The Three Wives of Ommund Ommundsen (1820-1895)

Ed's Day Wednesday

Dear FOLKS,

How has your week been? Since it is Wednesday, I wanted to share with you more information I have learned of Ommund Ommundsen who was born on the Østrem/Austreim farm in the Lund area, Rogaland County (Fylke) in southwestern Norway. We have been learning about Ommund over the last few Wednesdays. If you would like to review that information, click here and here. This week I want to tell you about Ommund's three wives.

Marriage #1 - 05 June 1847:

The first time Ommund married, his bride's name was Rakkel Atlaksdatter. Here is the church record of that event.

 Updated: 09 January 2018 -- I recently found this fact to be untrue and wrote a follow up article about this error at the following link: https://homefolktales.blogspot.com/2017/12/one-less-wife-for-ommund-ommundsen-1820.html  Ommund was only married twice.

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1847 Lund

C. Marriages

Page 248

Entry Number 3

Date of Marriage  5 June 1847  [Year gathered from left-top margin]

Name and position of Groom, Name of Bride farmer Omund Omundsen and Rachel Atlagsdatter

Birthplace and place of residence of groom, Birthplace of Bride    Østrem and Handeland     [Østrem was also known as Austreim]

Their ages  28 years

Name of Groom's father  Omund Knudsen

Name of Bride's father  Atlag Knudsen

Names and places of residences of the Best Men (sponsors)

Dates of public announcements   21 and 28 March and 5 April

Who requested public announcements  the groom

If the public announcements did not occur, by whose permission or for what legal reason

When did they have smallpox or get vaccinated. Certificate of vaccination   ??? 18 Sep 1832 ?? 30 Jun 1819

If the groom is a senior civil servant, receives a pension or an officer's 50% salary, what proof has he for making contributions to the widow's fund

If either was previously married, how was the previous marriage dissolved, and did a Probate occur (in case previous spouse died) X

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Omund and Rakkel would have a daughter whose name was Else. Else was born 05 April 1849. Her birth and baptism record reflects that at the time of her birth the family was residing on the Haukland farm. Perhaps this was before Ommund establishes himself as a gaard [farmer] of Østrem Bruk #6.

It is not known when and under what circumstances that Omund and Rakkel's marriage broke apart. I have searched a number of times for a possible death record for Rakkel, but nothing has yet been found. There is speculation within some of the write-ups about Rakkel that they divorced, but nothing backs that up as evidence. There is no mention of their daughter Else in follow-on documents that contain Ommund. Perhaps the "X" that shows in the last column of the above marriage was made there when Ommund married a second time.

Marriage #2 - 02 August 1850

I next find a church record of Ommund marrying Malene Andreasdatter [Anna Malene Andreasdatter]. It is Anna's first marriage. Here is the church record for that event. The columns are not labeled in this recording, but we can use the previous record to know what the headings should be.

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Marriages  1850

Page 272

Entry Number 10

Date of Marriage  2 August 1850   [Year gathered from earlier pages in register]

Name and position of Groom, Name of Bride ?? farmer Omund Omundsen of Østrem and maiden Malene Andreasdatter of Østrem

Birthplace and place of residence of groom, Birthplace of Bride    Østrem and Østrem     [Østrem was also known as Austreim]

Their ages  30 years and 20-1/2 years

Name of Groom's father  Omund Knudsen of Østrem

Name of Bride's father  Andreas Knudsen of Østrem

Names and places of residences of the Best Men (sponsors) Varel Andreasen of Østrem and Jens Tallefsen of Mageland   

Dates of public announcements   14, 21 and 28 July 1850

Who requested public announcements  Jens Tallefsen

If the public announcements did not occur, by whose permission or for what legal reason   [blank]

When did they have smallpox or get vaccinated. Certificate of vaccination   ?? 23 Sep 1824 ??  25 Aug 1832

If the groom is a senior civil servant, receives a pension or an officer's 50% salary, what proof has he for making contributions to the widow's fund  [blank]

If either was previously married, how was the previous marriage dissolved, and did a Probate occur (in case previous spouse died) [blank]

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Ommund and Anna Malene would remain married until her death on 25 March 1855. They would settle at Bruk #6 (Neset) [sub-farm No. 6, translated as "The Nose" as the land's formation is a flat plat standing on the side of a mountain with steep drop-offs all the way around]. During their relatively short time as a married couple, they had four children. Their son Olaus was born on 20 September 1850 and Olaus [Ed's great-grandfather Olaus would travel to America when he was 20.] The next son, Andreas was born on 28 December 1852 and died on 22 February 1856, less than one year after his mother's death. Next born to Ommund and Anna Malene were twin sons, Andreas Michel and Bærent, who were born on 17 March 1855. Anna Malene would die only eight days later, likely due to complications of the babies' delivery. Twin son, Andreas Michel would also die soon after his birth. His death occurred on 20 June 1855. Bærent would grow and have his own family, becoming the land owner of his father's land and farm when Ommund retired.

Marriage #3 - 18 August 1855

Ommund was now a widower with very small children and he would next marry Anna Thoresdatter. Here is the church record for this event.

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Page 279

Entry Number 7

Date of Marriage  18 August 1855   [Year gathered from earlier pages in register]

Name and position of Groom, Name of Bride farmer and land holder Omund Omundsen and maiden Ane Torresdatter

Birthplace and place of residence of groom, Birthplace of Bride    Østrem and Rusdal     [Østrem was also known as Austreim]

Their ages  36 years and 35 years

Name of Groom's father  Omund Knudsen

Name of Bride's father  Thore Aanensen

Names and places of residences of the Best Men (sponsors) Tonnes Svensen of Rusdal and Ole Olsen of Rusdal

Dates of public announcements   1 ???, 2 ditto, 3 ditto

Who requested public announcements  the groom

When did they have smallpox or get vaccinated. Certificate of vaccination   [blank]

[blank]

If either was previously married, how was the previous marriage dissolved, and did a Probate occur (in case previous spouse died) [blank]

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Ommund's third marriage was more enduring than the previous two. It is expected that this was Ane's only marriage. Their marriage lasted until Ane died on 24 September 1883 at the age of 64.  Ommund and Ane would have two children. Andreas Michel who was born on 19 July 1858 and died a few days later on 04 August 1858. Cause of death of this little Andreas Michel, like his other children is unknown. During this period of time average folks were poor and struggled to keep food available. Sickness and disease at this time didn't have the cures we now have today. Then on 16 October 1860 a baby girl, Anna Malene was born. Anna Malene, like Olaus and Bærent, would grow to adulthood.

Hope you are having a good week and enjoyed our close look into this documentation conflict. I look forward to our next time.

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