The Bordewich family

Johan Bordewich was born in August 1st, 1802 in Trondheim, Norway. He married Leonharde Marine Linkhausen and they had 11 children. Leonharde died due to complications in childbirth with their eleventh child in October 25th, 1846. After Leonharde's death, Johan became involved with the children's teacher, Jacobine Hansdatter, and had a child with her. Jacobine and her child, Petra were sent away, and then he became involved with her replacement, Heinrikke Pauline Roness, and had another child with her. He refused to send them away, and when she became pregnant with their second child, he married her on September 22nd, 1860. They had four children together. He died May 22nd, 1872.
His trading post was located in the Lofoten Islands in the town of Lyngvaer. He served as mayor of Vaagen from 1857 to 1860. Much of the information we have on this time came from the notes he started after Leonharde's death.

We believe this is a photo of Johan with some of his huge family, but we are not sure. If you have any identifying information about anyone in this shot, please let us know.

Hans Heinrick Bordewich was born in the Lofoten Islands in 1935. He was the fourth born child of Johan and Leonharde, and the second born son. His brother moved away while waiting for their father to retire, so Hans became the heir to the trading post. But then Johan remarried, so Hans and his wife Kaja moved their family to Henningsvaer where they lived until their death. Hans died in September 17th, 1893.

Kaja Angell was born March 18th, 1835 in Grono, Norway. Her parents died, and she was adopted. We do not know if Angel was her birth name or adoptive name. She and Hans were married July 14th, 1859, and they had 9 children, one of whom Hans Richard Angell Bordewich, was becoming a famous artist but died early at the age of 32 during an Influenza outbreak. When Richard died, Kaja took over care of his son so her daughter in law could go back to work and remained in Oslo with them until her death, September 22nd, 1922.

Leonharde (Harde) Bordewich was the first legitimate, and second child of Johan and Heinrikke. She was born February 18th, 1861. She married Heinrich (Henry) Bergithon Bordewick who was the son of Hans and Kaja. He was born February 23rd, 1862. They had three sons, Bjarne, Harald, and Hans Heinrich. All the boys were born in the Lofoten Islands.

When the boys were still young, Henry and his brother Eivind decided to find a way to make more money because the fishing was drying up where they lived. Henry and his family would move to Belgium, where they would take orders for fish, and Eivind would send the fish down. They took along several Norwegian girls, including one of Harde's nieces, Margit Olsen, to help with the housework. Unfortunately, the Dutch did not like the Bordewichs, so much so that they family moved to Grimsby, England after less than a year. Grismby was chosen because Harde's brother Peter lived across the water from there in Hull. They stayed there almost ten years. At some point Henry got his English citizenship and changed the spelling of his last name from Bordewich to Bordewick. Their eldest son, Bjarne was taking his tests to get into Cambridge when the family decided to move again to Vancouver, Canada, where Harde's sister Anna was living with her family, the Kjelsberg's. Henry died, September 18th, 1930. Kaja died May 18th, 1944.

Bjarne Bordewick

Bjarne Bordewick

Bjarne Bordewick

Unknown, Bjrane Bordewick, Hans Bordewick, and Harold Bordewick.

Unknown Bordewich relative.

Unknown Bordewichs.