Halvor Hansen
(Cir 1735-1794)
Anne Amundsdatter
(-)
Gunhild Halvorsdatter Tangen
(1777-1857)

 

Family Links

Spouses/Children:
1. Jens Valentinsen Gram

2. Jon Mikkelsen

Gunhild Halvorsdatter Tangen 2 3 4 5

  • Born: 1777, Tangen, Askim, Østfold, Norway
  • Christened: 1777, Askim, Østfold, Norway
  • Marriage (1): Jens Valentinsen Gram on 15 Nov 1798 in Askim, Østfold, Norway 1
  • Marriage (2): Jon Mikkelsen in 1831
  • Died: 29 Dec 1857, Askim, Østfold, Norway aged 80
  • Buried: 8 Jan 1858

   Other names for Gunhild were Gunnild and Henstad.

  General Notes:

Gunhild was a widow and living on the Dovrefjell u. Nordre Rom farm in Askim in 1831 when she married Jon.

  Medical Notes:

She was recorded as 83 years old when she died.


Gunhild married Jens Valentinsen Gram, son of Valentin Jensen Gram and Anne Diltlersdatter Tønder, on 15 Nov 1798 in Askim, Østfold, Norway.1 (Jens Valentinsen Gram was born in 1758, died on 31 Dec 1829 in Rom søndre, Askim, Østfold, Norway and was buried on 7 Jan 1830 in Askim, Østfold, Norway.)


  Marriage Notes:

Jens was married twice, first with Kari Larsdatter Huer, and then with Gunhild Halvorsdatter Tangen (1777-1858).

In the census for 1801 Jens Vallentinsen and Gunnild Halvorsdatter were tenant cottagers on the Løchen Nordre farm in Askim. He was listed as 39 years old and in his second marriage. She was listed as 23 years old and in her first marriage. They had two daughters with them: Anne, 8 years old, and Helene, 2. 6

Gunhild next married Jon Mikkelsen in 1831. (Jon Mikkelsen was born circa 1776.)


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: 1790-1816, Ministerialbok.

2 Ulf Grøndahl, Gårdshistorie for Askim (Bind 2) (Utgitt av Askim kommune, Askim, 1987.), p. 330.

3 Ulf Grøndahl, Gårdshistorie for Askim (Bind 3) (Askim, Norway, 1987.), pp. 236, 292, 304, 318, 370, 375.

4 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.

5 Ibid, Askim: 1758-1789, Ministerialbok.

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

Updated 14 June 2008. Contact: Ken Nygaard    My Home Page