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9/19/2011 at 12:23 AM

•Occupation: 1789 Farmer on Nordre Felland Nordre
•Occupation: He came from outside the Mo area
•Emigration: 1826 His son Ånund got half the farm
•Emigration: 1796 First wife died and he married Ingebjørg
•Note:
Mo Bygdebok, Volume I, Page 484, under heading "North Felland North:"

The new owner, Jon Åmundson moved in from outside Mo. His wife was Hege Homsdatter and came from Lofthus in Rauland, She was the widow of Ivar Sveinson and had a son with him, Ivar Ivarson (1775 -1829) who came to Upper Langeli.

When Jon got the North Felland North farm, the farm had a cottage with a fireplace with a porch and two bay windows. Two raised storage sheds, a barn with a hayloft and grain room alongside. A horse barn with hayloft, a cattle barn and a sheep shed, a bath house, a drying shed and a blacksmith shop. The farm also had 7 summer pastures.

Jon married Ingebjørg Såvisdatter Kvålen and lived with her as a farmer until the son Ånund got half of the farm in 1826. After that the farm was divided into two.

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