Christen Andersen Kjæsegg ^{1 2}

  General Notes:

Christen anställdes som gårdbruker på Ødegaarden.

In November 1844 Christen bought the Fuglesangen Nordre (u. Mørkved Store) farm in Askim for 400 Spdlr. He owned the farm for about 40 years -- "og det er visst i hans tid at eiendommens areal er blitt utvidet."

In the census for 1865 he was listed as 51 years old.

Christen married Anne Frantzdatter, daughter of Frans Kristiansen Vesle-Mørkved and Maria Johannesdatter Gudderud Plads, on 10 Jul 1851 in Trøgstad, Østfold, Norway. (Anne Frantzdatter was born on 23 Apr 1822 in Mørkved, Askim, Østfold, Norway, christened on 28 Apr 1822 in Askim, Østfold, Norway and died on 1 Feb 1881 in Kjæsegg, Trøgstad, Østfold, Norway.)

  Marriage Notes:

In the census for 1865 they owned and farmed the Ødegaarden farm in Trøgstad. They had their two surviving children Anton and Maren with them. ²