The Charles L. Arendts of Mountain Home, Idaho:Information about Gyrid Bårdsdatter Torsnes
Gyrid Bårdsdatter Torsnes (b. 1425, d. Aft. 1497)
Notes for Gyrid Bårdsdatter Torsnes:
Gyrid Bårdsdatter Torsnes was born about 1425 in Torsnes gård #36, Jondal, Hordaland, Norway. She was christened about 1425 in Hardanger, Norway. She died after 1497 in Lydvo gård #37, Voss, Hordaland, Norway. Gyrid and her sister, Herbert, were the heirs of a very large estate in and around Hardanger. A probate was held on 4 Mar 1497 to distribute property at 43 different farms between the two sisters (including the farm Bratte in Shetland). The total value of this estate has been estimated at 84 laupar. They appear to have been descended from several prominent families of the lower nobility (lågadel), which is roughly equivalent to the "landed gentry" of England. Several these families died out in the 1400's which resulted in a great deal of property passing to Gyrid and Herborg's parents. Bård Sigurdsson Torsnes and Gyrid Torbergsdatter Store Brandvik. The 1497 probate was held after several court cases which confirmed that the two sisters were the rightful heirs to the property in question.
More About Gyrid Bårdsdatter Torsnes:
Christening: Abt. 1425, Hardanger, Norway.
More About Gyrid Bårdsdatter Torsnes and Orm Ivarsson Måge:
Marriage: Abt. 1450, Voss, Hordaland, Norway.
Children of Gyrid Bårdsdatter Torsnes and Orm Ivarsson Måge are:
- +Astrid Ormsdatter Lydvo, b. Abt. 1455, Lydvo, gård #37, Voss, Hordaland, Norway, d. Aft. 1510, Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway.
- +Gudrun Ormsdatter Lydvo, b. Abt. 1455, Lydvo gård # 37, Voss, Hordaland, Norway, d. Aft. 1519, Aga, gård #64, Ullensvag, Hordaland, Norway.