Saturday, June 11, 2011

Petra Hagfors' parents, Nils Mikkel Renfjeld & Nikoline Jorgine Oyen

Nils Mikkel Mikkelsen Renfjeld (Reinfjell) also went by the name of Nils på Øya. He was born on 17 Jul 1851 at Mosjoen, Nordland, Norway, son of Mikkel Jakobsen Reinfjell and Ane Sophie Gyth Jonsdatter . He married Nikoline Jorgine Olsdatter Øyen, , on 28 Jun 1874 at Vefsn. He appeared on the census of 1875 at Renfjeld. He died on 21 Apr 1922 at age 70. Nikoline Jorgine Olsdatter Øyen (Øien) was born on 14 Apr 1854 at Mosjoen, Nordland, Norway, daughter of daughter of Ole Pettersen Hundalvatnet and Anna Nilsdatter Øyen. She died on 16 Jul 1917 at age 63.

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  1. Nice picture! Nils Mikkelsen Reinfjell/ Nils på Øya was "selveier" (he owned the farm himself) on Reinfjellet until 1895. He then became "selveier" of the farm Overoien at Øya close to Mosjoen, and the house on the picture of the Nils and Petra Hagfors family belonged to the Overoien farm.
    Sources: Vefsn church records
    Census of 1900 and 1910.
    His mother Ane Jonsdatter Reinfjell (she didn`t use her middle name) was born in 1810 and died in 1906. Mikkel Reinfjell was born in 1807 and died in 1891. Their house at the Reinfjellet farm was called "Oppistua".

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