This document is from the research of Lee Munson in the 1960s and is also translated from the entries on pp 120-122 about Tveito in the farm book "Etne-soga" by Ståle Dyrvik, vol V "Folket. Grindheim sokn" with help from cousin Steinar Berg, the current owner of Tveito  As usual the ancestors of Henry (Halvorsen) Lee are in bold. Many people are also linked to their entry at GENI

For an account of Kitty's visit to Tveito in June 2015 read that story on her blog.

The farmhouse where Marta and Mette were born, first house with a second story in the area,
photo taken June 2015 by Kitty Cooper

Translation of item 3, p 120, Etnesoga V

3. Åmund Bjørnsson b.1772 on Ve d.1842 on Tveito. Married in 1802 to Ragnilla Halldorsdotter b.1765 on Sande (3a) d.1806 on Tveito. She was the widow of Kristen Gudmundsson Tveito (previous operator). He remarried in 1807 to Anna Hansdotter b.1787 at Frette (28f), d.1854 at Tveito.

Åmund was of wealthy people from Sørstrando, and with marriage to the widow on Tveito gained both the status as a tenant farmer, some valuable assets and stepchildren.  Ragnilla died in childbirth. The next marriage gave birth to many children, so it was populous at Tveito in the early 19th century.

Åmund himself had only daughters and it was the fourth one, Brita, who was appointed to take over the farm. 

Åmund applied to the Bishop in Bergen (the church of Bergen owned in the old days a lot of farms and properties) to buy Tveito, and he got the so-called Royal Contract for 650 spd. in 1834. It was a reasonable price. The following year he passed the farm on to Brita and his son-in-law Erik. (To secure his new status as a retired farmer he now had to set the terms for his pension). The terms sounded of 18 våger (324 kg) oats,1 våg (18 kg) malt, 1 barrel (139 ltr) barley, 2 skjepper (40 ltr) of rye and fetus for 3 cows and 14 sheep. In addition there was a condition which included using the field Pig meadow and a piece of meadow which were cleared for boulders. The terms were great, but maybe still hard, when one thinks that Åmund and Anna had the responsibility for five children down to seven years of age.

In 1848, widow Anna had to get help from her guardian Tarald Frette, because the new users, Brita and Erik, were behind on a payment of 10 våger (180 kg) grains from the terms and for two years had refused to cultivate the Pig meadow.

 

People of farm Tveito (surname Tvedten):

 from cousin Steinar in Norway:

'Tveito was the name that the locals used for the farm and the people living there. The use of Tvedten was a "much finer" rewriting of the name Tveito. One must remember between year approx 1350 and 1814 Norway was ruled under the king of Denmark. The officials like Priests and Tax collectors, Judges etc. was heavily influenced by Danish language, and Tveito was a bit "farmish" and did not sound very good in writing. So to make it a bit finer they wrote it Tvedten. I have seen in some old papers different ways of how the name Tvedten have been written like, Tuetten, Tuedten, Tveiten.

Cousin Annebeth added to that, " Same story I have heard, Steinar Berg. I think that the first "Tveito" to change his name to Tvedten was your grandfather Erik Eriksen Tvedten, when he left the farm to join the military. He later had a long civilian career in Stavanger."

III.Åmund Bjørnson Tvedten (Ve) 1772 - 1842, moved to Tveito at Etne (to marry the widow of Kristen Gudmundsson who had married the daughter of the previous owner, Anna Gottskaksdotter 1713-1784, after her death he married Ragnilla listed below) and was living there in 1814. (number 3 in the farm Tveito listing on page 120 in Etnesoga V) In 1802 he married:

  1. widow Ragnhilla Halldorsdatter Sande Tvedten, 1765-1806 Child of 1st marriage:
    1. Metta, (see XII below) 1804-1879. went to America 1846 lived at Ytre Haaland [ed note: her descendants are our Holland cousins]
    2. Kristin b. 1806 d. 1806
  2. Anna Hansdtr. Frette at Etne. Children of 2nd marriage:
    1. Ragnhild, married to Knud Eide, Ølen, Vindafjord, Hordaland, Children:
      1. Anund Knudsen Duberg at blen, died single,
      2. Kari, married to Tor Steffensen Nerheim, blen, a son in Bergen,
      3. Knut(?) in America,
      4. Brylla, married to shoemaker Andersalen, 1 son, shoemaker Andersen at blen,
    2. Marta b 1810 (see XIV below) married her half 2nd cousin once removed  Halvor Gotskalksen, Skjold at Etne. Children: (see entry for Skjold farm)
    3. Brita, born 1813, married Erik Rasmusson, This family stayed on Tveito and are the ancestors of the current owners and the USA Tvedten family.
    4. Anna, 1815-1838 married to Peder Larsson Wiig. born 1818 på Vik i Fjeldberg, died 23 July 1904 from Fjeldbergsund. They moved to Innaes at Kleive i Romedal, where he was a merchant. Children:
      1. Lars Larsen Vik, merchant and hotel owner at Naes,
      2. Anna Pedersdotter,  married to Tor Andreas Haavardsholm  Children:
        1. Nils Havardsholm, teacher in Oslo,
        2. Peder Havardshol-T, macininist, died in Antwerp,
        3. Trygve Havardsholm, sailor,
        4. Martha, married to Mils Miklebost, director o: agricultural school,
        5. Hilda Havardsholm, residing in Oslo,
        6. Nanna Havardsholm, teacher of home economics in Oslo,
        7. Alvhild in Oslo,
        8. Aslaug in Oslo,
      3. Peder Wiik, 5 Dec 1855, † 17 feb 1932, yrke Skipper i Kristiansund. Children:
        1. Ellen-Anna,
        2. Lars Vik, lived on the farm Fagerlid,
        3. Harald Wiik,  1 jun 1890, † 25 mai 1967, yrke gårdbruker på Gimnes.
    5.  Margrethe Amundsdatter, married to Peder Sjovangen, Fjeldberg, several children
    6. Katrina   1821-1900 (see XVII below),
    7. Hans 1824 - 1842
    8. Kristine, died single. 1828-1853
     
    Mette Tveito Haaland

    XII. Metta Amundsdtr. Tvedten Holland, born ca. 1805, married to Syver (Sjur) Olsen Haaland at Etne. They went to America with nine children in 1846. Syver died on the way to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The children spelled their name Holland. They were:

    1. Ole Holland, farmer in Iowa,
    2. Erik S. Holland, born in 1834, farrier in Kendall County, Illinois, married to 1) Johanne Chantland (Tjentland in Rrdal), died 1884, no children, 2) Christine Petterson from Skien. Children: 1) Randolph Holland born 1887, English teacher at St. Olaf College, married to Edith Berg, 2) Marie, born 1888, 3) Olga, born 1890, 4) Elmer, born 1893,
    3. Bjorn S. Holland, born 1841, died 1930, teacher and farmer at Moscow, Wisconsin. He was one of the founders of the village Hollandale which started on his farm. Sat in the Wisconsin National Assembly,
    4. Syver S. Holland, died 1884, teacher and farmer at Moscow, son Syver J. Holland at Madison, Wisconsin, died 1939, 66 years old,
    5. Christen Holland, farmer at Moscow, justice of the peace,
    6. Haldor S. Holland, died 1872, participated in the Civil War, lived in Iowa County, Wisconsin,
    7. Amund S. Holland, in Iowa, son Sever A. Holland, born 1858, died 1934, lived in Thomson,
    8. Svein, died in an accident, single,
    9. Erik Amundsen, married to Sina Henriksdtr. Osnes, in America,
    10. Gunnar Amundsen, married to Rasmusdtr. Frette, in America,
    11. Rasmus Amundsen, married to Ingeborg Knutsdtr. Kaldestadbakken at Etne. Children: 1) Anna, 2) Knut, 3) Amund.Some of the children of Britta and Erik Tvetden:

XVII. Katrine Amundsdtr. Tvedten, was married to Osmund Thorsen Ekrheim at Etne.

Child: Anna, married to 1) Mads Rygg, residing at Skjeldal at Etne, 2) Hakon Ellingsen. Of the 2nd marriage, no children.

Child of the 1st marriage: Severine, single. Amund Osmundsen Ekrheim, married to Lisbeth Pedersdtr. Fosse. Children: Osmund Amundsen, born ca. 1887, married to Martine Larsdtr. Kambo in America, Peder, born ca. 1888, in America, single, Katrine, born 1889, single, Ekreim, Sigrid, born 1891, in America, single, Villum, Tor, twins, born 1893, single, at Etne, Ole, born 1895, Ekreim, single, Britha Osmundsdtr., married to widower Jone Vae, residing at Rygg.

Children: 1) Barbro, married to farmer Hans O. Slettebo, Egersund parish, 6 children, 3) Anna, died 1929, married to Th. Kaada, merchant at Olen, later at Jorpeland, 8 children, Osmund Ekrheim, born 1859, died 1941, merchant, hotel owner and steamships' agent at Olen. Married to Anna Olsen from Haugesund. Children: 1) Toralf Ekrheim, merchant and steamships' agent at Olen, married to Bertha Haraldseid, Skjold, 2 boys, 2) Anna, married to Johannes Hovda, farmer at Randoy in Fister, 5 children, 3) Olav Ekrheim, married to Helga Sverdrup, both teachers in Stavanger, childless, 4) Kasper Ekrheim, wholesaler in Oslo, married to Inger Byhre-Hansen, Oslo, 1 boy, 5) Katrine Ekrheim, telephone operator at Olen, 6) Agnes, married to Olav Kaspar Chsitiansen, baker at Olen, 2 children, 7) SirPon Ekrheim, merchant at Olen, married to Anna Lunde, Olen, 5 children, 8) Erling Ekrheim, department .....

Some of the children of Britta and Erik Tvedten

XIII. Hans Eriksen Tvedten, teacher and precentor at Sauda. Married to Ragnhild Aartun, Sauda. Child:

  1. a. Jorun, married to teacher Kristen Arnestad from Nordfjord. Children: 1) Kari, 2) Ragnhild, 3) Kristine, 4) Britha, married to Olstein Birkeland, Sauda. Children: 1) Hanna, 2) Marie, 3) Johanne, 4) Ragnhild, 5) Aslaug, 6) Sigve, 7) Hans, 8) Eylaug, 9) Olstein,
  2. c) Elicla, married to teacher Johannes Rougstad from Voss, Haga at Romerike, several children,
  3. d) Anna, married to teacher Nils Eidhammer, Vats. Children: 1) Hakon, 2) Fritgof, 3) Torstein, 4) Nils, 5) Gertrud, 6) Kristine, 7) Solveig,
  4. e) Torstein H. Tvedten, married to Miss Aga, in America, several children,
  5. f) Laura, married to Halfdan Helr.ers, in America, 2 children.
XIII. g. Erik Tvedten, born 1856, died 1934, office manager in Stavanger. He was married to Ingeborg Abelsdtr. Boksnes, Kvinnherad, born 1871 (see Boksnes family). Children:
  1. Erling Tvedten, born 1891, died 1936, employee, single,
  2. Abel Tvedten, b. 1892, manager of Rogaland County Power Plant, residing at Stavanger, married to Asgjerd Helliesen, Stavanger. Children: 1) Kari, 2) Ingeborg Berg (mother of Steinar), 3) Ole,
  3. Sigurd Tvedten, b. 1893, reapportioning surveyor in SUnnhordland, residing at Etne, married to Inga Halvorsdtr , Skjold. Children: 1) Erik, 2) Harald, 3) Synnove,
  4. Inge Tvedten, born 1895, died 1933, dentist in Stavanger, married to Gudrun Lono.
    Children: 1) Inge, 2) Gunnar,
  5. Ragnvald Tvedren, born 1897, mate in Bergen, married to Fredrikke Buchholtz. Children: l) Erik, 2) Henrik,
  6. Arnold Tvedten, born 1900, died 1933, employee in Stavanger, married to Bergljot Pedersen, son Fredrik,
  7. Synnove Tvedten, born 1906, employee in Stavanger, single.

 

 



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