Niels Jensen Oterholt

Utreist med/Emigrated on:

Utreist til/Emigrated to: Sugar Creek township, Walworth Co, Wisconsin

Niels Jensen Oterholt:  He was born Sept 23, 1811on Teigen u/Moe farm in Gjerpen.
He was baptized Sept 29th. Parents were Jens Nielsen Teigen u/ Moe and Margit Pedersdatter. Godparents were: Lars Moe's wife, Karen Andersdatter, Ole Levorssen, Gunbjørn Olessøn, Lars Pederssøn.
He married Gunild Olsdatter, born Mar 28, 1818 on Oterholt by parents Ole Larsen Oterholt and Mari Olsdatter.
They had the children:
Ole, b. June 14, 1843
Kirsten, b. Oct 11, 1845
Maren, b. 1848
There was also a step-daughter Gunild Maria Nielsdatter, b. Dec 23, 1839

Census 1835 shows the following people on Oterholt and Teigen :
Oterholt, matr. no 46
Ole Larsen, tenant farmer, age 52
Mari Olsdatter, age 57
Lars Olsen, teacher, age 24
Ole Olsen, teacher, age 22
Maria Olsdatter, age 17
Anne Olsdatter, age 15

Teien u/Moe
Jens Nielsen, cottager, age 66
Margith Pedersdatter, age 59
Niels Jensen, age 24
Sara Jensdatter, age 21
Lars Jensen, age 17

2000 - Skien Genealogical page - by Jan Christensen