Helene Christensdatter Haugen ^{2 3 4 5}

   Another name for Helene was Helene Kristensdatter.

  General Notes:

"Hun var enke efter Christen Tostensen Gjellestad der døde på Haugen i 1814 og hadde fra dette ekteskap en sønn, Tosten Christensen."

She was widowed after Christen Tostensen Gjellestad died on Haugen in 1814 and had from that marriage a son, Tosten Christensen.

After her second husband John Pedersen died, the Haugen farm was disbursed to Helene for 1300 Spdlr. She retained the undivided estate as long as she lived.

  Research Notes:

There is no baptism record for her in Askim in 1788. There is a baptism record in Eidsberg on 30 Nov 1788 for Hellene Christensdatter. Her parents were recorded as Christen Larsen Krøsby and Anne Gundersdatter. This is possibly the same as Helene Christensdatter Haugen. ⁶

  Medical Notes:

She was 63 years old when she died.

Helene married Christen Tostensen Gjellestad, son of Tosten Christiansen Fossum and Ingeborg Svendsdatter Mørkved, on 11 Jan 1810 in Askim, Østfold, Norway.¹ (Christen Tostensen Gjellestad was born in 1785 in Fossum, Askim, Østfold, Norway, christened on 20 Mar 1785 in Askim, Østfold, Norway, died in 1814 in Haugen, Askim, Østfold, Norway and was buried on 21 Aug 1814 in Askim, Østfold, Norway.) The cause of his death was tuberculosis [tæring].

Helene next married John Pedersen, son of Peder Hansen Torp and Marthe Rolfsdatter Kolstad, on 16 Mar 1815 in Askim, Østfold, Norway.¹ (John Pedersen was born in 1787 in Torp, Askim, Østfold, Norway, christened in 1787 in Askim, Østfold, Norway, died on 24 Dec 1838 in Haugen, Askim, Østfold, Norway and was buried on 3 Jan 1839 in Askim, Østfold, Norway.)