Kristoffer Torsen Rud 1
Other names for Kristoffer were Ruud, Christopher Thordsen and Christopher Thorsen. General Notes: Kristoffer Torsen from the nedre Rud farm in Askim bought the øvre Sando farm from his father in 1824 for 100 spdl. and lived there until he died in 1834. Kristoffer married Ingeborg Torsdatter on 11 Nov 1831 in Askim, Østfold, Norway. (Ingeborg Torsdatter was born circa 1804.) Marriage Notes: When they married Christopher was 33 and Ingeborg was 27 years old. 2 |
1 Ulf Grøndahl, Gårdshistorie for Askim (Bind 3) (Askim, Norway, 1987.), pp. 234-35, 236.
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.
4 Ibid, The 1801 Census for the Ruud Nedre farm in Askim.
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