Britha (Christensdatter) Skarestad (1839)

Born 27 Aug 1839 in Balestrand, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway

Ancestors

Wife of Nils Sevathsen — married 2 Jul 1866 in Balestrand, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway

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Biography

Britha was born in 1839.^[1] She is the daughter of Christen Ericksen and Britha Endresdatter.

She married Nils Sevathsen in 1866.^[1] They lived on the Skarestad farm^[2] and had at least seven children. In 1891, they lived in Lier.^[3]

• Sevath
• Christen
• Ingebrigt
• Kristi
• Lars
• Randi
• Anders, b. 1878^[3]

They later moved to Austlandet.^[4] They sold their part of Skarestad to Mikkjel Anderson and Magdeli Torsdatter Skeie Boyum.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Norway Church Records, Marriages. Balestrand, Sogn og Fjordane. 1866. Entry 10.
2. ↑ Norway Census, 1875. Balestrand, Sogn og Fjordane. Skarestad.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Norway Census, 1891. Lier, Counting district 2, House 55.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Distad, Bonnie. The Distad Family Genealogy. Lincoln, Nebraska, Lincolnland Printing, 1981

• Norway Church Records, Baptisms. Balestrand, Sogn og Fjordane. 1869, Entry 36.
• Norway Church Records, Baptisms. Balestrand, Sogn og Fjordane. 1871, Entry 37.
• Norway Church Records, Baptisms. Balestrand, Sogn og Fjordane. 1873, entry 35.
• Norway Church Records, Baptisms. Balestrand, Sogn og Fjordane. 1875, entry 39.
• Norway Church Records, Baptisms. Balestrand, Sogn og Fjordane. 1877, entry 23.