Baathuset (Båthuset)

Husmannsplass at Grefsheim, Nes in Ringsaker.

The croft has previously been associated with the Monsen family.

Residents

  • before 1762: Jens Henriksen
  • 1801: Lars Svendsen and Lisbet Ottersdatter
  • 1865: Peder Monsen and Karen Eriksdatter

Peder and Karen emigrated to America with six children in 1868 and later settled in Minnesota.

Families

  • Peder Monsen and Karen Eriksdatter. Peder Monsen (born around 1821) was a crofter with land at Båthuset in 1865. He was married to Karen Eriksdatter (born 1824).. In 1868 they emigrated to America with six children. The local history records that they sailed on the Hannah Parr, arrived in America in April that year and later bought a farm in Minnesota.. Ludvig. 1847. Died in Winnipeg in 1868 after an accident at work.. Arnt. 1850. Worked at Grefsheim before emigrating. Later had many descendants in Minnesota.. Edvard. 1853. Went to America.. Hedvig. 1856. Married Nels Woodstrom in America.. Hans. 1861. Died in America in 1892.. Marie. 1864. Married Aslak Langli in America.. Gunhild Kolstad: Nes bygdebok (1995), pp. 395-396.

Sources: Information from the family at Grefsheim; Gunhild Kolstad: Nes bygdebok - Bruks- og slektshistorie, Østfjerdingen (Nes local history), vol. 2, part 2 (1995), s. 395-396

All the crofts of Grefsheim