Inger Hansdatter Tømt ^{1 2 3 4 5}

  General Notes:

Inger Tømt ble født på Tømt (gnr. 13, bnr 3) i Askim 23.09.1830. Gifte seg med Brynil Pärson fra Sverige.

Inger and her husband Brynild Pedersen, as he was called in Norway, bought the Tømt farm from her stepfather on 22 March 1861 for 500 Speciedlr. She sold it in 1876.

When her second husband, Peder Pedersen, died in about 1881 Inger inherited the Hobøl farm and the Heller Nordre farm. In 1898 she bought both Heller Søndre and Rælingen for the total of 6500 kr. She sold all the farms in 1903.

In the census for 1900 she was a widow. She owned and farmed the Heller (bnr. 1, 2) farms in Askim. Her son Anton was with her, helping with the farmwork. He was then unmarried.

  Research Notes:

Her birthdate is also recorded as 23 Sept 1830 but her baptism record confirms 14 Sept 1830. ⁶

Inger married Bryngel Peerson, son of Peer Nilson and Unknown, on 26 Jul 1855 in Askim, Østfold, Norway.¹ (Bryngel Peerson was born on 7 Sep 1823 in Jernskog, Värmland, Sweden, died on 16 Apr 1875 in Tømt, Askim, Østfold, Norway and was buried on 27 Apr 1875.)

  Marriage Notes:

The best men at their marriage were Ole Andersen Heller and Anton Lunder.

In the census for 1865 they owned and farmed part (16a1, 16a2) of the Tømt farm in Askim. Brynild was 42 and Inger was 36 years old. They had their four sons and Inger's widowed mother with them. ^{1 3}

Inger next married Peder Pedersen Heller, son of Peder Pedersen and Unknown, on 2 Oct 1876 in Askim, Østfold, Norway.¹ (Peder Pedersen Heller was born in 1804 in Hærland, Eidsberg, Østfold, Norway and died circa 1881.)

  Marriage Notes:

Inger was Peder's third wife. They were both widowed when they married.