Karen Steenersdatter 2
Other names for Karen were Kari Stenersdatter Fossum, Kari Stenersdatter Hoel and Kari Steenersdatter. General Notes: Karen was given the Fossum farm, with the Nygaard farm, from her parents in 1737 for 250 rdl. Medical Notes: Karen was 63 years and 6 months old when she died. Karen married Tosten Poulsson Ringstad on 18 Jun 1738 in Askim, Østfold, Norway.1 (Tosten Poulsson Ringstad died in 1742.) Marriage Notes: They lived on the Fossum farm in Askim. Karen next married Christian Torkildsen Tygerud on 1 May 1743. (Christian Torkildsen Tygerud was born circa 1712, died in Nov 1768 in Fossum, Askim, Østfold, Norway and was buried on 20 Nov 1768 in Askim, Østfold, Norway.) |
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: 1733-1757, Ministerialbok.
2 Martha Østensvig, Bygdebok for Askim (Bind I) (Askim, 1965. Utgitt av Askim Kommune.), pp. 606-07, 624-25.
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.), Askim: 1758-1789, Ministerialbok.
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