Herborg Nilsdatter (1771-1850)

G6 (ff-f-f-m) Herborg Nilsdatter from Tveito
Birth: 16 June 1771, Tveito, Ulvik, Vestland, Norway
Death: 15 October 1850, Hjeltnes, Ulvik, Vestland, Norway
Parents: Nils Nilsson Tveito & Brita Arnesdatter Bleiæ
Siblings: Nils (1776-1776), Knut (1781-1867)
Husband: Rasmus Davidsson Ure from Hetlenes

She married Rasmus Davidsson 28 May 1798 in Ulvik church. She lived at Tveito and he at Hetlenes. They went on to live at Ure, a smallholding/croft under Hjeltnes where they lived until they died.

Children

  1. 1798 – Brita, born 5 Nov. 1798 and died in 1876
    • Married Johannes Danielsson Holmen – no children
  2. 1801 – David, born 27 April 1801 and died 12 Dec 1858 – See his page
  3. 1803 – Nils, born 7 April 1803 and died 1888 Tveito
    • Married Ragnhild Sjursdatter from Rondestveit (1788-1883) but later divorced. She remarried.
    • They had two daughters:
      1. Malena (1827-1914) married to Asbjørn Davidsson Måbø
      2. Herborg (1838-1928) married Jakob Olsson Tveit
    • Took over the farm at Ure after his parents but didn’t live there by 1865 at which point he was a welfare recipient.
  4. 1806 – Hallstein, born 1806 at Ure and died ca 1858 Kvåle (Conflicting dates)
    • Married twice
  5. 1809 – Sigrid born 4 March 1809, died
  6. 1810 – Sigrid, born 9 July 1810 and died ~ 1998 at Vambheim
    • Married Ola Asgautsson Vambheim (1797-1879) in 1840
      • They had a son Ola Olsson (1840-1911) who later lived at Fryste and took the name Frøystein
  7. 1813 – Lars, born 15 April 1813, moved to Rondestveit

Census data

  • 1801 — for Granvin, Family number 4 at Hjeltnes. Living there were:
    • Rasmus (27), Husman med jord (crofter/cottager)
    • Herborg Nilsdatter (29), his wife
    • Brita Rasmusdatter (3), their daughter
    • David Halsteinsson (72), Rasmus’s father,
    • Sigrid Olsdatter (64), Rasmus’s mother

Sources

  • Digital Archive Church Records for Ulvik
  • Ulvik : gards- og ættesoga. 1 : Almennsoga og ein del gards- og ættesoga (O. Kolltveit, J. Kvestad, T. Dyrvik)
  • FamilySearch FamilyTree entry for Herborg: ID LHLR-DJF