| The Story Of Helfred Matson & Mary Garson |
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| Mads married Oline Christoffersdatter on 26 October 1826 at Kobu Parish, Vestre Toten, Norway. We know little more about Oline except that her father?s name must have been Christoffer something consistent with norwegian patronymic naming patterns. Mads Larsen & Oline Christoffersdatter are Helfred Matson?s grandparents on his father?s side. Syver Madsen, Helfred?s father, was born on 19 January 1845 on the STABO farm in Vestre Toten, hence the name Syver Johannes Madsen STABO at baptism. He was baptized on 23 February 1845 in Kobu Parish, Oppland Fylke, Norway. Records indicate that Mads Larsen & Oline, Syver?s parents, were on a subdivision of the STABO farm called Hoel eie at the time of Syver?s birth in 1845. Because migration was uncommon in the days of these ancestors, it is interesting to note that Mads was actually baptized in Hof Parish, Ostre Toten. While Syver was born in Kobu Parish, Vestre Toten, his father at one time lived in Ostre Toten, as Syver himself would later do. Actually, these two parishes are adjacent, and you will see more interaction between them and Hurdal Parish in Akershus Fylke as you read on in this story. All three of these parishes are adjacent. |