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Lars Jonsen
(Cir 1749-)
Kristen Eriksen Kastdalen
(1760-1809)
Anna Gundersdatter
(1759-1834)
Sven Larsen
(Cir 1778-)
Kirsti Kristensdatter
(1785-)
Torer Svendsen Svingen
(1824-1897)

 

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Spouses/Children:
Karen Kristiansdatter Svinekle

Torer Svendsen Svingen 1 2 3

  • Born: 1824, Melkeberg, Spydeberg, Østfold, Norway
  • Marriage: Karen Kristiansdatter Svinekle on 28 Dec 1848 in Askim, Østfold, Norway 1
  • Died: 23 Dec 1897, Berg, Askim, Østfold, Norway aged 73
  • Buried: 6 Jan 1898

   Another name for Torer was Thorer Svendsen.

  General Notes:

Torer bought the Svingen farm in Askim for 700 spdl. in 1859.

On 20 August 1874 Torer bought the Tangen u. Søndre Rom farm for 750 spdl. The farm was leased out and in 1877 Torer sold it for 2600 kr (skj. 1882). He sold Svingen in 1887 for 5500 kr and moved to Tangen u. Søndre Rom.

Ved salget i 1877 holdt Torer tilbake en part [av Tangen] som ble kalt Berg, som grenset opp til Dammen i sør og til hovedveien i vest, skyld 16 skill. Berg ble seinere lagt til østre Berg (92/26). Torer flyttet til Berg hvor han døde i 1897.


Torer married Karen Kristiansdatter Svinekle, daughter of Kristian Olsen Svinekle and Karen Johanne Pedersdatter, on 28 Dec 1848 in Askim, Østfold, Norway.1 (Karen Kristiansdatter Svinekle was born on 6 Jan 1824 in nordre Skjolden, Askim, Østfold, Norway, christened on 18 Jan 1824 in Askim church, Askim, Østfold, Norway and died in 1908 in Kjellås, Askim, Østfold, Norway.)


  Marriage Notes:

When they married Thorer was 24 years old and from the Melkeberg farm in Spydeberg. His father was Svend Larsen. Karen was 24 2/3 years old and from the Svinhegle farm in Askim. Their best men were Poul Galtebo and Hans nedre Ruud.

... til Svingen/Berg.

In the 1865 census they owned and farmed the Svingen farm in Askim. They were both 42 years old. They had their two surviving daughters and their son with them. 1 4

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: 1847-1879, Ministerialbok.

2 Ulf Grøndahl, Gårdshistorie for Askim (Bind 3) (Askim, Norway, 1987.), pp. 207, 270, 293-94.

3 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: 1898-1912, Ministerialbok.

4 Ibid, The 1865 census for the Svingen farm in Askim.

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