Anders Larsen
(Cir 1832-)
Thale Torsdatter
(Cir 1837-)

Tøger Andersen Riseberg
(1863-1922)

 

Family Links

Spouses/Children:
Maren Karine Olsdatter

Tøger Andersen Riseberg 1 2 3 4 5 6

  • Born: 25 Oct 1863, Rakkestad, Østfold, Norway
  • Marriage: Maren Karine Olsdatter
  • Died: 27 Jun 1922 aged 58
  • Buried: Os cemetary, Rakkestad, Østfold, Norway

   Other names for Tøger were August Andersen, Tøger A. Andersen and Thøger Riseberg.

  General Notes:

In the census for 1865 he was 3 years old and living with his parents and brother on the Dorgehougen farm in Rakkestad.

He bought the Gudim Nedre farm in Askim on 11 January 1900 for 6500 kr. and sold it on 07 June 1907 for 7200 kr.

  Noted events in his life were:

• He was a farmer, farm owner and master builder [Gaardbruger s og bygmester] in 1900 in Gudim Nedre, Askim, Østfold, Norway.


Tøger married Maren Karine Olsdatter, daughter of Ole Fransen and Helene Olsdatter Salseng. (Maren Karine Olsdatter was born on 4 Dec 1853 in Askim, Østfold, Norway, christened on 26 Dec 1853 in Askim, Østfold, Norway, died on 9 May 1943 and was buried in Os cemetary, Rakkestad, Østfold, Norway.)


  Marriage Notes:

In the census for 1900 they owned and farmed the Gudim Nedre farm in Askim. They had two sons and three daughters with them. 4

Sources


1 Ulf Grøndahl, Gårdshistorie for Askim (Bind 3) (Askim, Norway, 1987.)

2 Martha Østensvig, Bygdebok for Askim (Bind I) (Askim, 1965. Utgitt av Askim Kommune.), pp. 33, 39, 40.

3 Norske Gardsbruk, Ny Utgave, Bind 2, Østfold Fylke Nord, Askim Eidsberg, Editor [Redaktør]: L. K. Storhaug, Landbrukets Bokklubb, Tønsberg, 1983, p. 248.

4 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 1900 census for the Gudim nedre farm in Askim.

5 Ibid, The 1865 census for the Dorgehougen farm in Rakkestad.

6 DIS-Norge, Cemeteries in Norway (http://www.disnorge.no/gravminner/index.php).

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