Christian Andreas Irgens Explained

Christian Andreas Irgens (6 July 1833 - 15 April 1915) was a Norwegian businessman and Member of parliament.^[1]

Biography

He was born in Bergen, Norway as the son of Johan Daniel Stub Irgens and Susanne Cathrine Møller. Through his father he was a distant relative of Jens Stub who was a member of the Norwegian Constitutional Assembly at Eidsvoll in 1814.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Irgens was a member of the Bergen City Council. At that time he worked as a businessman operating the Bjørsvik Flour Mill (Bjørsvigs Melforretning) on Osterfjorden outside Bergen. He had been a deputy representative in 1874 - 1878 and was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1895, representing the rural constituency Søndre Bergenhus Amt (today named Hordaland). ^{[5] [6]}

Irgens married twice; Marcel Ingeborg Marie Wesenberg (1836-1866), Sally Camilla Jahnsen (1846-1913). He died during 1915 in the Fjøsanger area of Bergen.^[7]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Irgens, Christian Andreas. Hvem er Hvem? . Bjørn Steenstrup . February 1, 2018.
2. Web site: Irgens, Johan Daniel Stub . Hvem er Hvem? . Bjørn Steenstrup . February 1, 2018.
3. Web site: Irgens. lokalhistoriewiki.no. February 1, 2018.
4. Web site: Irgens. Store norske leksikon . Jon Gunnar Arntzen. February 1, 2018.
5. Web site: Industristaden Bjørsvik. Digitalt Fortalt . Bjørn Steenstrup . February 1, 2018.
6. http://www.nsd.uib.no/polsys/index.cfm?MenuItem=N1_1&ChildItem=&State=collapse&UttakNr=33&person=11423 Christian Andreas Irgens
7. http://genealogy.munthe.net/database/g0002494.html#I6058 Genealogy