Lars Nielsen
(Cir 1786-)
Ingeborg Johnsdatter
(Cir 1796-)
Martin Larsen
(Cir 1838-)
Karen Johansdatter
(Cir 1835-)
Kristen Martinsen Gammelsrud
(1858-1923)

 

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Spouses/Children:
Johanne Lovise Gundersdatter Bjørnerud

Kristen Martinsen Gammelsrud 1 2 3

  • Born: 1858, Grønnemyr, Eidsberg, Østfold, Norway
  • Marriage: Johanne Lovise Gundersdatter Bjørnerud
  • Died: 1923 aged 65

   Another name for Kristen was Christen.

  General Notes:

The 1900 census shows Kristen Martinsen on the Gammelsrud farm in Eidsberg, widowed and with his children:

Kristen Martins., Gaardbruger, 1858
Gunda Martins., Datter, 1887
Ole Martins., Søn, 1891
Karl Martins., Søn, 1889
Karoline Martins., Datter, 1895

The census for 1865 shows Christen Martinsen, 8 years old, living with his parents and siblings on the Lilleengen farm in Eidsberg. His parents were cottagers there.


Kristen married Johanne Lovise Gundersdatter Bjørnerud, daughter of Gunder Johnsen and Karen Andersdatter. (Johanne Lovise Gundersdatter Bjørnerud was born in 1853 and died in 1900.)

Sources

1 Tore Nygaard, Tore Nygaard's Genealogy (http://www.nygaard.home.se), Gårdshistorie for Eidsberg og Mysen, Bind IV, side 441.

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.), The 1900 census for the Gammelsrud farm in Eidsberg.

3 Ibid, The 1865 census for the Lilleengen farm in Eidsberg.

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