| Bendt Olsen
(Cir 1749-) |
Bendt Olsen 1
General Notes: He was listed as 52 years old in the census for 1801. Noted events in his life were: • He was a tenant farmer [lejlending] in 1801 in Tangeland, Eidsberg, Østfold, Norway. Bendt married Helvig Hansdatter. (Helvig Hansdatter was born circa 1759.) Marriage Notes: In the census for 1801 they were tenant farmers on the Tangeland farm in Eidsberg. They were both in their first marriage and had five children with them: Ole, 13 years old; Maria, 11; Thore, 8; Petter, 5; and Lars, 1. 1 |
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.), The 1801 census for the Tangeland farm in Eidsberg.
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