Sofie Kristensdatter Kverne 1 2 3 4 5
Other names for Sofie were Sophie Christensdatter and Sophia Christensdatter Qverne. General Notes: In the 1865 census she was 40 years old, unmarried, and lived with her brothers Ole and Johan on the Kverne farm in Askim which the brothers co-owned. With them was their 75 year old widowed father. Sofie ran the house. Sofie married Johannes Olsen Blunkeslett, son of Ole Kristensen and Kristine Bergersdatter, on 27 May 1874 in Askim, Østfold, Norway.1 (Johannes Olsen Blunkeslett was born on 11 Sep 1834 in Blunkeslett, Askim, Østfold, Norway, christened on 21 Sep 1834 in Askim, Østfold, Norway, died on 30 Dec 1906 in Maseng, Askim, Østfold, Norway and was buried on 9 Jan 1907.) Marriage Notes: Their foster son, Frans Kristiansen, was born in 1860 on Skårerplass in Eidsberg. |
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.), p. 159.
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 1865 census for the Qverne farm in Askim.
4 Ibid, Askim: 1882-1897, Ministerialbok.
5 Ibid, Askim: 1817-1846, Klokkerbok.
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