My Kalvenæs Great Grandparents

Bekkjarvik Chapell & Cemetery where Nils and Ragna are buried

Fitjar Crest

Mogster Church where Nils was baptized

Here is a picture of my Great grandfather Nils Jensson Kalvanæs and his wife Ragna Andrina Mikkelsdatter Bukholmen and my grandfather Andreas Nilson and his sister Jenny.

Nils Jensson Kalvanæs 1860-1935
I don't know very much about these great-grandparents. Nils was born April 21,1860 in Kalvenes, Selbjørn, Norway. He was baptized May 13,1860 at Mogster Church on Stolmen. He married Ragna Andrina Mikkelsdatter Bukholmen November 21,1890 in Fitjar Church, Fitjar Norway. They had three children.

Andreas Mikkel Nilsen Vikestol

Jenny Sofie Maria Nilsdatter Vikestol

Ragnvald Nilsen Vikestol

Nils died July 31,1935 and is buried in the Bekkjarvik Cemetery, Selbjorn.

Ragna Andrina Mikkelsdatter Bukholmen 1870-1916

Ragna was born October 13,1870 in Bukkolmen, Fitjar, Norway. She was baptized November 20,1870 at Fitjar Church. She was confirmed October 4,1885 at Fitjar church. She married Nils Jensson Kalvanæs November 21,1890 in Fitjar Church, Fitjar Norway. They had three children.
Andreas Mikkel Nilsen Vikestol
Jenny Sofie Maria Nilsdatter Vikestol
Ragnvald Nilsen Vikestol
Ragna died November 15,1916 and was buried November 23 in Bekkjarvik Cemetery, Selbjorn, Norway.