Erik Christiansen Wiig [1614]

   Årsaken til hans død var Lungesvindhet (Emphysem).

  Generelle notater:

He was babtized at home 5. mars 1823, Fjære.
He and his wife Kirsten got married and left for Fredrikshald in 1852 Fredrikshald (now Halden) is situated close to the swedish border.
Ref. register for "Innflyttede" for 1852: Came from Grimstad settled at Bagertangen in Fredrikshald. (Halden 1845-1854 page 482. p. 106).
Bagertangen is the area in Fredrikshald where the Railway station is situated to day.
The railway came to Fredrikshald in 1878 and the Bagertangen name is now long gone.
In 1865 the home adress is registered as "Saugøen No6".
At Erik's death, his home adress was "Sørhalden" according to chuch records..
Probably he took part in the building of the bark "Ebenezer" finished i 1870. The ship probably went down during a voyage from New York, sept 1872.

According to the 1865 census for 0117 Idd, Eric Christiansen was a shipbuilder and a tenant farmer. 16 persons lived at this adress i 1865. He died on Christmas Day caused by lung empysem, 25. Dec 1869 aged 46 in Halden. His wife and children then went into a poorhouse where they are recorded in the 1875 census as being looked after by the son (Christian) and the support of Fredrikshalds poor box.

2012, The above information received from:
Donald MacIntosh
Christchurch,
New Zealand

  Hendelser

• Dåp, 1823.

• Faddere:.

• Konfirmasjon, 1837.

• Folketelling, 1865, Idd, Østfold.

• Yrke: Skipsbygningsmester og Leilending, 1865, Fredrikshald, Østfold.

• Begravelse, 1869, Fredrikshald, Østfold.

Erik giftet seg med Kirsten Jørgensdatter [9346] [MRIN: 3473], datter av Jørgen Erlandsen [9383] og Johanne Pedersdatter [9384]. (Kirsten Jørgensdatter [9346] ble født den 26 feb 1830 i Øyestad, Fjære, Landvik, Hommedal., døpt den 28 feb 1830 i Fjære, Øyestad, døde den 5 apr 1885 i Glemmen, Fredrikstad, Østfold og ble begravet den 10 apr 1885 i Glemmen Kirke, Fredrikstad.)