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Descendants of Ågota Nilsdatter Fylkesnes

Generation No. 1

1. ÅGOTA NILSDATTER² FYLKESNES (NILS¹ FILIPPUSSON)¹ was born 1836 in Fylkesnes in Bremnæs, Norway ², and died 1913. She married (1) HANS HANSSON ALVSVÅG^3,^4,⁵, son of HANS ALVSVÅG and GYRI ÅDNANES. He was born 1826 in Alvsvåg [farm], NORWAY [Finnås parish, near Bremnæs, on Bømlo ], and died 1875 ⁶. She married (2) GUNNAR NILSSON LITLANESET 1878. He was born 1849 in Hallaråker ⁷, and died 1929⁷.

Notes for ÅGOTA NILSDATTER FYLKESNES:
Alma Eritsland wrote: "My mother's mother [Aagot] had brown eyes and wavy auburn hair. Her father's eyes [Hans] were very blue. All the children had hazel eyes.
"When my mother was still a young girl, her father died. My mother said she overheard her father and mother talking before he died. Evidently they had been much in love and had vowed never to marry any other, but since there were so many children, he advised her to marry again, which she did later."

-- On document giving Oscar Eritsland's ancestors, Aagot (his siblings' grandmother) is referred to as having the last name "Nielsen." However, this is probably an error: being a daughter, Nilsdotter or Nilsdatter is probably correct. (Their father's mother is listed as Larsdatter, not Larsen.)

email from Betty (Lowe) Wulff, Jan 2002: " After Hans died, Agota married Gunnar Nilsson Litlaneset, who, it seems, had lived on Eritsland farm. (Aunt Hilda told me that she recalled our grandma Eritsland relating to her the overhearing of her mother, Agota discussing with other adult relatives or friends that she would have to remarry now that husband Hans had died, in order to help run the farm and finish raising the children. )
They had one daughter, Hanna, who died unmarried. After Agota died, Gunnar married Barbru Olive Olesdatter. They had no children.

Notes for HANS HANSSON ALVSVÅG:
"In 1865 he had 1 horse, 7 cows, 4 sheep and 1 pig. He grew 3000 kg oats and 2000 kg potatoes in one year. At that time this was good." (Source: Josef Nesse, his great-grandson in Oslo, letter to Lis Angus Jan 4, 2002)

[email from Betty (Eritsland) Wulff, January 2002:] They wrote this about him in the Bygdebok District Book: "This man did well for himself in his 49 years" or some such, listing all he left in worldly goods, (excluding children) so many horses, cows, pigs, and tilled land of oats, barley, potatoes, etc. ending with "HAN STOD SEG BRA." - which means literally that "he stood so well."

Note from great-granddaughter Brit Langkaas, April 2002: "The township of Bømlo consists of one large island named Bømlo, and a great number of small islands, among them Hiskjo. In 1975 Hiskjo was connected to the south part of Bømlo by a bridge, and in 2001 Bømlo was connected to the mainland by bridges and a submarine tunnel. This tunnel, about 8 km long, is placed in Bømlafjorden. It starts on the mainland in Valevag (north of Haugesund) and ends on a very small island named Føyno in the middle of Bømlafjorden. At its deepest it is 260 m below sealevel. It is the longest submarine tunnel in Europe. On Føyno there are two large bridges (each about 1 km long) going to Bomlo and to the island of Stord.[Anna Marie.FTW]

"In 1865 he had 1 horse, 7 cows, 4 sheep and 1 pig. He gre w 3000 kg oats and 2000 kg potatoes in one year. At that ti me this was good." (Source: Josef Nesse, his great-grandso n in Oslo, letter to Lis Angus Jan 4, 2002)

[e-mail from Betty (Eritsland) Wulff, January 2002:] They w rote this about him in the Bygdebok District Book:
"This man did well for himself in his 49 years" or some suc h, listing all he left in worldly goods, (excluding childre n) so many horses, cows, pigs, and tilled land of oats, ba rley, potatoes, etc. ending with "HAN STOD SEG BRA." - whic h means literally that "he stood so well." (By our standard s nowadays, at least in Canada where we live in such exces s that it is almost immoral, it may not seem so great. Bu t a great feat there, and then, to be sure.)

More About HANS HANSSON ALVSVÅG:
Record Change: 19 Feb 2003 ⁸

Marriage Notes for ÅGOTA FYLKESNES and HANS ALVSVÅG:
Alma Eritsland (Ågota's granddaughter) wrote: "My mother's mother [Ågota] had brown eyes and wavy auburn hair. Her father's eyes [Hans] were very blue. All the children had hazel eyes. When my mother was still a young girl, her father died. My mother said she overheard her father and mother talking before he died. Evidently they had been much in love and had vowed never to marry any other, but since there were so many children, he advised her to marry again, which she did later."

Notes for GUNNAR NILSSON LITLANESET:
second husband of Ågota Hansen born Nilsdotter. Gunnar and Ågota lived first in Alvsvag. In 1894 Gunnar bought Litlanset and they moved there. When Ågota died, Gunnar married Barbru Oline Olsdatter, the widdow of Ingemar O. Svortland. Barbru died in 1920. Barbru and Gunnar had no children.
(Bomlo Bygdebok, quoted in email by Brit Langkaas, April 2002. Brit adds "It seems to me that Gunnar must have been a very good man, as he twice married a widow, and the first time a widow with 6 children! And Gunnar himself was 13 years younger than Ågota!)

More About GUNNAR NILSSON LITLANESET:
Bought property: 1894, Litlaneset

Marriage Notes for ÅGOTA FYLKESNES and GUNNAR LITLANESET:
from Bømlo Bygdebok: "Gunnar believably leased the farm Alvsvåg when he married Ågota, and he was a holder until he (in 1894) moved to Litlaneset, under Ersland. The place Litlaneset was drawn into the farm Ersland." - translation by Brit Langkaas.

She says "In Bomlo you have many names with the ending "våg" (eg Alvsvåg) and "nes" (e.g. Fylkesnes). "Våg" means bay, and "nes" means headland. The name Litlaneset means "the little headland."

As for why Gunnar leased Alvsvag (when presumably Ågota owned it after her husband died) -- this may have been an arrangement to ensure that inheritance of Alvsvåg did not leave Ågota's children: it defined the relationship of Gunnar -- and any eventual children of Gunnar and Ågota -- to Alvsvåg as that of tenant, not owner. That is presumably why Gunnar later bought Litlaneset.

Children of ÅGOTA FYLKESNES and HANS ALVSVÅG are:

	i.	HANS OLAI HANSSON³ ALVSVÅG, b. 1855; d. 1855.
2.	ii.	BOL JOHANNE HANSDTR ALVSVÅG, b. 1861, Alvsvåg , NORWAY [Finnaas parish, near Bremnæs, on Bømlo ]; d. 12 Mar 1946, Marietta, Minnesota.
3.	iii.	BERTA GURINE HANSDTR ALVSVÅG, b. 1863; d. 1932.
4.	iv.	HALDRI MARTINE HANSSDTR ALVSVÅG, b. 02 Jan 1863; d. 09 Feb 1932.
5.	v.	ANNA MARIE HANSDTR ALVSVÅG, b. 30 Apr 1867, Alvsvåg , NORWAY [Finnås parish, near Bremnæs, on Bømlo ]; d. 03 Dec 1963, Alhambra, AB, Canada.
	vi.	BRITA ELISABETH HANSDTR ALVSVÅG, b. 1870; d. 1906.

Notes for BRITA ELISABETH HANSDTR ALVSVÅG:
email from Betty (Eritsland) Lowe, Jan 2002: "Brita worked for someone who had T.B., contracted it herself and died, unmarried"

vii.

LYDIA KRISTINE HANSDTR ALVSVÅG, b. 1874, Alvsvåg, on Bømlo (Norway); d. 24 Oct 1951, Hiskjo, Norway.

Child of ÅGOTA FYLKESNES and GUNNAR LITLANESET is:

viii.

HANNA LOVISE GUNNARSDATTER³ LITLANESET, b. 1879 ⁹; d. 1954.

Notes for HANNA LOVISE GUNNARSDATTER LITLANESET:
"Hanna was a seamstress. She sold Litlanset in 1931, but she lived there until she died in 1954". Brit Langkaas, email April 2002.
email from Betty (Lowe) Wulff, Jan 2002: Hanna died unmarried.

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