Knut Eriksen Bjerkeflåten ^{1 2 3 4}

   Other names for Knut were Knud and Knut Grøtvedt Mellom.

  General Notes:

In 1873 Knut bought the Mellom-Grøttvet farm in Askim for 5000 spdl. He farmed it until the beginning of the 1880's.

  Research Notes:

In the census for 1900 he was widowed and living with his son Emil on Emil's farm, Grøtvedt mellem, in Askim. A note says, "Føderaadsm., hugger ved".

Knut married Karen Halvorsdatter. (Karen Halvorsdatter was born in 1815 in Fet, Akershus, Norway, died on 29 Sep 1897 in Mellom-Grøttvet, Askim, Østfold, Norway and was buried on 7 Oct 1897 in Askim, Østfold, Norway.)

  Marriage Notes:

In the census for 1865 Knut and Karen owned and farmed the Bjerkeflaatten farm in Fet, Akershus. They had 2 sons and a daughter with them. They also had a foster son, Hans Petter Hansen, born in 1849 in Enebakk. He was Knut's sister's son. ³