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| Christen Tostensen Gjellestad
(1785-1814) |
Christen Tostensen Gjellestad 1 2 3 4
Cause of his death was tuberculosis [tæring]. Another name for Christen was Kristen Tostensen Nygård. General Notes: He was a fosterson from Fossum. Medical Notes: Christen Tostensen died in 1814, at 29 years of age. Remarkably many in Askim died of this same sickness that year, and it wasn't just young people. Christen married Helene Christensdatter Haugen, daughter of Kristen Eriksen Kastdalen and Anna Gundersdatter, on 11 Jan 1810 in Askim, Østfold, Norway.1 (Helene Christensdatter Haugen was born in 1788 in Askim, Østfold, Norway, died on 12 Oct 1851 in Askim, Østfold, Norway and was buried on 23 Oct 1851.) |
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.
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Magna Aaser, En Gammel Slekt fra Askim (Eget Forlag
I kommisjon hos Askim Bok- og Papirhandel, Askim
Gunnar Kølbels Boktrykkeri A/S - Oslo. 1932), p. 81.
3 Martha Østensvig, Bygdebok for Askim (Bind I) (Askim, 1965. Utgitt av Askim Kommune.), p. 253.
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: 1758-1789, Ministerialbok.
5 Ulf Grøndahl, Gårdshistorie for Askim (Bind 3) (Askim, Norway, 1987.), p. 67.
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