen [and so Amanda's cousin].
Lady to the right - Gunnhild Lakselv - wife to Olaf. Lakselv family is not related to the Nepås family.
Picture was taken between 1940-1945.
Olaf was sent to prison because he was against the war. Ellen would be great aunt to Olav [the man who identified the picture]. Ellen would have been Amanda's aunt. She died around 1950. We don't know for sure when she was born.
So while the people are not Grandma Jensen's mother and sisters (as I had thought they might be), there are actually two connections to Grandma - Ellen was Grandma's mother's cousin, and Nøstvik was the farm that Grandma was sent to as a child (at age eight) to work as a servant girl. Ellen was the mother of that family and Malmfrid was her daughter. I'll post a picture in my next post that shows the Nøstvik family, along with Grandma and another servant. So we see that Grandma was not just sent to strangers, but to family. It doesn't make it any less heart-wrenching to be taken from your family and made to be a servant girl at the age of eight, but at least they were relatives.
1 comment:
Hallo, i am jan nepås, living on the nepaas farm. how are you. i got your side from janet. Amanda was my grandfathers sister. like to have kontakt with you if it is ok for you. Mvh
Jan Nepås
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