Maria Kristensdatter Svinekle 2
Another name for Maria was Maria Christensdatter Nedre Ruud. Maria married Frans Jonsen Vestby, son of Jon Svensen Rud and Sissel Olsdatter, on 30 Mar 1797 in Askim, Østfold, Norway.1 (Frans Jonsen Vestby was born in 1773 in Ruud Søndre (Store), Askim, Østfold, Norway, christened in 1773 in Askim, Østfold, Norway and died in 1847 in Moen, Askim, Østfold, Norway.) Marriage Notes: In 1801 they were cottagers on the Oraug farm in Askim. Frans was 28 and Maria was 34 years old, both in their first marriage. Their two children then were John (4 years old) and Marthe (1). |
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 3) (Askim, Norway, 1987.), pp. 185, 206.
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