He is mentioned as 25 years old in the probate after his uncle Jacob Halvorsen in 1786.[4]
He has not been identified with any certainty later, but in the 1801 census there's a forty years old Halvor Gundersen listed at Herre as a lodging, unmarried day worker.[5]
Sources
↑ 1.01.1Scanned Norwegian Church records at Digitalarkivet. Solum parish, Telemark. SAKO/A-306/F/Fa/L0002: Parish register (official) no. I 2, 1713-1761. Births and Christenings page 141. 15 Jun 1760: Gunder Dahl og Anne Tollevsdatters barn Halvor. Faddere: Hans Bruset, Giert Gierum, Guri Gierum, Marthe Christensdatter.
↑Scanned Norwegian Probate records at Digitalarkivet. Nedre Telemark Sorenskriveri SAKO/A-135/H/Hb/Hba/L0015, 1775-1784 page 191b. Marum søndre i Mælum 15 Jan 1776: Gunder Halvorsen.
↑Scanned Norwegian Church records at Digitalarkivet. Solum parish, Telemark. SAKO/A-305/A/Aa/L0002: Ministerial journal, 1743-1791. Confirmations, image 179 (unpaginated). 6 Oct 1776 (11) Halvor Gundersen Marum 17 aar.
↑Scanned Norwegian Probate records at Digitalarkivet for Bamble sorenskriveri SAKO/A-214/H/Hb/Hba/Hbaa/L0011, 1785-1792 page 108a. Bratsbergkleiva i Gjerpen 5 Jan 1786: Jacob Halvorsen.
↑Scanned Norwegian Census records at Digitalarkivet. Year 1801 census. Porsgrunn, Telemark / Herre page 628b-629a. 5. Familie: Huseier og hammersmedsvenn Poul Pettersen.
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