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| Mattis Knutsen Løken
(1772-1838) |
Mattis Knutsen Løken 2 3 4 5
Other names for Mattis were Mathias Knudsen, Mathis Knudsen and Søndre Løken. General Notes: In 1796 Mattis got the deed for half of the søndre Løken (bnr. 8) farm in Askim for 490 rdl. He got the deed to the other half four years later for 590 rdl. His father and grandfather had the farm before him. Mattis married Pernille Brynhildsdatter Rom, daughter of Brynild Syversen Dynjan/Rom Nordre and Kirsti Enersdatter Fjeld Nordre, on 31 Oct 1796 in Askim, Østfold, Norway.1 (Pernille Brynhildsdatter Rom was born in 1769 in nordre Rom, Askim, Østfold, Norway, died in 1805 in søndre Løken, Askim, Østfold, Norway and was buried on 17 Feb 1805 in Askim, Østfold, Norway.) Marriage Notes: The 1801 census shows Mathis as 27 years old and Pernille as 30. They were both in their first marriage and there were no children then. They were then living and farming on the Løken Søndre farm in Askim. 6 Mattis next married Maria Gulbrandsdatter, daughter of Gulbrand Olsen and Mari Gudmundsdatter, on 30 Oct 1805 in Askim, Østfold, Norway.1 (Maria Gulbrandsdatter was born in 1781 in Haugen, Askim, Østfold, Norway, died on 17 Jun 1859 in Løken Søndre, Askim, Østfold, Norway and was buried on 24 Jun 1859.) |
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: 1790-1816, Ministerialbok.
2 Ulf Grøndahl, Gårdshistorie for Askim (Bind 2) (Utgitt av Askim kommune, Askim, 1987.), p.259.
3 Ulf Grøndahl, Gårdshistorie for Askim (Bind 3) (Askim, Norway, 1987.), p. 308.
4 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: 1817-1846, Klokkerbok.
5 Ibid, Askim: 1758-1789, Ministerialbok.
6 Ibid, The 1801 census for the Løchen Søndre farm in Askim.
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