Gjermund Jonsen Lillebo

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Summary

Gjermund Jonsen Lillebo was born on 25 Jun 1775, mostly likely on the farm Nørdre Lillebo. He was the twin brother to Gjertrud Jonsdtr, b 1775.

In 1806, he was married to Kari Salmonsdotter. Kari was born on 11 Feb 1786 at [Flötningen] Storbo, Idre, Kopparberg, Sweden.
Remember that the people in the area frequently crossed the Norway/Sweden border. It appears that in the earlier years of Gjermund Jonsen Lillebo's marriage, Gjermund and Kari lived at Nørdre Lillebo, Kvilten, and Storbo in Irdre parish in Sweden. It appears that their oldest son, Nils was born at the Kvilten farm in Trysil parish; son Jon [1809-1811] and daughter Ragnihild [b 1812] were born at Storbo, Idre, Sweden. Son Gjermund was most likely born at the farm vestre Kvilten in 1817.

Around 1807, Gjermund Jonsen Lillebo and Kari were the farmers on vestre Kvilten. They had taken over the farm work from
Nils Jonsen [b 1747] and Kari Svendsatter [b 1744] who did not have any children - Gjermund and Kari had agreed to support them as 'pensioners'. It is likely that Kari Salmonsdotter had spent time at her parents home in Storbo, Sweden - particularly during the birth of son Jon and daughter Ragnhild. Gjermund Jonsen Lillebo died on 2 Dec 1815 at Flötningen, Idre parish [see source record on 'sources page on my Legacy' and after his death, Kari Salmonsdatter had moved to the area around Strobo or Stoa on the eastern end of the lake Fløntningssøen.

Gjermund's wife remarried around 1832 in Sweden to Hågen Olsen [Storstu] and around the same time they moved to the farm at Søndre Svingen, in Engerdal/Trysil. Hågen died about 1856; Kari Salmonsdotter died in 1868.

Gjermund Jonsen Lillebo and Kari's 2 sons lived at Søndre Svitlen. Son Nils took over the farm at Søndre Svingen - was married and had one son, Hågen Nilsen - see his page. Son Lars eventually married -- see his page.


Note: it is very difficult to piece together the travels or movements of Gjermund or his family since they moved freely between Norway and Sweden. For example, the Bygebok for Engerdal [vol 1] records that the family left vestre Klivten for Storbo in 1817, but that is not likely correct, since Gjermund Jonsen Lillebo died in early Dec 1815 at Flötningen, Idre. But of course it is possible that I have mis-understood the entries in the Bygebok for Engerdal, regarding Gjermund and Kari's movements, or the movements of Kari and the two boys.

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Bygebok for Engerdal, vol 1
... Nordre Lillebo .... see page 442, child 5 .. Engerdal, vol 1
but also see, page 346, Vestre Kvilten ..... Lars Gjermundsen [b 1817] had two children before marriage:
- Gjermund Larsen Langfloten [b 1836] and Thore Larsen - Thore died a few months old in 1842

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They [Gjermund Jonsen Lillebo and Kari] were the grandparents of Gjermund Larsen Langfloen and Hågen Nilsen who built S. Svingen, but [Hågen] emigrated to America - the sons Lars and Nils came to Engerdal at eighteen from Storbo where their
parents moved in 1817. Kari Salmonsdatter, as a widow, married Hågen Olsen Strostu, [he] d. dom
legdslem at Elgå 1856.

De var besteforeldren til Gjermund Larsen Langfloen og Hågen Nilsen som bygde S. Svingen, men utv til
Amerika - Søonnene Lars og Nils kom nemlige attene til Engerdal fra Storbo dit foreldrent flyttet
1817. Kari Salmonsdatter ble som enke gift med Hågen Olsen Strostu, d. dom legdslem på Elgå 1856.

NOTE: Bygdebok for Engerdal, vol 1, p.442 records that Gjermund and Kari were married in 1806, but their
marriage is not recorded in Norway Parish register, Trysil or Rendal, 1805-1807 [viewed pages, 5 Sep 2025]
.. Geneanet FT suggests the Bygebok records 2 children mentioned, but likely more children at Storbo.

... however there is no evidence that the family lived at Storbo, Idre parish, Sweden.
.. Bygebok, p 346. .. mentions "family moves to Sorbo in 1817 .... but it is not clear which family as the
Household records for Idre, farm Storbo, 1797-1829, --- no record .... also there is no moving-in record

BUT .. the above may not be correct, since
Birth/baptism, Ragnhild [Gjermundsdotter] born 9 Feb 1812, bap 15 Mar
.. parents Germund Jonsen og Karin Salmonsdotter on Storbo... Idre, C:3, births, 1775-1844, bild 80, no 8
https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/C0014131_00080#?xywh=457%2C638%2C1896%2C930&cv=79&rid=https%3A%2F%2Flbiiif.riksarkivet.se%2Farkis!C0014131%2Frange%2Fr1-1-38
Deaths/burial: .... Gjermund Jonsen ... m. 1806 Karin Salmonsdtr .... Gjermund was son of Jo Jonsen at Lillebo ... moved to Fløtningen ... father of 4 children; died or buried 2 Dec 1815, age 38 [cal b. 1876/77]
Idre deaths/burial F:3, 1777-1828; bild 77, last entry at bottom
https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/C0014136_00077#?xywh=4513%2C3532%2C1207%2C592&cv=76&rid=https%3A%2F%2Flbiiif.riksarkivet.se%2Farkis!C0014136%2Frange%2Fr1-1-39
..death of Germund Jonsson, b 15 Mar 1777 and died 2 Dec 1815 at Fløtningen, Sweden is also noted in the Olsson Släktträd FT ..https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/48240394/person/142235557202/facts

.. death of son Jon, f. Gjermund Jonsen from Fløtningen ... died 16 Apr 1 yr 10 months; buried 21 Apr 1811
Idre parish, deaths/burials, F:3, 1777-1828, bild 66, no 9


Geneanet FT ... https://gw.geneanet.org/mgranset?lang=no&pz=johanne&nz=sektnan&p=gjermund&n=lillebo
Granseth, Sektnan, Besseætta
... https://gw.geneanet.org/mgranset?lang=no&pz=johanne&nz=sektnan&p=lars&n=qvislen


*** Household records Idre, AI:1 1797-1829, side 59, 8th entry from bottom; Fløtningen, Idre
Enkan, Karin Salmonsdotter, b 11 Feb 1785
son Nils, b 8 May 1807
son Lars, b ?????
dau, Ragnhild, b 4 Feb 181 ... but crossed off
.. the above is for grouping of years, 1820-1829, but NOT for grouping of years, 1808-1819 for Fløtningen or Storbo

Kari Salmonsen ble som enke gift med skredderen Hågen Olsen fra Engerdalen (Storstu). De kommer att fra Storbu og
dør begge her på legd, han ved Elgå og hun på Sømåhaugen.
p. 346 ... Av opptegnelser fra Idre Kirkebok ser en at Kari Salmonsdotter som enke ble gift att med Håfen Olsen Storstu, og de kom til Engerdal att i 1832. Han døde som legdslem ved Elgå.
Han ble altså stefar til Lars og Nils Gjermundsønner som også kom tilbake. En husmannsplass Hågen Olsen hadde begynt å bygge i Endgerdalsgrenda, er antagelig S. Svingen, som Hågen Nilsen snere bygde på

= Kari Salmonsen, as a widow, married the tailor Hågen Olsen from Engerdalen (Storstu). They came back from Storbu and both died here on a farm, he at Elgå and she at Sømåhaugen.
p. 346 ... From records from the Idre Church Book it can be seen that Kari Salmonsdotter, as a widow, remarried Hågen Olsen Storstu, and they came to Engerdal again in 1832. He died as a farmhand at Elgå.
He thus became stepfather to Lars and Nils Gjermundsønner who also returned. A homestead Hågen Olsen had begun to build in Endgerdals grenda is probably S. Svingen, which Hågen Nilsen built on earlier

... earlier, on page 219 [farm Storstu], Hågen Olsen and Kari Salomsdtter were married at Fløtningen and came to Norway in 1832 and lived at S. Svingen.. [Hågen Olsen may have built on S Svingen earlier ??]. ... Kari's son Nils Gjermundsen later built on S.Svingen

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Gjermund married Kari Salmonsdatter. (Kari Salmonsdatter was born on 11 Feb 1786 in Flötningen Storbo, Idre, Kopparberg, Sweden and died on 16 Sep 1868 in Engerdal, Hedmark, Norway ¹⁰⁴⁹³.)