Tord Tordsen Grøtvet
(Cir 1746-)

 

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Spouses/Children:
Marte Gundersdatter

Tord Tordsen Grøtvet 1 2

  • Born: Cir 1746
  • Marriage: Marte Gundersdatter

   Other names for Tord were Thor Thorsen and Tor Torsen.

  General Notes:

Tor was from Haugsten in Råde. In 1777 he bought the Nord-Grøttvet, bnr. 3 and 2, farm in Askim from Kristian Andersen.

"I 1787 fremmet Kristian Andersen Bilit odelskrav på bruket på vegne av sønnen Jokum Kristiansen. Men retten avviste kravet ettersom Tor da hadde eid gården i over 10 år."

Tor moved to the Berger, under Boslet, farm in Askim in 1795.


Tord married Marte Gundersdatter. (Marte Gundersdatter was born circa 1747.)


  Marriage Notes:

In 1801 Thor Thorsen, Marthe Gundersdatter, and Marthe's niece and nephews were on the Boslet farm in Askim. Johanne Johannesdatter was 19, unmarried and Marthe's brother's daughter. Anders Johannesen was 14, and Marthe's brother's son. Christen Halvorsen was 5 years old, and Marthe's daughter's son. 3

Sources

1 Martha Østensvig, Bygdebok for Askim (Bind I) (Askim, 1965. Utgitt av Askim Kommune.), pp. 513-14, 518.

2 Ulf Grøndahl, Gårdshistorie for Askim (Bind 2) (Utgitt av Askim kommune, Askim, 1987.), p. 140.

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 1801 census for the Boesleth farm in Askim.

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