In the Norwegian National Census of 1801 is recorded the residents of the
farm Garnes in Verdal, Nord Trøndelag, Norway.
Peder's wife, Agnes Olsdatter, had died 4 years earlier. Five years after this census was taken Peder and his children Kiersti, Rasmus and Lars were brutally murdered in their beds. His son Ole survived the murder attempt with severe injuries. Kiersti's infant daughter Anne, asleep in her crib, was not harmed. She was to be my 3X great grandmother. In an earlier post I told the story of the
→ GARNESMORDET (Garnes Murders).
my 5th great grandfather
Peder Rasmussen Garnes
b: 12 Mar 1752 Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway
d: 29 July 1806 Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway
my 4th great grandmother
Kiersti Pedersdatter Garnes
b: 1785 Garnes, Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway
d: 29 July 1806 Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway
my 3rd great grandmother
Anne Olsdatter Skavhaug
b: 4 May 1806 Garnes, Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway
d: 29 May 1895 Stuskin,Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway
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