Family:Hans Andersson Møkkenes and Hella Hansdatter Hontvet (1)

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Marriage[1] 4 Apr 1862 Stokke, Vestfold, Norway
Residence[2][3][4] From 1862 to 1866 Møkkenes nedre, Skjee parish, Stokke, Vestfold, Norway
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  1. Den Norske kirke. Stokke prestegjeld (Vestfold). Kirkebøker
    1862 marriages (page 269), marriage #12.

    Ungk [Ungkar: bachelor] Hans Martin Andersen [of] Møkenæs, alder [age] 29, [son of] Anders Sørensen
    Ægtevied [married] April 4
    Pige [maiden] Hella Andrea Hans[datter] [of] nedre Hontvedt, alder [age] 26, [daughter of] Hans Larsen

  2. Norge. Rentekammeret. Folketellingen den 31ste desember 1865, Norge. (Norge, 1866)
    Jarlsberg og Larvik (Vestfold), Stokke, Stokke og Skede, Nedre Møgenæss.

    Hans Marthin Andersen, 34, Gaardb. Selveier [farmer, owner]
    Kone [wife]: Helle A. Hansdatter, 30
    Hans Søn [his son]: Hans Ant. Martinsen, 4
    Hans Søn [his son]: Ingvald Martinsen, 3
    Inger Marie Andersdatter, 25, ug [unmarried], Tjenestepige [servant]
    and a shepherd
    alle født i Stokke [all born in Stokke]

    Inger Marie Andersdatter was the sister of Hans Martin Andersen.

    Note that this census was actually taken in 1866.

  3. Berg, Lorens; N Hals; and Øivind Berg. Stokke, en bygdebok: historisk skildring av bygdens utvikling fra gammel tid ned til kjendte nutidsforhold. Med bygdekart, jordplanche og billeder. (Utgit av Stokke kommune, 1928)
    84. Møkkenes, Nedre, Bruk 2, Part B.

    ' I 1862 sælger Amund [Halvorsen] parten til Hans Martin Andersen for 2200 spd.'

    translation: 'In 1862 Amund [Halvorsen] sold part to Hans Martin Andersen for 2200 spd.'

  4. Hans H. Myhre (original in Norwegian with handwritten corrections by the author, plus translation into English
    page 7.

    'Hans Martin Andersen kjøpte gaarden av Aamund, Nedre Møkkenes, i 1862, men maatte gaa ifra den i 1867 [corrected from 1887 by the author]. Han hadde kjøpt Skibsaktier hos et rederi i Tønsberg som gik konkurs og drog mange bønder med sig, men han fik beholde en liten part av gaarden som var liggende paa den anden side av elven og kaldtes Myra, navnet stammer fra den tid da denne elveflate var meget oversvømmet og sumpet før elven blev utgravet; der bygde han nye huser og drev som snekker og husbygger til han var 75 aar.'

    translation: 'Hans Martin Andersen purchased the farm from Aaumund of Lower Møkkenes in 1862, but had to leave it in [1867]. He had purchased stock in shipping from a shipping merchant in Tønsberg who went bankrupt, dragging many farmers down with him. Hans was allowed to keep a small part of his farm which lay on the other side of the river and was called Myra. This name comes from the time when the flat river bottom was flooded and swampy, before the actual river was carved out. This is where Hans built new houses and worked as a carpenter and house builder until he was 75 years old.'