Kristen Torersen Garseg ^{1 2 3 4}

   Other names for Kristen were Christen Torersen Garsæg, Kristen Toresen Garseg, Kristen Thorersen and Kristen Thoresen.

  General Notes:

In the census for 1900 Christen was visiting his daughter Ellen Sofie in Kristiania. He was married and lived in Eidsberg.

In 1913 Kristen took over the Frydenlund (u. Kvakkestad) farm in Askim for 9500 kr. He had previously farmed Vest-Garseg in Eidsberg.

  Research Notes:

His parents were identified in his baptism record.

Kristen married Johanne Laurentse Arnesdatter Mysen, daughter of Arne Tordsen Sø-Mysen and Ellen Sofie Ingebretsdatter, on 19 Mar 1857 in Eidsberg, Østfold, Norway.¹ (Johanne Laurentse Arnesdatter Mysen was born on 26 Aug 1835 in Eidsberg, Østfold, Norway and died in 1880.)

  Marriage Notes:

In the census for 1865 Kristen Thorersen and Johanne S. Arnesdatter owned and farmed the Garseg vestre farm in Eidsberg. He was 34 years old and she was 30. They had four children with them:
- Thorer Kristensen, 9 years old;
- Johannes Kristensen, 7;
- Elen S. Kristensdatter, 5; and,
- Arne Kristensen, 1.
All were born in Eidsberg. There were also 2 servants living with them on the farm. ⁶

Kristen next married Marie Pedersdatter. (Marie Pedersdatter was born in 1869 in Trøgstad, Østfold, Norway and died in 1939.)

  Marriage Notes:

In 1900 Kristen and Marie owned and farmed the Garsegg Vestre farm in Eidsberg. They had five children with them, all unmarried: Andreas, Trygve, Ingvald, Johanne, and Johannes.

They were living on Frydenlund in Askim in October 1916. ^{5 7}