Malena (Larsdatter) Indalsvald (1790 - 1882)

Born 24 Jul 1790 in Verdal, Trondhjems amt, Norway

Ancestors

Wife of Arnt (Jonsen) Lindset — married 24 Oct 1817 in Verdal, Nordre Trondhjems amt, Norway

Descendants

Died 21 Jan 1882 at age 91 in Verdal, Nordre Trondhjems amt, Norway

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Biography

Malena Larsdatter was born on 24 Jul 1790 at Øvre Gjermstadvald, in Verdal, Trondhjem (modern Trøndelag County), Norway to Lars Nilsen and Catharina Eriksdatter Granberg.^[1]

On 24 Oct 1817, Malena married Arnt Jonsen Lindset in Verdal.^[2]

Arnt Jonsen was a crofter at Svegjerdet from 1818 until 1825, then at Skansen until 1836, when he became a tenant farmer at Inndal mellom. Around 1853-54, Arnt moved the whole family to Frol.

Arnt and the family returned to Verdal in 1862. Arnt was given a lease contract at Tromsdalen nordre; the 1865 census records Arnt, Malena, and daughters Karen and Guruanna there, along with other family members.^[3] The family stayed there until 1871, when Arnt and Malena moved to Inndal vestre and became farm pensioners. Arnt died there on 11 May 1880 and Malena on 21 January 1882.

Malena had two children before marriage:

• Cicilia Pedersdatter, born at Bergstua on 10 June 1813, died on 6 February 1814.^[4] Her father was Peder Pedersen Indal (the younger).
• Nils Nilsen, born at Bergstua on 15 May 1815.^[5] The father's name was also Nils Nilsen, from Steinkjer. Nils was married in 1848 to Marit Rasmusdatter Garnes, born 1817 at Lillemoen to parents Rasmus Mikkelsen and Kjersti Nilsdatter.

In marriage, Arnt and Malena had three children:

• Ole, born 3 January 1818 at Inndalsvald.^[6]
• Karen, born 12 January 1825 at Inndalsvald.^[7]
• Guruanna, born 25 January 1832 at Skansen^[8], died 1889 at Inndal vestre. She followed her parents to Kolberg farm, and she and Johannes Halvorsen Okkenhaug had a son named Anneus Johannesen. Guruanna returned to Verdal in 1862. She and her son were living in her parents' house at Tromsdalen in 1865. In 1871, she married widower Mikal Kristoffersen Årstad^[9], a subcontractor at Inndal vestre.

Sources

1. ↑ Årstadvold, Magne. Verdalsboka : en bygdebok om Verdal : Heimer og folk : Inndalen og Sul : 1800-1940. Volume A, pg. 212, 306. Verdal, Norway: Verdal Kommune v/Bygdeboknemnda, 2008. Electronic reproduction by National Library of Norway, 2013. [1]
2. ↑ "Norway Church Books, 1815-1930", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6875-Y9PT : 3 August 2022), Malene Larsd in entry for Arent Joensen, 1817.
3. ↑ Riksarkivet, Folketelling 1865 for 1721P Verdal prestegjeld, 1865, s. 178. [2]
4. ↑ "Norway Baptisms, 1634-1927", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4TX-DT5 : 23 June 2020), Cicilia, 1813.
5. ↑ "Norway Church Books, 1815-1930", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6875-9ZRV : 5 August 2021), Niels, 1815.
6. ↑ "Norway Church Books, 1815-1930", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6875-SDPM : 5 August 2021), Malena Larsdr in entry for Ole, 1818.
7. ↑ "Norway Baptisms, 1634-1927", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NWSS-SFN : 23 June 2020), Malene Larsdatter in entry for Karin, 1825.
8. ↑ "Norway Church Books, 1815-1930", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6875-HN56 : 5 August 2021), Malena Larsdr in entry for Gurianna, 1832.
9. ↑ "Norway Marriages, 1660-1926", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N75H-4PK : 20 February 2020), Gurianna Arntsdatter in entry for Mikal Kristofersen, 1871.

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 27 August 2022, 04:57), entry for Malena Larsdatter Indalsvald (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LJPB-9HD ); contributed by various users.