 1855 - 1940 (85 years)
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| Name |
Edvart (Edward) Tobias Omundsen [1, 2, 3] |
- Born 12th August 1859, at Frydenlund, Norway. At the age of 16 he went mackerel fishing in the summer and wood cutting on Flekeng Island in the winter. This lasted 2 years then he worked at home until 19 years of age when he finally left in 1879.
He sailed to South America and back to Kanick in Scotland, then left on an English ship for the East Indies, then back to London where he was paid off.
From Hamburg he sailed to Baltimore in the USA on a Nova Scotian vessel.
Paid off and shipped on the same ship for Waterford, Ireland. The ship went on the rocks at Minehead.
From Barrow he went to Port Augusta in South Australia. The next nine weeks were spent in casual work ashore during which he saw much of Australia.
He sailed from Port Pirie to Port Natal in South Africa, from there to the West Indies and on to London.
He then shipped on the ?Glengory?, captained by captain Fisher, for Lyttelton New Zealand, where he berthed in 1882.
He left the ship as he had had his jaw broken when hit by a boom and conditions aboard the ship were poor.
He worked on a coaster from Kaiapoi to Waitara taking timber to Kaiapoi and potatoes to Wellington.
He walked to Carterton and later to Woodville where he worked on the railways.
Later he took up land at Matahiri in partnership with Max Kaiser. After this he drew a farm at Maharahara where he met Leamon Carter and married her on 25th February 1891.
They moved to Tipapakuku then Piripiri where he died in 1940, and is buried in the Mangatera cemetery in Dannevirke. His grave is at row ZI Plot No.6
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| Born |
12 Aug 1855 |
Frydenland, Greipstad, Vest-Agder, Norway  |
| Christened |
2 Sept 1855 |
Greipstad, Vest-Agder, Norway |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
1 Oct 1940 |
Piripiri Dannevirke New Zealand |
| Buried |
3 Oct 1940 |
Mangatera Cemetery Dannevirke New Zealand |
| Notes |
- Edvart Tobias Omunden left Norway in 1887 and finally settled in New Zealand
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| Person ID |
I13 |
Omundsen |
| Last Modified |
12 Jan 2022 |
| Father |
Ommund Sorensen, b. 15 Mar 1824, Greipstad Norway , d. 1862, Nodeland Norway (Age 37 years) |
| Mother |
Inger Marie Torgjusdr, b. 26 Aug 1828, Nodeland, Vest-Adger, Norway , d. 16 Feb 1864, Nodeland, Vest-Adger, Norway (Age 35 years) |
| Married |
28 Jun 1849 |
Greipstad, Vest-Agder, Norway |
| Family ID |
F10 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Leamon Carter, b. 8 Jun 1873, Gloucester, Gloucestershire England , d. 24 Dec 1953, Dannevirke New Zealand (Age 80 years) |
| Married |
25 Feb 1891 |
Maharahara New Zealand |
| Children |
| | 1. Oswald (Ossie) Omundsen, b. 14 Dec 1891, Mangatinoko New Zealand , d. 4 Jun 1970, Dannevirke, New Zealand (Age 78 years) |
| | 2. James (Jim) Edvart Omundsen, b. 14 Apr 1893, Dannervirke New Zealand , d. 11 Sep 1993, New Plymouth, New Zealand (Age 100 years) |
| | 3. Bertram Leslie Omundsen, b. 27 Sep 1895, Woodville New Zealand , d. 3 Sep 1903, Tipapakuku Hawkes Bay New Zealand (Age 7 years) |
| | 4. Inger Marie Omundsen, b. 14 Sep 1897, Woodville, New Zealand , d. 11 Jan 1911, Tipapakuku, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand (Age 13 years) |
| | 5. Arnold Cecil Omundsen, b. 12 Sep 1899, Dannervirke New Zealand , d. 27 Jun 1981, Auckland New Zealand (Age 81 years) |
| | 6. Cyril Leonard (Tom) Omundsen, b. 8 Aug 1901, Dannevirke New Zealand , d. 17 Sep 1969, Wanganui New Zealand (Age 68 years) |
| | 7. Lionel Ray Omundsen, b. 9 Oct 1903, Dannervirke New Zealand , d. 28 Feb 1982, Stokes Valley, Wellington, New Zealand (Age 78 years) |
| | 8. Adolf (Ardie) Harold Omundsen, b. 29 Oct 1905, Dannervirke New Zealand , d. 29 Jun 2000, Dannevirke, New Zealand (Age 94 years) |
| | 9. Roland (Roley) Gilbert Omundsen, b. 19 Jan 1910, Tipapakuku Dannevirke New Zealand , d. 4 Apr 1983, Dannevirke, New Zealand (Age 73 years) |
| | 10. Phyllis Rose Omundsen, b. 31 Oct 1914, Dannervirke New Zealand , d. 11 Jun 2008, Dannevirke New Zealand (Age 93 years) |
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| Photos
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 | Edvart & Leamon Omundsen Family Photo 1916
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 | Edvart & Leamon Omundsen Family Photo 1920
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 | Edvart & Leamon Omundsen"s Cottage at Maharahara 1895
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 | Omundsen Family Photo taken at Leamon Omundsen's Funeral in 1953
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| Documents |
 | An article from the Woodville Examiner on the bush fires that swept through the area in 1898
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 | Article in the Woodville Examiner on the accidental shooting of Bertie and Albert Nielson, 1903
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 | Article from the Woodville Examiner on Bertie's inquest
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| Last Modified |
4 Oct 2021 |
| Family ID |
F8 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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