Bolette Olsdatter 1
Another name for Bolette was Bolethe. General Notes: In the census for 1865 Bolethe Olsdatter was 30 years old, married and liviing with her husband and 3 children on the Sundet farm in Spydeberg. Her mother, Marie Halvorsdatter, was also living with them. 2 Research Notes: In the census for 1900 there was a Bolette Olsen, born in Askim in 1837, who owned the Hyllibraaten farm in Spydeberg. This might be the same person. She was a widow and had two unmarried daughters with her, both born in Spydeberg: Anna, born in 1877; and Magna, born in 1879. There was also a fosterdaughter with them, Elise Marie Olsen, born in Spydeberg in 1896. 3 Bolette married Ole P. Pedersen. (Ole P. Pedersen was born circa 1832 in Skiptvet, Østfold, Norway.) Marriage Notes: Ole and Bolethe were living on the Sundet farm in Spydeberg in 1865. They had a daughter and 2 sons with them then, as well as Bolethe's widowed mother. 2 |
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 Ibid, The 1865 census for the Sundet farm in Spydeberg.
3 Ibid, The 1900 census for the Hyllibraaten farm in Spydeberg.
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