Halvor Knutsen Skjolden

   Another name for Halvor was Halvor Knudsen.

  General Notes:

Halvor was from Brevik in Enebakk.

After marrying Kirsti Smedsdatter he farmed the Nord-Skjolden farm in Askim until ca. 1806.

Halvor married Kirsti Smedsdatter Eiebakke, daughter of Smed Eriksen Eiebakke and Gunbjør Syversdatter, on 3 Jan 1787 in Askim, Østfold, Norway.¹ (Kirsti Smedsdatter Eiebakke was born in 1748 and died on 24 Jan 1788 in Askim, Østfold, Norway.)

  Marriage Notes:

Kirsti was engaged again the same year that she was widowed from Anders. When she married Halvor they were recorded as Halvor Knudsen Brevig og Kirsti Smedsdatter N. Schiolden. ¹

Halvor next married Ragnhild Andersdatter, daughter of Anders Jørgensen Skjolden and Gunhild Olsdatter Åsland, on 9 Nov 1789 in Askim, Østfold, Norway.¹ (Ragnhild Andersdatter was born in 1768 in Nord-Skjolden, Askim, Østfold, Norway and died in 1809.)

  Marriage Notes:

In the census for 1801 they were peasant farmers on the Schiolden Nordre farm in Askim. Halvor was 42 years old and in his second marriage. Rangnild was 33 and in her first marriage. They had their four children with them. ²