Jens HAAGENSEN Haarset (1719-1796)

Jens HAAGENSEN Haarset was born in 1719. In 1758 he married Gjertrud Olsdtr Ustu Møm (Bull 1940: 82). This event is also recorded in the Rendal parish Ministerialbok, but it is difficult to make out the date. It appears to be the 5th of June and I notice that the date for the entry below theirs is 31 May.


Detail of SAH, Rendalen prestekontor, H/Ha/Haa/L0001: Ministerialbok nr. 1, 1733-1787, s. 193. https://www.digitalarkivet.no/kb20070603350586

Bull mentions that "[d]e kom til Søndre Høye," since the Haarset farm was inherited by Jens' oldest brother, Erik. Søndre Høye had been owned by Gjertud's uncle, Lensmand (Sheriff) Jacob Jacobsen who died in 1742. It also succumbed to fire on "20 Jun 1759, except for the storehouse that still stood in 1918." The fire had been ignited by a fire on the Berkset farm the same day (172).

Jens and Gjertrud had the following children: Malen (b. 1760), Maren (born and died in 1762). I am missing page 173 that lists the rest of their children. Their son, Haagen (1765-1817) became the owner of parcel B of the Utstu Berkset farm (192).

Jens was 76 when he died on 23 Jan 1796. He was buried on the 30th.


Detail of SAH, Rendalen prestekontor, H/Ha/Haa/L0002: Ministerialbok nr. 2, 1788-1814, s. 94-95. https://www.digitalarkivet.no/kb20070603360095

The parish record for Gjertrud's death and burial is difficult to read, but it looks like she may have died on 12 Feb 1800 and was buried on 2 Mar.


Detail of SAH, Rendalen prestekontor, H/Ha/Haa/L0002: Ministerialbok nr. 2, 1788-1814, s. 96-97. https://www.digitalarkivet.no/kb20070603360096

Haagen Jensen Berkset (1765-1817)

Haagen Jensen Utstu Berkset was born at Søndre Høye in 1765. The Rendal parish records record his baptism.


Detail of Hedmark fylke, Rendal, Ministerialbok nr. 1 (1733-1787), Fødte og døpte 1765, side 139. Image courtesy of Digitalarkivet.

The name of Haagen's future wife was Maren Semingsdtr Søndre Bolstad. She was baptized in 1766.


Detail of SAH, Rendalen prestekontor, H/Ha/Haa/L0001: Ministerialbok nr. 1, 1733-1787, s. 143. https://www.digitalarkivet.no/kb20070603350542

The Rendal parish records show the date of Haagen and Maren's marriage as 28 Dec 1791.


Detail of SAH, Rendalen prestekontor, H/Ha/Haa/L0002: Ministerialbok nr. 2, 1788-1814, s. 30-31. https://www.digitalarkivet.no/kb20070603360081

They had six children that lived into adulthood: Gjertrud (1790-1855), Sæming (1792-1857), Malen (b. 1795), Jens (b. 1798), Kirsti (b. 1801), and Haagen (b. 1804) (Bull 1940: 192).

Haagen's family appears in the 1801 Census for the Bergseth farm in the Rendal parish along with a servant, Kari Carlsdtr.


1801 Census for Rendal parish. Image courtesy of Digitalarkivet.

The Rendal parish Ministerialbok records Haagen's death on 22 Aug 1817 at the age of 52 and his burial on the 30th of August.


Detail of SAH, Rendalen prestekontor, H/Ha/Haa/L0003: Ministerialbok nr. 3, 1815-1829, s. 192-193. https://www.digitalarkivet.no/kb20070603360273

After his death his wife, Maren, lived another 38 years to the ripe old age of 89 and died on 26 May 1855. She was buried on the 1st of July.


Detail of Hedmark fylke, Rendal, Ministerialbok nr. 5 (1853-1866), Døde og begravede 1855, side 273. Image courtesy of Digitalarkivet.