Mathilde Helene was the youngest child born of Mette Helena and Jacob Andreas Krum's eight children. She married Carsten Lutken Woll, a 26 year old master shoemaker and aspiring actor/singer at Domkirken, Bergen on April 24, 1853, when she was 21 years old. Her first son, Hans Ellertsen, was born the next year, daughter Mathilde Helene followed in 1856.Sadly, a stillborn son was born on September 3rd, 1858.
While Mathilde was expecting her fourth baby, husband Carsten was refused entrance into Lysholm's Trondheim Theater School. Henrik Ibsen, director of the Norsk Theater in Bergen at the time wrote a letter to Lysholm mentioning Carsten and his talents, yet Carsten was not accepted. A series of unfortunate events followed. Carsten was suspected of and later confessed to eight counts of theft, several occurring at the offices of other shoemakers. A child was born out of wedlock in August of 1860, four months after Matilde gave birth to Jacob Andreas Krum Woll. Carsten was imprisoned for theft in March 1861, first in the Bergen jail, then at Botsfengselet in Kristiania, where he remained until August of 1864. Mathilde and Carsten's eldest son, Hans, was adopted by Mathilde's eldest brother, daguerreotypist Hans Krum. Mathilde and her children Mathilde Helene and Jacob moved to Kristiania.
After Carsten's release from Botsfengselet, the family lived at No 10 Nedre Slottsgate in Kristiania, where Carsten took up shoemaking again. Son Fritz Wilhelm was born in May 1865 near Bergen. Daughter Karen Magdalene was born in Kristiania 1868. Carsten began his missionary work in 1871 in Fredrikstad with the Indremissionær,and Mathilde took out ads in the Fridrikstad Tilskuer newspaper as a seamstress. Son Johan Julius was born here in 1869. In 1873 the family moved to Kongsberg, where daughter Marie was born in 1875. In 1876-1878 the family lived in Fredrikshald, and it was here in 1878 that son Julius drowned at age 9. The family moved back to Kristiania in 1879, and in the spring of 1880, Emissary Carsten came to America where his son Jacob had emigrated three years before.
He returned the following summer and brought Mathilde and their two youngest girls, Karen and Marie with him in November 1881. They arrived in Quebec, and probably traveled to Chicago, then on to La Crosse, Wisconsin, to be near son Jacob, who worked at The Houston Polar Creamery, in Houston, MN. The Wolls lived in LaCrosse, WI, and attended St Paul's Norwegian Lutheran Church from the early 1880s until April 1887, when they moved to Houston, MN. Mathilde made many friends in Houston, and they held her in high regard. Carsten worked as a traveling lay preacher for the Evangelical Lutheran Church throughout this region. Eldest son Hans Ellertsen, came to America for a visit in the summer of 1883. Son Fritz emigrated to Madison, Wisconsin in 1885, and eldest daughter Mathilde Helene Petersen emigrated to America with her three small children in 1886, and lived in Houston, MN during this time. Mathilde was able gather all her children near her, as well as see four grandchildren before she died after a long and painful illness (stomach cancer) on October 23, 1887. She was buried at Saint Peter's Cemetery, just down the road from The Old Stone Church in Houston, Minnesota. She was 55 years old.
This biography was accomplished by the combined efforts of Norwegian Tore Andreassen and Norwegian/American Jeri Woll Stewart, two cousins who became acquainted by way of the Norwegian TV show Alt For Norge. Neither could speak the other's language, but over time learned to communicate and share long lost family stories, pictures and genealogy. Jeri found the old gravestones of her great great grandparents, Carsten and Mathilde, at Saint Peters Cemetery in Houston, Minnesota, and had them restored on October 4, 2014.
While Mathilde was expecting her fourth baby, husband Carsten was refused entrance into Lysholm's Trondheim Theater School. Henrik Ibsen, director of the Norsk Theater in Bergen at the time wrote a letter to Lysholm mentioning Carsten and his talents, yet Carsten was not accepted. A series of unfortunate events followed. Carsten was suspected of and later confessed to eight counts of theft, several occurring at the offices of other shoemakers. A child was born out of wedlock in August of 1860, four months after Matilde gave birth to Jacob Andreas Krum Woll. Carsten was imprisoned for theft in March 1861, first in the Bergen jail, then at Botsfengselet in Kristiania, where he remained until August of 1864. Mathilde and Carsten's eldest son, Hans, was adopted by Mathilde's eldest brother, daguerreotypist Hans Krum. Mathilde and her children Mathilde Helene and Jacob moved to Kristiania.
After Carsten's release from Botsfengselet, the family lived at No 10 Nedre Slottsgate in Kristiania, where Carsten took up shoemaking again. Son Fritz Wilhelm was born in May 1865 near Bergen. Daughter Karen Magdalene was born in Kristiania 1868. Carsten began his missionary work in 1871 in Fredrikstad with the Indremissionær,and Mathilde took out ads in the Fridrikstad Tilskuer newspaper as a seamstress. Son Johan Julius was born here in 1869. In 1873 the family moved to Kongsberg, where daughter Marie was born in 1875. In 1876-1878 the family lived in Fredrikshald, and it was here in 1878 that son Julius drowned at age 9. The family moved back to Kristiania in 1879, and in the spring of 1880, Emissary Carsten came to America where his son Jacob had emigrated three years before.
He returned the following summer and brought Mathilde and their two youngest girls, Karen and Marie with him in November 1881. They arrived in Quebec, and probably traveled to Chicago, then on to La Crosse, Wisconsin, to be near son Jacob, who worked at The Houston Polar Creamery, in Houston, MN. The Wolls lived in LaCrosse, WI, and attended St Paul's Norwegian Lutheran Church from the early 1880s until April 1887, when they moved to Houston, MN. Mathilde made many friends in Houston, and they held her in high regard. Carsten worked as a traveling lay preacher for the Evangelical Lutheran Church throughout this region. Eldest son Hans Ellertsen, came to America for a visit in the summer of 1883. Son Fritz emigrated to Madison, Wisconsin in 1885, and eldest daughter Mathilde Helene Petersen emigrated to America with her three small children in 1886, and lived in Houston, MN during this time. Mathilde was able gather all her children near her, as well as see four grandchildren before she died after a long and painful illness (stomach cancer) on October 23, 1887. She was buried at Saint Peter's Cemetery, just down the road from The Old Stone Church in Houston, Minnesota. She was 55 years old.
This biography was accomplished by the combined efforts of Norwegian Tore Andreassen and Norwegian/American Jeri Woll Stewart, two cousins who became acquainted by way of the Norwegian TV show Alt For Norge. Neither could speak the other's language, but over time learned to communicate and share long lost family stories, pictures and genealogy. Jeri found the old gravestones of her great great grandparents, Carsten and Mathilde, at Saint Peters Cemetery in Houston, Minnesota, and had them restored on October 4, 2014.
Mathilde Helene was the youngest child born of Mette Helena and Jacob Andreas Krum's eight children. She married Carsten Lutken Woll, a 26 year old master shoemaker and aspiring actor/singer at Domkirken, Bergen on April 24, 1853, when she was 21 years old. Her first son, Hans Ellertsen, was born the next year, daughter Mathilde Helene followed in 1856.Sadly, a stillborn son was born on September 3rd, 1858.
While Mathilde was expecting her fourth baby, husband Carsten was refused entrance into Lysholm's Trondheim Theater School. Henrik Ibsen, director of the Norsk Theater in Bergen at the time wrote a letter to Lysholm mentioning Carsten and his talents, yet Carsten was not accepted. A series of unfortunate events followed. Carsten was suspected of and later confessed to eight counts of theft, several occurring at the offices of other shoemakers. A child was born out of wedlock in August of 1860, four months after Matilde gave birth to Jacob Andreas Krum Woll. Carsten was imprisoned for theft in March 1861, first in the Bergen jail, then at Botsfengselet in Kristiania, where he remained until August of 1864. Mathilde and Carsten's eldest son, Hans, was adopted by Mathilde's eldest brother, daguerreotypist Hans Krum. Mathilde and her children Mathilde Helene and Jacob moved to Kristiania.
After Carsten's release from Botsfengselet, the family lived at No 10 Nedre Slottsgate in Kristiania, where Carsten took up shoemaking again. Son Fritz Wilhelm was born in May 1865 near Bergen. Daughter Karen Magdalene was born in Kristiania 1868. Carsten began his missionary work in 1871 in Fredrikstad with the Indremissionær,and Mathilde took out ads in the Fridrikstad Tilskuer newspaper as a seamstress. Son Johan Julius was born here in 1869. In 1873 the family moved to Kongsberg, where daughter Marie was born in 1875. In 1876-1878 the family lived in Fredrikshald, and it was here in 1878 that son Julius drowned at age 9. The family moved back to Kristiania in 1879, and in the spring of 1880, Emissary Carsten came to America where his son Jacob had emigrated three years before.
He returned the following summer and brought Mathilde and their two youngest girls, Karen and Marie with him in November 1881. They arrived in Quebec, and probably traveled to Chicago, then on to La Crosse, Wisconsin, to be near son Jacob, who worked at The Houston Polar Creamery, in Houston, MN. The Wolls lived in LaCrosse, WI, and attended St Paul's Norwegian Lutheran Church from the early 1880s until April 1887, when they moved to Houston, MN. Mathilde made many friends in Houston, and they held her in high regard. Carsten worked as a traveling lay preacher for the Evangelical Lutheran Church throughout this region. Eldest son Hans Ellertsen, came to America for a visit in the summer of 1883. Son Fritz emigrated to Madison, Wisconsin in 1885, and eldest daughter Mathilde Helene Petersen emigrated to America with her three small children in 1886, and lived in Houston, MN during this time. Mathilde was able gather all her children near her, as well as see four grandchildren before she died after a long and painful illness (stomach cancer) on October 23, 1887. She was buried at Saint Peter's Cemetery, just down the road from The Old Stone Church in Houston, Minnesota. She was 55 years old.
This biography was accomplished by the combined efforts of Norwegian Tore Andreassen and Norwegian/American Jeri Woll Stewart, two cousins who became acquainted by way of the Norwegian TV show Alt For Norge. Neither could speak the other's language, but over time learned to communicate and share long lost family stories, pictures and genealogy. Jeri found the old gravestones of her great great grandparents, Carsten and Mathilde, at Saint Peters Cemetery in Houston, Minnesota, and had them restored on October 4, 2014.
While Mathilde was expecting her fourth baby, husband Carsten was refused entrance into Lysholm's Trondheim Theater School. Henrik Ibsen, director of the Norsk Theater in Bergen at the time wrote a letter to Lysholm mentioning Carsten and his talents, yet Carsten was not accepted. A series of unfortunate events followed. Carsten was suspected of and later confessed to eight counts of theft, several occurring at the offices of other shoemakers. A child was born out of wedlock in August of 1860, four months after Matilde gave birth to Jacob Andreas Krum Woll. Carsten was imprisoned for theft in March 1861, first in the Bergen jail, then at Botsfengselet in Kristiania, where he remained until August of 1864. Mathilde and Carsten's eldest son, Hans, was adopted by Mathilde's eldest brother, daguerreotypist Hans Krum. Mathilde and her children Mathilde Helene and Jacob moved to Kristiania.
After Carsten's release from Botsfengselet, the family lived at No 10 Nedre Slottsgate in Kristiania, where Carsten took up shoemaking again. Son Fritz Wilhelm was born in May 1865 near Bergen. Daughter Karen Magdalene was born in Kristiania 1868. Carsten began his missionary work in 1871 in Fredrikstad with the Indremissionær,and Mathilde took out ads in the Fridrikstad Tilskuer newspaper as a seamstress. Son Johan Julius was born here in 1869. In 1873 the family moved to Kongsberg, where daughter Marie was born in 1875. In 1876-1878 the family lived in Fredrikshald, and it was here in 1878 that son Julius drowned at age 9. The family moved back to Kristiania in 1879, and in the spring of 1880, Emissary Carsten came to America where his son Jacob had emigrated three years before.
He returned the following summer and brought Mathilde and their two youngest girls, Karen and Marie with him in November 1881. They arrived in Quebec, and probably traveled to Chicago, then on to La Crosse, Wisconsin, to be near son Jacob, who worked at The Houston Polar Creamery, in Houston, MN. The Wolls lived in LaCrosse, WI, and attended St Paul's Norwegian Lutheran Church from the early 1880s until April 1887, when they moved to Houston, MN. Mathilde made many friends in Houston, and they held her in high regard. Carsten worked as a traveling lay preacher for the Evangelical Lutheran Church throughout this region. Eldest son Hans Ellertsen, came to America for a visit in the summer of 1883. Son Fritz emigrated to Madison, Wisconsin in 1885, and eldest daughter Mathilde Helene Petersen emigrated to America with her three small children in 1886, and lived in Houston, MN during this time. Mathilde was able gather all her children near her, as well as see four grandchildren before she died after a long and painful illness (stomach cancer) on October 23, 1887. She was buried at Saint Peter's Cemetery, just down the road from The Old Stone Church in Houston, Minnesota. She was 55 years old.
This biography was accomplished by the combined efforts of Norwegian Tore Andreassen and Norwegian/American Jeri Woll Stewart, two cousins who became acquainted by way of the Norwegian TV show Alt For Norge. Neither could speak the other's language, but over time learned to communicate and share long lost family stories, pictures and genealogy. Jeri found the old gravestones of her great great grandparents, Carsten and Mathilde, at Saint Peters Cemetery in Houston, Minnesota, and had them restored on October 4, 2014.
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Matilde Helene Woll
FØDT DEN 9 Mar 1832
DØDE DEN 23 Oct 1887
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Monument restoration for Carsten and Matilde Woll completed October 4, 2014.
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