Person Sheet


Name Paul Torstensen (Andvord)
Birth abt Mar 1795, Andvord i Lom, Oppland, Norway
Christen 5 Apr 1795, Lom, Oppland, Norway
Death 3 Jul 1863, Stamstad i Lom, Oppland, Norway
Burial 20 Jul 1863, Lom, Oppland, Norway
Occupation Lensmann (from 1827 at least)
Father Torsten Andvord
Mother Ronnaug Rolvsdatter (1758-1843)
Spouses:
1 Thora Sevaldsdatter (Kjæstad)
Birth 25 Dec 1806, Kjæstad i Lom, Oppland, Norway
Christen 11 Jan 1807, Lom, Oppland, Norway
Death 10 Dec 1897, Stamstad i Lom, Oppland, Norway
Burial 20 Dec 1897, Lom, Oppland, Norway
Father Sevald Johannesson (Kjæstad) (1748-1815)
Mother Ronnaug Andersdattir (Lyngved) (1779-1871)
Marriage 29 Mar 1827, Lom, Oppland, Norway
Children: Torsten Paulson (1828-1828)
Anne Regine (1828-)
Torsten Paulsen (1830-)
Sophie Randine (1832-1839)
Kaja Paulsdatter (1833-)
Laura Pouline (1836-)
Sevald Theodore Richard (1839-)
Notes for Paul Torstensen (Andvord)
The witnesses at their wedding was Tjostel Kjestad.

The Ancestral File entry has transposed his birthdate, it is 1797, not 1779, as he was 31 years old at his marriage. The age at death was given as 69 years, implying a 1794 birthdate.

Anc. File #: 119X-26G

Recheck the skifteprotokoll entry as I or it was obviously misread at the time.
Research
14 (b. 7, pp. 422-423; b. 44, p. 231)
Nodre Gudbrandsdalen skifteprotokoll: 1824-1843, pp. 699+ [index LDS FHL microfilm 125466]
Notes for Thora (Spouse 1)
Norunn Klettum41 has slightly different dates. 13 December 1804 for the birth and 25 December 1804 for the christening.

She was a widow living on the Stamstad nordre farm at the 1865 and 1875 Norwegian censuses.

Anc. File #: 119X-27N
Research
14 (b. 3, p. 18; b. 7, pp. 422-423; b. 8, p. 171)
Nordre Gudbrandsdalen skifteprotokoll: 1806-1824, pp. 42+ ; 1824-1843, pp. 699+ [index LDS FHL microfilm 125466]
1865 Norwegian census, Lom, Oppland
1875 Norwegian census, Lom, Oppland, kr. 3, no. 13
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