Hi Margit, Thanks for the e-mail. I got my family information cleared up. I had wrote in the e-mail to Richard that Torkil Olson was born in Bakke but I believe I made a mistake - he was born in Bakken, Hægebostad. Sorry for the mistake. Lori >From: Margit <margit@eot.com> >Reply-To: NOR-VEST-AGDER-L@rootsweb.com >To: NOR-VEST-AGDER-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [VAgder] Bakke Bygdebok >Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 19:32:08 -0500 > >Hi Lori, >I don't own any Bygdebok's from Vest Agder, I just have copies of the >pages that pertain to my husband's family in a binder. Some of them I had >a cousin in Norway translate. These are from Kvås in Lyngdal. Where is >your family from? >Margit > > >On Jun 22, 2005, at 7:28 PM, Lori Lauen wrote: > >>Margit, >> >>Would there happen to be Torkel Olson married to Taline Aanensdatter in >>that book? They had three sons - Ole Andreas born 1860, Aanen born 1863 >>and Isak born 1865. Torkel was married first to Siri Taraldsdatter and >>then to Abel Maria Torkelsdatter before he married Taline. If there is >>anything on them would love to hear. >> >>Thanks, Lori >> >>>From: Margit <margit@eot.com> >>>Reply-To: NOR-VEST-AGDER-L@rootsweb.com >>>To: NOR-VEST-AGDER-L@rootsweb.com >>>Subject: Re: [VAgder] Bakke Bygdebok >>>Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 15:00:38 -0500 >>> >>>Hei Roy! >>>Ahhh that Lyngdal bunch was a wild bunch. I have from the Bygdebok >>>stories of drinking and fighting, mostly between family members. :-)) >>>Trust me the early ones over here in America were quite the bunch also. >>>Margit >>> >>> >>>On Jun 22, 2005, at 2:56 PM, RWBOYLAN@aol.com wrote: >>> >>>>While we are sharing stories of our ancestors, here is one from the >>>>Lyngdal >>>>Bygdebok about one of my 10th great grandfathers. A lot more >>>>interesting than >>>>simply names and dates: >>>> >>>> Lyngdal Bygdebok - Vol. 2 - p. 40 >>>> >>>>Store Røyskår: >>>> >>>>Åsulv (Somundsen?) of Royskår was taxed at one quarter of a farm in >>>>1594 and >>>>mentioned on the tax rolls in 1617. He married Anna Pedersdatter of >>>>Skoland >>>>who held ownership later at Hellevann in 1646. Åsulv was involved in >>>>a fight >>>>in 1605 and received a knife wound in the arm by Bent Hårigstad. In >>>>1610/1611, >>>>he was involved in an altercation in Vigringstad in Kvås. There he >>>>stabbed >>>>Iver Vigringstad in the hand and also gave Besse Vigringstad two knife >>>>wounds. >>>>Åsulv had to pay a fine of 16 dollars and Ivar 3 œ dollars >>>>===================================================================== == >>>>======= >>>>====== >>>> >>>>Roy Boylan >>> >>> >>> >>>==== NOR-VEST-AGDER Mailing List ==== >>>Visit http://www.fellesraad.com/ >>>Norwegian-American Bygdelagenes Fellesraad >>> >>>============================== >>>Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. >>>Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: >>>http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx >>> >> >> >> >>==== NOR-VEST-AGDER Mailing List ==== >>Visit http://www.fellesraad.com/ >>Norwegian-American Bygdelagenes Fellesraad >> >>============================== >>Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the >>areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >>Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >> > > > >==== NOR-VEST-AGDER Mailing List ==== >Visit http://www.fellesraad.com/ >Norwegian-American Bygdelagenes Fellesraad > >============================== >Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. >Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx >