Jacob Johnsen
(Cir 1731-1821)
Mari Pedersdatter
(Cir 1744-1816)
Gunhild Jakobsdatter Kolstad
(1787-)

 

Family Links

Spouses/Children:
Peder Pedersen

Gunhild Jakobsdatter Kolstad 2 3 4

  • Born: 1787, Kolstad Nordre, Askim, Østfold, Norway
  • Christened: 1787, Askim, Østfold, Norway
  • Marriage: Peder Pedersen on 28 Oct 1819 in Askim, Østfold, Norway 1

   Other names for Gunhild were Gunnild Jacobsdatter Colstad nordre and Gunhild Jacobsdatter.

  Research Notes:

She was 13 years old in the census of 1801.

This is certainly the same Gunhild Jacobsdatter, born ca. 1787 (13 years old in the 1801 census), who was the daughter of Jacob Johnsen (ca. 1731 - 1821) and Mari Pedersdatter (ca. 1745 - 1816), and was born and raised on the Nordre Kolstad farm in Askim. 5


Gunhild married Peder Pedersen, son of Peder Ellefsen Bøler and Kirsti Akselsdatter Gjevik, on 28 Oct 1819 in Askim, Østfold, Norway.1 (Peder Pedersen was born in 1796.)


  Marriage Notes:

When they married Peder was 23 years old and Gunnild was 30. The best men at their marriage were Iver Rolfsen nordre Colstad and Nils Holmsen Haraldstad.

In March 1823 they were recorded on the nordre Kolstad farm in Askim, and again in April 1825.

They moved to the Rustad farm in Spydeberg. 1

Sources


1 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.

2 Ulf Grøndahl, Gårdshistorie for Askim (Bind 3) (Askim, Norway, 1987.), p. 102.

3 Martha Østensvig, Bygdebok for Askim (Bind I) (Askim, 1965. Utgitt av Askim Kommune.), p. 86.

4 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: 1758-1789, Ministerialbok.

5 Ibid, The 1801 census for the Colstad Nordre farm in Askim.

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