Thorvald Rom ^{3 4 5}

   Other names for Thorvald were Thorvald Karlsen and Torvald Karlsen Rom.

  General Notes:

Likke etter 1910 og under første verdenskrig bodde kjøpmann Thorvald Rom på Vollene. Han hadde vanligvis to kuer. Avlinga på Romsdal ble også tatt hit og brukt her.

In the census for 1900 he was unmarried and living with his parents and siblings on the Rom (bnr.1) farm in Askim.

  Research Notes:

His year of birth is also recorded (Bind 3) as 1880.

  Noted events in his life were:

• He was a shopkeeper [kjøbmand] in 1919 in Askim station, Askim, Østfold, Norway.

Thorvald married Hilda Karoline Johansen Tovengen, daughter of Gunerius Halvorsen and Johanne Marie Alexandersdatter. (Hilda Karoline Johansen Tovengen was born on 26 Feb 1888 in Eidsberg, Østfold, Norway, christened on 15 Apr 1888 in Eidsberg, Østfold, Norway, died on 28 Apr 1913 in Vollene, Askim, Østfold, Norway and was buried on 7 May 1913 in Askim, Østfold, Norway.)

Thorvald next married Camilla Magdalene Kristoffersen Østereng, daughter of Gulbrand Kristoffersen and Oline Kristiansdatter, on 1 Jul 1919 in Askim church, Askim, Østfold, Norway.^{1 2} (Camilla Magdalene Kristoffersen Østereng was born on 19 May 1889 in Tomter, Hobøl, Østfold, Norway ¹ and died in 1948.)

  Marriage Notes:

The banns for their marriage were recorded in Askim on 10 Jun 1919.