Ola Olssen Moen
(1817-1906)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Benedikte Mikkelsdtr Midtdal

Ola Olssen Moen

  • Born: 14 Dec 1817, Tufsingdalen Os, Tolga, Hedmark, Norway
  • Marriage (1): Benedikte Mikkelsdtr Midtdal on 14 Oct 1845 in Os, Tolga, Hedmark, Norway 2337
  • Died: 12 Dec 1906, Tufsingdalen Os, Tolga, Hedmark, Norway at age 88

   Another name for Ola was Ole Olsen Moen.

  Research Notes:


From: Bygebok for Os, Vol 3, page 215-216 and 280

Ola Olssen b 1817 on Moen, Ytre [p 215] married 1845 to Benedike Mikkelsdatter Midtdal [1822-1898]. [Benedike was a sister to my 2nd great grandmother, Berit Sofie Mikkelsdatter Midtdal, 1832-1890, and she was married to Lars Mikkelson, b 1830].

p. 280 [1850 era to 1891 at the latest]
Ola, b 1817, was the farmer in 1865 and 1875 at Øybakken [p 280].

children:
a. Ola b 1844, d. 1901 on Moen; m. 1874 to Marit Embretsdatter. See 88-1 [216] ** Ytre Moen
b. Mikkel, b 1848 ... left for America in 1870. Se Nedi Myren, 113-3
c. Bernt, b 1852 ... left for America in 1872 Tolga parish, moving out, no. 6 /1852 - 1876, page 347 no 5 ... 18 Mar 1872
d. Embret b 1854. took over farm, Øybakken

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** Ytre Moen, bnr 1, mattrikkel: Moen søndre page 215, bottom 2nd col and top of 1st col page 216
Embret Olssen b. 1815 [his father was Ole Adamsen, 1779-1858]. Embret married 1841 to Anne Marie Torbergsdatter b. 1820 in Tufsingdalen, Punnibakken 89-1.
In the emigration list in the church register, it is noted that the family left for the North American free states, with the given date being 9 May 1851. Later it is added that they traveled to Schleswig [Slesvig; Germany, south of Denmark border] on 4 June, that the wife with two children returned at the end of July 1852 and that the husband left his family in Schleswig.
*** Embrets Olsen's wife, Anne Marie Torbergsdatter left for 1889 to America, and lived with her daughter Karoline Elisabeth ***.

children [page 216]
a. Marit [Embretsdatter], b 1847, m. Ola Olssen Moen [b 1844]. next farmer ... see below
Marit also had a daughter, Ingeborg b 1864, m. 1888 to Elias Tollevseen Nedre Myre
b. Gunhild Marie, 1449-1849
c. Karoline Elisabeth b 1852, m. 1872 to Elias Jakobssen Sønmør. Left for Sweden, and later America.
*** see my Legacy data and research notes ... she was the wife of Elias Jacobsen Sonmor.

------- then, from 1880-1990. page 216, bottom of 1st col and top of 2nd col

Ola Olssen b 1844 on Midtdalen, Øybakken, Tufsingdalen, d. 1901 on Moen. Married 1874 to Marit Embretsdatter b 1847 on Moen,
d. 1935. Marit Embretsdatter was the daughter of Embret Olsen b 1815 [see top of 1st col, page 216]
Ola b 1844 oldest son:

In 1875, Ola and Marit rented a house in Søndre Sætra. They are at Bjørodden in the autumn of 1878 until the summer of 1880 at the earliest .... not in the seater period [?]
children:
a. Ola b 1875 took over farm
b. Marie b 1878, m. Jon Olseen Drevsjømoen. På Ollarsa-garden
c. Bernt, b 1879, took over farm after brother Ola.

----------- then from 1900-1903
Ola Olssen, b 1875, farmer in 1900. Married 1896 to Olava Larsdatter Midtdal, b 1876 on Larsgarden, 88-3. Left for America in 1903

Children born in Norge:
a. Ole Melkor, b 1879, d. 1897
b. Ole Melkor, b 1900
c. Olga Lovise, f 1902


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1865 Norway census .... image 90 on ancestry's collection .... Tolga
note .. the previous page [image 89] was the family of Mikkel Larsen Midtdal, on Midtdal søndre [1865 matrikel bnr 203] and the first family on the next page [image 90] is the farm ... Stigersöibakken with no matrikel number and so it appears to be a place [cottage?] on Midtdal søndre ? ..... family of:

Ole Olsen, age 49 [1816-17] ... Ole Olsen Moen, b 1817
and his wife, Benedikte Mikkelsdatter, age 43 [1822]
children:
son, Bernt Olsen, age 14
son, Embret Olsen, age 12
dau, Marit Olsdatter, age 11 [1854]
dau, Berit Olsdatter, age 6 [1859]

1875 Norway census .... Tolga Hedmark ... farm Stigersøibakken matrikel 203 ... is this the same as Øybakken ???
Ole Olsen Moen,b 1817
wife, Benekikte Mikkelsdatter, b 1822
dau, Berit Olsdatter, b 1860

https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61751/images/ft20101210680501?usePUB=true&_phsrc=JEe225&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&pId=418619
[image 496 out of 1233, ancestry collection] 2924


Ola married Benedikte Mikkelsdtr Midtdal, daughter of Mikkel Larsen Midtdal and Berit Semundstr Bakken, on 14 Oct 1845 in Os, Tolga, Hedmark, Norway.2337 (Benedikte Mikkelsdtr Midtdal was born on 1 Dec 1822 in Midtdalen Søndre, Tufsingdalen, Tolga, Hedmark, Norway and died on 3 Aug 1898 in Øybakken, Os, Tolga, Hedmark, Norway 2338.)




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