Thea Karoline Kristensdatter ^{1 2 3}

  General Notes:

She was from the vestre Brødremoen farm in Eidsberg.

  Research Notes:

She is listed as 2 years old in the census of 1865.

Thea married Thorvald Christensen. (Thorvald Christensen was born in 1868 in Hærland, Eidsberg, Østfold, Norway and died in 1927.)

  Marriage Notes:

The family was living on the Auten farm in Askim in October 1912.

From Tone Authen:
"Tillas parents were engaged when her father first emigrated. He probably wanted to find out how life in the States would be before he asked his fiancé to come. She followed later, the same year, without knowing what she would meet and without understanding the language. They were brave. I have their engagement ring - a gift from Farmor - and from time to time think of this young woman, with the ring on her finger, on the ship to the new land." ^{3 5}