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Dusty Nelms
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 Posted - 18/04/2011 : 03:46:10
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| My great grandmother was born on the farm of Skaarslien (baptism record), Gausdal in 1832. In various records, I have seen what appears to be the same farm as Skaarslien, Skaars-eie, Skaars-eic and Skaars-eict. Would someone be able to tell me what the different forms of this mean or why it changes in spelling when I believe it is all the same place? Thank you, Dusty |
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eibache
Norway Heritage Veteran
Norway
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Posted - 18/04/2011 : 06:16:53
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The farm name is actually Skaar. On this farm, and others, several families could be living. When you find Skaarslien this is the name of a cottagers place on the farm Skaar. Skaars-eie denotes that it is a cottagers place owned by the Skaar farm without stating a name (if there was one) (Skaars-eic and Skaars-eict comes from bad reading of handwriting - should have been Skaars-eie.)
In the 1865 census you find the following places under the farm Skaar: Skaar med Dybaadal, Skaarslien, Skaarshagen and Skaarshagen nordre.
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Edited by - eibache on 18/04/2011 06:36:21 |
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hasto
Senior member
Norway
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Posted - 18/04/2011 : 17:40:52
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A skår (skaar) means a cut, - here a cut in the mountain.
The name has the same origin as the word score in English. The Vikings were traders in England. When they counted goods, they made cuts in a wooden stick. The number of cuts were the score.
So a farm called Skaar usually is high up in the hillside, where there is a "cut" in the mountain. It may be spelled Skard, Skaar, Skår, Skor. In compound farm names, like Fjellskår, it is often misspelled with g, like Fjellsgaard. |
Harald S Storaker
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Dusty Nelms
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USA
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Posted - 19/04/2011 : 01:32:16
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| Thank you both for very helpful information!!! I have one more question for you...if they are then a cottager on the farm, does that mean they do not actually own the land then? Would they actually just be leasing the land for their cottage and farm? Or would they have actually purchased a small acreage out of the main farm to own as their very own? My gr, great grandparents lived here for 50 years and the last 8 of their 9 children were born here. My gr. gr. grandpa died there in 1878. -Dusty |
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eibache
Norway Heritage Veteran
Norway
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Posted - 19/04/2011 : 06:29:14
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All variants are possible, a cottager could own, lease or have no acreage. If your gr. gr. grandparents were Ole Johansen and Ane Nilsdatter, the 1865 census says he was a Husmand med Jord (cottager with acreage), see here.
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Edited by - eibache on 19/04/2011 06:30:12 |
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Dusty Nelms
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Posted - 19/04/2011 : 14:04:58
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| Thank you for your response. Ole is my gr, gr. grandpa. However, I believe the census records have the wrong last name of my gr. gr. grandma in this record as her name was Olsdatter. The 1875 records again show her name as Olsdatter and that is the name listed on all the baptism records of their children. In looking at this 1865 record, do you then feel that Ole would actually own his cottage and some land around it that he used for farming? -Dusty |
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Hopkins
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
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Posted - 19/04/2011 : 14:16:24
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There is an excellent article about Norwegian farms and the background of these types of 'users' or 'farmers' that specifically discusses what a 'husmann' was and includes explanation of 'husmann med jord'.
http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~norway/na27.html
The entire collection of articles is excellent on a number of very basic subjects for those of us interested in our Norwegian ancestors and should be start of your study. (This collection is also linked from this webpage under Links -- Articles and How-to above right on this page.]
http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~norway/articles.html |
Edited by - Hopkins on 19/04/2011 14:51:47 |
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