Margrete Olsdatter Svinekle ²

   Another name for Margrete was Magrethe Olsdatter Svinhegle.

  General Notes:

Widow Margrete Olsdatter sold half of the Svinekle farm in Askim in 1779 to Tor Mattisen for 300 rdl., but bought it back for the same amount in 1784.

Margrete married Kristen Syversen, son of Syver Torsen Gudim and Maren Hendrichsdatter Aarhus, on 10 Oct 1758 in Askim, Østfold, Norway.¹ (Kristen Syversen was born in 1729 in Vestre Askim, Askim, Østfold, Norway, died in 1777 in Svinekle, Askim, Østfold, Norway and was buried on 3 Aug 1777 in Askim, Østfold, Norway.)

Margrete next married Johannes Larsen on 31 Mar 1785 in Askim, Østfold, Norway.¹ (Johannes Larsen was born circa 1760.)

  Marriage Notes:

When they married they were recorded as Johannes Larsen Kycchelsrud og Magrethe Olsdatter Svinhegle.

They farmed the entire Svinekle farm in Askim until about 1794.

In 1801 they were living on Svinekle, the farm of her son from her first marriage, Ole Christensen. She was 62, "Har levebrød af gaarden", and he was 41, "Hendes mand skildt fra bord og seng" ... "Daglejer". ^{1 3}