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Ole Christensen Rudd was born in late spring/early summer of 1791 at Røråsen Farm on the island of Helgøya in Næs, Hedmark, Norway (now officially in Ringsaker commune).A His parents were Christen Olsen Ruud, a day laborer, and his wife Ingebor Amundsdatter Kjos.
Gullik was born 26 Jan 1794 on Hære Farm in Øvre Eiker, Norway to a crofter father who rented farmland to get by. The family moved to the mining town of Konnerud where Gullik spent his teen years. Here his father gave him ownership of a small parcel of land named Loe [pronounced loo] near his father's properties of Veierud and Knatholt. Gullik married his wife Maren Christensdatter Wear and lived here for at least 7 years. Family stories say his inability to manage money and a pension for drinking and card playing bankrupted the family, forcing them off the Loe property and out of town. It was the shame of his mother-in-law that bailed him out and saved the family. Gullik's own shame of the situation seemed to straighten him out and the carpenter bought Sondre Myhre farm in Svelvik where they spent the next 20 years before Gullik died in 1856.
Christen was born early 1790 at Dalen under Herland Farm in Svarstad in the Lardal parish of Vestfold. Christen's parents were Jon Andersen Dalen and Ingebor Olsdatter. His baptism occurred on the 11 Jul 1790 at Svarstad Church. Witnesses were Helene Pedersdatter Jerneland, Helvig Matthisdatter Dalen, Eric Kielsen Dalen and Peder Jensen Rennedalen.1
Andrine was born in the Fiskum parish area of Eiker, Norway to a single mother. By 15 she had moved to the city of Drammen where she married Ole at the age of 24. He was from Rogaland and they returned there after marriage where she raised their 3 children in Kopervik until he died in 1862. Andrine remarried 2 years later to husband Tore and they continued to live in Kopervik. Soon after we lose track of Andrine and don't know about the rest of her life.
Born on Kjelsvik farm to the captain of a small sailing ship, Ole grew up in Jelsa, Rogaland, Norway. Much of his childhood was spent on the open seas with his father and brother. At 33, he married Andrine in Drammen, Buskerud on the opposite side of Norway. Together they lived in Kopervik and had 3 children before Ole's untimely death at 39.
Born to a farmer at Loftstua Farm under Landsverk in Sandsvær, Norway. She married Hans Jorgen Pettersen at 20 and they raised 12 children together on Haugen farm in Sandsvær before relocating to Visnes, Rogaland by the age of 53. She lived at Visnes until her husband died in 1902 and soon after we lose track of Anne as she enters her 80s.
Born to a farmer at Øvre Laugerud Farm in Sandsvær, Norway, Hans was raised on Laugerud until he purchased Haugen farm under Landsverk in Sandsvær at 20. He married Anne Lindboe and they raised 12 children together before relocating to Visnes, Rogaland by the age of 52. There Hans worked in the copper mines, helping to mine the copper that was used to make the Statue of Liberty. He passed away in Visnes at 79.
Anne Marie, the daughter of a sailor and laborer, was born in Svelvik, Norway in 1827. She was raised with 4 brothers and 1 sister. She received her confirmation in 1842 and married sailor and carpenter Andreas Johnsen in 1855. The couple lived in Svelvik, where she gave birth to 3 sons and 3 daughters, the youngest of which, Andreas, cost Anne her life. She died in 1867 while recovering from childbirth.
Andreas was born to a sailor/carpenter father in northern Svelvik in 1830. He was 1 of 8 children, including a half-sister and only the second boy of the house. His younger sister died when he was 9, his father passed away at 11, and an older sister when he was 14. Andreas took to the sea as a sailor and while home married Anne Marie Ruud in 1855. The couple would have 6 children before Anne's untimely death in 1867. Andreas stopped sailing and took up carpentry at the shipyard full time when he remarried Laura Anderson. They had a son in 1873, but Laura also died the following year. Andreas died in Svelvik in 1888 at the age of 58.
