Petrine Olsdatter Næss ^{2 3 4 5}

   Another name for Petrine was Kirstine Næs.

  General Notes:

The 1865 Census for Trøgstad shows only one likely "Petrine". On the Næs nordre (mellem) farm there lived Petrine Olsdatter, 15 years old, and a maidservant. Also on the farm were her brother, Johan Olsen, farmowner, 25 years old, born in Trøgstad; Petrine Holmsdatter, the wife of Johan, 22 years old and born in Eidsberg; Sofus Johansen, their 1 year old son; and Nekolai Gulbrandsen [Logerende], an unmarried 18 year old shoemaker.

The Ministerialbok records the baptism of a Petrine Olsdatter, born on 10 Dec 1851 and baptised on 04 Jan 1852. She was the daughter of Ole Larsen and Christine Pedersdatter Næs.

  Research Notes:

The census for 1900 lists her year of birth as 1851.

Petrine married Gulbrand Olsen, son of Ole Guttormsen Pella and Marthe Andersdatter, on 6 Apr 1878 in Trøgstad, Østfold, Norway.¹ (Gulbrand Olsen was born on 1 Jan 1853 in Pella, Båstad, Trøgstad, Østfold, Norway, christened on 16 Jan 1853 in Trøgstad, Østfold, Norway, died on 3 Oct 1923 in Skjolden, Askim, Østfold, Norway and was buried on 12 Oct 1923.) The cause of his death was heart attack [kjerneslag].

  Marriage Notes:

In the census for 1900 they lived on the Snuta farm in Askim. They had three sons and two daughters with them, all unmarried. ⁴