Johannes Gudbrandsen
(Cir 1794-)
Ragnhild Amundsdatter
(Cir 1798-)
Edvard Johannessen Lysager
(1842-1912)

 

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Spouses/Children:
Maren Rebekka Bergersdatter

Edvard Johannessen Lysager 1

  • Born: 1842, Eidsberg, Østfold, Norway
  • Marriage: Maren Rebekka Bergersdatter
  • Died: 1912 aged 70

   Another name for Edvard was Edvarth Johannesen.

  General Notes:

In 1900 he owned and farmed the Lysager (gnr.93/1) farm in Eidsberg. He was a widower by then. His sons, Just and Otto, and his daughter Betsy were living with him as well as a fosterdaughter, Ragna Johansdatter Trosterud. 2


Edvard married Maren Rebekka Bergersdatter. (Maren Rebekka Bergersdatter was born in 1842 in Rødenes, Østfold, Norway and died before 1900.)


  Marriage Notes:

In the census for 1865 Edvarth and Maren Rebekka were married, both were 24 years old, and living with his parents on the Lysager søndre farm in Eidsberg. They had a 1 year old son, Johan Rikkarth, with them. 3

Sources

1 Inger Falch-Jacobsen (http://home.online.no/~ingerfaj/).

2 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 Lysager farm in Eidsberg.

3 Ibid, The 1865 census for the Lysager søndre farm in Eidsberg.

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