Karen Helene Pettersdatter 2
General Notes: In 1875 she lived on the Gurudbråtan farm with her widowed mother. With her she had her sons Torvald and Johan Anton. Karen Helene's step-sister, Karoline, was confirmed there in 1874. Research Notes: Her year of birth is also recorded as 1850, possibly the year that she was christened. 3 Karen married Hans Kristian Johannesen, son of Johannes Gundersen and Unknown, on 30 Dec 1872 in Askim, Østfold, Norway.1 (Hans Kristian Johannesen was born on 22 Nov 1849 in Bøltorp, Eidsberg, Østfold, Norway.) Marriage Notes: Hans Kristian Johannesen is named as a farmer on the Stenbøl farm, Askim, in 1874, when his son Johan Anton was born. He and his family lived on the Skjønhaug, Glomvik, farm in Askim from about 1880 until they [he] moved to Kristiania in 1893. |
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: 1847-1879, Ministerialbok.
2 Ulf Grøndahl, Gårdshistorie for Askim (Bind 3) (Askim, Norway, 1987.), pp. 90, 114, 214.
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.), Askim: 1882-1897, Ministerialbok.
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