Tor Larsen
(1804-1870)
Marte Marie Larsdatter
(1811-1884)
Karen Elisabet Torsdatter
(1851-1910)

 

Family Links

Spouses/Children:
Ole Edvard Martinsen Salseng

Karen Elisabet Torsdatter 1 2 3

  • Born: 24 Jul 1851, Gabestad, Rakkestad, Østfold, Norway
  • Marriage: Ole Edvard Martinsen Salseng on 6 Nov 1873 in Askim, Østfold, Norway 1
  • Died: 20 Aug 1910, Salseng, Askim, Østfold, Norway aged 59
  • Buried: 31 Aug 1910

   Other names for Karen were Karen Martinsen and Karen Elisabet Thorsdatter Salseng.


Karen married Ole Edvard Martinsen Salseng, son of Martin Eriksen and Unknown, on 6 Nov 1873 in Askim, Østfold, Norway.1 (Ole Edvard Martinsen Salseng was born on 29 Mar 1847 in Myrer, Skiptvet, Østfold, Norway and died in 1920.)


  Marriage Notes:

When they married, Ole Edvard was a widower while it was Karen Elisabet's first marriage.

In the census for 1900 Ole and Karen owned and farmed the Salseng farm in Askim. They had their son Thorvald and their daughter Helga with them. Inger was at school in Id at that time. 1 4

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: 1847-1879, Ministerialbok.

2 Ulf Grøndahl, Gårdshistorie for Askim (Bind 2) (Utgitt av Askim kommune, Askim, 1987.), pp. 449-50.

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.), Askim: 1898-1912, Ministerialbok.

4 Ibid, The 1900 census for the Salseng farm in Askim.

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