Johan Kristensen Kverne ^{1 2 3 4 5}

   Another name for Johan was Johan Christensen Qværne.

  General Notes:

Johan and his brother Ole took over the Kverne farm (under sør-Skjolden in Askim) from their father in about 1860.

In the 1865 census they co-owned and farmed Kverne. Ole was 49 and Johan was 36 years old. With them were their 75 year old widowed father and their 40 year old sister Sofie who ran the house. All were unmarried.

Ole died in 1877, and in 1878 Johan got the deed to Kverne and part of the Moseby farm.

In 1892/93 he and his wife Sissel sold Kverne for 12 800 and bought the Haugen farm. They owned Haugen until Johan died.

His year of death is also recorded as 1911.

  Research Notes:

In the census for 1900 Johan was a widow. He owned and farmed the Haugen (bnr. 1) farm in Askim. His children, Kristen and Karoline, were with him. ⁶

Johan married Sissel Maria Karlsdatter Enger, daughter of Karl Larsen Enger and Anne Pedersdatter Skavogg, on 6 Jun 1878 in Askim, Østfold, Norway.¹ (Sissel Maria Karlsdatter Enger was born on 22 Dec 1857 in Enger, Askim, Østfold, Norway, christened on 10 Jan 1858 in Askim, Østfold, Norway, died on 15 Jan 1889 in Kverne, Askim, Østfold, Norway and was buried on 23 Jan 1889 in Askim, Østfold, Norway.)