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Arne Bergersen Smerkerud
(1735-1810)
Mari Jørgensdatter
(1738-1821)
Johannes Arnesen
(Cir 1770-)
Christine Povelsdatter
(Cir 1775-)
Berger Johannessen Engen
(Cir 1797-)

 

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Spouses/Children:
Marie Gundersdatter Bøltorp

Berger Johannessen Engen 1 2

  • Born: Cir 1797, Eidsberg, Østfold, Norway
  • Marriage: Marie Gundersdatter Bøltorp

   Another name for Berger was Berger Johannesen.

  General Notes:

He was 69 years old in the census for 1865.

In 1801 he was 4 years old and living with his parents and sister on part of the Smerkerud farm in Eidsberg.


Berger married Marie Gundersdatter Bøltorp, daughter of Gunder Gulbrandsen Bøltorp and Larina Torstensdatter. (Marie Gundersdatter Bøltorp was born in 1802 in Eidsberg, Østfold, Norway and was christened on 13 Jun 1802 in Eidsberg, Østfold, Norway.)


  Marriage Notes:

In the census for 1865 Berger and Maria owned and farmed the Engen farm in Eidsberg. With them were three sons, daughter Anne, and a granddaughter, Sidsel Halvorsdatter. 3

Sources


1 Tore Nygaard, Tore Nygaard's Genealogy (http://www.nygaard.home.se).

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 1801 census for the Smerkerud farm in Eidsberg.

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

Updated 14 June 2008. Contact: Ken Nygaard    My Home Page