Family:Søren Sørensson Svindal and Randi Olavsdatter Kollungtveit (1)

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Marriage[1] 25 Apr 1864 Grindheim, Vest-Agder, Norway
Residence[2][3] From 1865 Svindal østre, Grindheim, Vest-Agder, Norway
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  1. Den Norske kirke. Bjelland prestegjeld (Vest-Agder). Kirkebøker
    1864 marriages in Grindheim parish (page 428), marriage #1.

    Ungkl [ungkarl: bachelor] Søren Sørensen Svindal 32 Aar
    copuleret [married] 25 April i Kirken
    Pige [maiden] Randi Olsdtr Kollungtveit, 19

  2. Norge. Rentekammeret. Folketellingen den 31ste desember 1865, Norge. (Norge, 1866)
    Lister og Mandal (Vest-Agder), Bjelland, Grinnem, vestre Svindal.

    Søren Sørensen, 34, født i Bjellands Prgj., Gaardbr Selveier [farmer and farm owner]
    Kone [wife]: Ranni Olsdatter, 21, født i Bjellands Prgj.
    deres Datter: Gunvor Sørensdatter, 1, født i Bjellands Prgj.
    [his mother]: Gunvor Sørensdatter, 64, født i Nordre Undals Prgj., e [widow], Foderaadskone [woman with retirement agreement]
    [his brother]: Ole Sørensen, 30, født i Bjellands Prgj., ug [unmarried], Handelsmand [merchant]
    Inderste [lodger]: Berte Olsdatter, 47, født i Bjellands Prgj., ug [unmarried]

    It is possible that the lodger is Søren's aunt (the sister of his father), who was born in 1819, and thus would have been 47 in 1866.

    Note that the farm name (vestre Svindal) appears to be an error. The couple is identified as being of østre Svindal in the baptism records of their children born immediately before and after this census. The farm name østre Svindal does not appear in the transcribed records of this census, so it seems likely that the records from østre Svindal were unintentionally combined with the records from vestre Svindal and transcribed with the latter farm name.

    Note that this census was actually taken in 1866.

  3. Den Norske kirke. Bjelland prestegjeld (Vest-Agder). Kirkebøker
    1865 baptisms in Grindheim parish (page 165), baptism #4.

    Gunvor, født 11 April, døpt 23 April, forældrene [parents]: Gdbr [Gaardbruger: farmer] Søren Sørensen og Ranni Olsdtr østre Svindal