Kristian Halvorsen Kolshus ^{1 2 3 4}

  General Notes:

Kristian was from Eidsberg.

In 1902 Kristian bought the Nord Rom, bnr. 2, farm in Asim for 16 000 kr. He sold it for 28 000 kr. in 1910.

  Research Notes:

The census for 1900 lists his year of birth as 1867. It was recorded as 1868, Trømborg, when he died.

His year of death is also, incorrectly, recorded as 1825.

  Noted events in his life were:

• He was a wood joiner [snedker] in 1900 in Askim, Østfold, Norway.

Kristian married Elisa Andersen Furuholmen, daughter of Anders Christensen Furuholmen Kykkelsrud and Elen Karine Johannesdatter Kykkelsrud, on 5 Aug 1898 in Askim, Østfold, Norway.¹ (Elisa Andersen Furuholmen was born on 28 Sep 1867 in Askim, Østfold, Norway and died in 1947.)

  Marriage Notes:

In the census for 1900 they were married and living with Elise's widowed father on the Kykkelsrud farm in Askim. ³