Else ("Lise") Cathrine Lange

Else ("Lise") Cathrine Lange

Kvinne 1799 - 1864  (65 år)

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  1. 1.  Else ("Lise") Cathrine Lange ble født 26 Apr 1799 , Akershus, Norway; ble døpt 8 Mai 1799 , Slotskirken på Akershus (datter av Christopher Andreas Lange, I og Christiane Holst); døde 23 Okt 1864.

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  1. 2.  Christopher Andreas Lange, I ble født 14 Feb 1744 , Godset Lindau; døde 12 Jan 1809, Akershus, Norway; ble begravet 20 Jan 1809, Gamle Aker kirkegård.

    Notater:

    {geni:occupation} Magasinforvalter Akershus

    {geni:about_me} http://www.snl.no/Lange/slekt_fra_Holstein

    Christopher Andreas Lange, 1766 kopist ved krigsdirektoratet, 1767 fullmektig, fra 1772 magasinforvalter på Akershus festning. Født 14.2 1744 på godset [Deutsch-]Lindau i Kirchspiel Gettorf i Schleswig, X 12.1 1809 på Akershus. Sønn av godsforvalter Bernt Christopher Lange (ca 1715-ca 1782) og Anna Lucie Ewald (1713-1746). Innvandret: Ansatt som skriverdreng i Kiel 3 år og i grevskapet Rantzau, før han kom med sin arbeidsgiver, generalkrigskommissær i Norge Petter Voss (X 1769), til Akershus 1764. Beskrives av sin sønn, prost Alexander Lange, som 72'' høy smukk, staslig, rødkinnet mild og vennlig mann [maleri se Lange 1917 s. 14], men alltid alvorlig, meget taus, talte kun litt med barna, var overordentlig flittig og arbeidssom. Selv om han behersket godt norsk, kunne man høre tyskeren, i hans vanligste vending Det var doch ganske forskrækkeligt (Lange s. 15). En god del av faddrene ved hans barns dåp (navnelister hos Lange 1917) hadde tysk familiebakgrunn.

    Christopher Andreas Lange I, head of the Norwegian Lange family, was born at the

    Estate Lindau on 14 February 1744 at 1a.m. After his mothers death in child bed with

    below mentioned Anna Lange, he was 1 1/4 years old, sent to his mother's sister, who

    was married to minister Mathai in Danischenhagen, and was raised by her, even after she

    became a widow and lived in Preetz. He stayed with his aunt until she died when he was

    11 years old, and her daughter was married to Regimental Quarter Master Chief Justice

    Clauses. He then lived for about 3 years with his father's brother, above mentioned

    monastery tax collector Johann Fr. Lange in Schonberg, where his tutor, confirmed him,

    in his 14th year, at the time, minister Scheitlie. (1) He then moved to Kiel as "Skriver-

    Dreng" (apprentice clerk) for "Ober- und Landesgerichtsadvokat" Lindelof. 3 years later

    he was hired by the county manager (non-political) in the county Rantzau, Petter Voss,

    who in 1764 was named general commissioner of war to Norway (he died on 28 March

    1769), and followed him to Christiania (Oslo), where he from 1 January 1766 was hired

    as 2nd clerk at the treasury of the war office. At the same time, his future wife's mother's

    brother, Assessor Military Judge Jorgen Brochmann, was hired as cashier. When the war

    office was closed down in 1767, he received "vartpenger" (unemployment benefits) and

    later advanced to head clerk for general commissioners of war, Voss and Brocker. He

    worked there until September 1772, when he was named warehouse manager at Akershus

    Fort (Oslo). He was always a generally well-respected and popular man. His son, Rural

    Dean Alexander Lange (No. 34) mentions him in this way (2): "My father was a tall and

    statue like man (I think he was 72 inches tall), never heavy, but well-proportioned,

    without any doubt a very good-looking man with a healthy, colorful complexion which

    he kept until his death. I remember he even had a blush on his cheek after his death. He

    was a very kind and friendly man, but very serious".

    Insert Drawing of the house of warehouse manager Lange at Akershus Fort

    I do not remember ever having heard him laugh, but neither did I see him hot-tempered,

    scolding, swearing or cursing. The most extreme he ever said, when he thought

    something was really bad, was: "that was doch", quite awful. (Doch and och were the

    only words he said that made you realize he was a German. By the way, he spoke the

    most beautiful Norwegian, and helecturered extremely well and I owe it to him, that I

    read and talk quite well) He was very quiet, reticent to us, the children, and as far as I

    heard, he was the same to my mother and others. He was extremely diligent and he

    industriously worked from morning till evening at his desk in the little closed off room by

    the living room. For his no doubt complicated work and accounting, he never had any

    other help than an assistant, mostly for running errands. At twilight he walked up and

    down the living room floor with his hands in his pockets, idly making noises with his

    keys or small changes (coins), However, we children did not stay away from him, on the

    contrary, we hung onto his coat while he paced the floors and rode on his foot at

    nighttime. I doubt he ever corporally punished us. Only once, when I behaved very badly

    and cried because I was not allowed to go with him to Stabaek, did he touch me with the

    whip he had in his hand, but that made such a thorough impression on me that I have

    never been able to forget it. He loved us all, perhaps me not the least, and I cherish the

    highest respect and love for him. He and his family lived a very moderate life - according

    to his son Alexander's notes, which state the following: "The way of life was very

    moderate. For long periods of time, the children would have thin porridge made of rye

    and milk (!) in the morning, later on a serving of sandwiches and tea. Every night the

    whole family had rye porridge and milk; only Father and Uncle Brochmann had a

    sandwich each."

    (1) With regards to Schonberg and the Nobel maiden monastery of the time. See notes in the 1st edition, page 9.

    (2) Minister Alexander Lange's memories about his life and his time (1792-1863)- Published by Christopher Lange,

    minister. Char. 1905, page 1

    If not by all standards a rich man, he worked hard and became a quite well off man.

    Which the below included poster shows. As a matter of fact, a burglary was done at his

    house, and this poster was probably posted at the Akershus Fort and at various other

    places in Chstiania and its nearby vicinity. The poster goes like this:

    Insert Poster with long list of missing articles  written in Gothic letters

    About his last years alive and his death, his son the provst, Alexander Lange writes: "The

    war in 1808 had certainly increased, but also complicated my father's business". The need

    for grain, that turned into a real famine, was the reason why people from far around were

    sent to Akershus fort's warehouse to receive small portions of grain (from 1/2 SkjXppe

    (old measurement, bushel and up) in addition to other things. My father still only had one

    assistant to help him and had also assumed the responsibility for a lot of other tasks.

    Loads of books were handed over to him and kept in a big closet in one of the bedrooms.

    My father finally over strained himself due to the heavy workload and at the end of 1808

    he got a serious neural fever. During his illness, I was trusted to sign his name on all

    grain orders and, I also think for bank orders, as I had been taught to write his signature

    as he did it. However, he recovered, but he started too early to carry out his very

    strenuous office work and then Anna Lucie suddenly died at StabXk on 8 December and

    he was not at all prepared for it. He took it very hard, because he, as the rest of us, loved

    this beautiful and loving woman. I clearly remember him, in bed, very emotionally

    making arrangements for her funeral saying: "No expenses are too much, she was worth

    it all". His illness got worse, his strength was disappearing, and the 3 best doctors in

    town, Moeller, Thulstrup and Baumgarten, of whom Thulstrup for a long time came to

    see us every night at 12 o'clock, could do nothing. My weak, but always when necessary,

    strong and persevering mother was not away from his bed neither day nor night. For

    weeks she did not take her clothes off, just had a nap on a bed in the bedroom. My father

    had been moved into the living room and the door was open in between. The night of 12

    January 1809, she did as usual, watched over him. I don't think I watched over him all the

    time, but early in the morning she called for me and asked me to watch over him while

    she rested for a while. She strictly ordered me to wake her up in case of any changes. He

    lay quietly, almost as if sleeping. It was hard to wake my mother up. But it must have

    been even worse for her to be awakened. However, I woke her up when it looked to me

    as if my father's breathing was changing. She quietly, full of strength, which I very much

    admired, came over to the bed, and affectionately lied down next to him, and said: Don't

    you recognize me any longer, father? I don't think he gave any sign and without changing

    at all, the noble, faithful husband and father stopped breathing. He did not change at all,

    and looked just as good at his deathbed as he did alive. He was buried at the family site

    on 20 December at The Old Aker Churchyard. I can't believe how the circumstances in

    connection to his funeral have completely vanished from my memories. God praise his

    soul and let us meet again in Heaven! My mother carried her great loss with peace and

    quiet affection for God and she continued her undiminished and inflexible prayers for we

    the children, as already spoken of previously (2) About the conditions in Chnstiania at the

    time: The war and the years of scarcity that followed, brought so much need, yes. Real

    lack of bread, even among people you wouldn't expect it to occur. Our family, curiously

    enough, was not struck by the scarcity. We always had bread, and I don't think we made

    any changes in our moderate way of life. However,

    (1) This place in the cemetery is still owned by the family. Whether his first wife is buried here, is uncertain. However

    both he and his second wife and most probably some of his children; are buried there in addition to the manager of the

    national archive Lange. Erling Lange. Mrs. M.K. Lange and colonel *Halvard Lange have been buried there since

    1861. *Secretary of State in Norway from 1945-65 (Labor Government).

    (2) This part, as well as a lot of other stories from provst Lange memories, is not included in the printed edition, they

    only exists in his manuscript.

    Christopher giftet seg med Christiane Holst 7 Mar 1782, Akershus Slottskirke. Christiane ble født 15 Jan 1758 , Øvre Stabekk; døde 20 Sep 1812, Christiania. [Gruppeskjema] [Familiediagram]


  2. 3.  Christiane Holst ble født 15 Jan 1758 , Øvre Stabekk; døde 20 Sep 1812, Christiania.
    Barn:
    1. Balthazar Michael Lange, I ble født 21 Nov 1782 , Asker, Akershus, Norway; ble døpt 3 Des 1782 , Akershus; døde 23 Jun 1812, Stabekk, Akershus, Norway; ble begravet 2 Jul 1812, Haslum.
    2. Jacob Otto Lange I ble født cirka Apr 1786 , På Akershus; ble døpt 19 Apr 1786 , Slotskirken på Akershus; døde cirka 1787; ble begravet 14 Feb 1787.
    3. Jacob Otto Lange II ble født 1 Des 1787 , På Akershus; ble døpt 11 Des 1787 , Slotskirken på Akershus; døde 15 Des 1800.
    4. Dorthea (Dorthe) Andrea Lange ble født 5 Feb 1789 , På Akershus; ble døpt 13 Feb 1789 , Slotskirken på Akershus; døde 13 Jun 1867, På enkesætet Sjo i Gran.
    5. Alexander Lange I ble født 5 Jun 1792 , På Akershus; ble døpt 11 Jun 1792 , Slotskirken på Akershus; døde 6 Jan 1867, Oslo, Norway.
    6. Christiane Lange ble født 17 Mar 1795 , Akershus, Norge; ble døpt 31 Mar 1795 , Slotskirken på Akershus; døde 3 Nov 1885, Breidablik ved gamle Akers kirke; ble begravet 9 Nov 1885, Vor Frelsers Gravlund.
    7. Jens Lange I ble født 31 Okt 1797 , På Akershus; ble døpt 7 Nov 1797 , Slotskirken på Akershus; døde 7 Nov 1872, Strømsø.
    8. 1. Else ("Lise") Cathrine Lange ble født 26 Apr 1799 , Akershus, Norway; ble døpt 8 Mai 1799 , Slotskirken på Akershus; døde 23 Okt 1864.
    9. A. Lange