Torer Eriksen Sekkelsten
(Cir 1727-1777)

 

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Spouses/Children:
Ragnhild Henriksdatter Kopperud

Torer Eriksen Sekkelsten 2

  • Born: Cir 1727
  • Marriage: Ragnhild Henriksdatter Kopperud on 29 Dec 1757 in Askim, Østfold, Norway 1
  • Died: 1777 aged 50

  General Notes:

Torer was probably from Slengebråte in Askim. He bought the entire Jaeren farm in 1762 from Ole Pedersen for 340 rdl. In that same year he sold half the farm to Anders Andersen Sekkelsten. Torer farmed his portion until 1766.

In 1766 Torer sold his half portion of the Jaeren farm to Ole Torsen Rud and moved to Eiebakke. After a few years, in about 1770, the family moved to the Burås farm, under Torkelsrud, in Eidsberg. Here the youngest child was born. The first two children were born on the Sekkelsten farm in Askim.


Torer married Ragnhild Henriksdatter Kopperud, daughter of Henrik Bergersen and Kirsti Andersdatter, on 29 Dec 1757 in Askim, Østfold, Norway.1 (Ragnhild Henriksdatter Kopperud was born in 1736.)

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: 1733-1757, Ministerialbok.

2 Ulf Grøndahl, Gårdshistorie for Askim (Bind 2) (Utgitt av Askim kommune, Askim, 1987.), pp. 315, 344.

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