Elen Jansdatter Mentz Bolstad (1695 - 1782)

Elen Jansdatter was born 1695 on Bolstad farm, Hålandsdalen, Os, Hordaland County, Norway. She died on Oct. 3, 1782 on Bolstad farm, Hålandsdalen, Os, Hordaland County, Norway. She was daugther of Jan Jansen Mentz Bolstad and Elen Rasmusdatter Linga. Elen married Knut Knutsen Eide on June 25, 1713 in Hålandsdalen church, Os, Hordaland County, Norway. They had 6 children:

1. Knut Knutsen, b. 1715, d. 1718.
2. Jan Knutsen, b. 1717, d. 1718.
3. Christi Knutsdatter, b. 1719, d. 1796, m. June 6, 1736, Johannes Engelsen Henanger.
4. Elen Knutsdatter, b. 1722, d. 1800, m(1) 1740, Jan Hansen Gjøn, m(2) 1744, Engel Hansen Gjøn.
5. Jan Knutsen, b. 1725, d. 1774, m. 1751, Martha Hansdatter Lundervik.
6. Anna Knutsdatter, b. 1727, d. 1819, m(1) 1751, Sjur Andersen Koldal, m(2) 1765, Haldor Andersen Skogseid.

Elen and her husband lived on Eide farm between 1713 - 1730 and on Bolstad farm between 1731 - 1750. 1)

1) Skaathun O. B.: Soga for Fusa og Hålandsdalen 3, page 241 and 303.
SAB, Os sokneprestembete*, Parish register (official) no. A 3, 1669-1760, p. 24.
SAB, Os sokneprestembete*, Parish register (official) no. A 10, 1779-1788, p. 57.
SAB, Os sokneprestembete*, Parish register (official) no. A 3, 1669-1760, p. 39.