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- Fred Nansen Schaveland = Fridtjof Johansen Skjaeveland born 29 March 1909 in Thime Staion (Bryne), Time, Rogaland, Norway; source: original baptism record: Lye sokneprestkontor, A/L0001: Ministerialbok nr. A 12, 1904-1920, s. 34; or in Skjold, Time, Rogaland; source: Ministerialbok for Eigersund prestegjeld, Ladestedet sokn 1905-1928 (1116Q); Fridtjof Skjaeveland baptised on 06 June 1909 at Time Kirke, Bryne, Rogaland; source: Norway, Select Baptisms; Fritjof Skjaeveland, born 29 March 1909 Skjold, son of Johan Larsen Skjaeveland and Ane Elisabet Svensdatter Vathne, was confirmed on 11 May 1924 at Egersund Kirke, Eigersund, Rogaland; source: Ministerialbok for Eigersund prestegjeld, Ladestedet sokn 1905-1928 (1116Q); Fred Nansen Schaveland (name changed on 09 November 1942 Dane County District Court, Wisconsin; source: US Certificate of Naturalization) died (age 82, of pneumonia, at 2:14 PM) on 26 November 1991 at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C.; Fred N. Schaveland (SMSGT, US Air Forces, World War II, Korea) buried on 03 December at Arlington National Cemetery (Section 70, Grave 93), Arlington, Virginia. His wife, Frances Faye Williams Schaveland, chose not to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery; her cremains were committed on 13 June 1994 at Wolfe's Neck Woods State Park, Freeport, Cumberland, Maine, USA.
- Note: Fred's birth date is listed on his gravestone and on many of his public records as 28 March 1909; his Norway certificate of baptism, see upper right, lists his birth date as 29 March 1909 as does his 1924 Confirmation at Egersund Kirke. The family accepts 29 March 1909 as his birth date.
- Fridtjof Johansen Skjæveland is a son of Lars Johan Larsen Skjæveland (who was an entrepreneur, business owner and one of the founders of Jæderen Privat Bank) and Ane Elisabeth Svendsdatter Vatne. Fridtjof Johansen grew up in financial privilege until his father's early death in December 1923. Following his father's death, Fridtjof, his mother and four of his siblings, resided with his maternal aunt, Johanna Vatne Frøyland at Austrått Farm, Høyland, Rogaland from sometime after December 1923 to at least the summer of 1925. Fridtjof resided with his elder brother Sigurd on his farm, and working in his retail store while finishing school, from sometime in the summer of 1925 until March 1928. Fridtjof felt that his future was in America and departed Norway at port of Stavanger, Rogaland, on 08 March 1928 on the s/s Stavangerfjord, arriving port of New York, USA on 18 March 1928. He resided with his married sister, Elfrida Skjæveland Storhaug, and her family in New York and later moved to New York City and worked for McGraw Hill Publishing Co. On 09 November 1942, Fridtjov Johansen Skjæveland became a naturalised US citizen and changed his name to Fred Nansen Schaveland. Fred was career US military, serving in the US Army Air Forces in World War II (Pacific Theatre; 64th Bomb Squadron based on the Philippine Islands, and 24th Strategic Squadron, based on Tinian Island, North Field), and in the US Air Force as a cryptologist in the the 30th Communications Squadron, and later as a missileer (see definition below) in the USAF ICBM program. He served in the Korean Conflict in the early 1950s. Fred retired from the US Air Force on 01 July 1966. He then joined the US Civil Service continuing to serve at military installations in the USA until final retirement in 1971. Fred resided in Norway from September 1971 until August 1975, and made a short, final visit to Norway in May of 1982. Fred returned to the USA in August 1975 and resided at the US Soldiers' and Airman's Home, Washington, D.C. until his death in 1991. He was buried at Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, on 03 December 1991. In his younger days, Fred was a member of the International Organization of Good Templars, and the Sons of Norway-Polar Star. He was a gifted pianist and linguist, fluent in four languages (Norwegian, German, English and Danish). Fred loved to fish, play English lawn bowls and garden.
- Military term definition: Missileers, a team of highly trained specialists manning Intermediate Range and Intercontinental ballistic missile systems. Missileers, officially coded as Nuclear and Missile Operations Officers, of the United States Air Force, operate underground missile systems at launch control centers located throughout the country and abroad. Crew size varies among the different missile systems, but the number was always greater than one, to abide by Strategic Air Command's Two-man rule for positive control of nuclear weapons; source: wikipedia.
- Fred Nansen Schaveland married Frances Faye Williams on 01 August 1947 Washington, D.C.; source: 1947 Certificate of Marriage; they had issue.
- Frances Faye Williams, daughter of Charles James Williams and Mary Maude Sumner, both of Georgia, born 14 November 1922 Cordele, Worth, Georgia, USA; Frances Faye Williams Schaveland died (age 71; of congestive heart failure, pneumonia and lymphoma; at 12:27 PM) on 08 June 1994 Portland, Cumberland, Maine, USA.
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- Fred Nansen Schaveland = Fridtjof Johansen Skjæveland is a son of Lars Johan Larsen Skjæveland, eighth child and fourth surviving child of Lars Olsen Dalen-Skjæveland and Marta Rasmusdatter Sjærnerø, born 18 December 1865 at Haabakken cottage, Høyland, Rogaland; baptised on 14 January 1866 in Høyland, Rogaland; died 22 December 1923 Rogaland, Norway; married on 13 April 1889 in Høyland, Rogaland: Ane Elisabeth Svendsdatter Vatne, daughter of Svend Andreasen Vatne and Juditha Torgersdatter Møklebostad, born 20 July 1865 Høyland, Rogaland; baptised on 20 August 1865 in Høyland, Rogaland; Ane Elisabeth Svendsdatter Vatne Skjæveland died 17 October 1957 Bryne, Rogaland, Norway.
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1909 - 1991 (82 år)
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