When we met the relatives of our grandfather Fridthjof Olaf Twedt's mother, Lovisa Hansen (Truleson) (now having names Sleire and Riisnes based on the location of the Truleson home in Masjforden), Oddmund Sleire handed me a collection of papers showing the birth/baptism locations and churches of the Tvedt family and also the residence addresses of the family at the time of the birth of each child. We took some time to go around and find each of them and the churches as well. It is our feeling that by making the trek about the Bergen town, we got a chance to see and feel the way the town is put together and relates to the churches. The houses are still all there, although one street name has been changed.

The churches in Bergen attended by the Gottskalch Martin Hansen Tvedt (1818-1875) and Fridthjof Olaf Tvedt (1854-~1900) families were as follows, based on the birth/baptism records Oddmund had printed out.

The Church of the Cross. Please visit KorsKirken webpage for a historical summary.

The Cathedral. Please visit DomKirken webpage for a historical summary.

St. Mary's Church. Please visit MariaKirken webpage for a historical summary.

Click on the title below the following picture for a detailed view.

It will help to see the layout as shown on this map of Bergen central city. Mariakiriken, Korskirken, and Domkirken are clearly identified.

The residence addresses of the Tvedts were near these churches.

In 1880 Jun 23 Ragnhild Severine was born at

Bredenbecksmuget 7

In 1886 Aug 10 Frithjof Olaf was born at

Bredenbecksmuget 7

In 1888 Aug 8 Alfred was born at

Øvre Korskirkeallmenningen 19A

In 1890 Jun 15 Halfdan was born at

Landaassmuget 12 (now renamed as B. Meyersvei 12))

In 1892 Jan 5 Anna was born at

Landaassmuget 12 (now renamed as B. Meyersvei 12)

In 1893 Aug 6 Halvar was born at

Øvre Sandvigsvei 17

In 1900, the Census Data shows the family living at

Stenkjaeldergaden 8b (now transliterated as Steinkjellergate 8b)

(The documents actually show the addresses in a code that requires a lookup to find the name. Thanks to Oddmund for doing the work on this. I verified the Landaassmuget address because it no longer exists under that name. In fact, nobody knew where it was. I saw it by accident on a historical wall map posted at city hall.)

I tried to mark up my photo of that map, but it is not clear. Here are clips of the addresses from the above map (which are very difficult to find unless you know what you are looking for. (The alley Bredenbecksmuget is too small to find.)