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Ole Larsen Salstrokken
(1718-1763)
Berte Olsdatter
(-)
Henrich Aslachsen Solberg
(1747-1836)
Anne Dorothea Jensdatter Solberg
(1753-1828)
Christopher Olsen Holter
(1758-1827)
Tollena Henriksdatter Solberg
(1783-1866)
Karen Christophersdatter Holter
(1807-1887)

 

Family Links

Spouses/Children:
Ole Zachariassen Bjørnestad

Karen Christophersdatter Holter 2 3 4 5

  • Born: 2 Aug 1807, Holter, Askim, Østfold, Norway
  • Marriage: Ole Zachariassen Bjørnestad on 25 Feb 1830 in Askim church, Askim, Østfold, Norway 1
  • Died: 7 Aug 1887, Tømt, Askim, Østfold, Norway aged 80
  • Buried: 13 Aug 1887, Askim, Østfold, Norway

   Another name for Karen was Karen Kristoffersdatter.


Karen married Ole Zachariassen Bjørnestad, son of Sakarias Tollefsen Bjørnstad and Anne Olsdatter Kykkelsrud, on 25 Feb 1830 in Askim church, Askim, Østfold, Norway.1 (Ole Zachariassen Bjørnestad was born on 13 May 1804 in Askim, Østfold, Norway, died on 27 Jun 1876 in Bjørnestad, Askim, Østfold, Norway and was buried on 4 Jul 1876.)


  Marriage Notes:

It was recorded that Ole was 26 and Karen was 21 years old when they married in 1830.

In 1865 Ole and Karen owned and farmed the Bjørnestad farm in Askim. He was 63 and she was 60 years old. They had two daughters and two sons with them, all unmarried: Sophia (35), Oline (25), Carl (22), and Theodor (17 years old). 6

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.), Askim: 1817-1846, Klokkerbok.

2 Martha Østensvig, Bygdebok for Askim (Bind I) (Askim, 1965. Utgitt av Askim Kommune.), pp. 430, 505.

3 Jan Holter-Andersen (Document of the 12 generations from Byrger Bjørkenes.)

4 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: 1882-1897, Ministerialbok.

5 Ibid, Askim: 1790-1816, Ministerialbok.

6 Ibid, The 1865 census for the Bjørnestad farm in Askim.

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