A Young Gunnild Johnsdatter (1818-1890)

Ed's Day Wednesday

Dear FOLKS,

Hope your week is going well. Today I want to share with you some of the documents I have found for Gunnild Johnsdatter. Most are from the local parish church register in Lunde, Telemark, Norway. Gunnild was my cousin Ed Ostrom's 2x great-grandmother and she was my 3x. Last week I shared her life's timeline. You can read that article by clicking here.

Gunnild was born on 28 May 1818 on the family's Sættendal farm that is very near Lunde. She was the daughter of Jon Tollevsen and Tolline Halvorsdatter. Below, I have included maps that better describe the location of their family dwelling.

IMAGE: Map including Lunde, Telemark,
Norway with Sættendal Farm highlighted
with red arrow.

IMAGE: Image of Norway with
Telemark Fylke [County] highlighted.
Map provided by Wikipedia.com

The following image is a copy of the Lunde parish register that shows Gunnild's birth and baptism.

IMAGE: Lunde church register in Bø
Parish, Nr 6, 1815-1831, Born & Baptised
1818,  p. 49, number 37 highlighted, Gunnild
Johnsdatter. Provided by Digitalarkivet.no.[1]

SNIPPET: Showing a close-up of
Gunnild Johnsdatter's entry

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Birth Female [from top of page]

No. 37

Year and date  28 May  1818  [year implied from top of column]

Child's full name  Gunnild Jonsdtr

Baptism date  31 May ????

Parent's names, class, occupation and address  Jon Tolevsen and Tolline Halvorsdatter Sættendal

Witnesses' names, class & residence Mari Tyri, Ingeborg Aasland, Knud Aasland, Hans Pejiperud, Sten Sættendahl

Where recorded in the general register [blank]

Remarks [blank]

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I still haven't found how many siblings Gunnild had but I learned that she and her next older sister Anne were confirmed at the same time. Their entries of this event are next to one another on the church register. Not a lot is mentioned about schooling for girls during this period of time. Except for the lessons taught to the young folks about age 15 for church confirmation. It is likely that girls were taught cooking, cleaning, preserving food, weaving, hand sewing, knitting, childcare, helping around the family farm, etc. The things that were needed to care for a home and family during a simpler but harsher time. The next image shows Gunnild and Anne's entry when being confirmed.

IMAGE:  Lunde church register, in Bø parish,
(official) number 7, 1831-1848, Confirmations 1835,
page 204, entry 29 Anne Johnsdatter and  entry 30,
Gunnild Johnsdatter. Provided by digitalarkivet.no[2]

SNIPPET: Showing a close-up of
Anne & Gunnild Johnsdatter's entry

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Confirmations  [from the top of the page]

Entry Number 29
Entry Number 30

Confirmation Day 20 December 1835  [from column heading]
Confirmation Day 20 December 1835  [from column heading]

Full name of person confirmed  Anne Jonsdatter
Full name of person confirmed  Gunnild Jonsdatter

Age 6 January 1817
Age 29 May 1818

Place of Birth  Lovolden
Place of Birth Sættendal

Parents Joen Tollevsen and Tolline Halvors[datter]
Parents Joen Tollevsen and Tolline Halvors[datter]

Religious Knowledge and diligence ??? ??? ???
Religious Knowledge and diligence ??? ??? ???

When a person had smallpox or vaccination ?? 18 October 1818 Evensen
When a person had smallpox or vaccination ?? 25 August 1820 Evensen

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IMAGE: Sættendal farmhouse. This photo was
taken by Ed Ostrom in August 2008, while
traveling in Telemark, Norway. Notice the
flat-stone foundation.

IMAGE: Fireplace hearth in Sættendal
farmhouse. Photo was taken by Ed
Ostrom in August 2008 while traveling
in Telemark, Norway. The building was not
lived in at that time; this property was for sale.

IMAGE: An old yellow-apple tree

that was photographed at the

Sættendal farm by cousin Ed

Ostrom in August 2008.

It is not known to me if these photographs actually contain items that Gunnild would have seen or touched. We know that Gunnild was born in 1818, that is two hundred years ago this year. But these are the closest connection I (so far) have been able to make with her as no known earlier photos of her exist.

Sources:

1.) "Parish Register, Chronological List," online database with images, National Archives of Norway, Digitalarkivet (http://www.digitalarkivet.no : accessed 05 February 2018), Lunde church register in Bø Parish, number 6, 1815-1831, Born & Baptised 1818,  p. 49, number 37, Gunnild Johnsdatter. Quick link: https://media.digitalarkivet.no/en/kb20051011061086

2.) "Parish Register, Confirmations," online database with images, National Archives of Norway, Digitalarkivet (http://www.digitalarkivet.no : accessed 05 February 2018), Lunde church register, in Bø parish, (official) number 7, 1831-1848, Confirmations 1835, page 204, entry 30, Gunnild Johnsdatter. Quick link: https://media.digitalarkivet.no/en/kb20051011050232.

I know it is currently late in the day on Wednesday, even late here in my local Pacific Time Zone. Let me say that I hope you had a good day. I know I did. All the fun distracted me from writing earlier. But thankfully I made my deadline. Thank you so much for stopping by today. You are an important part of making these Wednesday articles happen.

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