| Goro Thorersdatter
(Cir 1702-1787) |
Goro Thorersdatter 2
Other names for Goro were Goroe Torersdatter Hougen and Thorsdatter. General Notes: On 04 March 1786 Goro turned over her part of the Heller farm in Askim to her foster son, Lars Willumsen, for 750 rdl. Medical Notes: She was 85 years and 3 months old when she died. Goro married Ener Abrahamsen, son of Abraham Sørensen and Aasloug Enersdatter. (Ener Abrahamsen was born circa 1711 and died in 1746.) Goro next married Clemet Olsen Heller, son of Ole Siøpharsen Heller and Mari Gulbrandsdatter, on 15 Mar 1747 in Askim, Østfold, Norway.1 (Clemet Olsen Heller was born circa Jun 1716, died in 1785 and was buried on 16 Jan 1785.) Marriage Notes: Goro was 15 years older than Clemet, but died after him. They had no children together, but they had a foster son, Lars Willumsen. |
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: 1733-1757, Ministerialbok.
2 Martha Østensvig, Bygdebok for Askim (Bind I) (Askim, 1965. Utgitt av Askim Kommune.), pp. 251-52, 386-87.
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