Mads Olsen (abt. 1750 - 1802)

Born about 1750 in Aurskog, Akershus, Norway

Ancestors

Husband of Boel Jacobsdatter — married 2 Jul 1778 in Fet, Akershus, Norway

Husband of Anne (Olsdatter) Olsen — married 1 Jan 1792 in Fet, Akershus, Norway

Descendants

Died 1802 at about age 52 in Fet, Akershus, Norge

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Biography

Mads Olsen was born on the 8th of April 1752, the son of Ole Madsen and Karen Nielsdatter.^[1] He was baptized on the 14th of April in Aurskog.^[1]

He married Boel Jacobsdatter on 2 July 1778 in Fet, Akershus, Norway. ^[2] Mads and Boel had four known children, all baptized in Fet.

1. Margrethe Madsdatter b 1778^[3]
2. Jens Madsen b 1780, ch. 19 Nov 1780^[4]
3. Jacob Madsen b 1785, ch. 19 Nov 1785^[5]
4. Olea Madsdatter b 1790, ch. 20 Jun 1790^[6]

Boel died in 1791, and Mads remarried to Anne Olsdatter. The auspicious occasion took place on the 1st of January 1792 in Fet.^[7] In 1801 he was recorded as living in Lille Lier, in Aurskog, with an Oliana and Kristine Madsdatter.^[8]

Mads Olsen died in 1802, at the age of about fifty.^{[citation needed]} A death record will need to be found to determine if he was still in Aurskog, or had returned to Fet.

Research Notes

• Need references for birth and death. The birth date is an estimate made from the marriage date. The marriage record has more information and needs transcribing/ translating.

• There is an 1801 census record for a Mads Olsen in Lille Lier, Aurskog, Akershus, Norge.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Norway, Select Baptisms, 1634-1927," database, Ancestry (Ancestry.com : accessed 30 March 2021), entry for Mads Olsen, 1752; citing a collection of information extracted from birth and christening records from selected localities in Norway. [Parents: Ole Madsen and Karen Nielsdatter]
2. ↑ "Norway Marriages, 1660-1926," database, FamilySearch (FamilySearch.org : accessed 30 March 2021), Mads Olsen and Boel Jacobsdr, 02 Jul 1778; citing , Fet, Akershus, Norway; FHL microfilm 123,252. [1]
3. ↑ "Norway, Select Baptisms, 1634-1927," database, Ancestry (Ancestry.com : accessed 29 March 2021), entry for Margrethe Madsen, 1778; citing Norway, Baptisms, 1634-1927. Salt Lake City, Utah:
4. ↑ "Norway Baptisms, 1634-1927", database, FamilySearch (FamilySearch.org : accessed 30 March 2021), Mads Olsen in entry for Jens, 1780.
5. ↑ "Norway Baptisms, 1634-1927", database, FamilySearch (FamilySearch.org : accessed 30 March 2021), Mads Olsen in entry for Jacob, 1785.
6. ↑ "Norway Baptisms, 1634-1927", database, FamilySearch (FamilySearch.org : accessed 30 March 2021), Mads Olsen in entry for Olia, 1790.
7. ↑ "Norway, Select Marriages, 1660-1926," database, Ancestry (Ancestry.com : accessed 30 March 2021), entry for Mads Olsen & Anne Olsdr, 1792; citing Norway, Marriages, 1660-1926. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.
8. ↑ "Norges folketelling, 1801", database, FamilySearch (FamilySearch.org : accessed 30 March 2021), Oliana Madsdatter in entry for Amund Hansen, 1801.
9. ↑ "Norges folketelling, 1801", database, FamilySearch (FamilySearch.org : accessed 30 March 2021), Mads Olsen in entry for Amund Hansen, 1801.