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Olluff Simensen Tovengen
(Cir 1646-1699)
Anne Tordsdatter Tømt
(-1700)
Anders Olsen Tovengen
(Cir 1696-)
Karen Olsdatter Tovengen
(Cir 1692-1763)
Gudmund Andersen Tovengen
(Cir 1722-1794)

 

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Spouses/Children:
Kristense Tomasdatter Skjolden

Gudmund Andersen Tovengen 2

  • Born: Cir 1722, Tovengen, Askim, Østfold, Norway
  • Marriage: Kristense Tomasdatter Skjolden on 14 Nov 1745 in Askim, Østfold, Norway 1
  • Died: 1794 aged 72

   Another name for Gudmund was Tofvengen.

  General Notes:

In 1755 Gudmund bought the Tovengen farm in Askim for 240 rdl. His parents had previously owned the farm, as had his mother's parents and grandparents before. Gudmund sold half the farm in 1755 but bought it back in 1764 and ran the whole farm until 1774.

In 1774 he sold half the farm to his son Lars and in 1778 Gudmund sold the other half to his son Tomas.


Gudmund married Kristense Tomasdatter Skjolden on 14 Nov 1745 in Askim, Østfold, Norway.1 (Kristense Tomasdatter Skjolden was born circa 1721 and died in 1778.)


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: 1733-1757, Ministerialbok.

2 Ulf Grøndahl, Gårdshistorie for Askim (Bind 3) (Askim, Norway, 1987.), pp. 326, 340.

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