Even Olsen Filtvedt
(-)
Kristian Evensen Kvakkestad
(1840-1927)

 

Family Links

Spouses/Children:
Petrine Kristensdatter Kvakkestad

Kristian Evensen Kvakkestad 2

  • Born: 1840, Eidsberg, Østfold, Norway 3
  • Marriage: Petrine Kristensdatter Kvakkestad on 20 Feb 1866 in Askim, Østfold, Norway 1
  • Died: 1927 aged 87

   Another name for Kristian was Christian Evensen Qvakkestad.

  General Notes:

Kristian was from Filtvet in Eidsberg (or Rakkestad).

  Research Notes:

In the 1865 census there was a Christian Evensen, unmarried and 26 years old, working as a servant on the Kvakkestad farm that was owned by Petrine's mother. His birthplace is listed as Rakkestad. 4


Kristian married Petrine Kristensdatter Kvakkestad, daughter of Kristen Paulsen Kvakkestad and Sigrid Gundersdatter Frosterud, on 20 Feb 1866 in Askim, Østfold, Norway.1 (Petrine Kristensdatter Kvakkestad was born in 1846 in Eidsberg, Østfold, Norway, died on 4 Dec 1920 in Kvakkestad, Askim, Østfold, Norway and was buried on 15 Dec 1920.)


  Marriage Notes:

Petrine and Kristian took over her parents farm, søndre Kvakkestad, in Askim in 1866 for 7200 kr.

In the 1900 census they owned and farmed the Kvakkestad (bnr. 2) farm. They had three unmarried children (Johannes, Martha and Elise) and a married son (Emil) with them.

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 3) (Askim, Norway, 1987.), p. 125.

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.), The 1900 census for Kvakkestad in Askim.

4 Ibid, The 1865 census for Qvakestad in Askim.

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