Iver Thorsen
(-)
Jørgen Andersen Frøhol
(-)
Anton Iversen
(1836-1896)
Karen Helene Jørgensdatter
(1842-1888)
Karoline Emilie Antonsdatter Knebrett
(1861-1948)

 

Family Links

Spouses/Children:
Kristen Hansen Salseng

Karoline Emilie Antonsdatter Knebrett 1 2 3

  • Born: 24 Nov 1861, Skiptvet, Østfold, Norway
  • Christened: 8 Jan 1862, Askim, Østfold, Norway
  • Marriage: Kristen Hansen Salseng
  • Died: 1948 aged 87

   Other names for Karoline were Caroline Emilie, Karoline Emilie Antonsen and Karoline Hansen.

  Research Notes:

Both the 1865 census and the 1900 census show her place of birth as Askim, not Skiptvet. 6


Karoline married Kristen Hansen Salseng, son of Hans Olsen Salseng and Helene Jensdatter Kastdalen. (Kristen Hansen Salseng was born on 25 Mar 1835 in Salseng, Askim, Østfold, Norway, christened on 12 Apr 1835 in Askim, Østfold, Norway and died in 1932.)


  Marriage Notes:

In the census for 1900 Kresten and Karoline were cottagers on the Kjellegaard farm in Askim. They had 5 sons and a daughter with them: Kristian, Karl, Johan, Aksel, Herman, and Helga.

In October 1913 they were living on the Kommunegaarden in Askim. 4 5

Sources


1 Ulf Grøndahl, Gårdshistorie for Askim (Bind 3) (Askim, Norway, 1987.), pp. 74, 131.

2 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.

3 Ibid, Askim: 1874-1881, Ministerialbok.

4 Ibid, Askim: 1903-1921, Klokkerbok.

5 Ibid, The 1801 census for the Kjellegaard farm in Askim.

6 Ibid, The 1865 census for Busterud (plads) in Askim.

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