Erling Konrad Furhovde
1932 - 2014 (82 years)
Generation: 1
1. Erling Konrad Furhovde was born on 27 Jul 1932 in Kynesstrand, Norway (son of Wilhelm Furhovde and Maria Asea); died on 17 Nov 2014 in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. Notes:
Died:
Erling Konrad Furhovde, 82, of Lunenburg, passed away peacefully at his home on Monday November 17, 2014.
Born in Norway he was a son of the late Wilhelm and Maria (Asen) Furhovde.
Erling was born in Kynesstrand, on the Hardanger Fjord, Norway on July 27th, 1932. At the age of eighteen in keeping with compulsory military training after high school he served nineteen months in the Norwegian Navy. Erling later went to sea on coastal and foreign Norwegian ships calling at ports the world over. He enrolled for three years in Navigation School where he attained his Coastal Master and Deep-sea Mate’s tickets.
Erling sailed fourteen months with Saguenay Shipping out of Montreal, followed by nineteen years with U.S. Gypsum out of Hantsport. Following a heart attack, and being unable to return to sea, he worked as a night watchman at the Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic in Lunenburg for twelve years
Besides his parents, he was predeceased by his sisters Borghild, Ingfred, brothers Viktor and Trygve all of Norway.Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Peter Christoffer Furhovde was born on 19 Mar 1964; died on 1 Nov 2023 in Strathmore, Alberta, Canada.
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Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
2. Wilhelm Furhovde Wilhelm married Maria Asea. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Maria Asea Children:
- 1. Erling Konrad Furhovde was born on 27 Jul 1932 in Kynesstrand, Norway; died on 17 Nov 2014 in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.