Pedigree Chart for Webjørn WEBJØRNSEN Waal (1780-1852)

Pedigree chart for Webjørn WEBJØRNSEN Waal (1780-1852). Image courtesy of Williams Family Pages.

Webjørn SVENDSEN Waal

The Vål entry in the Kråkstad bygdebok provides some helpful information on Webjørn SVENDSEN Waal and his family:

. . . dennes sønn Vebjørn Svendsen får bygselbrev 1760 på første halvdel og i 1786 også på annen halvde, så han dermed har hele gården; 1761 g. m. Gunhild Svendsdtr. Sørum. 6 barn:

1. Vebjørn, var skoleholder 1797-1807 (I. s. 329), kom til Brekka, kalles gjerne Vebjørn Brekka. 2. Margrete, g. m. Hans Jensen Molbech Asgjerrud. 3. Gunhild, g. m. Fredrik Svendsen Opsal. 4. Agar, gift til Bjerke i Frogn. 5. Anne Kirstine, g. m. Osmund Andersen Eldor, Ås. 6. Sophie, g. m. Andreas Rød, Kroer.

Da gården 1820 blev utlagt som chefsgård, for det follaugske kompani, flyttet den gamle bruker Vebjørn Svendsen til sin svigersønn på Rød i Kroer, der han døde 1824. [Østlid, Vol. 2, p. 48.]

. . . his son Vebjørn Svendsen received the lease 1760 on first half and in 1786 also on the second half, so he therefore had the entire farm; 1761 married to Gunhild Svendsdtr. Sørum. 6 children:

1. Vebjørn, was school teacher 1797-1807 (v. 1, p. 329), came to Brekka, generally calls himself Vebjørn Brekka. 2. Margrete, married to Hans Jensen Molbech Asgjerrud. 3. Gunhild, married to Fredrik Svendsen Opsal. 4. Agar, married to Bjerke in Frogn. 5. Anne Kirstine, married to Osmund Andersen Eldor, Ås. 6. Sophie, married to Andreas Rød, Kroer.

When the farm in 1820 was plotted at chief's farm, for the “follaugske” company, the old farmer Vebjørn Svendsen moved to his son-in-law at Rød in Kroer, where he died in 1824. [English translation by Verla Williams.]

The Kråkstad parish records at Digitalarkivet provide baptism, marriage, and death records for Webjørn SVENDSEN Waal and his wife Gunhild SVENDSDTR Sørum. "Vedbiörn" was baptized on 16 Aug 1739; "Gunnild" on 20 Mar 1740 at the Kråkstad church.


Detail of SAO, Kråkstad prestekontor Kirkebøker, F/Fa/L0001: Ministerialbok nr. I 1, 1736-1785, s. 7. https://www.digitalarkivet.no/kb20061026050176.


Detail of SAO, Kråkstad prestekontor Kirkebøker, F/Fa/L0001: Ministerialbok nr. I 1, 1736-1785, s. 7. https://www.digitalarkivet.no/kb20061026050176.

The parish records give the date of Vebjørn and Gunild's betrothal [troelovede] as 29 Sep 1761 and their marriage [copulerede] as 8 Nov 1761 as can be seen in the image below.


Detail of SAO, Kråkstad prestekontor Kirkebøker, F/Fa/L0001: Ministerialbok nr. I 1, 1736-1785, s. 78. https://www.digitalarkivet.no/kb20061026050248.

Lastly the parish records give the date for Gunild's death as 1 Apr 1808. The death and burial dates for Webiørn are 17 Mar and 28 Mar 1824 respectively.


Detail of SAO, Kråkstad prestekontor Kirkebøker, F/Fa/L0002: Ministerialbok nr. I 2, 1786-1814, s. 161. https://www.digitalarkivet.no/kb20061026050432.


Composite detail of SAO, Kråkstad prestekontor Kirkebøker, F/Fa/L0003: Ministerialbok nr. I 3, 1813-1824, s. 130. https://www.digitalarkivet.no/kb20061026050583.

1801 Census for 0212 Krogstad: Webjørn Svendsen Waal family

Detail of 1801 Census for 0212 Krogstad. Image courtesy of Digitalarkivet.no.

County district: Aggershuus
Parish: Krogstad
Local parish: Krogstad
Gard/hus: Waal

Given name Last name / Household pos. / Age / Marital status / Occupation / Sex
879 Webiørn Svendsen / Husbonde / 62 / Begge i 1ste ægtesakb / Bonde og præstens medhielper / M
880 Gunild Svendsdtr / Hans kone / 61 / Begge i 1ste ægteskab / K
881 Webiørn Webiørnsen / Deres søn / 21 / Ugift / Skoleholder / M
882 Helene Svendsdtr / Tienestefolk / 18 / K
883 Helene Andersdtr / Tienestefolk / 17 / K
884 Anders Olsen / Tienestefolk / 18 / M
885 Magrete Hansdtr / Deres datterbarn / 2

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Source: "1801-telling for Krogstad," Digitalarkivet.no. Retrieved 23 Jul 2010.

Webjørn WEBJØRNSEN Waal (1780-1852)

According to his Psalmbook, Webiørn WEBIØRNSEN Waal was born 8 Aug 1780. Digitalarkivet has a copy of the parish record of his baptism on 13 Aug 1780.


Detail of SAO, Kråkstad prestekontor Kirkebøker, F/Fa/L0001: Ministerialbok nr. I 1, 1736-1785, s. 99. https://www.digitalarkivet.no/kb20061026050266.

Digitalarkivet also has a copy of the record of his confirmation on 11 Oct 1795 along with 20 others.


Detail of SAO, Kråkstad prestekontor Kirkebøker, F/Fa/L0002: Ministerialbok nr. I 2, 1786-1814, s. 173. https://www.digitalarkivet.no/kb20061026050441.

According to a biography of Webjørn WEBJØRNSEN Waal in the Kråkstad bygdebok [Vol. 1, p. 329-330], at the age of 16, Webjørn became a schoolteacher [skoleholder] holding the position from 1797 to 1807. The entry under Karlsmyr in the bygdebok states that in 1807 the Karlsmyr farm was deeded to him for 1600 rkd. The Psalmbook and the parish records both record his marriage on 2 Dec 1808 to his first cousin, Dorthe ANDERSDTR (b. 22 Sep 1782, Alvim, Kråkstad). Dorthe's father, Anders SVENDSEN Alvim, and Webjørn's mother, Gunhild SVENDSDTR Sørum, were respectively the son and daughter of Svend SVENDSEN Sørum and his wife, Gunhild KJELDSDTR Hauger.


Detail of SAO, Kråkstad prestekontor Kirkebøker, F/Fa/L0002: Ministerialbok nr. I 2, 1786-1814, s. 127. https://www.digitalarkivet.no/kb20061026050416.

In 1811 the Brekke farm was ceded to Webjørn, and he, Dorthe and their two children, Anders and Gunhild, moved to Brekke on 22 Feb 1812. From 1814 to 1826 they added three more children to their family: Svend, Webjørn, and Johanne. He received a royal deed of conveyance to the farm in 1837 and from 1838-1841 was a member of Kråkstad's first township board. On 12 Jul 1840 Dorthe passed away. Digitalarkivet has the parish record of her death and burial.


Detail of SAO, Kråkstad prestekontor Kirkebøker, F/Fa/L0005: Ministerialbok nr. I 5, 1837-1847, s. 154. https://www.digitalarkivet.no/kb20060308021035.

On 30 Apr 1849, the 68 year old Webjørn married a 21 year old woman named Inger Marie CHRISTIANSDTR Hobøl.


Detail of SAO, Kråkstad prestekontor Kirkebøker, F/Fa/L0006: Ministerialbok nr. I 6, 1848-1857, s. 114. https://www.digitalarkivet.no/kb20060308010097.

They had a son, Anton Sigvardt [not Anders Sigvard, as stated in the Kråkstad bygdebok], who was born on 5 Sep 1849 and baptized on 28 Oct. If my calculations are correct, Inger would have had to have been almost 5 months pregnant when they married. This has been somewhat a source of confusion since Webjørn's son, Webjørn, also named his son who was born on 21 Dec 1849 and baptized on 20 Jan 1850, Anton Sigvardt. Webjørn WEBJØRNSEN Brekke, as he was known then, died 28 Jul 1852 and was buried on 5 Aug.


Detail of SAO, Kråkstad prestekontor Kirkebøker, F/Fa/L0006: Ministerialbok nr. I 6, 1848-1857, s. 158. https://www.digitalarkivet.no/kb20060308010126.

Baptismal Certificate: Webiørn WEBIØRNSEN Waal (13 Aug 1780)

Certification of Baptism. Webiørn WEBIØRNSEN Waal (13 Aug 1780). Oslo: Statsarkivet, 1981. Image courtesy of Verla Williams.

C E R T I F I C A T E

In the parish register No. 1 (1736-1785) for Kråkstad, fol. 98b, is introduced that

W e b i ø r n

son of Webiørn Svendsen and Gunild Svensdatter Waal, was christened on 13 - thirteenth - August 1780 - seventeen eighty -. Birthday is not stated.

Oslo on 24 September 1981
by proxy
A.-M. Hadland
[English translation by Google.]

Biography of Webjørn Webjørnsen Waal

Biography of Webjørn Webjørnsen Waal. M. Østlid, Kråkstad: En Bygdebok, Bind I, 329-330. Image courtesy of Verla Williams.

English translation:

W e b j ø r n W e b j ø r n s e n W a a l (1797-1807). He didn't become released from the military before Hørbye [parish pastor] had fought a controversy with the officers. He says among other things that in the entire parish there is not found any other who can be schoolteacher. "This fellow who is so slight of stature that his parents have made him learn tailoring handwork, for fear that he for want of strength would be unable to do heavy and rough labor," should also avoid "exercise." "He is young to be sure," says the pastor, "but experience teaches sufficiently that the intellect always grows with age and that 'one often finds at the house of a young man what one lacks at the house of an older." Vebjørn has shown himself capable and one can not refuse a man to be school teacher even if he also could be useful as the king's man [soldier]. Absolutely not when no one else capable is found. "The nature of the story is such that not any farm boy could become a principal teacher." In a life story about Vebjørn Vål, written by the minister's assistant, C. Bergh, it is said among other things, "In his parents house he remained faithfully at home as an obedient son until he was 16 years old, and he received with happiness and thankfulness the good upbringing which his Christian parents did not neglect to give him -- he had a taste for God's word -- and felt the desire to work with that and to teach himself and others something useful; that's why at 16 years of age, he was named by blessed now deceased Bishop Hørbye to be school teacher here in the parish, in which position he remained and with capability and diligence performed his duty for 10 years." -- He moved later to Brekka. Vebjørn Vål or Vebjørn Brekka as he was then called, was a member of Kråkstad's first township board (1838-1841).

Psalmbook of Webjørn WEBJØRNSEN Waal (1780-1852)

Inside cover and first five pages of Webjørn WEBJØRNSEN Waal's Psalmebog (1805). Images courtesy of Mark D. Williams.

In 2011, my parents hired Dennis Green of Wood-N-Things in Decorah, IA to make a custom box in which to store Webjørn's psalmbook. His wife, Ruth, rosemaled it beautifully.


Rosemaled wooden box (2011). Image courtesy of Mark D. Williams (31 Mar 2014).

Family Group Sheet for Webjørn WEBJØRNSEN Waal (1780-1852)

Husband: Webjørn WEBJØRNSEN Waal

Born: 8 Aug 1780
Place: Vål, Kråkstad, Akershus, NOR
Married: 2 Dec 1808
Place: Kråkstad, Akershus, NOR
Died: 28 Jul 1852
Place: Brekke, Kråkstad, Akershus, NOR
Husband's Father: Webjørn SVENDSEN Waal
Husband's Mother: Gunhild SVENDSDTR

Wife 1: Dorte ANDERSDTR

Baptized: 22 Sep 1782
Place: Alvim, Akershus, NOR
Died: 12 Jul 1840
Place: Brekke, Kråkstad, Akershus, NOR
Wife's Father: Anders SVENDSEN Alvim
Wife's Mother: Dorte PAULSDTR

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Children

1. Anders WEBJØRNSEN

Born: 2 May 1810
Place: Vål, Kråkstad, Akershus, NOR
Died: 6 May 1810
Place: Vål, Kråkstad, Akershus, NOR

2. Anders WEBJØRNSEN

Born: 1 May 1811
Place: Vål, Kråkstad, Akershus, NOR
Died: 2 Jul 18--

3. Gunhild WEBJØRNSDTR

Born: 3 Dec 1812
Place: Brekke, Kråkstad, Akershus, NOR
Spouse: Samuel PEDERSEN Bjørke
Married: Unknown
Died: Unknown

4. Svend WEBJØRNSEN

Born: 23 Nov 1814
Place: Brekke, Kråkstad, Akershus, NOR
Died: 6 Jul 1817
Place: Brekke, Kråkstad, Akershus, NOR

5. Baby WEBJØRNSDTR

Born: 13 Feb 1817
Place: Brekke, Kråkstad, Akershus, NOR
Died: 13 Feb 1817

6. Webjørn WEBJØRNSEN (Karlsmyr)

Born: 16 Dec 1821
Place: Brekke, Kråkstad, Akershus, NOR
Spouse: Pauline Marie INGEBRETSDTR
Married: 11 Apr 1843
Died: 15 May 1899
Place: Glenwood, Winneshiek, IA

7. Johanne WEBJØRNSDTR

Born: 2 Jan 1826
Place: Brekke, Kråkstad, Akershus, NOR
Spouse: Christian THORESEN Gjelvelsrud
Marrie: Unknown
Died: Unknown

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Wife 2: Inger Marie CHRISTIANSDTR

Born: 13 Jan 1828
Place: Hobøl, Kråkstad, Akershus, NOR
Married: 30 Apr 1849
Place: Kråkstad, Akershus, NOR
Died: Unknown
Wife's Father: Christian JENSEN Hobøl
Wife's Mother: Sophie CLAUSDTR

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Children

1. Anton Sigvardt WEBJØRNSEN

Born: 5 Sep 1849
Place: Brekke, Kråkstad, Akershus, NOR
Died: Unknown