Ancestors and Family of Anders Jensen Ovenstad

Anders Nilsen
(1744-1809)

Ellen Halvorsdatter Nielsen
(1753-1839)

Iver Andersen
(1750-)

Eli Eriksdatter
(1757-)

Jens Andersen
(1790-1856)

Marte Iversdatter
(1796-1869)

Anders Jensen Ovenstad
(1823-1894)

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Spouses/Children:
Grete Nicolaisdatter

Anders Jensen Ovenstad ¹

Born: 24 Jul 1823, Onstad Gård, Lierskogen, Buskerud, Norway
Marriage: Grete Nicolaisdatter
Died: 2 Jan 1894, Tranby, Buskerud, Norway aged 70
Buried: 12 Jan 1894, Tranby, Buskerud, Norway

General Notes:

He was 43 years old in the census for 1865. ²

Anders married Grete Nicolaisdatter, daughter of Nicolai Reiersen and Gunnhild Evensdatter. (Grete Nicolaisdatter was born on 17 Feb 1828 in Klemetsdal, , Norway, died on 9 Aug 1889 in Tranby, Buskerud, Norway and was buried on 18 Aug 1889 in Tranby, Buskerud, Norway.)

Marriage Notes:

In the census for 1865 Anders and Grete owned and farmed the Ovenstad (353) farm in Lier, Buskerud. With them were Anders' widowed mother and their five children: Jørgen, Gina, Nicolene, Marthin, and Hans. ²

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 1865 census for the Ovenstad farm in Lier, Buskerud.

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