Johan Anton Andersen ^{1 2 3}

  General Notes:

I 1900 ble Hauger brukt av Johan Andersen fra Våler. Han var formann i tømmerfløtinga og kjøpte seinere øvre Tovengen.

In about 1901 to 03 Johan Anton Andersen bought the øvre Tovengen farm in Askim and farmed it until 1926. He had previously farmed Hauger.

  Research Notes:

In the census for 1865 he was 12 years old and living with his parents and siblings on the Drillestad farm in Våler. ⁴

  Noted events in his life were:

• He was a foreman of log driving [Formand ved tømmerflødning] in 1900 in Askim, Østfold, Norway. ⁵

Johan married Karen Bolette Johannesdatter. (Karen Bolette Johannesdatter was born in 1851 in Rødenes, Østfold, Norway.)

  Marriage Notes:

In the census for 1900 Johan and Bolette Andersen lived on the Hauger farm in Askim. They had 2 sons and 2 daughters with them then, all unmarried. ⁵