A short life — preserved in few but clear traces
Sigrid Tornelle Tynning
1901–1923
Sigrid was given only 22 years. Parish registers, censuses and a single photograph from her youth still make it possible to give her a place of her own in the family history.
Born at Tynning · Third of the nine children · 22 years
Growing up at Tynning
Sigrid Tornelle was born at Tynning on 27 February 1901 and baptised in Brekke on 5 March. She was the third child of Isak and Brita and grew up among the many siblings on the farm.
A photograph of young people on the quay in Brekke in 1918 is the clearest visual trace of her. The archive caption identifies Sigrid as the first from the left in the front row. Three years later the 1920 census records her at home at Tynning. The census has the wrong month in her date of birth, but name, family and residence make the identification certain.
The last traces in the sources
The 1922 municipal census of Bergen records Sigrid at Neevengården and notes that she had moved from Brekke. The source does not say why she was there, and we attach no explanation to the stay.
The parish clerk's register for Brekke shows that Sigrid died on 6 May 1923 and was buried on 12 May. She was 22. The cause of death is recorded as «tæring», the common older Norwegian word for tuberculosis. She was unmarried, and no record of children has been found.
What the source says — and does not say
The person record in the 1922 municipal census of Bergen lists Sigrid Tornelle Tynning at Neevengården, noting that she had moved from Brekke.
The source gives no background for the stay. We therefore reproduce only what it actually says and leave the rest open.
Sigrid's page should not be filled with assumptions. Its strength lies in what actually exists: her name in the parish register, the photograph from her youth, her place among the siblings and the short line of a life that led back home to Tynning. If the family has kept letters, photographs or spoken memories, her story may yet grow richer.
From the newspapers
No death notice or obituary has been found in the digitised newspapers from 1923.
Obituaries
No death notice or obituary has yet been found in open sources. The family gladly receives copies.
Searches in the National Library's newspapers.
Sigrid's place in the family
Unmarried · no known children.
Isak Lasseson Tynning(1875–1960)
married to Brita Larsdatter Østerbø (1873–1965)
Sigrid Tornelle Tynning(1901–1923)
Family
- Parents: Isak Lasseson Tynning and Brita Larsdatter Østerbø.
- Unmarried; no known children.
- Home: Tynning in Brekke.
Timeline
- 1901Born on 27 February and baptised on 5 March.
- 1918Photographed with young people on the quay in Brekke.
- 1920Recorded at home at Tynning.
- 1922Recorded in Bergen; the background of the stay is not documented.
- 1923Dies on 6 May and is buried on 12 May.
Places
Tynning in Brekke
Sources
- Brekke parish register — baptism, 5 March 1901
- 1920 census, the household at Tynning
- Bergen municipal census, 1922
- Brekke parish clerk's register — death and burial, 1923
- «Brekke sokn: tun og ætt», page 64
- Bjarne Dåe (ed.), «Brekke sokn: tun og ætt» (Brekke sogelag, 2003)
- The 1920 census, the household at Tynning
- Ludvig Engesæter, «Brekke herred. Ei bygdebok. 2» (1944)
Do you have photographs or information that could complete this story? Please get in touch.
Child of Isak Lasseson Tynning (1875–1960) and Brita Larsdatter Østerbø (1873–1965), the Tynning farm in Brekke.
Do you have photographs, letters or information that could complete this story? The family works continuously to document the Tynning kin and gladly receives corrections and memories.