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Lars Jensen
(Cir 1713-1773)
Goroe Baardsdatter
(Cir 1716-1788)
Jakob Larsen Vrangen
(Cir 1719-)
Guro Sjøfarsdatter Kastdalen
(Cir 1721-)
Jens Larsen
(Cir 1744-1818)
Kari Jakobsdatter Enger
(1752-1838)
Guro Jensdatter Gjellestadplass
(1792-1861)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Ole Hansen Østby

2. Sven Valentinsen Gram

Guro Jensdatter Gjellestadplass 2

  • Born: 1792, Knebrett, Askim, Østfold, Norway
  • Marriage (1): Ole Hansen Østby
  • Marriage (2): Sven Valentinsen Gram on 21 Jul 1838 in Askim, Østfold, Norway 1
  • Died: 1861 aged 69

   Other names for Guro were Goro and Goro Jensdatter Qvakestad.


Guro married Ole Hansen Østby, son of Hans Jørgensen Østby and Sissel Fransdatter Skjolden. (Ole Hansen Østby was born in 1799 in Østby, Askim, Østfold, Norway and was christened in 1799 in Askim, Østfold, Norway.)


  Marriage Notes:

In May 1825 they were recorded as Ole Hansen søndre Schjørten og Goro Jensdatter Gjellestadplass. 1

Guro next married Sven Valentinsen Gram, son of Valentin Jensen Gram and Anne Diltlersdatter Tønder, on 21 Jul 1838 in Askim, Østfold, Norway.1 (Sven Valentinsen Gram was born in 1768, died on 12 Jul 1855 in Askim, Østfold, Norway and was buried on 18 Jul 1855.)


  Marriage Notes:

When they married Sven was 71½ years old and Guro was 47.

They lived on Skjoldenplass on the Vrangen farm in Askim when they were first married in 1838 and when their son Karl was born. A little later they moved to the Baklund farm (u. Moseby) where they stayed until they died.

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.), pp. 45, 74, 93, 168, 213.

3 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 "Gillestad" farm in Askim.

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