Elen Larsen ^{1 2}

   Other names for Elen were Elen Maria Larsdatter Kongerud and Elen Marie Larsdatter.

  General Notes:

Her husband was a widower when he died in June 1917.

Elen married Adolf Pedersen Kongerud, son of Peder Mathisen Kongerud and Marte Nilsdatter. (Adolf Pedersen Kongerud was born on 7 Jun 1837 in Ruken, Trøgstad, Østfold, Norway, christened on 25 Jun 1837 in Trøgstad, Østfold, Norway, died on 23 Jun 1917 in Trøgstad, Østfold, Norway and was buried on 30 Jun 1917 in Trøgstad, Østfold, Norway.)

  Marriage Notes:

In 1900 Adolf and Elen owned and farmed the Kongerud store farm in Trøgstad. They had 4 daughters with them at that time: Karoline, Mina, Lauvra, and Marie.

In the 1900 census for Markveien 13 in Kristiania the following people were listed:
Petter Kongerud, hf, g, Sporvognskonduktør, privat, 1874, Trøgstad;
Ovidie Kongerud, hm, g, Hustru, 1877, Eidsberg;
Marie Kongerud, d, ug, Datter, 1898, Eidsberg;
Agnis Kongerud, d, ug, Datter, 15.03.1900;
Martha Kongerud, el, ug, Syerske for etablissem.?, 1882, Trøgstad;
Anna Kongerud, ug, Gaardmandsdatter, 1885, Trøgstad.
The census notes that Anna's usual residence is Kongerud, Trøgstad. She was probably visiting her brother Petter and his family at the time of the census. Her sister Martha seems to have been living there. ^{1 3}