Kristen Rasmussen Furuholmen ^{1 2 3}

  General Notes:

... i Varteig. He was from Skår in Skiptvet.

  Research Notes:

He was 48 years old in the census for 1865 and was listed as "Gaardbr Selveier og Fuldmægtig for Tømmerderektionen".

Kristen married Ellen Gurine Amundsdatter Vortvet. (Ellen Gurine Amundsdatter Vortvet died in 1862.)

Kristen next married Anne Sofie Hansdatter Skjolden, daughter of Hans Paulsen Skjolden and Kirstine Eriksdatter, on 23 Oct 1863 in Askim, Østfold, Norway.¹ (Anne Sofie Hansdatter Skjolden was born on 28 Feb 1822 in Mellom-Skjolden, Askim, Østfold, Norway and was christened on 3 Mar 1822 in Askim, Østfold, Norway.)

  Marriage Notes:

In the census for 1865 Kristen and Anne S owned and farmed the Furuholmen farm in Varteig, Østfold. They had 3 sons and 4 daughters with them, all unmarried:
Anders Kristensen, 21 years old, born in Varteig;
Elen K. Johannesdatter, 18, Askim;
Lise M. Kristensdatter, 14, Varteig;
Gunnille Ingemundsdatter, 10, Askim;
Inger Kristensdatter, 8, Varteig;
Johan Arnt Kristensen, 2, Varteig;
Georg Kristensen, 1, Varteig. ³