Bjørn (Gunnarson) Mæle (1577 - 1661)

Born 1577 in Nordland, Forsand, Rogaland, Norway

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Died 1661 at about age 84 in Mele, Forsand, Rogaland, Norway

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Biography

Bjørn Gunnarson lived at Nordland and then at Mele in Forsand, where he was recorded 1607-1631.^[1]

His mother was Tora Bjørnsdatter, recorded at Nordland in 1603.^[1]

He married Ingeborg about 1603.^[1]

He married Sissel Knutsdatter from Øvre Bjørheim about 1637. She was known to be the mother of his son Tormod.^[1]

Bjørn died in 1661.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Forsandboka 3, p. 162.

• Sigleif Engen, Forsandboka 3 : Gards- og ættesoge. Forsand kommune, 1989. Available to Norwegian IPs at Nasjonalbiblioteket