Ole Olsen
(Cir 1798-After 1865)
Sofie Gjermundsdatter
(Cir 1814-After 1865)
Otto Olsen
(1840-)

 

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Spouses/Children:
Emilie Dorthea Bjørnevågen

Otto Olsen 1 2 3

  • Born: 1840, Borge, Østfold, Norway
  • Marriage: Emilie Dorthea Bjørnevågen

  General Notes:

Otto Olsen was from Borge.

In the census for 1865 Otto was 26 years old, unmarried, and living with his parents and brother on the Vidsten mellem farm in Borge.

  Noted events in his life were:

• He was a Farmer.


Otto married Emilie Dorthea Bjørnevågen, daughter of Niels Jensen and Maren Andersdatter. (Emilie Dorthea Bjørnevågen was born in 1845 in Glemminge, Østfold, Norway.)


  Marriage Notes:

In 1900 Otto and Emilie owned and farmed the Vesten mellem and Tofteberg farms in Borge. They had 5 sons and 2 daughters with them, all unmarried. 1

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 1900 census for the Vesten mellem and Tofteberg farms in Borge.

2 Ibid, The 1865 census for the Vidsten mellem farm in Borge.

3 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. 72.

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