parish death record of Anne Martha Sevaldsdatter
This is my third great grandmother. Baptized Anne Martha Sevaldsdatter, she more commonly went by Martha. Martha had seven children and lived to what was in the 19th century a pretty old age (75). She is listed as a "kårkone" which translates as a woman who is being supported. That is not a very
all encompassing English translation. She is living on the farm Stubskind. She and her husband owned and worked that farm until 1859. In 1859 the farm was turned over to their son, and my second great grandfather, Sevald Andersen. Sevald paid a price and then supported his parents on the farm. More accurately Martha and her husband, Anders Jacobsen, were retired. If she had been listed as "lægdskone", that was a totally different scenario meaning a pauper supported by the community as was the gentleman who died a few days before her, Ole Andersen.
The causes of death are not listed by this priest. Perhaps death was so common no one really questioned the cause unless it was very unusual or suspicious. At 74, the cause of death would most likely have been listed as "alderdom" or old age, regardless of the specific cause, anyway. I have found alderdom listed as a cause of death for ancestors as young as their early fifties!
I must thank Martin Roe Eidhammer's blog "Norwegian Genealogy and then some". It is a favorite of mine and the link is to the left of my blog. Specifically I often refer to his very helpful genealogical translation list which can be found here→NORWEGIAN GENEALOGY DICTIONARY. It is certainly worth bookmarking.
my third great grandmother
Anne Martha Sevaldsdatter
b. 01 August 1795 Volen, Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway
d. 07 August 1870 Stubskind, Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway
**click on document to enlarge for easier viewing,
