Marthe Olsdatter Torsdagsøy (1824 - after 1873)

Marthe Olsdatter was born on Mar. 27, 1824(#18) on Torsdagøy farm, Fitjar, Hordaland County, Norway. She was daughter of Ole Johannessen Torsdagsøy and Anna Olsdatter Torsdagsøy. Marthe married(1) Bjørn Rasmussen Rolvsnes on Apr. 30, 1859(# 7) in Stord Church, Stord, Hordaland County, Norway. They had 3 children:

1. Jørgen Bjørnsen, b. Jan. 17, 1852(#37),
2. Rasmus Bjørnsen, b. Feb. 19, 1854(#40),
3. Bjørn Bjørnsen, b. June 30, 1855(#76), d. June 10, 1856(#69).

Her husband Bjørn and his brother Ole drowned outside Brandasund, Fitjar.

Marthe married(2) her first husbands brother Rasmus Rasmussen Rolvsnes on June 26, 1863(#11) in Fitjar church. They had no children.

Rasmus emigrated in 1873 together with his wife and her children Jørgen and Rasmus. They travelled with the ship Haakon Adelsten from Bergen, Hordaland County, Norway. The arrived in New York on May 20, 1873.

According to the book: Jacob Aaland: Fitjar, Bygdeskipnad og Bygdesoga, Rasmus and his family went to Northfield, Minnesota. Rasmus jr. was probably in Northfield in 1883 and Jørgen died in an accident near Northfield in 1882. 1)

1) Simon Steinsbø: Fitjar Bygdebok, page 136-137.
SAB, Stord Sokneprestembete, H/Haa: Parish register (official) no. A 5, 1816-1825, p. 149.
SAB, Stord Sokneprestembete, H/Haa: Parish register (official) no. A 7, 1841-1861, p. 260.
SAB, Fitjar sokneprestembete, Parish register (official) no. A 1, 1862-1881, p. 168.