Soland Michelsen Østgård
(Abt 1599/1604-Abt 1666/1672)
Mikkel Solandsen Østgård
(Abt 1647-Abt 1726)
Lars Mikkelsen Østgård
(1682-1752)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Sigrid Didriksdtr Galaaen

Lars Mikkelsen Østgård

  • Born: 1682, Os, Tolga, Hedmark, Norway 597,1803
  • Marriage (1): Sigrid Didriksdtr Galaaen
  • Died: 1752, Os, Tolga, Hedmark, Norway at age 70 1803,1804,1805

   Another name for Lars was Lars Mikkelsen Midtdal.

  Research Notes:

1. John Midtdal's book, Tufsingdalen .... page 385 Lars Mikkelsen Østgård, abt 1682 and died abt 1752 .. Gammelstuen
Note: it is likely that he was born at the main farm known as Gammelstue ...

Lars Mikkelsen Østgård [Gammelstuen] Dalsbygda, b abt 1682 died 1752 [døde våren=died in the spring 1752] at Midtdal, Tufsingdal
m. Sigri Didriksdatter b about 1688 died 1743
then their children, with number 7 child
Mikkel [Larson] b 1729-died 1783 m. 1758 Berit Nilsdtr [Valdal], b 1730-1805
family resided on farm Bakken on Femundshytten .. p. 386
and then Mikkel and Berit's children:
.. child 6. Nils [Mikkelsen] 1765-1841 .. m. 1797 to Gjertrud Erikstr. Moen [sondre] 1763-1838
children: Mikkel Nilsen, 1797-1869, son Nils, b 1765; m. 1826 .. Ingeborg Larsdtr Sylen, 1797-1852
Mikkel and Ingeborg's son, Mikkel Mikkelson, 1821-1900
and another son
Lars [Mikkelson], b 1828 [actual 1830] married ... Berit Sofie Mikkelsdtr. Midtal, b 1832
family to America in 1870. see page 392

2. Os I Østerdalene by Thoralf Grue, 1943 ... Midtdal søndre, page 632

.. records Lars Mikkelsen, f. 1660 ??? [1682] d. 1752 ... was a son of Mikkel Solandsen Gammelstueun* - Østgård.
Lars' wife, Sigrid Didriksdtr. b 1688 died 1744 .. she var visstnok = she "probably was" from Galåen.

In the probate records [skifte] for her [that is, Sigrid Didriksdtr] in 1774 ....

Eldest son [Ældste], Hans [Larson] is age 31 [1713],
Mikkel age 15 [1729]
dau Kirsti age 34 [1710] m. Simen Eriksen, søndre Tufsindalen
dau Gjertrud, m. Lars Jonsen, søndre Tufsingdalen
Barbro, age 25 [1719]
Sara, age 22 [1716]
Marit, age 18 [1726]

After Lars died, his probate records:
Sara married Erik Adamsen Moen
Marit married Ingebrit Ingebresen Moen
Barbro dies, 1787

*
Page 333, Gammelstu, bnr. 18; Dativ: Gammelstuen
In martrikkelen, Østgården nedre

3. Bygebok for Øs .... Vol 1, page 333 ... Gammelstu, bnr 18
re: Mikkel Solanssen, b abt 1647 [father].. two sons
.. Soland b 1678 ... took over
.. Lars b 1682 married Sigrid ... See Larsgarden 87-3
.. Ola went to Røros

And then on Vol 3, page 248, Larsgarden, bnr 3; Midtalen søndre

Lars Mikkelssen [b 1682] is one of the two known miners [gruveabeiderne] who settled in Tufsingdalen. In 1715 and 1716 he is listed as a handyman in the mining accounts. [handyman - knekt is confusing since a direct translation is knave or jack; for jack is a labor or workman, possibly a "jack of all trades".
[..... er den ene av de to kjente gruveabeiderne som slo seg ned i Tufsingdalen. I 1715 og 16 er han oppført som knekt i gruveregnskapet.]

But ... it is not clear if he was a miner working near the Smelter at Røros or Tolga ... perhaps he worked for a period at Gruvasen, the mining of copper ... the first opening of the copper mine at Gruvasen was around 1707-1708, and the mine was only active until about 1727 with a few short periods of use afterr

.. Bygsler, 1734 -- bygsle - means to lease land
.. Skifte 1752 -- distribution of property in; a probate proceeding


Children, birth date according to age at probate proceeding for Sigrid in 1744 (she died in 1743).
.. see geni.com, point 4

4. Bygebok for Engerdal, Vol 2, page 216 .... [OCR - Optical Character Recognition + google docs + google translate] ... 17 Dec 2024

Lars Mikkelsen², who later came to Femund cabin and from [or resided] Midtdal in Tufsingdal, is probably the grandson of the
Lars Mikkelsen, Tufsingdal¹, who testifies at the border hearings in 1741, and is then 60 years old, but was born at Østgård in Dalsbygda. His son, Mikkel Larsen³, married Berit Nilsdatter Valdøl in 1758. We do not know whether he is the same as the Mikkel Larsen who was a sawmill worker at Elgå in the 1740s. In any case, he has descendants in several places in Engerdal, such as at Sylen, Sorken, V. Bakken near Drevsjø and other places.


¹ this 'Lars Mikkelsen, Tufsingdal' is most likely referring to Lars Mikkelsen Østgård, 1682-1752, my 6th great grandfather, that is age 60 in 1741
² this 'Lars Mikkelsen' is most likely referring to Lars Mikkelsen Midtdal, 1762-1850, my 4th great grandfather
³ this Mikkel Larsen is most likely referring to Mikkel Larsen, 1729-1758, my 5th great grandfather
[above footnotes refer to point 4]


5. www.geni.com Johannes Rye Røste data .. now managed by Rolf Inge Holden
https://www.geni.com/people/Lars-Midtdal/6000000007329124015
- 1682 born at Dalsbyda ; died at Midtdal, Tufsingdal in 1752
lists Lars Mikkelson Østgård's children: [below is copied from geni.com FT]

Kirsti Larsdatter (1710-1784)gift med Semund Eriksen Bakken.
Hans Larsen (1713-1787)gift med Ingri Estensdatter Sæther.
Gjertrud Larsdatter (1714-1802)gift 1 m. Lars Jonsen Bakken, gift 2 m. Ole Ingebrigtsen Moen.
Barbro Larsdatter (1717-1787)
Sara Larsdatter (1722-1804)gift med Erik Adamsen Moen.
Marit Larsdatter (1726-1800)gift med Ingebret Ingebretsen Hodøl * Thoralf Grue, point 2 - Marit married Ingebrestsen Hodøl ?
Mikkel Larsen (1729-1803)gift med Beritte Nielsdatter Qvickne. ** my direct line

comment: Moved to Tufsingdalen no later than 1715 where he cleared Midtdal south (Larsgarden). Lars Mikkelsen worked as a mine jack at Røros in 1715 and 1716 in addition to driving sawdust and transporting materials from Røros.
.... was Lars Mikkelsen Østgaard b 1682 working at or working for Røros Copper Works ???


... also record name as: Lars Michelsen Midtdal 2092,2318,2319,2320


Lars married Sigrid Didriksdtr Galaaen. (Sigrid Didriksdtr Galaaen was born about 1688 in Tolga, Hedmark, Norway 597,1174,1691 and died on 9 Jun 1743 in Tolga, Hedmark, Norway 597,1691.)




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