Anders Gulbrandsen Haug
(-)
Karen Tostensdatter
(-)
Edvard Andersen Folkenborg
(1847-1911)

 

Family Links

Spouses/Children:
Maren Lovise Villemsdatter

Edvard Andersen Folkenborg 1 2 3 4 5

  • Born: 31 Dec 1847, Haug, Eidsberg, Østfold, Norway
  • Christened: 23 Jan 1848, Eidsberg, Østfold, Norway
  • Marriage: Maren Lovise Villemsdatter on 9 Jan 1874 in Askim, Østfold, Norway 1
  • Died: 29 Dec 1911, Skaug, Askim, Østfold, Norway aged 63
  • Buried: 5 Jan 1912

   Cause of his death was brain disease [hjernesykdom].

   Another name for Edvard was Edvard Andersen Tårnerud.

  General Notes:

He took over the Tornerud farm in Askim and was a cottager there until 1888, when he took over the vestre Tømt farm for 4 100 kr. Later he was on Langbråten (1898) which he bought for 735 kr. In 1908 he sold Langbråten moved to Skaug. By then he was a widower.

  Research Notes:

In the census for 1865 Edevart Andersen was 19 years old and working as a servant on the Folkenborg (99b) farm in Eidsberg.

His year of birth is also (incorrectly) recorded as 1846 but the baptism records for Eidsberg records 31 Dec 1847. His parents were Anders Gulbrandsen and Karen Tostensdatter, from Houg in Eidsberg. His marriage record also records 31/12 47. 7


Edvard married Maren Lovise Villemsdatter, daughter of Villem Hansen Tornerud and Helene Jonsdatter Kastdalen, on 9 Jan 1874 in Askim, Østfold, Norway.1 (Maren Lovise Villemsdatter was born on 16 Oct 1844 in Eidsberg, Østfold, Norway and died before 1908.)


  Marriage Notes:

In the census for 1900 they owned and farmed the Langbraaten farm in Askim. Their daughter Marie Emilie was with them. 8

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: 1847-1879, Ministerialbok.

2 Ulf Grøndahl, Gårdshistorie for Askim (Bind 3) (Askim, Norway, 1987.), p. 410.

3 Ulf Grøndahl, Gårdshistorie for Askim (Bind 2) (Utgitt av Askim kommune, Askim, 1987.), p. 190.

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.), Eidsberg: 1832-1848, Ministerialbok.

5 Ibid, Askim: 1898-1912, Ministerialbok.

6 Martha Østensvig, Bygdebok for Askim (Bind I) (Askim, 1965. Utgitt av Askim Kommune.), p. 185.

7 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 1865 census for Folkenborg in Eidsberg.

8 Ibid, The 1900 census for the Langbraaten farm in Askim.

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