- Father: Carl Magnus Jansson b. 1815
- Mother: Anna Stina Andersdotter b.
- Siblings: Johan August Karlsen b.1845 (Census 1900, 1910), Maja Kristina, Magnus, Anna Cajsa
- Migrated from Sweden 1876
- Census: 1875
- Migrated from Stokke to Tønsberg 1880
- Worked as a miner in Langesund 1880-81
- Married Konstanse Emilie Andersen 1883
- Census 1885
- Married Pauline Andrine Østensen 1900
- 3 children: Reidar, Knut og Magnhild
- 25 year jubilee as the Kaldnes Ferryman 1909
- Book about Kaldnes -” Martin Færgemann”
- Passed away 1920
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