Thomas Eliassen Fjære in Solum

Utreist med/Emigrated on: the American vessel Bowditch from Le Havre, France
                                        Arrived in New York August 8th, 1846

Utreist til/Emigrated to: ??. 


        Thomas Eliassen Fjære:   Thomas is born around 1812, probably on the small farm Lillefjære in Solum. His
        father was Elias Danielsen, born ca 1771 (He was a widow in 1801), who was a crofter on Lillefjære under
        the farm Fjære in Solum parish. Thomas had at least a half-brother Daniel and a half-sister Anne. These two
        still lived on Lillefjære in 1865. THomas married June 2nd, 1842 Berthe Andrea Nielsdatter Tyskland under
        Strømdal from Gjerpen. She was born 1818, and her parents were Niels Jacobsen Strømdal(1772-1820) and Anne Larsdatter Meen   (1777-1839). Thomas and Berthe Andrea had at least one daughter Kirsten Maria, born January 26th, 1844.


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