Halvor Olsen RAAE (1771-1843)

Ole Halvorsen Raae and his wife Jesa followed Norwegian tradition and named their oldest son, Halvor, after his paternal grandfather. Halvor's birth and baptism were recorded in the Lærdal parish records on 15 Aug and 18 Aug 1771 respectively.

 
Detail of SAB, Lærdal sokneprestembete, Ministerialbok nr. A 2, 1752-1782, s. 179. https://www.digitalarkivet.no/kb20070514620248.

The Minister's book for Hafslo parish contains the marriage record for Halvor Olsen Raae and Anna Asbiørnsdtr Opheimshaug. In the column under Copúlation, the third entry for Halvor and Anna is for the "same day" as the entry above which is dated 29 Apr 1810.


Detail of SAB, Hafslo sokneprestembete, H/Haa/Haaa/L0003: Ministerialbok nr. A 3, 1807-1821, s. 9. https://www.digitalarkivet.no/kb20050818010661. A search for Halvor Olsen Raae also returns this digital record.

Espe (1990: 362) lists Halvor and Anna's four children as follows: (1) Ole (1811-1887), who took over the farm and married Elsa Nilsdtr Bø; (2) Asbjørn (1813-1890), who married his first cousin Ragnilde Andersdtr Raae; (3) Anders (1816- ), who married Metta Finnsdtr Rikheim; and (4) Halvor (1821- ), who married Ingrid Baardsdtr M. Ljøsno. Laberg (1938: 293) adds a sister, Jesa, but provides little else about her.

I found it strange that the Lærdal parish register recorded the deaths of both Halvor and Anna on the same day, 3 Nov 1843, with burials on the 9th.


Detail of SAB, Lærdal sokneprestembete, Ministerialbok nr. A 9, 1835-1857, s. 30. https://www.digitalarkivet.no/kb20070514630532.

This would seem to suggest some sort of accident. However, both Laberg and Espe state that Anna died in 1848. And the Lærdal parish records do show another Anna Asbjørnsdtr Raae's death on 26 Oct 1848 at 73 years of age with burial on 2 Nov.


Detail of SAB, Lærdal sokneprestembete, Ministerialbok nr. A 9, 1835-1857, s. 53. https://www.digitalarkivet.no/kb20070514630555.

So this leaves us with the question of who was the Anna that died the same day as Halvor? Time will tell if we can solve this mystery. 

[UPDATE (24 Apr 2021): I suspect the Anna Asbjørnsdtr Raae that died the same day as Halvor may have been a granddaughter, but I do not have proof of that yet.]