KARLSEN, Hartvik
Name: KARLSEN, Hartvik Born: Norway, 20 August 1920 Died: 15 December 1934 Age: 50 Cemetery: Grytviken Grave Ref: D2 Register: 133
SVEINUNGSEN, Einar
Name: SVEINUNGSEN, Einar Born: 28 February 1895 Died: 18 November 1932 Age: 37 Cemetery: Grytviken Grave Ref: D1 Register: 129 There is an obituary for Einer in a newspaper cutting from a Larvik newspaper, dated 21/11/1932, in the archives of the Sandefjord Whaling Museum. He was a ‘klinker’ (rivet setter) from Nanset in Larvik, Norway,
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HANSEN, Sigurd
Name: HANSEN, Sigurd Born: Norway, 14 December 1895 Died: 17 August 1926 Age: 30 Cemetery: Grytviken Grave Ref: C11 Register: 87
LARSEN, Ludvig Olav
Name: LARSEN, Ludvig Olav Born: Norway, 1887 Died: 15 July 1921 Age: 34 Cemetery: Grytviken Grave Ref: C9 Register: 70
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PAULSEN, Carl Johan
Name: PAULSEN, Carl Johan Born: Hale, Norway, 1865 Died: 12 March 1924 Age: 59 Cemetery: Grytviken Grave Ref: C4 Register: 79 SPRI Ref: 1228/17/41;D The archived documents at SPRI tell us that Paulsen was a storekeeper.
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HANSEN, Ole
Name: HANSEN, Ole Born: 1907 Died: 11 March 1930 Age: 23 Cemetery: Grytviken Grave Ref: C1 Register: 113 SPRI Ref: 1228/17/59;D The magistrate’s record in the SPRI archive tells us that Hansen died of Tuberculosis.
SHACKLETON, Ernest Henry
Name: SHACKLETON, Ernest Henry Born: Ireland, 15 February 1875 Died: 5 January 1922 Age: 47 Cemetery: Grytviken Grave Ref: B1 Register: 71 As well as the grave, there is a memorial on Hope Point, built by his shipmates on Quest. The Funeral Pall bearers In his book ‘Memoirs of a Lerwick Boy’ Bruce Sandison tells
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AMUNDSEN, Thorvald
Name: AMUNDSEN, Thorvald Born: Norway, 22 December 1853 Died: 23 June 1912 Age: 58 Cemetery: Grytviken Grave Ref: B2 Register: 11 One of nine victims of the typhus epidemic in 1912
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ANDREASEN, Kristian
Name: ANDREASEN, Kristian Born: Norway, 16 March 1890 Died: 7 June 1912 Age: 22 Cemetery: Grytviken Grave Ref: B3 Register: 10 One of nine victims of the typhus epidemic in 1912. The register of deaths spells his name Kristian whereas the grave marker uses Christian.
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OLSSON, Ernst Wictor
Name: OLSSON, Ernst Wictor Born: Sweden, 23 October 1879 Died: 21 May 1912 Age: 32 Cemetery: Grytviken Grave Ref: B4 Register: 9 One of nine victims of the typhus epidemic in 1912
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