Syver Erichsen Qvachestad
(1740-1792)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Anne Aslachsdatter

2. Gunhild Thorersdatter

Syver Erichsen Qvachestad 2 3 4

  • Born: 1740
  • Marriage (1): Anne Aslachsdatter on 15 Feb 1762 in Askim, Østfold, Norway 1
  • Marriage (2): Gunhild Thorersdatter after 1766
  • Died: 1792, Gudim, Askim, Østfold, Norway aged 52
  • Buried: 11 Nov 1792, Askim, Østfold, Norway

   Cause of his death was acute fever ["hissig Fæber, 8 Dage syg"].

   Other names for Syver were Syver Eriksen Gudim and Syver Eriksen Huer.

  General Notes:

He bought the Gudim Nedre farm on 21 December 1761 for 500 rdl.

  Research Notes:

There is a christening record in Askim in 1740 for a Syver Erichsen. His parents were Erich og Magrethe Huer. This is probably the same Syver. 1


Syver married Anne Aslachsdatter, daughter of Aslak Andersen Rud and Ingeborg Henriksdatter Grøttvedt, on 15 Feb 1762 in Askim, Østfold, Norway.1 (Anne Aslachsdatter was born in 1745 in øvre Ruud, Askim, Østfold, Norway, christened in 1745 in Askim, Østfold, Norway, died in 1766 in Gudim Nedre, Askim, Østfold, Norway and was buried on 17 Jul 1766 in Askim, Østfold, Norway.)


  Marriage Notes:

They had in this marriage three children, but only a son, Erich Syversen, born in 1764, "var liv laga".

Syver next married Gunhild Thorersdatter after 1766. (Gunhild Thorersdatter was born circa 1747.)


  Marriage Notes:

They had eight children but four died as infants or quite young.

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: 1758-1789, Ministerialbok.

2 Martha Østensvig, Bygdebok for Askim (Bind I) (Askim, 1965. Utgitt av Askim Kommune.), pp. 27, 28, 31, 36.

3 Ulf Grøndahl, Gårdshistorie for Askim (Bind 3) (Askim, Norway, 1987.), p. 260.

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: 1790-1816, Ministerialbok.

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