Family:Nils Kitelsson Bortelien and Randi Sørensdatter Svindal (1)

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Facts and Events
Marriage[1][2] 11 Jul 1864 Evje og Hornnes, Aust-Agder, Norway
Residence[3] 1866 Bjørndal, Hornnes, Aust-Agder, Norway
Residence[4] 1882 Lampton Twp, Walsh County, North Dakota, United States
Children
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References
  1. Tobias Nelson Bjorndahl, handwritten notes in his personal bible (at the beginning of the New Testament).

    'Nels K Bjorndahl ... Randi Sorenson Daughter Sveindahl Bjorndahl ... They were married July 10th 1864.'

  2. Den Norske kirke. Evje prestegjeld (Aust-Agder). Kirkebøker
    1864 marriages (page 324), marriage #15.

    Ungk [Ungkar: bachelor] Nils Kittilsen Bortilid, fødested [birthplace] Bortelid, oppholsted [residence] Bjorndahl, 28, [son of] Kittil Nilsen
    ægteviet [married] 11 Juli
    Pige [maiden] Ranny Sorensd Svindal, fødested [birthplace] Svindal, 23, [daughter of] Soren Olsen

  3. 1865 census for Evje - old version of Digitalarkivet, in Norge. Rentekammeret. Folketellingen den 31ste desember 1865, Norge. (Norge, 1866)
    Nedenes (Aust-Agder), Evje, Hordnæs, Bjørndal.

    Nils Kittelsen, 29, Gaardbrug Selvei [farmer and farm owner]
    Kone [wife]: Randei Sørensdatter, 24
    deres Søn: Sørens Nilsen, 1
    alle født i Evje Prgj. [all born in Evje clerical district]

    4 cattle, 11 sheep, 10 goats, 1/2 unit of land of barley, 1 1/2 units of mixed grain, 2 1/2 units of potatoes

    Note that the birth place of the parents is incorrect.

    Note that this census was actually taken in 1866.

  4. Tobias Nelson Bjorndahl, handwritten notes in his personal bible (at the beginning of the New Testament).

    'Nels K Bjorndahl ... [and] Randi Sorenson Daughter Sveindahl ... Emigrated to America 1882 & settled on their homestead in Lempton tow[n]ship west of the town of Park River N Dak.'