Morten Simensen Hulbækdal

  Research Notes:

Summary:

Initially I had information on Morten Simensen Hulbækdal recorded based on the information from "Klokkervang" [Per Harold Grue, 1997 an updated version of Thoralf Grue's of Klokkervang published in 1922/23]. Klokkervang had recorded that Morten Simensen Hulbækdal's 2 youngest children dying young [død som barn] and then a 3rd daughter, Berit b 1772 married to Peder Andersen Lien. Per Harold's account of Morten Simensen's children is likely based on the information from Eystein Eggen Tolga Bygebok, published in 1968 [see below, point 6.b. ].

In early Jan 2025, I reviewed this information again, and noted that the youngest was recorded born in 1763 and Berit b in 1772, 9 year gap. This is a fairly big gap. And so I developed 2 goals:

[1] determine if other children were born Morten Simensen Hulbækdal and
[2] determine if there was a connection between the information I had found about a person named Lars Mortensen Holbekkmoen from Tolga - he was the father of my 3rd great grandmother, Ingeborg Larsdtr and she was married to Mikkel Nilsen [1797-1869]. I had found this from the Bygebok for Engerdal vol 2, page 205.

In April 2012 and again in 2013 I tried to search the Tolga parish Register, but the handrwiting for the volume for the years 1763-1770 is very difficult to read. However, a researcher/transcriber, Marie Tollman, had transcribed this volume and and in Jan 2025 I searched this record on Norway's Digitalarkivet, I found a birth for a boy, Lars Mortensen with his parents as Morten Simensen and Berit Larsdatter. The year of birth for this Lars was 1770.

On 17 Jan 2025, I continued to research Marie Tollman's transcriptions to see if I could find records for the children of Morten Simensen, b 1723. The initial link to Marie Tollman's transciptions is: https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/source/9218
These is the results for register, 1733-1767:

1. Anna /Anne Mortensdatter, baptism, Ous church: 6 Aug 1760 [https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/view/255/pd00000005444196]
2. Simon Mortensen, baptism, Tolgen: 17 Apr 1763 [https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/view/255/pd00000005445096]

NOTE: there are no further births for father Morten Simensen in this volume/register .... BUT looking at the next register:

These are the results for register, 1768-1786
3. Lars Mortensen, baptism, Ous/Tolgen: 4 Mar 1770 [https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/view/255/pd00000001638765]
... his birth is also noted on in the parish register Chronlogical list
Tolga Parish register (official) no. 2, Chronological list] 1768-1786, p. 22 no 16
4. Berit Mortensdtr, baptism, Ous/Tolgen: 15 May 1772 [https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/view/255/pd00000001639886]
... also in this volume:
Simen Mortensen, deaths/burials: 28 Mar 1773, age 9 yrs 50 days [https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/view/267/pg00000001055050]

... also in this volume:
Anne Mortensdtr, Confirmation, Ous 4 Oct 1778, age 18 [https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/view/279/pk00000000317761]

and then the results for register, 1787-1814:

Lars Mortensen, confirmation, Vingelen; 19 Oct 1788, age 18 ¾ [https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/view/279/pk00000000765130] *
Berit Mortensdtr and Per Andersen, marriage, 24 Apr 1801; [https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/view/327/pv00000000583716]
* Vingelen church is about 10 kms to the east of the Tolga church

My conclusion: [1]. children of Morten Simensen. It is very clear that Morten Simensen Hulbækdal had at least 4 children. However, reviewing the births, there is still a gap of about 5-6 years [early 1764 to fall 1769]. I don't have a good explanation. It is possible that there was at least one other boy named Lars that could have been born in 1764 or into 1765 - this would then correpond with the information from the Tolga Bygebok and Per Harold Grue's Klokkervang. But why wasn't he recorded in the parish register either as a birth or as a death? Possibly because he was stillborn and the family noted his name as Lars, or possibly the parish priest had mistakenly not recorded the birth/death.

A note on Norwegian naming patterns [from an older website, Ancestors from Norway [https://homepages.rootsweb.com/~norway/index.html ... and an article by John Føllesdal, "Norwegian Naming Patterns"]: "...we can say that prior to about 1900, rural Norwegians did not have surnames, unless they were members of the educated upper class (priests, high ranking civil servants, etc). City dwellers, including members of the educated upper class, did have surnames. The rural Norwegian farmers had a first name, and sometimes a middle name, which they were baptized with. They added a patronym and a farm name to that first name in their everyday interactions with other people. The fact that neither the patronym nor the farm name was treated as a surname ... And, further the oldest son was named after his paternal grandfather, and the second son after his maternal grandfather. Likewise, the oldest daughter was named after her paternal grandmother, and the second daughter after her maternal grandmother.
In Morten's family, the first daughter was named Anna/Anne [Morten's mother was Ane Andersdtr]; the first son was named Simen after Morten's father; the second son was named Lars, after the maternal grandfather, Lars; and the second daughter was name Berit - I haven't found the names for Morten's wife's parents. If there was a boy named Lars and this Lars died very young, it was common that the next son born would be also named Lars [John Føllesdal ... if a child died, the next child would be named after the deceased child].

I should also note that if fact "Hulbækdal" is not a surname even though I and other family researchers have treated it as such. "Hulbækdal" is really a name of a farm or more likely a general area, about 2 kms to the north west of the village of Tolga. Additionally there are a number of variations of the farm/area: Hulbechmoe, Hulbeckmoen, Hulbexmoen, Holbeckmoe, Hulbekkmo. From the Tolga bygebok [page 260, 261] ... Simen Mortensen [Morten's father] obtained in 1728 from Tolgasgard's owner a plot of land cleared on Hulbækmoen and it was the farm Hulbækdal, in daily speech called Simagarden ... and, it was said "his first home was a dirt hut by Hulbækken" [dirt hut may have been more of a 'dugout'; Hulbækken appears to be a small stream in the area]

My conclusion: [2]. Are they the same person? This much more difficult to reach a definitive conclusion. I think the answer is most likely yes, they are the same person: Lars Mortensen, the son of Morten Simensen Hulbækdal, and Lars Mortensen Holbekkmoen from Tolga, the father of my 3rd great grandmother, Ingeborg who was married to Mikkel Nilsen [1797-1869].
My reasoning:
.. the date of birth, 1770
.. both are most likely from the same area, only a spelling variation of separates the two ... general area of Hulbaekmoen.
.. Ingri or Ingeborg [spelling variation] are the same name with the same birth and likely both born in Tolga parish
.. Lars Mortensen Hulbækal was born in 1770 and did not die as a child .. he was alive in 1888, almost age 19 ... it would not be unusal that he moved to the area around Sylen in Røros, since many people from Os-Togla moved to this area to work with Røros Copperworks or to work supplying wood or charcoal to the smelter hut at Fedmundhytte in Røros parish
.. it is too much of a coindence that they are not the same person

However, I do not have overhelming evidence that two Lars Mortensen's are the same person. BUT at this time, I will conclude that they are the same and record Lars Mortensen Holbekkmoen [as recorded in the Bygebok for Engerda], as the son of Morten Simensen Hulbækdal. This means that Lars Mortensen Holbekkmoen was the grandson of Simen Mortensen Hulbækdal, 1680-1752, my 5th great grandfather. I will use the 'surname' Hulbækdal for Lars Mortensen [noted in the Bygebok for Engerda], but also known as Lars Mortensen Holbekkmoen.

It is quite possible that at some time in the future, I will find convincing evidence.

written by Rueben D Grue, 20 Jan 2025

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Note: farm Dalhaug ... further north of Hulbækdal
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1. From: Gravlagde i Tolga prestegjeld 1786-1814 [Apr 2012]

- died at age 78 yrs <1723>; burial 31 May 1801
- residence - Holbeckmoe


2. 1801 Norway Census -- Tolga; new household # 185; family # 34 [not farm 34]; enumeration date as of 1 Feb 1801
[ initially reviewed and recorded in Aug 2012]

- Morten Simonsen, age 78 <1723> Farmer and farm habitant [ Bonde og gardbeboer ]
- Berit Larsdtr, age 70 <1731>
- Berit Mortensdtr, age 29 <1772>, martial status - single [Ugvit]
- also listed as a servant is Per Andersen, age 29 <1772>
Ancestry collection: [18 Jan 2025]
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61749/images/ft20090806610554?usePUB=true&_phsrc=AoS190

NOTE: Berit isn't found on the 1865 Norway Census [ 6 Aug 2012 ]

NOTE: see below - Land Registers

- I'm not sure what farm #34 was. Gard # 25 most likely refers to the farm Hulbækmoen (1838 Matrikkel - old gnr # 25; new gnr 32); one of the Brusknavn was Mortensgaarden with a løpenr of 126 and the leasee as Thore Estensen --- note Morten Simensen died in 1801 (his wife died in 1813; his daughter, Beret married to Peder Andersen Lien was the leasee on Pederslien)

The 1886 Matrikkel for Røsepladsen (farm 34; old gnr #25) has bruksnr# 1 as Røsegaarden; there is an Anders Mortensen on Bruks# 11 - Grinden øvre; Jon Simensen Grue (born 1804) is on Bruks# 9 - Støvolden m.m -- old or 1838 løpenr 92b ;; note that the farm for Jon Simensen Grue born 1804 on the 1838 matrikkel was (gnr 25, løpenr 92) leasee was Marin Baardsdtr, enken, on Støen ytre and in the 1801 census for gnr 25 was Jon Jonsen, age 50


Land registers - Matrikkel

a. Oluf Rygh -- Norwegian Farm Names

- In the late 19th century a new and complete land registry was compiled in Norway. A central member of the land register commission was the Norwegian philologist and archaeologist Oluf Rygh. On the basis of his work in the commission, Rygh started to publish a complete catalogue over the names of the main Norwegian farms (45 000 in 1886).
NOTE: for Tolga; county - Hedemarkens amt; municipality Tolgen; parish Tolgen; then clicked small box beside a farm name, then show

v.3, p.414 34. Røsepladsen. Kaldes rø2sebygda (Grændenavn).
v.3, p.414 34,1. Røsegaarden. Skal kaldes fré1rékaNN.
v.3, p.414 34,5. Helbladpladsen. Kaldes hé1llb£a:.
v.3, p.414 34,20. Tolgensgjelten. Kaldes jæ1hla.

But: [18 Jan 2025]
v.3, p.415 .... 41,16. Hulbækdalen. Mentes kaldet sí`maga£en.
.. 1ste Led i det sidste Navn af Mandsnavnet Simon.
v.3, p.415 .... 41,20. Mortensgaarden. Udt. mó`ltinnsgalen.

link, https://www.dokpro.uio.no/perl/navnegransking/rygh_ng/rygh_soek.prl?s=e&AMT=Hedemarkens+amt&start=Search&HERRED=Tolgen&SOGN=Tolgen&GNAVN=&GNR=&LITTREF=&REFORDF=&BIND=&SIDE=&SOEKESTRENG=&med_amt=on&med_herred=on&med_sogn=on&konkordanse_streng=hurtigliste&sort_tfunn=-&sort_amt=1&sort_herred=2&sort_sogn=3&sort_gard=4

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1762 Mantel [Mantall] ... 'special tax' ???? https://media.digitalarkivet.no/view/45138/409/indv4 **
.. bottom of page: Morten Simensen og Berit Larsdr ..... farm as Holbeckmoen

** 2 Jun 2025 ..... I was reviewing this 1762 Mantel, but was only able to recognize a few .... Tolga starts on page/image 402

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3. from Klokkervang

(B) Morten Simensen (Hulbækdal) b. 1721 married 1759 to Berit Larsdtr Øfstuen, Nordvang, Dalsbygden.
(A) Berit Mortensdtr born 1772 was married to Peder Andersen Lien. Their relatives/descendants lived on Lien. Morten Simensen's
(other) relatives/descendents otherwise went to America. [ Morten Simensens slegt forøvrig i America - forøvrig is
translated as otherwise, incidentally, furthermore, -- it is possible that this means his descendents lived on
Lien and later went to America or possibly it means that Morten's other child or children went to America;
however, I haven't been able to find any thing further on Lars ]

- Tolga Ministerialbok, 1852-1876; page 224, line 12 marriages - Morten Mortensen, born 23 jan 1828 at Tonset, father Morten Simensen


3. b. Klokkervang by Per Harold Grue, page 6 ... published 1997

Morten Simensen Hulbækdal got half of Hulbækdal by the probate document**. The newly built garden/farm was named Mortensgård / Mortensgaard. This farm has later been cleared and has become part of other farms (See Tolga Boka 263).

Morten, born 1721 died 1801, was married to Berit Larsdatter Øfstuen from Nordvang in Dalsbygda, born 1724 died 1813. They had three children
1) Simen Mortensen Mortensgård - died as a child [ død som barn ]
2) Lars Mortensen Mortensgård - died as a child ***
3) Berit Mortensdatter Lien, born at Mortensgård in 1772, died before 1865. Was married to Peder Andersen Lien from Lien Øvre, born 1770 died 1822. They built and cleared the farm Pederslien at Tolga. They had 6 children; there is no more family information in this book.

[ Morten Simensen Hulbækdal fikk halvparten av Hulbækdal ved skifte. den nybygde garden fikk navent Mortensgård. Denne garden er seinere blitt ryddet og gått inn i andre garder (Se Tolgaboka 263) ]

** this is likely referring to Simen Mortensen Hulbækdal's probate of 5 Apr 1752, but I haven't found the actual line that this is referring to ..... http://arkivverket.no/URN:sk_read/24718/426/?size=full&mode=0

*** however, there is not a burial record in Tolgen; - if his birth was 1770 then to have died as a child, his death would have to be before 1795-1790 [?], but there is no burial for Lars Mortensen for this time period


3. b. Ancestry.com, PGalliath family tree ... owner, PGalliath; last access 18 Jan 2025
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/5335799/person/-1467733762/facts

- Morten and Berit Larsdtr marriage record on 1759
- son, Simon Mortensen - cites Norway parish registers - 1733-1767, bap 1763 page 164-165 (side 1, abt mid-page)
-the following comment is not noted in above FT, but likely I had added it later:
BUT - Gravlagde i Tolga prestegjeld 1768-1786, burial 28 Mar 1773, Simen Mortensen age 9 yrs 50 days <1763,1764>; residence Hulbechmoen; remarks - talk over grave [ likely refers to the priest speaking at the gravesite, but not likely a funeral ]


4. But Vigde i Tolga prestegjeld 1786-1814 (Marie Tollman's transcriptions) ... noted Apr 2012

Berit Mortensdtr (Hulbechmoe) marriage to Per Andersen (Lia) on 24 Apr 1801
--- not found on Emigrants from Trondheim or Noway Heritage.com [ 6 Aug 2012 ]
--- but at norwayheritage.com 1870 Peder Abrahamsen Lien age 19 but from (residence) at Danegen?; Peder Larsen Lien age 26 in 1852, so likely isn't a relationship


5. NOT Confirmed --- Ancestry.com 'One World Tree' - no sources, etc FT no longer available ... 18 Jan 2025

- records surname for Berit Larsdatter (born in 1724, Os and died 1813, Tolga) as Nordvang; married in 1759, Tolga; one daughter Berit Mortensatter Hulbaekmo born 1772 married to Peder Andersen Lien, born 4 Apr 1872 in Stråholmen, Sannidal, Telemark, Norway


6. Tolgen by Ivar Sæter [likely noted in Apr 2012] .... from Norway Nasjonalbiblioteket

page 80 (side 86) - Mortensgaarden - The first user/farmer was from Hulbækdal named Morten (hence, the name). After him, his son Per* After him his son, Per, who had to sell to Røro's works [see 6.b.], and who then built in Pederslien. In 1817, the property was extended to Tore Embretsen Flatgaard for life. Paul Flatgaard bought the land in 1876.

* note: son Per ??? I'm not sure who this is refering to since Morten Simensen Hulbækdal's daughter Beret who married Peder Andersen and they did not have a son by the name of Per. The above "Per" most likely refers to Per (or Peder) Andersen Lien. However, from the information I have, Lars Mortensen did move to Røros, but I haven't been able to find any further information
(see note under Peder Andersen Lien)


1838 Matrikkel: Gardsnavn - Lien (new gnr 38; old gnr 25); Løpernr 113 -- Brusknavn - Pederslien
leasee - Berit Mortensdtr --- Peder Andersen's widow [ enke ]
Løpernr 112 leasee is Iver Iversen


6. b. Tolgaby Eystein Eggen, 1968 ... olga - Gards og Slektshistorie: Hodalen, Kasa, Holøydalen, Øversjødalen, Vol 1
.... page 263, 264

As mentioned under Hulbækdal, Morten and Anders Simensønner divided their father's farm between them. Morten built his own home, and it became Mortensgård. In 1759 he married Berit Larsdatter Nordvang from Dalsbygda. They had sons Simen and Lars, both of whom died in childhood. Their daughter Berit, born in 1772, grew up. Morten Simensen died at the age of 78 in 1801 and Berit Larsdatter at the age of 89 in 1813. Their daughter Berit Mortensdatter married Peder Andersen from Lien øvre. The Røros Works archive states that after the widow Berit Larsdatter had died in 1813, this man [Peder Andersen] had arbitrarily and without authority taken possession of the part or 1/4 calfskin in the farm Hulbækmoen to which the Røros Works' participation had the right of ownership. A case was brought against Peder Andersen, and at the Bergretten he was sentenced to tidy up the property, pay 1 spd. to the poor fund, pay the costs of the case with 4 spd. and vacate the farm with a deadline of the first Monday after the verdict was given

Peder Andersen had to obey the order, and he settled up in Lia, see Pederlien.

Mortensgård was leased and attached to Tore Estensen Flatgård [ mentions the terms, with date noted as 1817]

Tore Estensen ran Mortensgård as a subfarm of Flatgård from 1817 to 1876 together with his son Ole Toresen.
His great-grandson Paul Olsen, bought the farm from the Røros works and put the land under Flatgård. All houses were removed, and the memory of the regulations that Røros Verk imposed on its tenants remains. The case against Peder Andersen shows that the Verk wanted to have both ends meet when it came to basic rights.

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** 1838 Matrikkel; Gardsnavn Holbækmoen (new matrikkel # 032; old # 25);

Bruksnavn - Mortensgaarden; Løpenr 126; owner/leasee was Thore Estensen
same information at, http://arkivverket.no/URN:db_read/db/35476/120/?size=gigant&mode=0

** 1886 Matrikkel; Gardsnavn Hulbækmoen (new # 41; old # 32)

Bruksnavn - Mortensgaarden; Bruksnr 20 (old Løpenr 126a) - owner/leasee was Paul Olsen [from above ... grandson of Tore Estensen
as above, Bruksnr 21 (old Løpenr 126b) - owner/leasee was Jens J Riise


** 1801 Norway Census (using the old gard # 25 from the 1838 Matrikkel)

Per Jonsen age 22, and his mother, Guri Persdtr age 68 and his sister, Anne Jonsdtr age 30
Per was a farmer and worker at the smelter




Conflict: Morten's birth

- 1723 - 1801 Census
- 1721 - Klokkervang by Thoralf Grue and Per Harold Grue
- 1723 - death/burial - 18 Jan 2025 ... Marie Tollman's transcription: buried 31 May 1801 at age 78 years ... birth abt 1723

As of 1 Oct 2012 - there is no good way to resolve the conflict without reviewing the birth records - perhaps the LDS microfilm for Tønset/Tynest might work (see John Simensen Grue, born 1729).

In the meantime, I have concluded his birth to be 1723, since it is likely that he (that is, Morten or the mother) reported his birth in the 1801 censes.

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??? no confirmation
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- Tolga Ministerialbok, 1760 births (p. 156-157), line 7 [7th entry from the top] (2nd side)
Parish register (official) no. 1, 1733-1767, p. 156-157
Morten Simensen og Berthe? Larsd., "Anna"; then Svend Lars. and Jon Simensen as witnesses
https://media.digitalarkivet.no/en/view/9218/82

Marie Tollman's transcription: https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/view/255/pd00000005444196


1801 Norway Census .... Rendalen
ancestry link,
https://www.ancestry.ca/imageviewer/collections/61749/images/ft20090806610512?usePUB=true&_phsrc=HSa311&_phstart=successSource&pId=169824

Carl Tollefsen, age 56 [1754]
wife, Anne Mortensdtr, age 40 [1761]
dau, Anne Carlsdatter, age 1 [1801] ; bap 17 Jan 1801

FamilySearch.org, 1801 ... farm Qverness No 1, family 3 .... more likely farm ... Kvernnes

Carl Tollefsen, age 58; died 8 Jul 1802 ... burial 28 Jul ..... residence Qverness / Kvernnes
Rendal Parish register (official) no. 2, 1788-1814, p. 98-99, 8th entry from the bottom 2nd side
https://media.digitalarkivet.no/en/view/9190/33
... his probate family search index cards on FamilySearch
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7YKC-3KT2


Ane Mortensdtr, age 77 [b 1760] ... died 10 Feb 1837, buried 20 Feb ... farm Søndre ?? Uudsen Mudfes ???? Øvre Rendal
Rendalen Parish register (official) no. 4, 1829-1852, p. 269, 5th entry from top
.. some other writing .. fød ... almost like support or pension ... føderådskone woman receiving føderåd = support received
https://media.digitalarkivet.no/en/view/9192/275 ^853,1111

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Residence - 1801, 1 Feb 1801, Tolga, Hedmark, Norway. ¹¹¹²

Morten married Berit Larsdtr on 7 Aug 1759 in Tolga, Hedmark, Norway.¹¹⁰⁶ (Berit Larsdtr was born in 1731 in Nordvang, Dalsbygda, Hedmark, Norway,^1113,1114 died in 1813 in Tolga, Hedmark, Norway ¹¹¹⁵ and was buried on 16 May 1813 in Tolga, Hedmark, Norway ¹¹¹³.)