Johannes Thorsen Sammerud ¹

  General Notes:

He was from Eidsberg, Østfold.

  Research Notes:

In the census for 1801 he was 8 years old and living with his parents as cottagers on part of the Weggerud farm in Eidsberg.

  Noted events in his life were:

• He was a farmer [gårdbruker] in Sammerud, Skiptvet, Østfold, Norway.

Johannes married Gunhild Christensdatter Rød, daughter of Christen Svendsen Rød and Anne Klemmetsdatter Garsegg, on 23 Nov 1816 in Skiptvet church, Skiptvet, Østfold, Norway. (Gunhild Christensdatter Rød was born in 1796 in Nord-Høie, Eidsberg, Østfold, Norway, died on 29 Mar 1873 in Sammerud, Skiptvet, Østfold, Norway and was buried on 5 Apr 1873 in Skiptvet church, Skiptvet, Østfold, Norway.)