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WOLD family: Jorgen and Anna Wold

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Jørgen Oleson Wold, (originally Jørn Tørjevollen) born September 29, 1816 in Skoger, Vestfold, Norway. His surname, he probably has got after he came to Tørjevoll about 1843. He was married to Anne, who had been in the service of Westby at the farm Søndre Imjelt. She was the sister of Jon and Per Stallane, and came from Landerud in Rollag (Buskerud). About Anne it is told when she moved to Tørjevollen, she had walked all the way from Rollag. Not only that, but she had been walking and knitting, and in addition she had carried a pot to boil "prim" or something like whey in (primgryte, made of cast iron). About Jørn Tørjevollen it was said "he had got brains", and he had by himself learned how to write, and teached his children to write. Jørn had worked as a foreman by/with/for? Torkel Westby - also called Imjelten, and Jørn was then called Jørn "accurate or exact", not a bad nickname. Anne and Jørn had the following children, 5 girls and 4 boys: 1. Olava - who later lived at Rønnehue. 2. Martinius - later Wold carriage-factory in Drammen. 3. Johanne - married to Kristen Øya. 4. Anton - went to America, but returned home again. 5. Karl - went to America. 6. Maren - went to America together with her father, and there she married Henry Lee. 7. Birgitte - went to America, returned, married Arnt Lundeby. They went to America in 1924. 8. Sopie - went to America. 9. Herman - went to America.