Sigrid Jakobsdatter Torp ^{2 3 4 5 6}

   Other names for Sigrid were Siri, Sigri Jacobsdatter and Sigrid Jakobsdatter Kastalen.

  General Notes:

Kristian Kristensen worked the entire Kastdalen farm in Askim until he died in 1893. His widow, Sigrid Jakobsdatter, retained the undivided estate until 1900.

In the census for 1900 she was a widow and lived with her widowed brother Martin on his farm, Solberg (gnr.14, bnr.2,9), in Askim. She worked on the farm there. Her daughter, Karen Kristiansdatter, also lived and worked there.

  Noted events in her life were:

• She was confirmed on 10 Oct 1848 in Askim church, Askim, Østfold, Norway. She was 14½ years old and living on the Nordre Løken farm in Askim.

Sigrid married Kristian Kristensen Kastdalen, son of Christen Jacobsen Ringstad and Unknown, on 27 Apr 1860 in Askim, Østfold, Norway.¹ (Kristian Kristensen Kastdalen was born in 1824 in Ringstadplass, Trøgstad, Østfold, Norway, died on 19 Jan 1893 in Kastdalen, Askim, Østfold, Norway and was buried on 1 Feb 1893 in Askim, Østfold, Norway.)