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Frans Amundsen Ruud Østre
(1672-1747)
Sidsel Olsdatter Bergsjø
(Bef 1677-1742)
Jon Østensen Gullerud
(-)
Gunvor Madsdatter Næs
(-1781)
Ole Fransen
(1710-1790)
Tore Jonsdatter
(Cir 1711-1781)
Sigri Olsdatter Eidareng
(1740-1812)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Kristen Halvorsen Rom

2. Mattis Olsen Henstad

Sigri Olsdatter Eidareng 3 4 5

  • Born: 1740, Trøgstad, Østfold, Norway
  • Marriage (1): Kristen Halvorsen Rom on 17 Oct 1757 in Askim, Østfold, Norway 1
  • Marriage (2): Mattis Olsen Henstad on 17 Feb 1774 in Askim, Østfold, Norway 2
  • Died: 1812, Henstad, Askim, Østfold, Norway aged 72
  • Buried: 23 Feb 1812, Askim, Østfold, Norway

   Other names for Sigri were Henstad and Sigrid Olsdatter søndre Skjolden.

  Medical Notes:

When she died her age was recorded as 73 years 1 week and 4 days.


Sigri married Kristen Halvorsen Rom, son of Halvor Kristensen Rom and Berte Olsdatter Askim, on 17 Oct 1757 in Askim, Østfold, Norway.1 (Kristen Halvorsen Rom was born circa 1726, died in 1773 in Søndre Rom, Askim, Østfold, Norway and was buried on 8 Apr 1773 in Askim, Østfold, Norway.)


Sigri next married Mattis Olsen Henstad on 17 Feb 1774 in Askim, Østfold, Norway.2 (Mattis Olsen Henstad was born circa 1744 and died in 1823.)


  Marriage Notes:

When they married they were recorded as Mathiis Olsøn Berger fra Trøgstad og Sigri Olsdatter S. Rom.

The 1801 census shows them on the Henstad farm in Askim. Mathis was 54 and Sigri was 62 years old. It was his first marriage and her second. They had two of their children with them. Christen was 26 and Thor was 16 years old. Also on the farm were Halvor Olsen, 16 years old, Mathis' brother's son, and Christen Hansen, 8 years old, Sigri's daughter's son. Christen Hansen may be the son of Hans Larsen Brødremoen and Sigri's daughter Anne Kristensdatter Rom. 2 6

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 Ibid, Askim: 1758-1789, Ministerialbok.

3 Ulf Grøndahl, Gårdshistorie for Askim (Bind 2) (Utgitt av Askim kommune, Askim, 1987.), p. 170.

4 Ulf Grøndahl, Gårdshistorie for Askim (Bind 3) (Askim, Norway, 1987.), pp. 155, 284.

5 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: 1790-1816, Ministerialbok.

6 Ibid, The 1801 census for the Henstad farm in Askim.

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