BORN HULL, 01/12/1889. SON OF GUNDER ABRAHAMSEN (1859-1916) AND MRS BERTHA LARSEN (1857-1937). SON OF A PUBLICAN. HIS PARENTS WERE BORN IN NORWAY. ONE OF FIVE CHILDREN. HE WORKED AS A TRAWLER FISHERMAN.
HE MARRIED AT ST THOMAS CHURCH, HULL, IN 1911. WIFE HARRIET GERTRUDE BUTT (1890-1960) AND CHILDREN, NORMAN AND JOYCE, LIVED AT THORSBY AVENUE, FLINTON STREET, HULL. HIS FATHER DIED ON 18/02/1916. HIS DAUGHTER JOYCE DIED IN 1918 AGED 4 YEARS OLD.
HE SERVED ON THE STEAM TRAWLER “KESTREL” WHICH WAS LOST IN A COLLISION, IN THE NORTH SEA ON 21/02/1915.
On 21/02/1915 the Hull steam trawler KESTREL (H318) sank following a collision with the s.s. HYDRA 75 miles ENE from the Spurn Lightvessel, in the North Sea.
CREW LOST ON KESTREL (H318), collision in North Sea with, s. s. HYDRA. 21st February, 1915.
ABRAHAMSEN, Gunwald (25), Thorsby-Ave, Flinton St, Hull. 3rd/Hand
HOOKEM, Herbert (17), Madeley St, Hull. Trimmer
HUNTLEY, Robert (39), 6 McKinley-Ave, Albemarle St, Hull. Chief Engineer
LAWRENCE, Walter (35), 3 Jurrah-Ave, Rugby St, Hull. Skipper
SANDERS, Christopher (57), Somerset-Ter, Gillett St, Hull. 2nd/Engineer
THOMAS, Thomas (53), West Dock-Ave, Hull. Cook
WOODMANCY, George (22), 9 Laura-Grove, Tyne St, Hull. Bosun
