Four Sister Acts

On page 48, in "Biographical Actor Encyclopedia" by Liv Jensson, published by Universitetsforlaget, from 1981, the bios of Bernt Andreas Bottelsen's wife Ida Christine and two of her sisters.

Ehn, Caroline Andrine (1835-90), norwegian actress, born in Christiania the 6th of October 1835, died at Lysaker the 21st of December 1890. She was daughter of Goldsmith Gustav Theodor Ehn and Henrikke Christiansdatter Barth. Married in Christiania the 20th of October 1859 to actor Ole Johan Bucher. The 26th of may 1852 she had a student contract at "The Norwegian Dramatic Schools Theater", in Christiania. She was an Student actor there completing the 1853/54 season. She was a line assistant at "Christiania Norwegian Theater" from 1854 to the 16th of February 1859, when she resigned. She was an actres at the same theater in 1860, at least from June to November.

Ehn, Ida Christine (1838 -73), norwegian choristress and actress, born in Christiania the 5th of April 1838. She died there the 21st of April 1873. She was the sister of Caroline Andrine Ehn. She got married in Christiania the 1st of February 1873 to actor Bernt Andreas Bottelsen. She was in the choir at the Kristiania Norwegian Theater, permanently employed from the 30th of August 1859. She was an actress at the "People's Theater" ("The Dramatic" on Akers Street, Leader Peter Lorentz Rasmussen) in Christiania and took part in this theater guest play in Sweden in July to August 1866.

Ehn, Johanne Charlotte Justine (Hanna) (1846-1922), born in Christiania the 29th of March 1846, she died there the 6th of December 1922, she was the sister of Caroline Andrine Ehn. She was unmarried employed at the Christiania Theater from 1863 to 1899 as choiristress. She also acted in small roles.

Ehn, Julie (1830-1901), born in Christiania the 21st of November 1830, and died there the 25th of February 1901. She was the sister of Caroline Andrine Ehn. She was married to goldsmith master Rohlff. She was a choiristress at Christiania Theater and had also small roles.

Two Acting Brothers

Here is The two Brothers that acted in their youth- Arne and Bernt Andreas Bottelsen.
I received these pictures from the Theater Archive in Bergen. It have been great to finally see the faces of some of those that I have searched out. It have also been great to talk to one with the name Bottelsen, and I look forward to having more contact as time goes on.

Vidar Bottelsen - this is your life.

Vidar Bottelsen -who was that.

This is a little blog of what I have gleaned from the records about Vidar Bottelsen.

Vidar Christian Bottelsen, born 20th of April, 1873, to Bernt Andreas Bottelsen, and Ida Kristine Ehn in Christiania, Norway. Both his parents were actors. Unfortunatly, Ida's acting carrier ended with the birth of Vidar, as she passed away the day after he was born, in child birth fever. This may also have been the ending of Bernts acting carrier. He became the overcontroller at the Kristiania Theater.

19 years old, he left Norway in 1892 on the ship Hekla, He came through Ellis Island, and settled in the Chicago area.

Two year later, in 1894, his dad, Bernt Andreas, passed away.


He lived in the Chicago 14th Ward in 1900, during the 1900 census, lodging with the Dahl family.


Vidar found himself a girl, Anna P., whom he later married. She was also of Norwegian decent. If they knew eachother in Norway, have yet to be determined. She was a year older then him.

They became parents of Vivian Bottelsen the 19th of October 1910. If she had any children, have yet to be determined. She did however pass away in 7th of November, 1997 using her maiden name, Bottelsen.

This is his 1910 census record.

He was on the draft record for the 1917/18 draft.

Here is the 1920 census record. They called him Vidar Bottelson in this census, but I found him anyway.

The last census that have been releast is the 1930 census. He was called Vidar Battelsen in this census, but even with that spelling did I find him.

He must be alive still, for I could not find a death record for him in the Social Security Death Index. (If that was the case, he would be about 135 years old by now).

Family history file updated.

The last couple of days, there have been lots of names added to, and updates on, so it was time to update the family file too.

Just to mention a few, Anna Guldbrandsen's siblings, parents, and granparents have been found and added. Anna Guldbrandsen was married to Harald Bottelsen, and the mother of Frida Bottelsen, who was the last on living on that branch of the family tree.

Another edition, is more information on Vidar Bottelsen, who was the son of Bernt Andreas Bottelsen, who was the brother of Arne Bottelsen.

Sad and Happy News

I have been consentrating lately on trying to find any living Bottelsens in Norway. And a few days ago, I got some news that made me think I was on the lead to someone. I have been looking for Frida Bottelsen and her possible living family. I did not think there was any chance to find Frida alive now, as she would have been 107 years old now if she was alive. But if she had any children, they could be anything from about 80 and younger. Anyway, Frida is the daugther of Harald Bottelsen, who is the son of Andreas Martin Bottelsen, the Goldsmith. Harald Bottelsen was married to Anna Bottelsen, born Guldbrandsen.

I knew that Frida had moved to Oslo, but I did not know if it was to get married or if she just wanted a change in her life. A few days ago, I got some information that lead me to think that Frida had got married, or had by chance had a girl named Anna Marie that she lived with, as she lived at the same address in Oslo, in the "Addressebok for Oslo" (Adressbook for Oslo) 1968-69 edition, but only Frida was there in the 1973-74 edition. My heart leaped, and I was thinking that Anna Marie had got married and that there was some young Bottelsen, mostlikely with a different lastname, somewhere in Norway

But this morning, my heart sunk, when I realised that Anna Marie mostlikely was Frida's mom, that came to live with Frida after her husband, Harald died, and she became alittle older.

That is the sad news... that there most likely is no further family after Frida.

The Happy news is that in looking up Frida's christening records, I took a closer look on the godparents, and found some leads on who Anna Marie's parents may be. And in the process of following that lead, I found
Anna Marie's parents: Christine and Bookbinder Johan Guldbrandsen
Anna Marie's 5 siblings
Johan Guldbrandsen's father: Beerbrewer Ole Guldbrandsen and his wife Ingebor
and
all 11, yes that is ELEVEN of Johan Guldbrandsen's siblings.
That is 20 - TWENTY - new relatives in one morning.

But,
we will still see if there is any more information the Official State People Registry of Norway have , when they write me back at their convenience.

Two ways to look at Family charts

A new Gedcom fil have been uploaded, and a new way to look at the family history file and the way to access the family tree. The new way is found clicking this link http://runelarsen.99k.org/phpgedview/

This is a new innovating way to look at the family tree, more like the way most family history software presents the data, but makes a more simple view online. I hope you like it.

Bottelsen family lives on

I talked to my niese Marte, early this morning, and we got into the topic of Bottelsen and she said that there are some kids in her school with the name Bottelsen. So the youngest Bottelsen seem to again be named Frida Bottelsen. It's the younger sister in that group of kids. But if there is a family connection, well, that is to early to determine yet.