Johan Olaus Olsen NORDBYE (1903)

Name

Johan Olaus Olsen Nordbye

Known as

Olaus

Gender

Male

Birthplace

Berg Ostford, Norway

Marriage(s)

22 April 1863
Norway

Date of death

10 September 1903

Place of death

Norsewood

Partner(s)

  • Petrine Olava Nordbye, nee Eng (23/10/1844-8/9/1891)

Children

  • Hans Christian Nordbye (1864-6/3/1920)
  • Annie Emelie Hansen (born 1869)
  • Oskar Hjalmar Nordbye (born 31/10/1870)
  • Olina Nathalia Collinge ( 1875-1951)
  • Johan Sivgard Nordbye (1879-1967)
  • Ole Nordbye (1882-1904)
  • Sara Josephine Ottersen (1885-1955)

Biography

Arrived in New Zealand on the “Hovding”, 1872, and took up farming in Norsewood
Owned Union Sawmills
Chairman of Norsewood Road Board
Member Waipawa County Council

Accession number

557326

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