Peter Holmsen
(Cir 1771-)
Gunild Olsdatter
(Cir 1780-)
Gunhild Sofie Pettersdatter
(1810-1885)

 

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Spouses/Children:
Lars Jensen Oraug

Gunhild Sofie Pettersdatter 1 2 3

  • Born: 26 Aug 1810, Kausebøl, Spydeberg, Østfold, Norway
  • Marriage: Lars Jensen Oraug
  • Died: 14 Jun 1885, Oraug, Askim, Østfold, Norway aged 74
  • Buried: 22 Jun 1885, Askim, Østfold, Norway

   Other names for Gunhild were Sofie Pettersdatter Oraug, Gunild Sophia Petersdatter and Sofie Petersdatter.

  General Notes:

She was a widow when she died.


Gunhild married Lars Jensen Oraug, son of Jens Jensen Oraug and Elen Karine Larsdatter. (Lars Jensen Oraug was born on 4 Oct 1810 in Oraug, Askim, Østfold, Norway, died on 18 Feb 1874 in Oraug, Askim, Østfold, Norway and was buried on 27 Feb 1874.)


  Marriage Notes:

In the 1865 census they owned and farmed one (141a) of the Oraug farms in Askim. They were both 56 years old and had their three children with them (all unmarried), as well as three servants: Christian Andersen (41), Ragnild Olsdatter (50), and Anne M Olsdatter (34), all born in Askim. There was also Mina Christensdatter, 7 years old "Legdsbarn", born in Askim. 5

Sources


1 Ulf Grøndahl, Gårdshistorie for Askim (Bind 3) (Askim, Norway, 1987.), p. 179.

2 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: 1882-1897, Ministerialbok.

3 Ibid, Spydeberg: 1778-1814, Ministerialbok.

4 Ibid, Askim: 1847-1879, Ministerialbok.

5 Ibid, The 1865 census for the Oroug farm in Askim.

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