Svend TORESEN Waal

The Vål entry in the Kråkstad bygdebok doesn't provide a lot of information regarding Svend Toresen Waal:

Brukere på a): Tor Vebjørnsen Skotbu til 1737; sønnen Svend Toresen til 1760; . . . [[Østlid, Vol. 2, p. 47.] Farmers on a): Tor Vebjørnsen Skotbu until 1737; his son Svend Toresen to 1760; . . . [English translation by Verla Williams.]

However, the Kråkstad parish records do contain some helpful information. First of all they have a record of the 1738 betrothal [troevolede] and marriage [copulerede] of Svend Thoreson Vaal to Kari Amundsdtr Glenne.

 
Detail of SAO, Kråkstad prestekontor Kirkebøker, F/Fa/L0001: Ministerialbok nr. I 1, 1736-1785, s. 71. https://www.digitalarkivet.no/kb20061026050241.

It gives the date of their betrothal as 30 Sep 1738 and their marriage as 12 Nov of the same year. Digitalarkivet also has the death records for Svend and Kari.


Detail of SAO, Kråkstad prestekontor Kirkebøker, F/Fa/L0001: Ministerialbok nr. I 1, 1736-1785, s. 131. https://www.digitalarkivet.no/kb20061026050298.

The record for Svend Thoressen Waal gives his death as 25 Aug 1782 at 70 years of age. That would make the year of his birth c. 1712. Notice that two entries below Svend's is an entry for a Svend Vebjørnsen Vaal who died on 15 Sep only 14 days old. This baby was the elder Svend's grandson, a younger brother of Webjørn Webjørnsen Waal.


Detail of SAO, Kråkstad prestekontor Kirkebøker, F/Fa/L0002: Ministerialbok nr. I 2, 1786-1814, s. 150. https://www.digitalarkivet.no/kb20061026050421.

The record for Kari Amundsdtr Waal gives the date for her death as 30 Mar 1786 and says she was 68 years old. That would make the year of her birth c. 1718.

Family Group Sheet for Svend TORESEN Waal (c. 1711-1782)

Husband: Svend TORESEN Waal

Born: c. 1711
Place: Vål, Kråkstad, Akershus, NOR
Married: 12 Nov 1738
Place: Kråkstad, Akershus, NOR
Died: 25 Aug 1782
Place: Vål, Kråkstad, Akershus, NOR
Husband's Father: Tor WEBJØRNSEN Waal
Husband's Mother: Gunhild OLSDTR

Wife: Kari AMUNDSDTR

Born: c. 1718
Place: Unknown
Died: 30 Mar 1786
Place: Vål, Kråkstad, Akershus, NOR
Wife's Father: Amund BØRRESEN Glenne
Wife's Mother: Eli NILSDTR

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Children

1. Webjørn SVENDSEN Waal

Baptized: 16 Aug 1739
Place: Vål, Kråkstad, Akershus, NOR
Spouse: Gunhild SVENDSDTR Sørum
Married: 8 Nov 1761
Place: Kråkstad, Akershus, NOR
Died: 17 Mar 1824

2. Eli SVENDSDTR Waal

Born: 1741
Place: Vål, Kråkstad, Akershus, NOR

3. Nils SVENDSEN Waal

Born: 1745
Place: Vål, Kråkstad, Akershus, NOR
Died as a child

4. Nils SVENDSEN Waal

Born: 1751
Place: Vål, Kråkstad, Akershus, NOR
Spouse: Gunhild HANSDTR Harestad
Married: 1775

5. Tore SVENDSEN Waal

Born: c. 1754
Place: Vål, Kråkstad, Akershus, NOR

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.

Family Group Sheet for Webjørn SVENDSEN Waal (1739-1824)

Husband: Webjørn SVENDSEN Waal

Baptized: 16 Aug 1739
Place: Kråkstad, Akershus, NOR
Married: 8 Nov 1761
Place: Kråkstad, Akershus, NOR
Died: 17 Mar 1824
Place: Vål, Kråkstad, Akershus, NOR
Husband's Father: Svend TORESEN Waal
Husband's Mother: Kari AMUNDSDTR

Wife: Gunhild SVENDSDTR

Baptized: 20 Mar 1740
Place: Kråkstad, Akershus, NOR
Died: 1 Apr 1808
Place: Vål, Kråkstad, Akershus, NOR
Wife's Father: Svend SVENDSEN Sørum
Wife's Mother: Gunhild KJELDSDTR

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Children

1. Margrete WEBJØRNSDTR

Born: 1762
Place: Vål, Kråkstad, Akershus, NOR
Spouse: Hans JENSEN Molbech
Married: 1795
Died: Unknown

2. Agar WEBJØRNSDTR

Born: 1763-64
Place: Vål, Kråkstad, Akershus, NOR
Died as a child

3. Svend WEBJØRNSEN

Born: 1765
Place: Vål, Kråkstad, Akershus, NOR
Died as a child

4. Gunhild WEBJØRNSDTR

Born: 1766
Place: Vål, Kråkstad, Akershus, NOR
Spouse: Fredrik SVENSEN Oppsal
Married: 1790
Died: Unknown

5. Agar WEBJØRNSDTR

Born: 1767
Place: Vål, Kråkstad, Akershus, NOR
Spouse: Anders KRISTOFFERSEN Bjerke
Married: 1791
Died: Unknown

6. Ellen Sofia WEBJØRNSDTR

Born: 1769
Place: Vål, Kråkstad, Akershus, NOR
Died as a child

7. Svend WEBJØRNSEN

Born: 1771
Place: Vål, Kråkstad, Akershus, NOR
Died as a child

8. Svend WEBJØRNSEN

Born: 1772-73
Place: Vål, Kråkstad, Akershus, NOR
Died as a child

9. Anne Kirstine WEBJØRNSDTR

Born: 1774
Place: Vål, Kråkstad, Akershus, NOR
Spouse: Åsmund ANDERSEN Eldor, Ås
Married: 1797
Died: Unknown

10. Svend WEBJØRNSEN

Born: 1775
Place: Vål, Kråkstad, Akershus, NOR
Died as a child

11. Andreas WEBJØRNSEN

Born: 1777
Place: Vål, Kråkstad, Akershus, NOR
Died as a child

12. Ellen Sofia WEBJØRNSDTR

Born: 1778
Place: Vål, Kråkstad, Akershus, NOR
Spouse 1: Andreas ANDERSEN Eldor, Ås
Married: 1797
Spouse 2: Andreas SAMUELSEN Kr.
Married: 1823, Ås
Died: Unknown

13. Webjørn WEBJØRNSEN (Brekke, Skoleholder)

Born: 8 Aug 1780
Place: Vål, Kråkstad, Akershus, NOR
Spouse: Dorte ANDERSDTR
Married: 2 Dec 1808
Died: 28 Jul 1852

14. Svend WEBJØRNSEN

Baptized: 25 Aug 1782
Place: Kråkstad, Akershus, NOR
Died: 13 Sep 1782

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).

A Family History

by Webjørn Webjørnsen Waal
Translation by Oivind Hovde

I, Webiørn Webiørnsen, was born at Waal in Kråkstad district the 8th August in year 1780. And was married to my dear wife Dorte 1808 the 2nd December. And moved to Waal the 22nd December. She was born at Alvim in Kråkstad district the 22nd September 1782. Our marriage brought us the following children: 1810 the 2nd May was born little son Anders before 9:30 a.m. He failed and died when he was 4 [?] days old. 1811 the 1st May 3:10 o’clock [?] was born [. . .] was baptized by Herr Provst Hørbye and named Anders. Witnesses were klokker (sexton - led singing in church) Johannes G [?]

We moved again to Brekke the 22nd February 1812. My wife provided me a daughter year 1812 the 3rd December 5 o’clock morning and the 6th of the same baptized in Kråkstad church by Herr Provst Hørbye.

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Witnesses were Aaslov F [?] Quillevese, Gunil Andersdatter Alvim, Webiørn Svensen Wall, Kiel Anderson and Olle Andersen Alvim.

Year 1814 the 26th November 3/4 to 11 before noon was our little son Svend and was baptized in Kråkstad church the 27th November. Witnesses were Gunil Webiørnsdatter Waal, Johanne Fredrecksdatter Wall, Webiørn Svensen and Fredrech Svendsen Wall together with Andreas Andersen [. . .] Alvim.

In year 1817 the 13 February was born to my wife a daughter 5 o’clock in the morning who was stillborn. My wife provided me again a son year 1821 the 16th December 6 o'clock and at quarter to 7 in afternoon. [. . .] and baptized in Kråkstad church by Hr. Provst [. . .] and named Webiørn [. . .] the 30th [. . .] Sunday in [. . .] og Witnesses were Aaslov Jonsdatter Qvillesjø, Mari Østensdatter Kalsmyr; Olle Andersen Alvim, Webiørn Friedrecksen Waal and Svend Larsen Qvillesjø.

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My wife [. . .] me in year 1826 the 2nd January [. . .] o’clock in the morning a daughter who was baptized in Kråkstad church the 11th same month by Herr District Pastor Regersen. Witnesses were Christiana Rasmusdatter Haug, Christine Seversdatter Qvillesjø, Andreas Andersen Kiel [?] and Olle Andersen Alvim; and [. . .] are in [. . .] Johanne.

God help and preserve [. . .] in Jesus name [. . .] I am [. . .] me [. . .] in marriage this [. . .] in the year 1849 the 30 April [. . .] girl Inger Marie Christiansdtr Brekke where we [. . .] son [. . .] Anton Sigevarth Webiørn[sen] God given fortune.