PART TWENTY-FOUR

 

The Norwegian Line – 1810 to 1890

 

This is the second of three sections of the twenty-fourth part of the Collett family

Updated November 2009

 

 

This is the family line of Peter Collett (Ref. 24P47) of Oslo

 

Part 25 (The Danish Line) & Part 26 (The Swedish Line) stem from this line

see Ref. 24M35 and Ref. 24N16 respectively

 

24M14

Cathrine Karen Mathia Collett, who was known as Caja, was born on 16.04.1812.  She never married and died on 21.05.1880.

 

 

 

 

24M15

Jonas Tinus Collett was born on 14.02.1814.  He was a protocol secretary at the Supreme Court in Hoiesterett before he died on 22.02.1858.  He never married.

 

 

 

 

24M16

Peter Collett was born on 28.11.1818 and was a medical student before he died on 22.11.1848.  He never married.

 

 

 

 

24M17

Eugenie Thora Octava Collett was born on 16.04.1825 at Christiania.  She never married and died on 31.10.1851.

 

 

 

 

24M18

Tom John Collett was born on 09.09.1804 and later became Secretary of Justice in Akershus.  He married his cousin Martine Christine Sophie Collett – see Ref. 24M10 for family details.

 

 

 

 

24M19

Hanna Elisa Collett, who was known as Lise, was born on 07.03.1806 and she was only ten years of age when she died on 06.11.1816.

 

 

 

 

24M20

Holger Gustav Collett was born on 17.10.1807 and later became a Master of Chambers (a Kammerherre).  He never married and died on 17.06.1870.

 

 

 

 

24M22

Sophie Augusta Collett was born on 09.02.1811.  She married her second cousin Peter Severin Steenstrup who was born on 29.11.1807, the son of Poul Steenstrup and Thea Collett.  Peter founded the important shipbuilding company of Akers Mekaniske Verksted in Christiania.  Coincidentally, Peter Collett (Ref. 24P47) was chairman of the company in the 1980s when the last ship was built by the company.  This was the Norwegian Conqueror.

 

 

 

Peter Steenstrup died on 17.02.1863 while his wife Sophie died later on 04.05.1872.

 

 

 

 

24M23

Peter Jonas Collett was born on 12.09.1813.  He married Jacobine Camilla Wergeland who was born on 23.01.1813 at Kristiansand and she was always referred to Camilla.  The marriage produced four children for Peter and Camilla.  Peter was a lawyer and a literary critic and it seems very likely that he was the author of a book entitled ‘Norwegian Family Justice’ written by P J Collett.

 

 

 

Before they were married, and particularly during the period from 1839 to 1840, Peter travelled to Italy and other European countries on a scholarship as part of a course of study.

 

 

 

It is likely that it was immediately following Peter’s trip to Italy that he returned to Norway where he married Camilla having regard to the date of birth of their first child. 

 

Camilla Collett later became a passionate champion of women’s right and established herself as a well-known and accomplished writer of many works.  In the 1850s Camilla wrote several books on the subject of women’s liberation. 

 

Her novel ‘The Magistrate’s Daughters’ written in 1855 is notable for its sympathetic portrayal of young women trapped by stultifying convention.

 

‘Through the Long Nights’ written in 1862 is a depiction of childhood scenes.

 

 

 

In her other books, she wrote about her own life experiences and these included ‘The Life and History of Camilla Collett’, ‘The Story of a Woman’s Heart’, and ‘Memories and Personal Statements’. 

 

 

 

A street in Oslo, Camilla Collett Veien, is named in her honour.

 

 

 

Peter and Camilla Collett’s two eldest sons also took up writing and became established authors in Norway.  Robert Collett (Ref. 24N5) was very interested in animals and birds, while Alf Collett (Ref. 24N6) was the author of several books on the subject of the Collett family in Norway and the history of Christiania.

 

 

 

Peter Jonas Collett died on 18.12.1851 so Camilla was a widow for forty-four years until she died on 06.03.1895.  The records of Scandinavians visiting Italy also include a reference to Jacobine Camilla Collett who visited Rome in 1862.  The entry states she was an author and the purpose of her visit was cultural.  This visit and that of her husband twenty-two years early, are the only Collett entries in the records.

 

 

 

Another entry in the records that may be of interest relates to Joseph Frantz Oscar Wergeland born 1815 who is likely to be Camilla’s brother.  He was listed as being an officer on a course of study and visited Italy in 1853.

 

 

 

24N5

Robert Collett

Born on 02.12.1842

 

24N6

Alf Collett

Born on 08.08.1844

 

24N7

Oscar Collett

Born on 23.12.1845

 

24N8

Emil Collett

Born on 30.08.1848

 

 

 

 

24M24

Marthine Jeanette Collett, who was known as Tina, was born on 29.09.1815 and she died before reaching her twenty-first birthday on 17.03.1836.

 

 

 

 

24M25

Johan Christian Collett was born on 23.07.1817 and he later became Head of the Geographical Area of Akershus.  He was also a Chancellor of the Order of St Olav from 1847 to 1854.  He married his second cousin Johanne Christiane Collett (Ref. 24M52) and they had two children.  Johanne was born on 19.02.1822 and died on 04.02.1914, while Johan died on 29.04.1895.

 

 

 

24N9

Anna Christiane Collett

Born on 30.03.1847

 

24N10

Emma Collett

Born on 14.07.1850

 

 

 

 

24M27

Carl Emil Collett was born on 19.07.1821 and became a secretary at the university.  He never married and died on 30.03.1898.

 

 

 

 

24M31

Elisabeth Christine Collett, who was known as Lisa, was born on 31.03.1798.  She never married and died on 30.01.1879.

 

 

 

 

24M32

Peter Collett was born on 14.02.1799 and he later became a Customs Officer at Drammen.  He married Christine Stillesen.  Tragically the couple died within a week of each other.  Christine, who was born on 17.01.1803, may have died of a broken heart on 08.01.1875, following the death of her husband on 01.01.1875.  Either that or it may have been an illness that affected them both.

 

 

 

24N11

Jonas Peter Severin Collett

Born on 10.05.1830

 

24N12

Christen Stillesen Collett

Born on 07.08.1831

 

24N13

Alfred Collett

Born on 11.07.1840

 

 

 

 

24M33

Anne Cathrine Hedvig Collett was born on 13.01.1801.  She married Lorentz Henschien a solicitor at law from Akershus and they had one son and three daughters.  Lorentz was born on 02.02.1786 and he died on 11.08.1857 four months before his wife Anne, who died on 19.12.1857.

 

 

 

 

24M34

Ulrikke Charlotte Wilhelmine Collett, who was known as Rikka, was born on 19.12.1802.  She never married and died on 07.11.1874.

 

 

 

 

24M35

Bernt Anker Collett (Collet) was born on 08.08.1803.  He married Emilie Henriette Christense Rorbye and they had two children.  It was Bernt who is credited with taking the Collett name into Denmark and in order to distinguish it from the Norwegian family he decided to drop the last t in the surname.  Bernt Collet died on 02.02.1857, while his wife Emilie passed away on 17.04.1868.

 

 

 

This is the start of the Danish Collett family which forms Part 25 – The Danish Line

 

 

 

 

24M36

JOHN COLLETT was born on 02.09.1807 and at some stage in his life he became the owner of the property at Buskerud Gard which he sold in 1869.  The property had originally been purchased by Peter Collett (Ref. 24K17) in 1762 and had been handed down through his son Peter Collett (Ref. 24L14).  

 

 

 

Today the property at Buskerud is used as a vocational high school and the original farm buildings are still well maintained into the twenty-first century.

 

 

 

John Collett married Johanne Antonette Smith who was born on 15.12.1811.  Johanne died on 15.10.1874 while John lived on into his eighties and died on 13.04.1891. 

 

 

 

The Collett plaque on the family tomb at the Nykirke Church near Buskerud Gard includes the two family inscriptions ‘Godseier John Collett * 2 9 1807 + 13 4 1891’ and ‘Fru Johanne Antonette Collett fodt Smith * 15 12 1811 + 15 10 1874’.

 

 

 

The plaque also includes the name of their granddaughter Johanne Antonette Collett (Ref. 24O15), the child of their son Albert P S Collett, who was only one month old.

 

 

 

24N14

Cathrinus Nicolai Arbo Collett

Born on 30.03.1841

 

24N15

ALBERT PETER SEVERIN COLLETT

Born on 15.09.1842

 

24N16

Karen Elise Theodora Collett

Born on 17.08.1844

 

 

 

 

24M37

Theodora Christiane Collett, who was known as Dora, was born on 16.11.1809.  She married Carl Peter Fredrik Drejer a proprietor of Viborg and they had one daughter and one son.  Carl, who was born on 03.03.1808, died on 11.07.1871, followed by Dora who passed away on 24.03.1887.

 

 

 

 

24M38

Peter Nicolai Arbo Collett, who was known as Nikken, was born on 04.11.1811.  He married Nicoline Johanne Marie Nagel who was born on 24.12.1815.  Peter died at the age of thirty-nine on 27.02.1850, while Nicoline survived him by a further half century before her death on 10.01.1900.

 

 

 

24N17

William Collett

Born on 29.03.1840

 

 

 

 

24M39

Otto Collett was born on 05.04.1813.  He married Henriette Vedastine at Bretteville in Normandy, France and they had five children.  Otto died on 12.07.1902, while Henriette, who was born on 03.12.1822, died on 23.06.1907.

 

 

 

24N18

Adele Collett

Born on 23.04.1848; died 05.04.1854

 

24N19

Eugene Beauharnais Ferdinand Collett

Born on 15.07.1849

 

24N20

Lucie Collett

Born on 08.12.1851; died 18.04.1854

 

24N21

Marie Collett

Born on 24.07.1855

 

24N22

Charles Otto de Bretteville Collett

Born on 30.05.1859

 

 

 

 

24M41

Johanne Benedicte Collett was born on 14.01.1802.  She married Biskop Peter Christian Hersleb Kjerschow and they had seven children of which only two sons and three daughters survived.  Peter was born on 29.06.1786 and died on 24.11.1866.  He outlived his wife by fifteen years, Johanne having died on 03.12.1851.

 

 

 

 

24M42

Tharald Einar Anker Collett was born on 23.11.1805.   He was a lieutenant and married (1) Maren Georgina Tandberg with whom he had one daughter.  Maren, who was baptised on 26.02.1801, died on 04.07.1844 following which Tharald married (2) Anne Margrethe Larsdatter.  Tharald died on 26.04.1875 and Anne passed away in November 1887.

 

 

 

24N23

Einarda Margrethe Pernille A Collett

Born circa 1840

 

 

 

 

24M44

Karen Martine Christine Collett, who was known as Kaja, was born at Bergen on 04.02.1812.  She never married and died on 10.10.1891.

 

 

 

 

24M47

Herman Christian Collett was born on 14.03.1807 and later worked in a bank as an administrator.  He married (1) Louise Arveschoug who was born on 18.07.1808 with whom he had four children before she died on 03.03.1843. 

 

 

 

He later married (2) Elisabeth Helene Holter with whom he had another three children.  Elisabeth was born on 12.05.1821 and died on 08.01.1852.  Herman died many years later on 24.02.1878.

 

 

 

24N24

Anna Cathrine Elisabeth Collett

Born on 12.06.1832

 

24N25

Wilhelmine Louise Collett

Born on 11.05.1834

 

24N26

Christopher Collett

Born on 02.12.1835; died 21.09.1864

 

24N27

Christiane Louise Collett

Born on 12.09.1837

 

24N28

Louis Wilhelm Collett

Born on 20.05.1846

 

24N29

Margrethe Wilhelmine Collett

Born on 30.01.1849

 

24N30

Elisabeth Helene Collett

Born on 02.01.1852

 

 

 

 

24M50

Nicoline Cathrine Collett was born on 02.12.1818 and never married, and died on 13.10.1900.  During her life she moved from Lunby Gaard to Gulskogen Gard by Drammen, which today is a museum.

 

 

 

 

24M51

Peter Collett was born on 30.05.1820.

 

He was a Master of Chambers (a Kammerherre) and a Minister at the Foreign Office in Stockholm.

 

He was later accredited to Instanbul where he died at just forty years of age on 02.08.1860, the cause of death possibly being an appendicitis.

 

 

 

 

24M52

Johanne Christine Collett, who was known as Hanne, was born on 19.02.1822.  She married her second cousin Johan Christian Collett – see Ref. 24M25 for family details.

 

 

 

 

24N1

Frederik Jonas Lucian Bothfield Collett was born on 25.03.1839.  He was an accomplished artist from Lillehammer and was well-known for his landscape paintings.  He never married and died on 19.04.1914.  Below is one of his oil on canvas paintings completed in 1884.

 

 

 

As recently as January 1997 a book about Frederik was written by Ingrid Blekastad and this refers to paintings on exhibition at the Kuntsmuseum in Lillehammer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

24N3

Johanne Collett was born on 04.05.1833.  She married Jens Theodor Paludan Vogt a civil engineer and they had six children.  Jens was born on 23.09.1830 and died on 25.10.1892, while Johanne died on 22.07.1906. 

 

 

 

One of their sons was Nils Collett Vogt who became an established author.  He was born in 1864 and died in 1937.  At the age of twenty-eight he visited Italy on a course of study visiting Rome and Sicily.  Two year later he returned to Sicily where he stayed between 1894 and 1895.  Four years later in 1899 he returned again to Italy where he lived until 1904, when he finally settled in France.

 

 

 

 

24N4

Thomas Collett was born on 06.01.1835 and later became a doctor of medicine at Lindaas and later at Lilleby near Drammen.  He married Sine Kobro who was born on 20.09.1843 and who died on 19.06.1920.  Thomas died on 27.01.1898.

 

 

 

24O1

Jonas Martin Collett

Born on 14.10.1865

 

24O2

Isak Kobro Collett

Born on 19.01.1867

 

24O3

Ervine Collett

Born on 27.10.1868

 

24O4

Tom John Collett

Born on 26.08.1871

 

 

 

 

24N5

Robert Collett was born on 02.12.1842.  He was a professor of zoology and was an author like his mother Camilla Collett (Ref. 24M23) and his brother Alf Collett (below).  When in his early thirties he wrote a book entitled ‘From the World of Insects’, and later wrote three volumes on ‘The Birds of Norway’.  Robert never married and died on 27.01.1913.

 

 

 

 

24N6

Alf Collett was born on 08.08.1844 and he married Mathilda Sophie Kallevig who was born on 31.08.1845.  The marriage did not produce any children and Mathilda died on 27.04.1915, with Alf dying four years later in 1919.

 

 

 

Alf wrote several books of the subject of the Collett family of Norway, the first covering the period from 1655 to 1872 which was published in 1883 and entitled ‘An Old Christiania Family’.  This was followed in 1889 by ‘The Collett Family’ and ‘Life in Christiania’ and ‘Pictures of Christiania’ in 1893.  He wrote his last book in 1915 round the time of the death of his wife Mathilda.

 

 

 

Alf Collett’s work on the Collett Family in Norway was later brought up to date by Peter Collett (Ref. 24P47) who commenced his research in 1957, culminating in the publication in 1983 of the ‘Familien Collett 1655 to 1983’.  All of the additions to this family tree since 1983 have also been generously supplied by Peter.

 

 

 

 

24N7

Oscar Collett was born on 23.12.1845 and was the first Archive Secretary at the Foreign Office in Stockholm.  He was also a Master of Chambers (a Kammerherre).  He never married and died on 20.06.1911.

 

 

 

 

24N8

Emil Collett was born on 30.08.1848 and he married Johanne Andrea Brodtkorb Conradi.  She was born on 02.06.1850 and Emil died on 12.10.1904.  Emil was an over engineer working on the railway.

 

 

 

24O5

Margrethe Collett          twin

Born on 13.07.1877

 

24O6

Camilla Collett             twin

Born on 13.07.1877

 

24O7

Jonas Georg Johan Collett

Born on 10.05.1883

 

 

 

 

24N9

Anna Christiane Collett was born on 30.03.1847.  She married Karsten Tank Lorange who was born on 15.04.1838 and they had five sons and two daughters.  He died on 27.08.1929 and Anna died in 1933. 

 

 

 

 

24N10

Emma Collett was born on 14.07.1850 and she married Oscar Ludvig Stoud Platou with whom she had three sons.  Oscar was born on 16.07.1845 and died on 07.01.1929, followed five years later by Emma on 07.04.1934.

 

 

 

 

24N11

Jonas Peter Severin Collett was born on 10.05.1830 and he was a telegraph superintendent.  He married (1) Anna Marie Due who was born on 11.04.1839, but who died on 21.04.1873.  He then married (2) Sofie Haslund who was born on 30.09.1847 but she died shortly after they were married on 13.01.1875.  Neither of these marriages produced any children for Jonas.

 

 

 

Following the death of his second wife Jonas then married (3) Johanne Hanna Haberdorph Brock with whom he had two children.  Johanne was born on 13.05.1854 and lived to be almost ninety, dying on 13.03.1944.  Jonas had passed away forty years earlier on 02.12.1904.

 

 

 

24O8

Christine Collett

Born on 06.06.1881

 

24O9

Peter Collett

Born on 23.12.1887

 

 

 

 

24N12

Christen Stillsen Collett was born on 07.08.1831 and he was a telegraph inspector.  He never married and died on 12.06.1880.

 

 

 

 

24N13

Alfred Collett was born on 11.07.1840.  He never married and died on 02.11.1870.

 

 

 

 

24N14

Cathrinus Nicolai Arbo Collett was born on 30.03.1841.  He was a railway engineer and is considered to be the founder of the Swedish branch of the Collett family.  He married Josephine Lucie Holmsen who was born on 27.10.1853.  Cathrinus died on 12.04.1921 and was followed four years later by Josephine who died on 28.06.1925.

 

 

 

This is the start of the Swedish Collett family which forms Part 26 – The Swedish Line

 

 

 

 

24N15

ALBERT PETER SEVERIN COLLETT was born on 15.09.1842.  When he was only twenty-three years old he was asked by Christiania Bank & Kreditkasse to travel to Nord Trøndelag to examine the possibility to save the bankrupt company at Salsbruket. 

 

 

 

He was a hard worker and soon started buying land and exporting timber products to England, having set up his own company producing wood pulp at Salsbruket and Bangdalsbruket. 

 

 

 

He married Nanna Hoegh and they had ten children.  Albert’s investments in forestry over the years meant that he owned more than 130,000 hectares in Nord Trondelag (more than 500 square miles or 320,000 acres) by the time he died at Nord Trondelag on 25.06.1896.

 

 

 

Albert’s delightfully written letter of 20th August 1873 to Nanna, in which he proposes marriage, can be founded displayed upon the website.

 

 

 

During their married life, Nanna lived in Christiania at Uranienborg Terrasse 11, to enable the children to go to school.  It was an important job, all alone with her husband far away, and it was only during the summer that she travelled north the 800 km to Mo Gard by horse and buggy to be reunited with Albert.

 

 

 

Following the death of her husband at the age of 54, when she was only 42, Nanna’s oldest son Johan, who was twenty-one, took over the responsibility not only of running the business activities, but also to help his mother to ensure the younger children received a good education.

 

 

 

Albert Collett’s home at Mo Gard is today a well known tourist resort and is renowned for good salmon fishing.  Albert’s wife Nanna, who was born on 04.06.1854, died on 31.01.1921.

 

 

 

The Collett plaque on the family tomb at the Nykirke Church near Buskerud Gard includes the name of Albert’s and Nanna’s daughter Johanne who died when only one month old.  The inscription reads ‘Johanne Antonette barn av Brugseier Albert Peter Severine Collett og Hustru Nanna fodt Hoegh * 28 4 1883 + 30 5 1883’.

 

 

 

A headstone at the more recent multiple Collett grave in Vestre Gravlund near Vigeland Park in Oslo bears the inscription “Albert P S Collett F. 15 Sept. 1842 D. 25 Juni 1896”.  Beneath this are the details for his son Albert and his wife Nanna, which read as follows:  “Albert J A Collett F. 17 Dec. 1892 D. 12 Dec. 1918” and “Nanna Collett F. Hoegh F. 4 Juni 1854 D. 31 Jan. 1921”.

 

 

 

The following is an interesting extract from a book written by Sir Henry Pottinger in 1905 entitled “Flood, Fell and Forest”.

 

 

 

“This hunting ground, comprising the districts round Mo and Oplo on the Indre Folden fiord, was a huge freehold estate belonging to that perfect gentleman, prince of timber merchants and kindest of landlords, the late Albert Collett of Christiania.  His successor is his eldest son Johan Collett who now conducts the business on another immense family estate at Bangsund not far from Namsos.  Mo and Oplo have been for some years deserted by the lumbermen as no more timber will I believe be felled in those forests for at least another generation.”

 

 

 

24O10

Johan Collett

Born on 22.11.1874

 

24O11

Emil Collett

Born on 22.11.1875

 

24O12

Oscar Collett

Born on 09.12.1877

 

24O13

Arthur Collett

Born on 08.05.1879

 

24O14

Axel Collett

Born on 06.08.1880

 

24O15

Johanne Antonette Collett

Born on 28.04.1883; died on 30.05.1883

 

24O16

Ove Gulberg Hoegh Collett

Born on 22.01.1885

 

24O17

Dagny Karen Ann Collett

Born on 02.03.1888

 

24O18

KNUT ORN HOEGH COLLETT

Born on 11.11.1889

 

24O19

Albert Jonas August Collett

Born on 17.12.1892

 

 

 

 

24N16

Karen Elise Theodora Collett, who was known as Kaja, was born on 17.08.1844.  She married Ole Herman Johannes Krag who was born on 07.04.1837 and they had one son and two daughters.

 

 

 

 

24N17

William Collett was born on 29.03.1840 and married Beda Wilhelmine Sandelin from Kihlbom.  Beda was born on 27.05.1837 and William died on 24.05.1915.

 

 

 

 

24N19

Eugene Beauharnais Ferdinand Collett was born on 15.07.1849.  He married (1) Frida Wahlberg and adopted Charles Otto Lund who took the name Charles Otto Collett.  Frida was born on 20.05.1853 and died on 07.03.1898. 

 

 

 

Eugene lived on for another thirty-four years during which he married (2) Thea Lindholm who was born on 10.03.1887 and died in December 1922.  Eugene died on 11.11.1932.  Eugene’s adopted son Charles Otto was the son of Eugene’s sister Marie Collett (below) and Anders Jacob Lund.

 

 

 

24O20

Charles Otto Lund Collett

Born on 30.10.1878

 

 

 

 

24N21

Marie Collett was born on 24.07.1855.  She married (1) Anders Jacob Lund and they had four children including a son Charles Otto Lund who was adopted by Marie’s brother Eugene Collett (above).  Anders was born in 1818 and died on 11.06.1896,

 

 

 

Following the death of her first husband, Marie married (2) Axel Leonard Sernquist who was born on 08.04.1854 and who died on 10.03.1914.  This second marriage for Marie produced three daughters and one son.

 

 

 

 

24N22

Charles Otto de Bretteville Collett was born on 30.05.1859.  He married Valborg Sophie Mordt with whom he had one child.  Valborg was born on 14.04.1857.  Charles died on 12.11.1891.

 

 

 

24O21

Charles Collett

Born on 03.01.1880; died in July 1908

 

 

 

 

24N23

Einarda Margrethe Pernille Ankar Collett was born around 1840, and certainly sometime before 1844 when her mother died.  On 02.10.1859 she married Soren Christensen Munkholm with whom she had two sons and daughter.

 

 

 

 

24N24

Anna Cathrine Elisabeth Collett was born on 12.06.1832.  She married (1) Soren Daniel Schiotz but they had no children.  Soren, who was born on 24.12.1828, was a company surgeon.  He died aged 35 on 07.03.1864, following which Anna married (2) Christian Bors a consul born in 1823 who died on 16.05.1905.  Anna died ten years later on 31.08.1915.

 

 

 

 

24N25

Wilhelmine Louise Collett, who was known as Mina, was born on 11.05.1834.  She married district doctor Morten Andreas Leigh Aabel with whom she had five daughters and five sons.  Morten was born on 10.02.1830 and died on 09.05.1901, while Wilhelmine died four months later on 14.09.1901.

 

 

 

24O22

Guttorm Aabel

Born on 03.11.1858; died in 1948

 

24O23

Christian Collett Aabel

Born on 16.06.1860; died in 1931

 

24O24

Ragnhild Aabel

Born on 21.03.1862; died 11.01.1954

 

24O25

Louise Margrethe Aabel

Born on 14.01.1864; died 14.11.1874

 

24O26

Astrid Aabel

Born on 16.10.1865; died 10.01.1952

 

24O27

Stein Peder Pavels Aabel

Born on 13.05.1867; died 29.11.1874

 

24O28

Hauk Erlendson Aabel

Born on 21.04.1869; died 12.12.1961

 

24O29

Olaf Andreas Wilhelm Aabel

Born on 11.10.1872; died in 1942

 

24O30

Anna Aabel

Born on 11.06.1875; died 08.06.1876

 

24O31

Margit Aabel

Born on 11.05.1877; died 08.06.1951

 

 

 

 

24N26

Christopher Collett was born on 02.12.1835 and was a student when he died on 21.09.1864.

 

 

 

 

24N27

Christiane Louise Collett was born on 12.09.1837 and she married Paul Hoy Blich.  Paul was born on 06.05.1826 and died on 23.10.1906.  Together they had four sons of which only two survived beyond childhood.

 

 

 

 

24N28

Louis Wilhelm Collett was born on 20.05.1846 and he married Kirsten Elisabeth Pay who was born on 08.11.1846.  Louis was a bank cashier at Drammen and died on 23.07.1929.  His wife Kirsten passed away a few years later on 30.11.1932.

 

 

 

24O32

Herman Christian Collett

Born on 25.01.1876

 

24O33

Ernest Collett

Born on 13.07.1877

 

24O34

Anna Bors Collett

Born on 12.04.1879

 

24O35

Elisabeth Collett

Born on 18.01.1881

 

24O36

James Collett

Born on 11.03.1886

 

24O37

Louise Wilhelmine Collett

Born on 16.05.1891

 

 

 

 

24N29

Margrethe Wilhelmine Collett was born on 30.01.1849 and she died on 14.02.1914.

 

 

 

 

24N30

Elisabeth Helene Collett, who was known as Elise, was born on 02.01.1852 and married Skjalm Olaf Bang who was born on 09.06.1845.  They had two sons and two daughters.  Skjalm died on 06.08.1910 and Elisabeth on 14.02.1914.

 

 

 

 

24O1

Jonas Martin Collett was born on 14.10.1865.  He never married and died on 18.12.1892.

 

 

 

 

24O2

Isak Kobro Collett was born on 19.01.1867.  He married Jenny Augusta Arntzen who was born on 10.03.1875 and he became a doctor of medicine at Eidsvoll.  They had six children before Isak died on 02.09.1911.  Jenny lived on for another forty years, and died on 17.03.1951

 

 

 

24P1

Ingrid Collett

Born on 25.07.1897

 

24P2

Tomas Collett               twin

Born on 23.12.1898

 

24P3

Louise Collett                twin

Born on 23.12.1898; died 29.01.1900

 

24P4

infant Collett

Born in 1900 and died in 1900

 

24P5

Rolf Collett

Born on 08.05.1905

 

24P6

Fredrik Collett

Born on 17.07.1908

 

 

 

 

24O3

Ervine Collett, who was known as Lilla, was born on 27.10.1868.  She married Aage Skavlan Blackstad and they had four children: Sigrun, Leif, Trygve and Finn but Trygve died as a child.  Aage was born on 08.06.1875 and died on 16.04.1926 with Lilla passing away four years earlier on 26.04.1922.

 

 

 

 

24O4

Tom John Collett was born on 26.08.1871.  He was a lawyer in Narvik and married (1) Thrine Essendorp Kobro with whom he had five children.  Thrine was born on 01.05.1875 and died on 06.02.1911 following which Tom married (2) Alfnild Lilla Dovle and together they had one child.  Lilla, as she was known, was born on 20.07.1871 and died on 04.12.1951.  Tom died on 13.09.1939.

 

 

 

24P7

Jonas Collett

Born on 17.03.1903; died 18.03.1903

 

24P8

Tom John Collett

Born on 01.05.1904; died 08.06.1904

 

24P9

Kaare Collett

Born on 19.04.1905

 

24P10

Ragnhild Collett

Born on 01.03.1908

 

24P11

Julie Essendorp Collett

Born on 04.05.1910

 

24P12

Lilla Collett

Born on 05.09.1915

 

 

 

 

24O5

Margrethe Collett was a twin born on 13.07.1877.  She married John Oliver Wardrop who was born on 10.10.1864 and who became the British Consul in Bergen.  The couple had two sons and a daughter.

 

 

 

 

24O6

Camilla Collett was a twin born on 13.07.1877.  She married Harald Buch who was born on 01.01.1872.

 

 

 

24P13

Ellisiv Andrea Buch

Born on 04.02.1908

 

24P14

Camilla Collett Buch

Born on 04.07.1910

 

24P15

Ada Buch

Born on 19.09.1914

 

 

 

 

24O7

Jonas Georg Johan Collett was born on 10.05.1883.  He married (1) Maalfrid Dobloug who was born on 14.08.1883 but the marriage produced no children.  Jonas later married (2) Eva Mathiesen but again there were no children.

 

 

 

 

24O8

Christine Collett, who was known as Kine, was born on 06.06.1881.  She married Jacob Johannes Brock Utne who was born on 18.07.1867 and who died on 09.02.1954.  There were no children from the marriage and Kine died on 12.04.1963.

 

 

 

 

24O9

Peter Collett was born on 23.12.1887.  He married Ragnhild Halvorsen and they had one son and one daughter before Peter died on 05.06.1926.  Ragnhild lived the next 55 years as a widow until she died on 06.11.1981.

 

 

 

24P16

Karen Collett

Born on 25.04.1923

 

24P17

Jonas Collett

Born on 29.10.1924; 14.01.1927

 

 

 

 

24O10

Johan Collett of Oslo was born on 22.11.1874 and was the oldest of the ten children of Albert Peter Severin Collett and Nanna Hoegh.  At the age of twenty-one he took over the running of the family company business of Albert Collett when his father died in 1896.

 

 

 

Johan was married three times; the first time to (1) Ellen Eger who was born on 23.04.1882 with whom he had two daughters.  Ellen, from whom he was divorced, died in 1966.  He then married (2) Kathleen Falsen who was born on 04.04.1894 and with whom he had a further three daughters. 

 

 

 

Kathleen, from whom Johan was also divorced, died on 15.08.1971.  He then finally married (3) Rosa Louise Martens who was born on 27.11.1902 and with whom he had another daughter.  Johan died on 02.06.1969 and Rosa died on 13.01.1994.

 

 

 

A headstone at the multiple Collett grave in Vestre Gravlund in Oslo bears the inscriptions “Johan Collett * 22-11-1874 + 2-6-1969” and “Rosa L Collett FODT Martens * 27-11-1902 + 13-1-1994”.

 

 

 

24P18

Rigmor Collett

Born on 29.12.1903

 

24P19

Else Collett

Born on 08.09.1905

 

24P20

Nanna Elisabeth Collett

Born on 04.06.1917

 

24P21

Camilla Collett

Born on 20.09.1919

 

24P22

Kathleen Collett

Born on 22.08.1921

 

24P23

Rose Kathrine Agnes Collett

Born on 04.09.1948

 

 

 

 

24O11

Emil Collett was born on 22.11.1875 and he was an engineer in Oslo.  He was also an inventor and started the first production of fertiliser for Norsk Hydro in 1905 and he had a consulting company in Paris. 

 

 

 

He invented a punched card machine, and in 1932 started production of SanaSol, a popular vitamin product which was sold or produced on license in sixty-seven countries during the first 25 years of the company Collett & Co.

 

 

 

He married Gudrun von der Lippe who was born on 14.02.1890.  Emil died on 09.06.1940, while Gudrun was in Malaga when she passed away over twenty years later on 19.11.1961.

 

 

 

A headstone at the multiple Collett grave in Vestre Gravlund in Oslo bears the inscriptions “Emil Collett FODT 22-12-1875 DOD 9-6-1940” and “Gudrun Collett FODT von der Lippe 14-2-1890 DOD in Malaga 19-11-1961”.

 

 

 

24P24

John Albert Collett

Born on 03.08.1911

 

24P25

Nanna Elise Collett

Born on 27.05.1913

 

 

 

 

24O12

Oscar Collett of Oslo was born on 09.12.1877.  He later became forest-candidate, and joined his brother Johan Collett (above) running the activities of the family company of Albert Collett.  He started planting trees, and was honoured with the Kings’ St. Olav Medal for this new way of cultivation.

 

 

 

He married Maria Iversen who was known as Mia, and who was born on 26.11.1887.  Oscar died on 09.06.1950 and Mia died twenty-five years after on 23.06.1975.

 

 

 

A headstone at the multiple Collett grave in Vestre Gravlund in Oslo bears the inscriptions “Oscar Collett FODT. 9-12-1877 DOD. 9-6-1950” and “Maria Collett FODT. 26-11-1887 DOD. 23-6-1975”.

 

 

 

24P26

Aase Ingeborg Collett

Born on 02.01.1909

 

24P27

Karen Collett

Born on 12.02.1910

 

24P28

Eva Collett

Born on 17.09.1914

 

24P29

Carl Oscar Collett

Born on 02.02.1922

 

 

 

 

24O13

Arthur Collett was born on 08.05.1879 and was a doctor of medicine in Oslo specialising in childcare.  He was responsible for among others the Princesses Ragnhild and Astrid and Crown Prince Harald.  The soap manufacturer Lilleborg asked his permission to market ‘Dr. Colletts Barnesepe’ a soap for children.  Arthur also performed the role of the doctor for all of the members of the family.

 

 

 

He married Ingeborg Wedel Jarlsberg who was born on 17.06.1889 and who died on 31.03.1951 followed by Arthur on 07.08.1968.

 

 

 

A headstone at the multiple Collett grave in Vestre Gravlund in Oslo bears the inscription “Ingeborg Collett F. Wedel Jarlsberg 1889 – 1951”.  Beneath this are two further inscriptions, these being her husband Arthur Collett and son Robert, which read “Arthur Collett 1879 – 1968” and “Robert Collett 1914 – 1941”.

 

 

 

24P30

Alice Collett

Born on 23.09.1913

 

24P31

James Robert Collett

Born on 24.08.1914

 

24P32

Nini Ingeborg Collett

Born on 23.03.1917

 

24P33

Karen Harriet Collett

Born on 07.05.1923

 

 

 

 

24O14

Axel Collett was born on 06.08.1880 and was an engineer in Oslo having gained his diploma in Dresden.  He eventually took over the technical responsibility of running the Albert Collett company.

 

 

 

He married (1) Lucie Trozelli Krefting who was born on 04.07.1896.  In 1908 Axel became a partner in the company Albert Collett AS which had been set up by his late father.

 

 

 

New information received during 2007 from Kaare Knutson, whose wife Bente is the daughter of Brita Lucie Collett and grandchild of Axel and Lucie, confirmed that the couple were divorced in 1933 and that Lucie died on 14.09.1988.

 

 

 

Over five years later on 09.01.1939 Axel married (2) Valborg Marie Oulie-Hansen who was born on 10.02.1903.  At some stage in his life Axel worked for the company of Albert Collett set up by his father (Ref. 24N15).

 

 

 

Axel died on 17.01.1968 while his second wife Valborg Marie survived him by nearly thirty years until she died on 24.04.1997.

 

 

 

A headstone at the multiple Collett grave in Vestre Gravlund in Oslo bears the inscription “Axel Collett FODT. 6-8-1880 DOD. 17-1-1968” under which is the inscription for his second wife which reads “Valborg Collett FODT. 10-2-1903 DOD. 24-4-1997”.

 

 

 

24P34

Martha Cathrine Collett

Born on 01.03.1916

 

24P35

Brita Lucie Collett

Born on 03.07.1917

 

24P36

Gurli Anne Margrethe Collett

Born on 07.12.1918

 

24P37

Albert Peter Severin Collett

Born on 07.12.1921

 

24P38

Jonas Rudolf Collett

Born on 23.09.1928

 

 

 

 

24O16

Ove Guldberg Hoegh Collett of Oslo as born on 22.01.1885.  He married Esther Somme who was born on 01.03.1891.  Ove later became a director of Collett & Co the family business originally established by his father Albert Collett (Ref. 24N15). 

 

 

 

In 1932 he also joined his brother Emil Collett (above) in starting the production of SanaSol, and was the driving force in marketing the product worldwide.

 

 

 

Ove died on 18.06.1970 and fifteen years later, almost to the exact day, Esther died on 18.06.1985.

 

 

 

A headstone at the multiple Collett grave in Vestre Gravlund in Oslo bears the inscription “Ove Collett 22-1-1885 18-6-1970” followed by the inscription for his wife which reads “Esther Collett 1-3-1891 18-6-1985”.

 

 

 

24P39

Grete Collett

Born on 01.01.1914

 

24P40

Celine Esther Collett

Born on 15.01.1916

 

24P41

Ove Guldberg Hoegh Collett

Born on 01.01.1922

 

 

 

 

24O17

Dagny Karen Ann Collett, who was known as Karen, as born on 02.03.1888.  She married Sigurd Fougner of Oslo who was born on 10.09.1879 and who died on 18.02.1959.  Karen died on 17.08.1974. 

 

 

 

It may be of interest to note that Dagny’s niece Rigmor Collett (Ref. 24P18) married Finn Fougner (born 1901) who was possibly Sigurd’s younger brother.  And that Aase Ingeborg Collett (Ref. 24P26) married Eiliv Fougner (born 1904) who was very likely Finn’s brother.

 

 

 

24P42

Berit Fougner

Born on 08.04.1910; died Sept 2008

 

24P43

Sven Fougner

Born on 25.05.1911; died in 2008

 

24P44

Arne Fougner

Born on 08.02.1913

 

24P45

Sissel Karen Ingeborg Fougner

Born on 16.08.1916

 

24P46

Knut Axel Backe Fougner

Born on 20.01.1919; died in 2008

 

 

 

 

24O18

KNUT ORN HOEGH COLLETT of Oslo was born on 11.11.1889.  Like his brother Axel Collett (above), Knut also studied in Dresden where he gained his diploma in engineering.  Following the death of his mother Nanna in 1921, he started up a company rebuilding automotive engines, producing pistons etc.  He was also a chairman in Collett & Co.

 

 

 

Knut married Wilhelmine Margrethe Bang who was born on 16.05.1903.  Knut was a civil engineer and became a director of Moller & Larsen.  He died on 19.02.1976 and was followed by Wilhelmine who died on 28.06.1997.

 

 

 

A headstone at the multiple Collett grave in Vestre Gravlund in Oslo bears the inscription “Knut Orn Hoegh Collett FODT. 11-11-1889 DOD. 19-2-1976”.  Underneath this and on the same stone is the inscription for his wife which reads “Wilhelmine Collett FODT. 16-5-1903 DOD. 28-6-1997”.

 

 

 

24P47

PETER COLLETT

Born on 07.09.1926

 

24P48

Knut Orn Collett

Born on 20.08.1928

 

24P49

Karen Cecilie Wilhelmine Collett

Born on 28.01.1932

 

 

 

 

24O19

Albert Jonas August Collett was born on 17.12.1892 and was the youngest of the ten children of Albert Peter Severin Collett and Nanna Hoegh. 

 

 

 

When he was twenty-four years old Albert (John) Collett of Norway was listed as an immigrant to Australia, where at Isisford on 28th October 1916, he was issued with an Alien Registration Certificate.  Isisford at that time was a very a small township in the middle of Queensland.

 

 

 

Sadly just over two years later Albert died five days before his twenty-sixth birthday on 12.12.1918.  The cause of death was the Spanish flu pandemic which was sweeping around the world at that time.

 

 

 

A headstone at the multiple Collett grave in Vestre Gravlund in Oslo bears the inscription “Albert J A Collett F. 17 Dec. 1892 D. 12 Dec. 1918” and is one the same headstone as his father Albert and mother Nanna.