Mari Saxesdatter
(Cir 1751-1811)

 

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Spouses/Children:
Erik Torersen

Mari Saxesdatter 1 2

  • Born: Cir 1751
  • Marriage: Erik Torersen
  • Died: Nov 1811, Askim, Østfold, Norway aged 60
  • Buried: 28 Nov 1811

  General Notes:

In the census for 1801 she was a 50 year old widow after her first marriage. She lived on the Torchildsrud farm in Eidsberg. A note said, "Har tillæg af fattig væsenet" [had supplemental income due to poverty]. She had three children with her: Svend (16 years old), Henricha (7), and Christian (5).

  Medical Notes:

She was recorded as 60 years old when she died.


Mari married Erik Torersen, son of Torer Eriksen Sekkelsten and Ragnhild Henriksdatter Kopperud. (Erik Torersen was born in 1758 in Sekkelsten, Askim, Østfold, Norway and died before 1802.)


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.), The 1801 census for the Torchildsrud farm in Eidsberg.

2 Ibid, Askim: 1790-1816, Ministerialbok.

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