Gunder Olsen
(Cir 1742-1813)

 

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Spouses/Children:
Mari Smedsdatter

Gunder Olsen 2 3 4

  • Born: Cir 1742
  • Marriage: Mari Smedsdatter on 25 Jan 1781 in Askim, Østfold, Norway 1
  • Died: Mar 1813, Haraldstadholen, Askim, Østfold, Norway aged 71
  • Buried: 14 Mar 1813, Askim, Østfold, Norway

   Another name for Gunder was Gunder Olsen Haraldstadholden.

  General Notes:

He was a cottager on Haraldstadholen in Askim in 1801.

  Research Notes:

It is recorded that he was 60 years old in 1801.

  Medical Notes:

He was 70 years old when he died.


Gunder married Mari Smedsdatter, daughter of Smed Eriksen Eiebakke and Gunbjør Syversdatter, on 25 Jan 1781 in Askim, Østfold, Norway.1 (Mari Smedsdatter was born in 1753.)


  Marriage Notes:

When they married they were recorded as Gunder Olsen Holen og Mari Smedsdatter Aschim.

In the census for 1801 Gunder and Mari were cottagers with land on the Haraldstad farm in Askim. He was 60 years old and in his third marriage. She was listed as 55 years old and in her first marriage. They had their 13 year old son Anders with them. 1 5

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: 1758-1789, Ministerialbok.

2 Martha Østensvig, Bygdebok for Askim (Bind I) (Askim, 1965. Utgitt av Askim Kommune.), p. 126.

3 Ulf Grøndahl, Gårdshistorie for Askim (Bind 2) (Utgitt av Askim kommune, Askim, 1987.), pp. 90, 93.

4 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: 1790-1816, Ministerialbok.

5 Ibid, The 1801 census for the Haraldstad farm in Askim.

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