Tord Tordsen Grøtvet
(Cir 1746-)
Marte Gundersdatter
(Cir 1747-)
Kari Torsdatter Grøttvet
(Cir 1774-1807)

 

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Spouses/Children:
Halvor Kristensen Rom

Kari Torsdatter Grøttvet 1 2 3 4

  • Born: Cir 1774
  • Marriage: Halvor Kristensen Rom on 2 Feb 1795 in Askim, Østfold, Norway 1 2
  • Died: 1807, Søndre Rom, Askim, Østfold, Norway aged 33
  • Buried: 26 Apr 1807, Askim, Østfold, Norway

   Other names for Kari were Nord Grottvet and Kari Thorsdatter Søndre Rom.

  General Notes:

She was from the Nord-Grøttvet in Askim.

  Medical Notes:

She was 32 years and 6 months old when she died.


Kari married Halvor Kristensen Rom, son of Kristen Halvorsen Rom and Sigri Olsdatter Eidareng, on 2 Feb 1795 in Askim, Østfold, Norway.1 2 (Halvor Kristensen Rom was born on 24 Oct 1762 in Søndre Rom, Askim, Østfold, Norway, christened on 12 Dec 1762, died on 11 Mar 1847 in Askim, Østfold, Norway and was buried on 23 Mar 1847.)


  Marriage Notes:

In 1801 the family was on the Rom Søndre farm in Askim. Halvor was 40 years old and Kari was 27. Both were in their first marriage. Their two daughters were with them, but their eldest child Kristen, who was then 5, was with Kari's parents.

They also had six "servants" [tienere] with them. 5

Sources


1 Nannette M. Anderson (elspetaitken@nethere.com), Email dated 12 Aug 2004.

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: 1790-1816, Ministerialbok.

3 Ulf Grøndahl, Gårdshistorie for Askim (Bind 2) (Utgitt av Askim kommune, Askim, 1987.), p. 140.

4 Ulf Grøndahl, Gårdshistorie for Askim (Bind 3) (Askim, Norway, 1987.), p. 284.

5 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.), The 1801 census for the Rom Søndre farm in Askim.

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