Hvaal family - Svarstad - Maukon

Preface
On these pages we present the story of a large family originating from the farm “Søndre Hvaal”
in Lardal, Norway. This farm has been in the family we are describing since 1864. That year
Johannes Halvorsen and Anne Oline Evensdatter bought the farm. They had 10 children and it
is, in particular, the son Ole (number 5 of the children) we are discussing here.
Ole Johannesen Hvaal took over the farm in 1878 and the same year married 15-year-old Hilda
Josefine Nielsdatter. Ole and Hilda had 17 children – you can see 16 of them on the front page.
We are discussing their ancestors – and in particular their descendents. All descendents are
coded. This makes it easy to see the family relations – both with regard to generation as well as
within the same generation. The system will be described later.
The author of these pages is not directly in the family. However, I am married to one of the great
grandchildren of Ole and Hilda. In the work to collect information I have used all available resources
such as the digitized church books – the census from 1865 and 1900 as well as “Lardal
bygdebok” – a book from 1973 about the farms in Lardal Kommune. Most information is, however,
obtained from the different family members.
The Norwegian names are not translated.
Thormod Henriksen
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E-mail: thormeg@online.no
Address: Johs. Hartmannsvei 38, 1395 Hvalstad, Norway
A picture taken by Odd Aino Maukon in 1995
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