Karl Edmand
(1849-1931)

 

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Spouses/Children:
Thea Mathea Larsdatter

Karl Edmand 1

  • Born: 1849, Filipstad, Värmlands län, Sweden
  • Marriage: Thea Mathea Larsdatter
  • Died: 1931, Gjerstad, Skiptvet, Østfold, Norway aged 82

   Other names for Karl were Karl Edman and Karl E. Grønlund.

  General Notes:

About 1884 the Grønlund (u. Nordre Løken) farm in Askim was sold to Karl Edmand, who came there from Spydeberg. In 1911 the farm was taken over by his three sons, Bernt, Jens and Lars Grønlund, for 5000 kr.

In 1918 Karl Edmand bought the Fosser u. Halstvet farm for 6500 kr and moved there along with his daughter Klara. He sold it 2 years later for 11 000 kr.


Karl married Thea Mathea Larsdatter, daughter of Lars Thorersen and Maren Olsdatter. (Thea Mathea Larsdatter was born in 1853 in Duggetorp, Spydeberg, Østfold, Norway and died in 1903.)


  Marriage Notes:

In the census for 1900 they owned and farmed the Grønlund farm in Askim. They had a daughter and three sons with them: Klara Mathilde, Bernt Ludvig, Jens Conrad, and Lars Olaf. 3

Sources

1 Ulf Grøndahl, Gårdshistorie for Askim (Bind 2) (Utgitt av Askim kommune, Askim, 1987.), p. 246.

2 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.

3 Ibid, The 1900 census for the Grønlund farm in Askim.

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