Mari Halvorsdtr FOSSING

   Another name for Mari was Mary FOSTVEDT.

  Noted events in her life were:

• Census: farm Fostvedt, 1865, Bamble, Telemark, Norway. District no. Page School distr. Local parish Parish Farm Remarks (farm) Title
410 6 120 Blegeli og Dørredal Bamble Bamble Fostvedt 185 1

Pers.no. Household Given name Last name Family pos. Occupation Marital status Age Sex Birth place Horses Cattle Sheep Wheat Oat Potatoes
2209 33 1 Gullik Torgers. Husfdr Gaardbr Leilænding g 44 m Drangedal Prgj. 1 3 11 1/4 1 5 1/2
2210 34 Mari Halvorsd. hans Kone g 49 k Hvideseid Prgj.
2211 35 Torger Gulliks. deres Søn ug 14 m Bamble Prgj.
2212 1 Halvor Gulliks. deres Søn ug 12 m Sannikkedal Prgj.
2213 2 Aaste M. Gulliksd. deres Datter ug 10 k Sannikkedal Prgj.
2214 3 Torberg Gulliksd. hans Moder Føderaadskone e 74 k Hvideseid Prgj.
2215 4 Ingeborg A. Christensd. Tjenestepige ug 28 k Bamble Prgj.

• Census: Norway, District 66, 1880, Fillmore County, MN. line 23
124 132 Fostvet Torger G. 28
--- Halvor G. 25 brother
--- Mary H. 62 mother
--- Maria 23 sister

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• Notes: siblings. One of Mari's siblings is Ole Halvorsen Nordness born 26 Nov 1826. Ole & Bergit Nordness were 1855 founders of the Highland Prairie Church.

Mari married Gullik Torgersen FOSTVEDT, son of Torger Knudsen HOLMELIE and Torberg Gulliksdtr TRAAE. (Gullik Torgersen FOSTVEDT was born on 12 Jan 1822 in Drangedal, Telemark, Norway ² and was baptized on 30 Jan 1822 in Tørdal, Drangedal, Telemark, Norway ².)