The legend of Anna Lovinda When you have to choose between history (fact) and legend, print the legend … John Ford, movie director. Erik Erikssønn Bye (March 1, 1926 - October 13, 2004) was a versatile Norwegian-American journalist, artist, author, film actor, folk singer and radio and television personality. He was one of the 20th century's most well-known and popular radio and television figures in Norway. He was born in Brooklyn, New York and moved to Oslo, Norway when he was six years old. In his teens, he joined the Norwegian resistance movement against the Nazis. After the war, he returned to the United States for his university education in Nebraska and Wisconsin during which time he traveled extensively throughout the USA, gathering stories, folklore, and impressions. In 1955 he relocated to London working for the BBC. In 1958 he returned home to Norway. As a gifted story teller, Erik Bye created the legend of Anna Lovinda in 1959. The legend/song "Anna Lovinda" is one of Erik Bye's most famous pieces of work. Bye got inspiration for the song from a gravestone in the cemetery in Westport, according to "Norsk visebok" (Norwegian proverb book), a small fishing village on the New England coast. It’s said (according to the intro to Bye's own recording of the song): "Here rests Anna Lovinda, died 12 April 1872, aged 20. She was the widow of Captain Ebenezer Hunt, who went down with his ship the same year, aged 25". After Sissel Kyrkjebø, Bjørn Eidsvåg, and Åge Aleksandersen released their version of Anna Lovinda in 2006, several blog sites in Norway appeared trying to track down Anna Lovinda’s gravestone in New England, without much success. This is where fact or history comes into conflict with the legend. There are three villages identified as “Westport” in the northeastern United States; Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New York. Westport, Connecticut is the closest village that would qualify as a small fishing village on the New England Coast. Its cemetery does not have a headstone bearing the name, “Anna Lovinda”. Searching “findagrave.com” and “ancestry.com” throughout the East Coast of the United States, the name Anna Lovinda does not appear. In fact, searching for the surname “Lovinda” also proved to be fruitless anywhere in the USA. I tried searching for “Lovinda” as a middle name. Again, fruitless. Finally, I tried searching for “Anna” using the death date that Erik Bye provided in his intro in the recording of the song along with her approximate birth date based upon her age at death. BINGO!! Anna Lucretia Stoddard was born 1 November 1852 and died 13 April 1872, living 19 years, 5 months and 12 days. She lived and died in a small Danish village, Copenhagen, New York, on the west side of New York near Sackets Harbor on Lake Ontario. She’s buried, along with her family, in Pinckney Corners Cemetery. She was never married. Ironically, Anna’s mother’s name was Lavinia/Lovina. Although there were a number individuals with the name Ebenezer Hunt along the east coast, only one had the rank of Captain. Captain Ebenezer Hunt was born in 1694 and died in 1761. There are no cemetery or ancestry records of a 25 year-old Ebenezer Hunt dying in 1872 anywhere in the USA. Anna’s passing before her 20th birthday is truly sad. She was the youngest of four sisters. Her sister, Sarah, died two years before Anna at age 25. The oldest sister, Pamelia, died at 45. Blanche, just 2 years older than Anna, was the only sister to marry. She lived to be 81. It’s my opinion that Erik Bye in his many travels around the USA in the late 1940s and early 1950s, visited this quaint Danish town on the east side of New York and the small cemetery nearby. He may have heard a folklore tale while visiting or, being a storyteller, constructed the legend of Anna Lovinda. It does make for a great tale. Sissel Kyrkjebø’s voice brings this love-story to life in a magical and beautiful yet haunting way. www.findagrave.com/memorial/39100378/anna-lucretia-stoddard?fbclid=IwAR1djLqO11OP2RBzhf4BhhSBul7ZwXLPozZpMJBovuV0ZCqpccVTU3-yr2w Anna Lucretia Stoddard (1852-1872) - Find a Grave... FINDAGRAVE.COM Anna Lucretia Stoddard (1852-1872) - Find a Grave... Born in 1852 and died in 13 Apr 1872 Pinckney Corners, New York Anna Lucretia Stoddard
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The legend of Anna Lovinda
When you have to choose between history (fact) and legend, print the legend … John Ford, movie director.
Erik Erikssønn Bye (March 1, 1926 - October 13, 2004) was a versatile Norwegian-American journalist, artist, author, film actor, folk singer and radio and television personality. He was one of the 20th century's most well-known and popular radio and television figures in Norway. He was born in Brooklyn, New York and moved to Oslo, Norway when he was six years old. In his teens, he joined the Norwegian resistance movement against the Nazis. After the war, he returned to the United States for his university education in Nebraska and Wisconsin during which time he traveled extensively throughout the USA, gathering stories, folklore, and impressions. In 1955 he relocated to London working for the BBC. In 1958 he returned home to Norway.
As a gifted story teller, Erik Bye created the legend of Anna Lovinda in 1959. The legend/song "Anna Lovinda" is one of Erik Bye's most famous pieces of work. Bye got inspiration for the song from a gravestone in the cemetery in Westport, according to "Norsk visebok" (Norwegian proverb book), a small fishing village on the New England coast. It’s said (according to the intro to Bye's own recording of the song): "Here rests Anna Lovinda, died 12 April 1872, aged 20. She was the widow of Captain Ebenezer Hunt, who went down with his ship the same year, aged 25".
After Sissel Kyrkjebø, Bjørn Eidsvåg, and Åge Aleksandersen released their version of Anna Lovinda in 2006, several blog sites in Norway appeared trying to track down Anna Lovinda’s gravestone in New England, without much success.
This is where fact or history comes into conflict with the legend. There are three villages identified as “Westport” in the northeastern United States; Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New York. Westport, Connecticut is the closest village that would qualify as a small fishing village on the New England Coast. Its cemetery does not have a headstone bearing the name, “Anna Lovinda”. Searching “findagrave.com” and “ancestry.com” throughout the East Coast of the United States, the name Anna Lovinda does not appear. In fact, searching for the surname “Lovinda” also proved to be fruitless anywhere in the USA. I tried searching for “Lovinda” as a middle name. Again, fruitless. Finally, I tried searching for “Anna” using the death date that Erik Bye provided in his intro in the recording of the song along with her approximate birth date based upon her age at death. BINGO!!
Anna Lucretia Stoddard was born 1 November 1852 and died 13 April 1872, living 19 years, 5 months and 12 days. She lived and died in a small Danish village, Copenhagen, New York, on the west side of New York near Sackets Harbor on Lake Ontario. She’s buried, along with her family, in Pinckney Corners Cemetery. She was never married. Ironically, Anna’s mother’s name was Lavinia/Lovina. Although there were a number individuals with the name Ebenezer Hunt along the east coast, only one had the rank of Captain. Captain Ebenezer Hunt was born in 1694 and died in 1761. There are no cemetery or ancestry records of a 25 year-old Ebenezer Hunt dying in 1872 anywhere in the USA.
Anna’s passing before her 20th birthday is truly sad. She was the youngest of four sisters. Her sister, Sarah, died two years before Anna at age 25. The oldest sister, Pamelia, died at 45. Blanche, just 2 years older than Anna, was the only sister to marry. She lived to be 81. It’s my opinion that Erik Bye in his many travels around the USA in the late 1940s and early 1950s, visited this quaint Danish town on the east side of New York and the small cemetery nearby. He may have heard a folklore tale while visiting or, being a storyteller, constructed the legend of Anna Lovinda. It does make for a great tale. Sissel Kyrkjebø’s voice brings this love-story to life in a magical and beautiful yet haunting way.
www.findagrave.com/memorial/39100378/anna-lucretia-stoddard?fbclid=IwAR1djLqO11OP2RBzhf4BhhSBul7ZwXLPozZpMJBovuV0ZCqpccVTU3-yr2w
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Born in 1852 and died in 13 Apr 1872 Pinckney Corners, New York Anna Lucretia Stoddard
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