Hans Andreasen Baastad
(1826-)
Inger Larsdatter
(Cir 1828-Bef 1901)
August Baastad
(1852-1939)

 

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Spouses/Children:
Maren Flesvig

August Baastad 1 2 3 4

  • Born: 8 Jan 1852, Trøgstad, Østfold, Norway
  • Christened: 1 Feb 1852, Trøgstad, Østfold, Norway
  • Marriage: Maren Flesvig
  • Died: 20 Mar 1939 aged 87
  • Buried: Trøgstad, Østfold, Norway

   Other names for August were August Hansen Baastad and August Hansen.

  General Notes:

He was 14 years old in the census for 1865.

During the census for 1900 he was temporarily at the Fjeld farm in Enebakk, Akershus.

  Noted events in his life were:

• He was a farmer, farmowner and carpenter [Gaardbruger selveier og tømmermerker] in 1900 in Baastad, Trøgstad, Østfold, Norway.


August married Maren Flesvig, daughter of David Hansen and Karen M. Pedersdatter. (Maren Flesvig was born on 28 Jan 1858 in Flesvig, Feiring, Hurdal, Akershus, Norway, died on 16 Jan 1940 and was buried in Trøgstad, Østfold, Norway.)


  Marriage Notes:

In the census for 1900 August and Maren owned and farmed the Baastad farm (Gnr 166, Bnr 2) in Trøgstad. With them were 2 daughters, 3 sons, and August's widowed father Hans Baastad. 2

Sources

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.), The 1865 census for the Baastad Søndre farm in Trøgstad.

2 Ibid, The 1900 census for the Baastad farm (Gnr 166, Bnr 2) in Trøgstad.

3 Ibid, Tomb-stones in Trøgstad, by Ingjerd van Bruggen.

4 Ibid, Trøgstad: 1845-1854, Ministerialbok.

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