Christopher Kahrs	b  18 Feb 1758   d  24 Apr 1807
	  m  19 Apr 1779
Catharina Elisabeth Johansen
		b  22 May 1761   d  11 May 1819

	  Anna Alida	b  25 Dec 1779   d  23 Feb 1791
	  Ditmar	b  26 Jan 1781   d   5 Jan 1782
	  Ditmar	b  21 Mar 1782   d  17 Apr 1782
	  Johan Jacob	b   6 Aug 1783   d  15 May 1792
	  Catharina	b  17 Aug 1784   d  25 Jun 1806
	  Ditmar	b  23 Dec 1785   d  11 May 1819
	  Anne Sophie	b   3 Feb 1787   d  21 May 1788
	  Anne Sophie	b   6 Mar 1789   d  15 Dec 1848
	  Peter Nicolaus	b   2 Mar 1790   d   4 Apr 1790
xx	  Christopher	b   7 Mar 1792   d  20 Jul 1867
	  Johan Jacob Busch	b   4 Apr 1793   d   9 Mar 1846
	  Catharina Elisabeth	b  29 May 1794   d  30 Dec 1794
	  Nicolaus	b  11 Dec 1795   d   2 Apr 1863


	CHRISTOPHER KAHRS was born in Bergen. His mother died when he was 2 years old, and his father when he was 4. He was then looked after by his mother's brother Peter Greve. At the age of 12 he was sent to school in Hamburg. He was confirmed in the Lutheran Church in 1772, and returned to Bergen in 1776 to run the trading business left to him by his father. On 31 March 1778 he bought back the house in Torvalmendigen which his father had owned.

	CATHARINA ELISABETH JOHANSEN was born in Rostock, Germany, the daughter of Nicolaus Johansen and Anna Sophie Busch. When she was 10 years old she came to Bergen and was brought up by her mother's brother Johan Jacob Busch and his wife Anna Alida Meyer. She was married from their house "with a great crowd of people".

	Christopher's business prospered and he was soon able to buy a number of farms, including Toftegaarde and others on Lindaas. He bought Lindaas Church on 9 July 1787, after Ludvig Daae died (see 66). He owned a number of warehouses in Bergen and a summer house at Sandviken (now within the suburbs of Bergen).

	He served part-time in the militia, joining as a 2nd Sergeant on 29 September 1780, becoming a Temporary Captain in 1790 and a Full Captain in 1798. He was promoted to Major in 1801. He was for some time the Treasurer for Bergen, with the responsibility for fixing taxes. He became Stadthauptman (Mayor) of Bergen from 1796 to 1803. He was also a member of the Storting (Norwegian Parliament) at some stage.

	Christopher was small in stature. He played the piano, a rare accomplishment in those days.

	He was buried at 2 o'clock on the 6th of May 1807 in the vault of St Maria's Church in Bergen. All the church bells and the hospital bell were tolled.

	CATHARINA married (19 Sep 1805) Peter Greve Bredal (b 12 Mar 1780), son of Iver Nielson Bredal and Dorothea Greve, who like his father was a trader in Bergen. They had no children. After Catharina died Peter married again. He died 16 September 1856.

	DITMAR inherited Tellevigen in Hammer from his mother, and lived there. He married (22 Feb 1810) Elisabeth Svanenhjelm Bredal (b 1 Feb 1788), daughter of tobacco dealer Jacob Bredal and Barbara Severine Kahrs (a distant relative). They had 5 children. After Ditmar died (apparently on the same day as his mother, but no connection is recorded) Elisabeth lived on at Tellevigen till 1834. She died 27 Dec 1846.

	ANNE SOPHIE married (6 May 1806) Johan Henrick Harrje (b 28 Dec 1776), son of trader Ahlert Harrje and Elizabeth Christine Bischoff. Johan was also a trader in Bergen. They had 2 children. Anne was buried at Nykirkeg. Johan died about 3 years later and was buried at Alversund Church.

	JOHAN JACOB BUSCH inherited property on Lindaas from his mother, and lived at "Lindenberg" in Torvalmendigen. He married (15 Sep 1826) Dorothea Jacobia Becker, born 29 Sep 1797 at Enebak, daughter of Johan Fredrick Becker from Kristiania. They had one daughter. Dorothea died 11 Jan 1852 and was buried in the Cathedral, Bergen, where she had been married.

	NICOLAUS was a trader like his father and brothers. He married (19 Nov 1821) Anne Margarethe Hille (b 17 Apr 1802) daughter of Lars Mathias Hille from Indviken in Nordfjord and Jensine Byberg from Stavanger. They had 7 children. Anne died 11 Feb 1853.