Biography

Sivert was born in 1880. He married Louise Klock in 1910. ^[1] Sivert passed away in 1946.

"Sivert Engelsen Sagstad (1880-1946) was a Norwegian boatbuilder who learned the art and craft of building fishing boats from his father, who operated a boat shop just outside of Bergen, Norway. By the age of 12, Sivert's knowledge of this trade was such that "he could build a boat as well as anyone else" (Washington Posten, 4). As a young man, Sagstad further refined his skills with a Boat Master, J. Johnsen, in Bergen, Norway. At the age of 25, Sagstad emigrated to the United States, and settled in Ballard, an as-yet unincorporated Scandinavian enclave of Seattle." ^[2]

Sivert and Iver Handseth must have been close friends. When filling out his WW II draft registration card, Sivert listed Iver as a person who would always know his whereabouts.

Sources

1. ↑ Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKNB-ZXYC
2. ↑ https://www.historylink.org/file/20771

• http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/small/sagstad.htm
• United States Census, 1920: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHNP-1MY
• United States Census, 1930: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XC33-CVZ
• United States Census, 1940: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K93M-TNT
• United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJT-PWJF
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/105082956/sivert-engelsen-sagstad

Some of the boats

• Albion, US #209699
• Arcturus, US #227195
• Charles T, US #217957
• Faithful, US #238521
• Grant, US #219720
• Grayling, US #212295
• Gyrfalcon
• Harmony, US #239084
• Main, US #227101
• May, US #227386
• Nestor, US #226530
• Nova, US #240585
• Predator, US #218046
• Resolute, US #223688
• Salten, US #240551
• Susan, US #239727
• Swift, US #216207

Other Seattle Area Boatbuilders and Designers

• John Anderson
• Norm Blanchard
• Norm Blanchard, Jr.
• Leigh Coolidge
• Frank Curtis
• Walt Curtis
• Al Curtis
• Otis Cutting
• Victor Arthur Franck
• Ruth Russell Franck
• Victor Russell Franck
• Bill Garden
• Ted Geary
• Lewis Grandy
• Earl Grandy
• Bill Grandy
• Tony Jensen
• Anchor Jensen
• Dewitt Jensen
• Harry Jones
• John McLean
• Frank Prothero
• Bob Prothero
• Robert Prothero, Jr.
• George Stebbins