Christen Knudsen
(Cir 1736-)
Kirsti Jonsdatter
(Cir 1734-)
Knut Kristensen Grøner
(1766-1844)

 

Family Links

Spouses/Children:
Olea Olsdatter

Knut Kristensen Grøner 1 2

  • Born: 1766
  • Marriage: Olea Olsdatter
  • Died: 21 Mar 1844, Heller, Askim, Østfold, Norway aged 78
  • Buried: 29 Mar 1844, Askim, Østfold, Norway

   Another name for Knut was Knud Christensen Grønner.

  General Notes:

He was from Tokerud in Eidsberg.

The 1801 census shows Knud Christensen grøner living with his parents and sister on the Toucherud farm in Eidsberg. He was 34 years old and unmarried. A note shows his occupation as "Cor", possibly corporal. His father was "Commander-sergeant bruger sin gaard".

In 1803 he exchanged farms with Anders Hansen of Nordre Rud.


Knut married Olea Olsdatter, daughter of Ole Torersen Kampenes and Berte Larsdatter Slengebråte. (Olea Olsdatter was born in 1781 and died in 1830.)


  Marriage Notes:

In November 1821 they were recorded on the lille Ruud farm in Askim. 2

Sources


1 Ulf Grøndahl, Gårdshistorie for Askim (Bind 2) (Utgitt av Askim kommune, Askim, 1987.), p. 35.

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: 1817-1846, Klokkerbok.

3 Ibid, Askim: 1847-1879, Ministerialbok.

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