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Re: Martha Torgerson (maiden name Halvorsdatter) Ottertail co MN
Posted by: Taryn (ID *****2998) Date: June 30, 2008 at 21:42:22
In Reply to: Martha Torgerson (maiden name Halvorsdatter) Ottertail co MN by thea of 14511

If you want to take a look at the scanned church books for Bø in her birth time frame, go to this website

http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read?idx_id=1349

choose 1818 from the top section, which is Fødte og døpte, born and baptised,

Then Bildestørrelse: has a drop down menu, choose the % size of view that you want for the records, then look look look for Marthe Halvorsdatter, b. Aug. 29, 1818, baptised in Sept.

Good luck with that. Otherwise you can take the information to your nearest LDS (Mormon) research center, request the same records on microfilm, easy to photocopy, and then look for her there, plus other siblings, etc.

Parents are Halvor Halvorsen and Ingebor Knudsdatter.

More searching at familysearch.org finds Ingebor Knudsdatter's birth About 1792 Of, Bo, Telemark, Norway

The marriage between Ingebor Knudsdatter and Halvor Halvorsen is also recorded there,
About 1814 Of, Bo, Telemark, Norway

Halvor Halvorsen's birth (the Halvor married to Ingebor Knudsdatter) is recorded as being born
About 1789 Of, Bo, Telemark, Norway

This 9 year old on the 1801 census looks to be the best match, for Ingebor Knudsdatter.

http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/webcens.exe?slag=visbase&sidenr=30&filnamn=f10821&gardpostnr=112&personpostnr=1801&merk=1801#ovre

County district Parish Local parish Farm
112 Bratsberg Bøe Lunde Børthe
Given name Last name Household pos. Age Marital status Occupation Remarks Sex
1798 Knud Torjusen Husbonde 38 Givt 2den gang Gaardbruger M
1799 Mari Halvorsdtr Hans kone 22 Givt 1ste gang K
1800 Rønnoug Knudsdtr Hans børn 16 Ugivt K
1801 Ingebor Knudsdtr Hans børn 9 K
1802 Torjus Knudsen Hans børn 4 M
1803 Halvor Knudsen Hans børn 2 M
1804 Ingebor Hansdtr Mandens svigermoder 70 Enke efter 1ste ægteskab Har ophold hos sin sviger søn K

Halvor Halvorsen would be about 12 at the time of the 1801 census:

Here is an okay match, although there are two other 13 year olds living in the parish named Halvor Halvorsen, this one is a 12 year old, and living at the farm named Svendsøe.
http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/webcens.exe?slag=visbase&sidenr=38&filnamn=f10821&gardpostnr=154&personpostnr=2093&merk=2093#ovre

County district Parish Local parish Farm
154 Bratsberg Bøe Lunde Svendsøe
Given name Last name Household pos. Age Marital status Occupation Sex


2090 Thomas Ougensen Husbonde 50 Givt 1ste gang Gaardbruger M
2091 Marthe Olsdtr Hans kone 36 Givt 2den gang K
2092 Gunild Halvorsdtr Hendes børn 14 K
2093 Halvor Halvorsen Hendes børn 12 M
2094 Helge Thomasdtr Deres børn 9 K
2095 Gunild Thomasdtr Deres børn 7 K
2096 Aaste Thomasdtr Deres børn 3 "tvillinger" K
2097 Guro Thomasdtr Deres børn 3 "tvillinger" K
2098 Ouger Thomassen Deres børn 1 M


The thing to do would be to look in the Bygdebok for Bø, which is a farm and family history book, to see what was happening with the family on the Svendsøe farm.

Elaine Keeling is a lookups volunteer who has the Lunde, Telemark, bygdebok (farm and family history book) that the Svendsø farms might be listed in.

mekee@pgonline.com

Check this out, either yourself or someone else in your line has also done research other places on this couple

http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/NORWAY/2006-05/1147245762

Also extensively researched by a Norwegian it seems

http://www.holla-og-lundeslekt.org/slekt/showDecendants.do?IId=17301

Good luck,
Taryn




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