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chris
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jwiborg
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 Posted - 15/01/2004 : 17:17:03
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17/12 1810 betalt Watner for Meubler ....Rd. ......76.0.0
Dec 17th, 1810 paid Watner 76 Rd for furniture. (Rd=old norw. currency)
(Mr. Watner has delivered furniture to the Brekke farm, and received 76 Riksdaler for it.)
Protocol for Den christelige Dissenter-Menighed i Skien og Omegn, stiftet den 29de September 1860
Record for the christian Dissenter congregation in Skien and the neighbourhood, founded September 29th, 1860.
No. 181, Girl Anne Pedersdatter (Watner), born 10 Feb 1841, christened May 1864, enrolled in the congregation May 1864, not married, residence Skien
SKIENSBORGERNES EIENDOMSERHVERVELSER I SISTE HALVDEL AV 1600 TALLET.
Real estate acquisitions for the Citizens of Skien between 1650 and 1700.
Hans Jacobsøn.
Watner ... 6 Meller
I'm not sure what that means. "Meller" is an old norw. measuring unit. 6 meller could be the value of a place called "watner", owned by Hans Jacobsøn...
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thelebrity
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Posted - 16/01/2004 : 14:46:22
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att: meller
Wouldn't it rather mean that the Wathne farm had purchased 6 meller of land (if meller is a measuring unit, I mean - I haven't heard of meller before, so I'm only guessing here. It just seems odd that a measuring unit was used to value a farm?) |
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Borge
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Posted - 16/01/2004 : 17:06:57
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Back in the old days the value of a farm was always estimated from how much it could produce of different types of gods. To explain the value they could say how many units of butter or corn it could produce (merker smør or tønner korn) or other units and measurements could be used in stead or in addition. 1 Melle (or Mæle) was a measurement for corn, so 4 Meller was the amount of land necessary to produce 4 Meller of corn. Now, I will try to keep my tongue straight, but if anyone catches me in making any mistakes let me know - 1 Melle was about 28,8816 liters, 1 gallon = 3,785 liter. 6 melles = 45,8 gallons = about 22,9 pecks or about 5,7 bushels.
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Edited by - Borge on 16/01/2004 17:15:27 |
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Can anyone translate this (from Skien)
