Mikkel Larsen Midtdal

  Research Notes:

Note: see John Midtdal's book, Tufsingdalen .... page ... 389, 390, Mikkel Larsen, 1793-1877
he was the next farmer on Midtdal søndre
- daughter Berit Sophie, married to Lars Mikkelsen Sylen .... family to North America..... page 392

Also: see above book, page 385, Lars Mikkelsen Østgård


1. previous souurce: www.worldconnect.rootsweb.com Terrill Hayes and Dale Rosten (dale.rosten@yahoo.com); 29 May 2005 (database no longer available - 2010)

-- place of birth: Terrill Hayes indicates Tolgens, Sør Trøndelag; however, Tolgens parish is in Hedmark County; 1801 Norway census shows family (Lars Mikkelsen, age 35, Bendike, age 43 <1758> and children) living in Tolgens Parish, Hedmark, gard # 147)
-- family name: Dale Rosten indicates family name as Midtdal (Mikkel Larsen Midtdal) and that Mikkel Larsen was born in Tolgens parish; Terrill Hayes lists children's family name as Mitdahl
-- Dale Rosten lists three children Berti, Benedikke, and Lars (3 children); Terril Hayes adds Berit Lucia, Berit Sophie, and Mikkel (6 children all together)
-- Dale Rosten lists Mikkel Larsen's wife as Berit Semundsdtr Bakken


2. Source: 1865 Norway Census

.. farm as Midtdal søndre [1865 Matrikel, bnr. 203]; with Mikkel Larsen age 73, and as the Husfader ... he is also recorded as widower
Lars Mikkelson, age 38
his wife, Gundhild Jørgensdatter, age 48
his son, Mikkel Larsen age 17 [1848] , the younger
his son, Jørgen Larson, age 13
then
Mikkel Mikkelson Midtdal, age 26 [b 1840]
and Kristen Mikkelsen, age 8 fosterson [actually he was the son of Mikkel Mikkelsson b 1840 and Sigrud Thoresdatter b 1824 ...
.... Kristen was born outside of marriage
then 3 farm workers, include Valborg Adamsdatter, age 23

https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61753/images/ft20090722610559?treeid=&personid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=JEe224&_phstart=successSource&pId=361050
[image 89 out of 152]

1900 Norway Census farm "owned" by Mikkel Larssen Midtdal <1849>

2. b. ... 1875 Norway Census .....Midtdal søndre ... matrikel, 203
Mikkel Larsen Midtdal, b 1793 is living with his son's family, LarsMikkelsen Midtdal, b 1828 [see his page]

https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61751/images/ft20101210680499?usePUB=true&_phsrc=JEe225&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&pId=418619
[image 494 out of 1233, ancestry collection]

3. Birth, 1793; Norway Parish Registers

- name: Mickel Larsen
- parents, Lars Mickelsen and Bendicte Jonsdt; residence - Tufsingdal

Marriage, 1818
- Mikkel Larsen Tufsingdal, age 25, and Ben[?] Semundsdtr, age 20 <1798>
- record doesn't list parents


4. Bygebok for Os ; [ UND PDF, Midtdal-Larsgarden]

- Benedikte married to Ola Olssen Moen - see, Øybakken, Tufsingdalen

(see John Midtdal's database at http://www.geni.com/people/Ole-Moen-S%C3%B8ndre/6000000007584194201?through=6000000001713238731 --- 13 Oct 2022, no longer available/accessible )

BUT, this is now active: geni.com FT, https://www.geni.com/people/Mikkel-Midtdal/6000000007328972417
Mikkel Larsen Midtdal, 1793-1877
note: has a photo of his son, Mikkel Mikkelsen, but this is NOT a CORRECT PHOTO - the photo is Mikkel Mikkelson, son of Lars Mikkelson, b 1830 and Berit Sofie Mikkelsdatter Midtdal ... he was born in 1857 and died 1939 in Highland Grove Twp, Clay Co, Minnesota, United States ^{1174,1646,1647}

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Residence - 1865, 31 Dec 1865, Tolga, Hedmark, Norway. ¹⁶⁴⁸

Mikkel married Berit Semundstr Bakken on 18 Oct 1818 in Os, Tolga, Hedmark, Norway.¹⁶⁴⁴ (Berit Semundstr Bakken was born in 1797 in Os, Togla, Hedmark, Norway ^1649,1650, baptized on 8 Oct 1797 in Os, Togla, Hedmark, Norway,¹⁶⁵⁰ died on 26 Mar 1851 in Tolga, Hedmark, Norway ¹⁶⁵¹ and was buried on 13 Apr 1851 in Os, Tolga, Hedmark, Norway ¹⁶⁵¹.)