Josefine Mathea Halvorsdatter ^{1 2 3 4}

   Other names for Josefine were Josefine Fossum, Josephine Halvorsdatter and Josefine Mathea Halvorsen.

  General Notes:

She was 1 year old in the census for 1865.

Josefine married Martin Pettersen, son of Petter Mattisen Fossum and Johanne Torsdatter Ihlen, on 23 Apr 1896 in Kristiania, Norway.¹ (Martin Pettersen was born on 25 Apr 1861 in Fossum, Askim, Østfold, Norway ^{1 3}.)

  Marriage Notes:

In the census for 1900 they owned and farmed the Fossum farm in Askim. Martin's brothers Thorvald and Olaves were on the farm as well as his widowed mother. There was also a servant girl, Berta Marie Kristiansdatter, born in 1884 in Askim.

There were no children listed with them.

They were living on Fossum when their daughter Signe Marie was christened in 1904. They were living there in October 1916. ^{3 5}