When Marie Jonason Halvorsen was born on 13 October 1816, in Skjeberg Kirke, Skjeberg, Østfold, Norway, her father, Jonas Halvorsen, was 35 and her mother, Pernilla Paulsdatter, was 34. She married Ole Amundsen on 29 April 1845, in Aker, Akershus, Norway. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Aker, Akershus, Norway in 1845 and West Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1880. She died on 15 June 1881, in Midvale, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in South Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesThe residence of Ole Amundsen and Marie Jonasdatter at the time they got married. On the Wevsite https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schaftel%C3%B8kken, it gives some information about the place, but the N …
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