| Johan Pedersen Frodahl & Hellene Christiansdatter Similar to Their Ship: Statsraad Brock |
| Johan Pedersen Frodahl and Hellene Christiansdatter, along with four children, Peder, Carl, Syverine and Johanne leaving Norway on the "Statsraad Broch" on 15 May, 1869 with a destination listed as Milwaukee, WI. They arrived in Quebec July 13th. In "100 Years of Emigrant Ships from Norway" it is listed as "Statsraad Brock"...I suspect this is the correct spelling of the ship. The picture on this page is not the ship but resembles the actual ship. The actual picture will be added once located. In 1869 The Statsraad Brock departed from Christiania May 15th, and arrived at Quebec July 13th (58 days). She was sailing in ballast, and was carrying 208 steerage passengers. It (She) was mastered by Capt. Nicolaysen and had a crew of 11. One child died on the voyage of bronchitis. Comment by Fred Matson: It is interesting to note that their trip took nearly two months. Two years earlier, Syverine (b.1863)'s later to be husband (Paul H. Moltzau b.1862)'s family, Hans Fredrick Pouls Moltzau & Mathea Rosrud Davidsdatter, made the same trip in 39 days (April 20 - May 29, 1867). Each family sailed from Christiana (Oslo) for Quebec. The winds must have been more cooperative for the voyage in 1867 and no doubt the latter voyage was more difficult for the passengers. I wonder if they ran short of supplies. Might that child have lived had the voyage been shorter and less difficult? The picture below is a "ship". This Ship is square rigged on all three masts, and it has a gaff sail on the mizzen mast. It was often called a "full rigged ship" or in Norwegian "fullrigger" and "fregattskib". A "ship" is a vessel of at least three square rigged masts, each composed of a lower-mast, top-mast, and topgallant mast. Each is outfitted with a yard and a full complement of square sails. Many ship rigged vessels were converted to barks to reduce the number of crew member, and therefore will appear both as a ship and a bark in the lists. NOTE: in some cases when working with the different sources the term ship (or skib) can be used in the meaning "vessel", and not actually used to a specify the kind of rigging. This may cause some errors to be made when describing the rigging of ships. (The information in this paragraph is taken from "100 Years of Emigrant Ships from Norway") (Information provided by Bev Porter Moltzau & Jerry Arlyn Moltzau, he being the Great Grandchild of Hans & Mathea). Updated 9 April 2004 Fred Matson |
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