According to to Norwegian census, he was born 1861 in 'Farjeland' which must be Färgelanda in Sweden. But searching for 'Arvid' born 1860-1862 in Sweden returns no Arvid looking like this one.
He married Nanna Josefine in 1883. They later divorced. Notes: "brudgommens 1ste egteskap er opløset(?) kgl. res. 25th ?? 1904 tillatelse ." (divorce / at least tillatelse to new mariage). 1st wife possibly already migrated to US at this point). Also other notes.
Children with 1st wife: Oscar(1885), Jenny (1888), Christian Eugen b. 1890-08-24, Sara Eugenie b. 1892-10-22-d. 1894-02-12, Reidar Fredrik 1895-96 . Nanna and her familiy migrated to America after divorce from Arvid.
Lives at same adress as Anna in Møllergaten 47 in census 1900 (as logerende). He is also fadder (witness at babtism] to Annas Daughter Thyra b.1899. And father of daughter Charlotte b. 1903. Later married to Anna in 1904 and two more children. At wedding 1904 listed as handelsborger (Colonial) Sandefjord, while Anna is registrered in Møllergata 47.
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