Halvor Kolstad
(1600-)
Knut Halvorsen
(1668-1740)
Sjøfar Knutsen Kolstad
(Cir 1701-1763)

 

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Spouses/Children:
Kirsti

Sjøfar Knutsen Kolstad 1 2 3

  • Born: Cir Oct 1701
  • Marriage: Kirsti
  • Died: 16 Jan 1763, Askim, Østfold, Norway aged 61

   Another name for Sjøfar was Siøfar Knudsøn Nordre Colstad.

  General Notes:

In 1728 Engebret Nielsen sold 15 lispd. of the Nordre Kolstad farm in Askim to Sjøfar and Ole Knudsen for 200 rdl. They divided the farm between them. Their father, Knud Halvorsen, had been leaseholder of Kolstad for 25 years, so they weren't new to the farm.

In 1743, 31 December, Sjøfar Knudsen sold his 7½ lisp. of the farm to Torsten Aslachsen for 93 rdl.

  Medical Notes:

When he died he was recorded as 61 years and 3 months old.


Sjøfar married Kirsti.


Sources


1 Magna Aaser, En Gammel Slekt fra Askim (Eget Forlag
I kommisjon hos Askim Bok- og Papirhandel, Askim
Gunnar Kølbels Boktrykkeri A/S - Oslo. 1932), p. 9.

2 Martha Østensvig, Bygdebok for Askim (Bind I) (Askim, 1965. Utgitt av Askim Kommune.), p. 85.

3 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: 1758-1789, Ministerialbok.

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