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Anne Halvorsdatter Bolstad

Early Bolstad History .....

Aamot Bygdebok, Volume I

Upper Bolstad had a share in one hide (ox-skin). Aamot Church owned half of this and the rest was the farmer's property. The farm had lain fallow after the Black Plague, and it us uncertain if it came back into use before about 1620. It is mentioned in 1577-78 as a place which was paid 1 shilling in goods - in connection with Bolstad on the east side of Glommen - but not in 1617 when it was owned by the farmers who personally paid the taxes.

Then in 1630 the farm is listed by name along with its owner, who was called Harald, and paid two dollars in rural farm tax. In 1645 the owner was Paul. In 1645 the farm was occupied by Berger. He had in livestock 1 horse, 9 cattle, 2 goats and 10 sheep, a bit less than the other Bolstad farms. But there was also a farm laborer living here, Gjertrud, who had 2 sheep. This farm had no laborers quarters, so it is likely that Gjertrud was the widow of the previous owner, that being either Harald or Paul. She was well set here with a pension, which was used to maintain these sheep.

What connection there was between Harald, Paul, and Berger, if any, we do not know. They had been here just a short time. Therefore we must take up with the one who followed the 1630 owner, Harald. That would be Gulbrand Haraldsen, born in 1621 and had a son Ole who was born in 1664. Gulbrand owned on half skin worth in the farm. In 1665 he sowed 4 tons of grain, fed a horse and 7 cattle, had a pasture in Djupdalen, and a home mill. Gulbrand Harladsen is named in a small legal case from 1684 after he had died. Jon Bjornsen, a boat builder in Haugedalen, had received 6 dollars in 1672 for lumer, which he was to deliver to Gulbrand Bolstad for lumber he had sold, but he had kept the money.

Gulbrand Bolstad was likely dead in 1676. Siri Bjornsdatter, a widow, gave her share of the farm to the parish priest Jens Bondesen for a loan of 40 dollars. He could have the use of the farm until he was paid back the money. Gulbrand had a son Ole born in 1664.

The loan to the priest was not paid back. In 1686 his son and heir Ole Jensen gave the rights to Morten Kjeldsen for 90 dollars, 1 ort, and 16 shillings.

The next occupant was Lars Larsen, who in 1696 leased the half owned by Aamot Church. No other claim is evident, so he must have married Morten Kjeldsens widow. Lars contracted in 1702 with Jon and Engebret Skramstad for the use of a pasture in Djupdalen, which he believed was part of Bolstad, but had actually been set off from the farm "on account of the forman's poverty." It was soon shown that the above named Gulbrand Bolstad had used this pasture. The two who had contracted maintained that the pasture was used by Skramstad for over 40 years, and should be theirs by rights.

The occupant of Upper Bolstad in 1723 was the widow Gjertrud Larsdatter. She was the daughter of Lars Larsen Bolstad and together with her children owned 6 clafskins worth of farm goods here. The farm at this time was sown with 1 ton of barley and two tons of oats and raised 14 loads of hay. Livestock consisted of 1 horse, 1 foal, 12 cattle, 8 sheep and 6 goats.

Gjertrud Larsdatter had been married to Hans Mortensed, recently deceased, andthe estate was valued with an abode at 8 dollars gross, 12 net. 2 calfskins were included in the farm.

The widow lived until 1773 and had been married three times altogether. Her last husband was Johannes Eriksen Grundset. He sold the farm in 1745 to Lars Hansen, oldest son of Gjertrud Bolstad from her first marriage.

Lars Bolstad died in 1761. All of the children were minors, and the widow was left in charge of a farm with a large debt. She eventually got rid of this debt in 1766 by borrowing 250 dollars from Knut Andersen Blikstad. As security she put up her six calfskin in Bolstad, livestock, chattels, and all "she owned or would earn". The loan was defaulted; until 1772 the interest or installments were paid, and the debt had reached over 300 dollars. The widow said that she woudl pay the debt this autumn, and until it was done, she thought a couple of "substantial men" would certainly guarantee that much for her. Knut Blikstad had certainly held up his pledge this long. The arrangement offered could be just fine so far, if he could just be certain of its conclusion. But he had waited so long now that he had no more faith in the arrangement. He wanted to get a compulsory advance. The farmhouse was quite poor. With all of the associated fields, meadows, pastures, forest and other chattels was now taxed at a value of 200 dollars. Two cows, two sheep, two goats, and a colt were valued at 39 dollars. If this was the total value, and it must have been, for Knut Bolstad found "nothing further with which to take up the pen", then the rest must have been sold at a voluntary auction which the widow had just held.

The official value also came to 239 dollars, and it was missing over 70 because the creditor was covered, but he held the right have the rest from what the resulting auction had taken in. Meanwhile the widow answered this by saying that the money had already been used for taxes and a crop advance, so there was no more left than what she needed for seed grain.

In the end, Knut Blikstad took over the collateral. In 1781 his heirs sold the farm to Knut Olsen Hals for 230 rigsdollars. He borrowed 450 dollars from his brother Jens Hals in 1786 and put up the farm as collateral for this. This and more was recovered at the disposition of Knut Hals' estate in 1790. The assets came to 952 dollars, the liabilities 606. The 6 skins at the farm were worth 350. Ownership was given to Jens Hals in consideration of his part in this matter. The family which had occupied the farm for three quarters of a century was now gone.

The Hans Mortensen who died as owner and occupant in 1723 was the son of Morten Kjeldsen. Lars Larsen who took over the farm through the lease of the part owned by the church must have married Morten Kjeldsens widow, for we remember that Lars had no other claim to the farm than the lease. But in this case Lars Larsen must have been married one other time and had the daughter Gjertrud who was married to Hans Mortensen in a second marriage. Otherwise Hans and Gjertrud would have been half siblings. Now they were therefore step siblings.

Farm owners/occupants (in Roman numerals), and their children (standard no's):

I. Morten Kjeldsen, took over ownership in 1686, died before 1696
  1. Kjeld Mortensen, married into Mellom-Strand in Elverum
  2. Hans Mortensen (number III, below)
  3. Peder Mortensen, sextant in Elverum, married into Herstad in Elverum

II. Lars Larsen Bolstad, took over in 1716, married first to Morten Kjeldsen's widow, married second to an unknown woman.
    Gjertrud Larsdatter, married number III

III. Hans Mortensen, died 1723, married Gjertrud Larsdatter Bolstad (1697-1773)
  1. Lars Hansen (number VI, below)
  2. Ambjorg Hansdatter, born 1719, married in 1743 to Erik Olsen Lille-Braaten
  3. Hans Hansen, born 1723, married into Finstad in Elverum

IV. Ole, married the widow Gjertrud Larsdatter Bolstad
    Ingeborg Olsdatter

V. Johannes Eriksen Grundset (1684-1768) m. widow Gjertrud Larsdatter Bolstad
  1. Marte Johannesdatter, born 1733
  2. Anne Johannesdatter, born 1737

VI. Lars Hansen Bolstad (III-1) (1716-1761) m. Mali Gudmundsdatter Bjornstad
  1. Hans Larsen, born 1747
  2. Gudmund Larsen, born 1750
  3. Ole Larsen, born 1753
  4. Johannes Larsen, born 1758

Knut Hals' family:

    Knut Olsen Hans (1750-1790) m. in 1774 Ragnhild Tollefsdatter Sorknes, b. 1748
  1. Tollef Knutsen, born 1774, died before 1786
  2. Kari Knutsdatter, born 1775, died in Elverum in 1859, married widower Carl Carlsen Brofallet (Arnestad) (1761 - Nov. 5, 1841)
  3. Ingeborg Knutsdatter, born 1778 and died the same year
  4. Ingeborg Knutsdatter, born 1780, married 1817 to shoemaker Sven Jorgensen Gauksletten (Loten), born 1790
  5. Ole Knutsen, born 1782
  6. Tollef Knutsen, born 1786
  7. Ragnhild Knutsdatter (1789 - Nov. 5, 1878) m. 1813 to Erik Olsen, who was called Nabset

Jens Hals, who had taken Bolstad as collateral, died in 1791, and the disposition of the farm now came into question. On the 19th of January, 1792, there was a meeting at Arnestad where most of the landowners in Amot together with the church elders Iver Bjornstad and Hans Tingstad acting as agents for Jens Hals' estate decided that all of Upper Bolstad - both the church's and Hals' parts - should be sold at auction. The stipulation was that the church should receive the first 130 dollars of the sale, and the rest should be divided among the various parties. The auction was held without result; however, Erik Olsen Skramstad had bid 800 dollars for the farm. A provision was made that he should maintain a cow for four years for Knut Hals' widow Ragnhild Tollefsdatter, and provide her the lumber for a dwelling which the church funds would take care of building. From the church funds share of the sale, Ragnhild Tollefsdatter would receive full rent for the first four years, half rent for the following four years and a quarter rent for the next four years. This arrangement was accepted by all parties and Erik Skramstad got the deed to the farm.

Erik Skramstad had the farm for six years. In 1797 he sold it to Ole Olsen from Eastern Bolstad for 1299 dollars. In 1806 Knut Hals' son Ole brought suit against Ole Olsen Bolstad to take back the farm. The demand has been uncertain. The magistrate's jury decided that the proceedings should be struck down since the property had gone out of his family at the time of Knut Hals' estate when they were put off the farm in favor of Jens Hals, and had not applied for the right to reclaim ownership in the ten year period. The appeals court jury came to decide that the plaintiff's father and later his mother had held the property from Feb. 17, 1781, when Knut Hals had obtained the deed until Mar. 31, 1791, when the deed passed to Erik Skramstad and the ownership of the property was obtained. After the finding, Ole Olsen had to give up the farm for a settlement which amounted to 400 rigsdollars. We have not sought to find any case in a higher court, but after all was settled, Ole Knutsen did not get to take the farm, so Ole Olsen stayed there.

In 1838 he passed the farm on to his son Ole in return for pension. Ole was childless and sold the farm in 1852 to his brother Ener, who then sold it in 1868 when he left for America with his entire family. The buyer was Andreas Haagensen Hovdstuen, from Stor-Elvdal (lit. "Big River Valley"), and who was married to Anne Olsdatter Kvernen; she was the niece of Ole Olsen Bolstad's wife, being a daughter of the wife's sister. Andreas Haagensen has been an enterprising farmer who, among other things, built much on the farm, barn, a dairy with 18 stalls in 1871, and moved the storehouse. He had the farm for only 10 years. In 1878 he sold it to Johannes Halvorsen Skramstad (or Skramstadsletten).

I. Ole Olsen Bolstad (East Bolstad) (1764 - Apr. 4, 1850) m. Goro Torsdatter Arnestad (1776 - Nov. 13, 1851). 1. Marte Olstadder (Mar 28, 1802 - Apr. 9, 1860) m. 1842 to widower Ole Engebretsen Grinihagen (1804 - May 20, 1874) (widower of her sister Kari) 2. Ole Olsen (owner and occupant of farm) (Sep 29, 1804 - Dec. 16, 1870) m.Andrea Olsdatter Saetre (North Saetre, Stor-Elvdal) (1809 - May 19, 1904) 3. Tore Olsen (Mar. 1, 1807 - Sep. 10, 1832) 4. Kari Olsdatter (Jul. 16, 1809 - Dec. 28, 1830) m. Ole Engebretsen Grinihagen 5. Gurine Olsdatter (Feb. 29, 1812 - Oct. 1, 1846) m. 1842 to widower Haagen Olsen Skramstad (b. Oct. 1, 1809, Skramstad, Blikstad) 6. Oline Olsdatter (Aug. 31, 1814 - May 24, 1877) m. 1836 Iver Olsen Skramstad (Jun. 2, 1812 - Apr. 15, 1894) 7. Ener Olsen (May 12, 1818 - May 5, 1820) 8. Ener Olsen (see below)

II. Ener Olsen Bolstad (I-8) (b. Sep. 19, 1823) m. 1852 Serine Pedersdatter Ilsaas (b. 1829)
1. Goro Enersdatter (b. Jun. 2, 1852) 2. Ole Enersen (b. Jan. 30, 1854) 3. Petronelle Dorthea Enersdatter (Jan. 18, 1856 - May 16, 1868) 4. Tore Enersen (b. Nov. 27, 1859) 5. Marta Enersdatter (Jun. 26, 1862 - Jan. 29, 1864) 6. Martin Enersen (b. Jun. 9, 1864) 7. Einar Enersen (b. Sep. 17, 1866) 8. Peder Enersen (b. Jun. 17, 1868)
This family emigrated to America: Andread Haagensen Hovdstuen, Stor-Elvdal, (Sep. 7, 1831 - Feb. 19, 1923) m. Anna Olsdatter Kvernen (Lower Kvernen) (Aug. 16, 1829 - Sep. 24, 1916) 1. Halvor Andreassen (Dec. 1, 1855 - Apr. 4, 1940) m. Regine Gundersdatter Skramstad (Oct. 28, 1856 - May 7, 1936); moved to Oppgarden, at Skramstad) 2. Ola Andreassen (b. 1860) 3. Bernhard Andreassen (b. 1866) m. Marie Johansdatter (b. 1868) 4. Dorte Gurine Andreasdatter (b. Sep. 28, 1869) Johannes Bolstad, as he called himself, sold the farm in 1910 to Per Indseth from Elverum, who had it until 1926 when it was sold to Per Nes and Martin Arnestad. Just one year later they sold it again to Severin Vestli, from Stange. In 1940 his son, Ottar Vestli, took it over. The barn, which was built by Per Indseth, burned in 1929. Only the 1874 stone foundation remained. Severin Vestli built a new barn in 1930. In 1875, Andreas Haagensen sowed 3 tons of barley, 3 tons of mixed grain, a bit of oats and vetch for feed and 4 tons of potatoes. Livestock included 3 horses, 12 cows, 4 calves, 10 sheep and 8 goats. The farm has had pastures in Borstadvollen, Skramsted and outlying meadows in Raufjellet. These have been laid out for a long time. hilde. She later bought a couple of forest plots so that the total area is about 50 acres. In 1950 it was all bought by Mathilde Bratsveen's son, Eilert Olsen, born Jan. 20, 1897. Magnus Eriksson Gunnarskog (Oct. 9, 1823 - Mar. 27, 1909) m. Eline Sofie Gudmundsdatter Mellum of North Aaset (Aug. 7, 1837 - May 19, 1915) 1. Edvard Magnussen (Feb. 14, 1855 - Dec. 8, 1913) m. Oline Borresdatter Nordhagen (b. 1861); moved to Haugen Dec. 1854 2. Gunder Magnussen (Feb. 14, 1858 - Apr. 10, 1900) 3. Petra Magnusdatter (b. 1861) 4. Karen Magnusdatter (Sep. 27, 1865 - Dec. 10, 1866) 5. Karen Magnusdatter (Nov. 7, 1867 - Jul. 21, 1953) m. Olaus Martin Tykriset (May 7, 1867 - Apr. 24, 1940) 6. Mathilde Magnusdatter (b. Nov. 14, 1870) 7. Selma Magnusdatter (b. Dec. 12, 1873); moved to Fredrikstad 8. Olaf Magnussen (b. Nov. 10, 1876); moved to Koppang 9. Emma Magnusdatter (b. Apr. 10, 1880) m. Emil Enger, of Elverum

Bolstad Family History
As told by Trond Bolstad to Ian Finseth(via email, 1997):


Trond: I have photocopied parts of Maalelvedalen bygdebok and will send it to you in one or two days. Your grandma (Anne Halvorsdatter Bolstad) was born there in 1884. Here is the partial story of Anne, her family, where she was from, and some of her family history.

I have send some maps to you before of this area. Maalselv is situated up in Northern Norway.

Emigration to Northern Norway:

To start with that story we have to start with bygdebok for Storelvedalen, (bind 2,page 839).

Haagen (Haakaa) Jonsen born 1799 and Berte Olsdatter (daughter of the bear hunter) had the following children:

1. Ole Haagensen, born 1828 married to Hanna Bakkehaaug. Emigrated in 1849

2. Andreas Haagensen Hovde born 1831 and died 1921 (Bolstad). He lived his last years together with his sister Oline on one of the Hovde farms. (he is Anne`s grandpa)

3. Oline Haagensdatter. She worked at a castle; Skinnarboel, (that is just outside Kongsvinger, my hometown) for a lady called Mrs. Rønning for 32 years, but came back to Hovde where she died. 4. Ingeborg Haagensdatter, moved to Nordland 5. Martea Haagensdatter, moved to Nordland 6. Jon Haagensen, came to Vikenget in Aamot Here emigrated or moved father, Haagen, the mother Berte, 2 sons Ole og Andreas, and 2 daughters Ingeborg and Martea to Maalselvedalen. Haagen lost the farm (Hovde) in 1823 due to high debts after different floods from the river Glomma. The farm was sold at auction. At page 837 you will see a picture of Andreas and his wife Anne. At the page before 836 you will see the picture of Ole Haagensen and Oline Haagensen. If we now follow Andreas. Look up page 446 in Aamodt bygdebok bind 1, & lines from bottom... Andreas Haagensen Hovdstuen (wrong name. should be Hovde) from Stor-Elvedal was the buyer (he bought the farm Bolstad øvre (upper). This farm is about 1/2 to 1 English mile from Oppgarden. It is also from this farm Andreas took the name Bolstad. You see the picture of him and his wife at same page. The picture at page 442, farm up to the right is Bolstad øvre. From page 446 it says he was married to Anne Olsdatter Kvernen. Andreas Haagensen was very active, energetic hardworking farmer. He built much at the farm; new barn, a new house of stone for 18 cows in 1871 and moved the "stabbur" (I don`t know the word for it. I could not find it in the book either). Andreas bought the farm in 1868 (37 years old) and had it for 10 years. In 1878 he sold it to Johannes Halvorsen Skramstad. On the next page you will find the children to Andreas and Anne. 1. Halvor Andreassen; born 1/12 1855-4/4 1940. He married in 1880 with Regine Gundersdatter Skramstad 28/10 1856- 7/5 1936. 2. Ola (or Ole) Andreassen; born 1860. 3. Bernhard Andreassen; born 1866 and married to Marie Johansdatter born 1868. Emigrated to U.S.A. 4. Dorte Gurine Andreasdatter; born 28/9 1868 Andreas sold the farm in 1878 and I am quite sure he moved with his family up north the same year except Halvor (what I can see). Halvor (23 years) had fallen in love (or underway) with Regine. I have some of his love letters some where. I have mailed photocopies of Maalselv bygdehistorie today (Saturday) to you. I have sent more copies than you need, but I have underlined with red color so it should not be difficult to find it. The parent Berte and Haagen (Haakaa) and their children Ole, Andreas, Martea and Ingeborg moved from Stor-Elvedal to Maalselvedalen in Northern Norway over a period of approximately 30 years. The first one was Ole in 1849. He came to Bakkehaug. See page 384. I will translate (red) Br.nr 7, Bakkehaug øvre(upper). This was originally l.nr. 193c which Hanna Knutsdatter and Ole Haagensen got in 1851 when her father parted or divided the farm They got the eastern part for 95 dl and 1/3 responsibility for her parents. (to take care of the parents when they became old) Hanna Knutsdatter born married 1851 with Ole Haagensen born 1828 in Stor-Elvedal.10 children. He was son of Berte Olsdatter Messelt and Haagen Johnsen Hovde. He came to Maalselv in 1849 and served/worked for the local sheriff (or police) Krogseng. More of his brothers and sisters arrived later among them Martea who was married at Brannskogsnes (Page 385). Ole Haagensen was a teacher (going from farm to farm (vandre) in milk treatment and went from farm to farm and to teach among all the so-called “cold water method” (I have no idea what that is). For his work he got in 1904 a pension from the state. He moved south for some years, but came back to Bakkehaug in his last years. He died 1912 and Hanna Knutsdatter in 1917. The next one to move north was Martea who came to Brandskognes. (See page 329) I will translate; Haagen married in 1854 Martea Haagensdatter Hovde, born 1834 in Stor-Elvedal, daughter of Berte Olsdatter Messelt and Haagen Johnsen Hovde, and sister to Ole Haagensen at Bakkehaug. They had 11 children but 8 of them died as children. Haagen`s parents lived at the farm and later came also the mother of Martea to the valley and lived for the most at Brannskogsnes for many years until she died in 1873. Her husband lived at Bakkehaug. Some lines further down, from population counting in 1865: So we have Berte Olsdatter, 67 years who just then had moved to Fagerlifjellet. (I stopped writing yesterday due to that my wife and myself should visit my sister and her husband, My sister Kari lives approx. 200 yards from me. Her husband is retired but working for himself. He is often down in Baku, Azerbaisjan (former Soviet Union) trying to introduce Norwegian companies. Baku is the oil town of the area around Caspian Sea. My sister is 64 and teaching nursing at the university in Stavanger. For how long time she will continue I don`t know, She takes one year at a time.) The other sister who moved north, came to a farm called Fosslia. See page 348 and 349. I think she came much, much later. She was first married to one guy from Stor-Elvdal (page 349). Anders Haagensen Beitrusten so she must have lived down south for a while. As I can read it, I will say she came there between 1885 and 1900. Her daughter from first marriage Emma Andersdatter married 1886 (page 348). At page 354 you will find birth and death data about Haagen Johnsen Hovde and Berte Olsdatter. Both are buried there. (Aetteliste 4 under A) Back to our old friend Andreas Haagensen Bolstad Hovde. But with him the Hovde name are going out of my family. He took the name Bolstad when moved to Bolstad oevre. Andreas sold Bolstad oevre in 1878. I imagine that he moved north the same year. He came to a farm called Maukdal (page 368). Mauken is a lap name. What it means we don`t know. They called the farm Gunnarsheimen (home of Gunnar) after the first settler, Gunnar Iversen from Stor-Elvedal. See next page 369. I will translate here what I have underlined in red so can you discuss with you Aunt Hedvig. To the farm they had 3 "setrer"( I can`t find the word in English for it. The farmers sent each summer their cattle, goats, sheep etc up in the mountains for grazing. The lady in charge (mother, daughter)who lived with cattle made butter and cheese,) Br.nr. 4 had Kvammensetra which was build in 1894 approx. 2 kilometers from the farm below the Mauken Br.nr. 5 had the oldest "seter" ,Hovdesetra, build in 1887. The "setrene" were situated roughly about halfway to the forest limit(where you don’t have any forest more). 1 hours walk from the farm. Butter and cheese were for the most sold to local merchants About 1900 a total of 7 horses, 51 head of cattle and 56 goats, sheep were grazing at the "setrene". Some times there was friction between the farmers and laps (nomads) here. Mauken was an old grazing area for reindeers (belonging to the laps and from longtime ago and until about 1900 the laps had camp at Maukdal area in the late summer. As the farmers extended their breeding, "seterdrift" it came to friction about grazing. Br.nr 1 abandoned their "seter" early because they could not use the grazing due to reindeer. See page 372,Br.nr.4 Maukdal...... Jens Johannessen sold the property to Andreas Haagensen Bolstad from Hovde in Stor-Elvedal for 5200 kroner . In 1886 he divided it between the sons Halvor and Ole . Halvor took over br.nr.4 and Ole got br.nr. 5 Hovde. At the same time also br.nr.6 and 7 were divided or sold. Andreas moved back to his home place (Stor-Elvedal I think). In 1898 was br.nr.10 divided or sold out the year after (1899). Andreas Bolstad sold br.nr 4 to Torbjørn Eliassen Kvammen, together with br.nr.7 for 1600 kroner. Next page 373 Br.nr. 5 Hovde. The property was divided out from br.nr.4 in 1886 when Andreas Bolstad let it go over to his son Ole. The farm has limits to br.nr.4 in west and br.nr 9 in east. In 1899 Ole Bolstad sold br.nr.5 to Ole Bøe in Grønnlia. Himself (Ole Bolstad) moved southwards again. Br.nr.6.Helstad. The property was divided out from br.nr.4 in 1886 when Andreas Bolstad sold it to Nils olsen Bjørnstad for 1150 kroner. Br.nr. 7 Bjerkstad. The property was divided out from br.nr.7 in 1886 by Andreas Bolstad who became owner of it again and in 1899 sold it to Torbjørn Kvammen together with br.nr.4 Next page 374 Br.nr.10 Melbo. The property was divided out from br.nr. 4 in 1898 when Andreas Bolstad sold it to Jens Johannessen ********************* From bygdebok for Aamot bind 1, page 436, I read that Halvor Bolstad took over Oppgarden in 1890. He married in 1880 Regine. I think he moved north at this time. They lived there for about 10 years. An another place I found it said that he lived for many years. Your grandma Anne was born in 1884. That is the reason I mean that she is born in Maalselv. I have discussed it with your aunt Hedvig. She says that ma told that when she grew up she stayed at Hovde by her grand parents Andreas and Anne Bolstad. That is probably correct. In 1886 Andreas let Halvor get br.nr.4 Maukdal and Ole got br.nr.5 Hovde in Maalselv. I imagine that called up his new farm in the north after the Hovde farm in the south which his father lost in 1823, sold at auction. Andreas and Anne lived at Hovde together with his son Ole and wife Kristine, their children and your grandma Anne. On the other farm Øvre Maukdal, lived Halvor and Regine and their children. The farms were not far away from each other. Look at the maps. When Halvor and Regine left in 1890 they had 5 children. The reason for leaving was probably dark winters. During the winter it is dark day and night. During November, December, January and February, it is a little bit lighter from 11 to 03 o`clock. During summer it is midnight sun. The sun is up day and night. It was Regine who could not withstand the dark winters.

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