Rasmus Galberg Esbensen

Rasmus Galberg Esbensen

He was a merchant who must have seen the opportunities a trade establishment in the new Kven areas presented. Together with his Danish wife Mathilde Henriette Brammer (1826-1896) he purchased some land in the middle of the Outer Kven City in 1847 and in 1848-49 erected a dwelling house on the site. It was built in a style common to the dwellings of the merchants and state officials along the Norwegian coast in the middle of the 19th century.

Esbensen's company had major expansion plans. In 1860 the site was extended and further developed. Around 1870 the main house was extended and refurbished. The new headquarters included a manger, a barn, and lodgings for the workers and a wagon shed. A tall wooded fence enclosed the site. Directly south of the main house a jetty was constructed, with three large storage houses and a shop. To the west a reindeer pasturage was developed, and to the north a garden with a gazebo.

Wife: Mathilde Henriette Brammer - October 31, 1826 Christianshavn - February 2, 1895 Charlottenlund, Denmark.

Children

1. Peter Andreas Esbensen - 21 May 1850 - Baptism: 8 Sep 1850 - Vadsø
2. Henriette Augusta Akerman (Esbensen) - 1852 - Baptism: 12 Sep 1852 - Vadsø
3. Hans Fredrik - 1856 ? Vadsø
4. Agnes Esbensen - 1864? Vadsø - Census 1880 Copenhagen

Sources

• Registreringssentral for historiske data Universitetet i Tromsø: Rasmus Galberg Esbensen
• digitalarkivet.no: Folketelling 1910 for Vadsø kjøpstad
• Varanger Museum: The Esbensen estate
• The Architecture Guide for Northern Norway and Svalbard: Esbensengården
• Norwegian Historical Data Center: R. G. Esbensen
• Varanger Museum: Hvor skal byen ligge? pdf
• The obits is from the local newspaper "Finnmarken Amtstidene" published in Vadsø city. 1910-1919

Parish register

• Birth and baptism records 1827, Finnmark county, Vadsø in Vadsø, Parish register (official) nr. 3 /1 (1821-1839), page 66-67: Rasmus Galberg Esbensen - 21 Sep 1827 - Vadsø
• Birth and baptism records 1850, Finnmark county, Bysoknet, Landsoknet in Vadsø, Parish register copy nr. 1 (1843-1853), page 38, Entry # 59: Peter Andreas Esbensen - 21 May 1850 - Vadsø (son)
• Birth and baptism records 1852, Finnmark county, Bysoknet, Landsoknet in Vadsø, Parish register copy nr. 1 (1843-1853), page 51, Entry # 82: Henriette Augusta Esbensen - 1852 - Baptism: 12 Sep 1852 - Vadsø
• Marriage records 1875, Finnmark county, Bysoknet in Vadsø, Parish register copy nr. 2 (1875-1884), page 184: Bernhard Martin Akerman - Henriette Augusta Esbensen - 9 Spet 1875 - Vadsø

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