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Cowpox Vaccination Certificate 1901

Ludvig Kristian Gjønvig,

Born in Trondhjem to the parents: the carpenter Johan Laurits Gjønvig and his wife Anna Oline, and living in Trondhjem, 9 5/12 years old, was vaccinated with cowpox by me, the undersigned, in the year 1901 on the 26th of June. Upon careful examination between the 7th and 9th day after the vaccination, I found all the signs which prove them to be genuine cowpox; namely, they were whole and undamaged, filled with a clear liquid, depressed in the middle, and surrounded by a red circle;

Ludvig Kristian Gjønvig

has thus properly undergone a genuine case of cowpox, which protects him from smallpox, which is hereby certified upon my honor and conscience.

Trondhjem, 3rd July 1901.

/s/ Kr. Kieland

Rodefeddel 1907

Conscription Certificate

For Ludvig Kristian Johansen Jønvik,
Born 11 January 1892 in Trondhjem Parish
To the parents : the manufacturer Johan Luaritz Jonsen Jønvik
& Anna Oline Jonsdatter
Confirmed in Ytterøen parish in 1907, listed in
conscription district no. 9 of Mosviken judicial district (town)

/s/ W. Sommerskild

Registrar
Instructions that accompany Conscription Certificate
It provides instructions on what to do if they move to another location within Norway or emigrate from Norway and the consequences of not following instructions.

Baptismal Certificate 1907

Our Church Register shows that

Ludvig Kristian

of the parents: the carpenter Laurits Johnsen Gjønvig and his wife Anna Oline, nee Johnsen, was born on the 11th (eleventh) of January 1892 (eighteen hundred and ninety-two) and baptized on the 6th (sixth) of March in the same year.

Which is hereby certified,

Trondhjem, 19 April 1907
Statutory fee: 0.50 crowns

/s/ Sigv. Skavlan
Skavlan

Parish Pastor

Attest from Johan Skille 1911

Certificate

Kristian Gjønvik has worked for me from December of 1908 to the end of May 1911. For that whole time he was conscientious, honest and upright in his conduct, and on the whole a youth about whom one cannot say anything but good.

Skille in Skogn, 3 June 1911

Johan Skille

Daabs og Konfirmationsattest 1912

Baptismal and Confirmation Certificate

According to the church register of Mosviken, Ludvik Kristian Johansen, of the parents: the soda delivery driver Johan Laurits Jansen Gjønvik and his wife Anna Oline Jansdatter, born in 1892 (eighteen hundred ninety-two) on the 11th (eleventh) of January, baptized on the 6th (sixth) of March in the same year, and confirmed on the 29th (twenty-ninth) of September 1907 (nineteen hundred and seven). He is, as far as I know, unmarried.

Which is hereby officially certified.
Statutory fee Ytterøen office, 13 January 1912

1.00
Parish Pastor
one crown Birger Janke
B. Janke

Attest from Trondhjems Skofabrik

1913 A/S Trondhjem's Shoe Factory
Certificate

Kristian Gjønvik has worked for about 2 years in the cutting department, primarily as an upper press operator1.

During this time, he has carried out his work to our complete satisfaction, is diligent and dependable, for which reason we can give him our best recommendation.

Trondhjem, 28 May 1913
A/S Trondhjem's Shoe Factory
/s/ illegible signature

1 overlaerstanser in Norwegian: one who operates a punch press that manufactures shoe uppers.

This is the building that was previously A/S Trondhjems Skofabrik located on Elgeseter gate 2 in Trondhjem. It is relatively unchanged since circa 1890.

Photograph © 1993 Paul K. GJENVICK. From the Gjenvick / Gjønvik Family Archives.

Advertisement appearing in the Trondhjem newspaper for Trondhjems Skofabrik in June 1913.

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