Christopher Clausen Hovi
(Cir 1721-)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Unknown

2. Lagina Jensdatter

Christopher Clausen Hovi 2 3

  • Born: Cir 1721
  • Marriage (1): Unknown
  • Marriage (2): Lagina Jensdatter on 15 Jan 1777 in Askim, Østfold, Norway 1

  General Notes:

"... av Spydeberg."

Christopher was 80 years old in the census for 1801.


Christopher married.


Christopher next married Lagina Jensdatter, daughter of Jens Svendsen Solberg and Tollena Svendsdatter, on 15 Jan 1777 in Askim, Østfold, Norway.1 (Lagina Jensdatter was born in 1755 in Solberg, Askim, Østfold, Norway.)


  Marriage Notes:

In the census for 1801 Christopher and Lagina were farming the Hovi Søndre farm in Spydeberg. It was his second marriage and her first. They had two daughters with them, Gunbiør (from his first marriage) and Inger. 3

Sources

1 The Digitalarkivet Census for Norway, http://digitalarkivet.no/cgi-win/WebFront.exe?slag=vis&tekst=meldingar&spraak=e (A joint project between The National Archives of Norway, The regional Archive of Bergen and The Department of History, University of Bergen.), Askim: 1758-1789, Ministerialbok.

2 Martha Østensvig, Bygdebok for Askim (Bind I) (Askim, 1965. Utgitt av Askim Kommune.), p. 200.

3 The Digitalarkivet Census for Norway, http://digitalarkivet.no/cgi-win/WebFront.exe?slag=vis&tekst=meldingar&spraak=e (A joint project between The National Archives of Norway, The regional Archive of Bergen and The Department of History, University of Bergen.), The 1801 census for the Hovi Søndre farm in Spydeberg.

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