Ole Nielsen Aadalen 1722 Family

Children
Niels Olsen	b. 11 June 1752 Løten, Hedmark, Nor. bapt. 16 July 1752 Løten [Arkivverket Digitalarkivet-Løten bapt. p.82]	d. 3 May 1841	m. Elie Olsdatter 6 Feb 1789 Romedal, Hedmark, Norway
Halvor Olsen	b. 1 June 1755 christening: 6 Jul 1755 Løten, Hedmark, Nor. [Arkivverket Digitalarkivet- bapt.]	d.	m.
Anne Olsdatter	b. 23 Dec 1753 [LDS Nor. bapt.]	buried: 2 Feb 1754
Michel Olsen	b. about 1755 christened: 13 Jul 1755 Løten, Hedmark [LDS Nor. bapt.] [Arkivverket Digitalarkivet- bapt.]	d.
Anne Olsdatter	bapt: 12 Mar 1758		m. widower Lars Kristenson Fiskum 1785

There are many fewer records available at these early dates. Some of the churches were burned and other records damaged in storage. The Løten church records for the birth years of Ole and Marthe are missing. There is also great confusion with the names due to the multiple use of the same name in the same region and time period. The farm name is usually more helpful but here we are also missing that within the Stange Bygdebok records. Another hole in our research is the fact that the Løten parish record from 1711 to 1731 is missing from the Norway Archival records. It probably consists of one book but covers many important years. It seems from the records we have that this family line was born and lived on the Aadalen farm at least from 1656 to 1817.

There is little information on the farm Aadalen but it listed as farm #224 in Oluf Rygh's book on Norway farm.

224. Aadalen. Udt. å1da£en. -- Aardalen HC. OC.2 262.
Aadallen 1604.1/4. Aadallen, Oudahl 1616. Oudallen 1669. Oudahlen 1723.

*Árdalr, Elvedalen; 1ste Led ár, Gen. af á. Oftere som Gaardnavn,
ogsaa bekjendt som Navn paa Bygder i Formerne Aadalen og Aardal. Enanden Form er Odalen, der er paavirket af ó, Sideform af á (Indl. S. 41 og Vang GN. 184).

224. Aadalen. Udt. å1da £ one. - Aardhal HC. OC.2 262.
Aadallen 1604.1 / 4. Aadallen, Oudahl 1616. Oudallen 1669. Oudahlen 1723.
(Norwegian translation in Google)
* Árdalr, Elvedalen; 1st Led ár, Gen. to get. More often that Gaard (farm) Name, recognized as acquainted with that name on the village in the form of Erne Aadalen and Aardal. a another form is Odalen, where the influence af ó, Side Form af á (Indl. S. 41 and Vang GN. 184).
(Danish translation seems more accurate, in Google)
* Árdalr, river-valley; 1st Led ár, Gen. of á. More often as Farm Name, also well known as the name of Settlements in forms Aadalen and Aardal. a
Another form is Odalen that is influenced by ó, Side Form of á (Indl. S. 41 and
Vang GN. 184).

There are a few Medieval records that show the name of Aadalen.

Gunnar Dyressön, bailiff in Ringerike, testament is made that he Erlend
Dyressöns recorded the testimony of three men who witnessed his
parents Statements that neither the king nor any other man possessed
something in Finn Sand in Aadalen, just as they also delivered up Explanation on
Farm's boundaries and the right to fishing. [Oluf Rygh' Norske Gaardnavn]

1737- April 28 - Confirmation records of Løten church show Ole Nilsen Aadalen. probably at age 18. [confirmation Arkivverket Digitalarkivet]

1750, Oct 7 - Confirmation of Marthe Halversdatter. Løten, Hedmark, Norway. [confirmation Arkivverket Digitalarkivet, Hedmark]

1751, Jan 7 - marriage of Ole Nielsen to Marthe Halvorsdatter Dotterud witnesses to the engagement were Simon Olson Lille Benningstad and Lars Olson Ilseng.

1752, Jul. 16- (born June 11) the baptism of Niels Olsen to Ole Nielsen Aadalen and Marthe Halversdatter. Some other mentioned names Peder Johansen Trosthoel, Anne Ole Beirke, Marthe Evensdatter, Kari Olsdatter Aadalen.

1755, June 1- Halvor Olsen is born. He's baptized on July 6. His parents are listed as Ole Nielsen Aadalen and Marthe Halvorsdattter. God parents are Peder Johansen Trosthol and Ann Syver Nielsen, ?Thor Sveen and fra Guor Marthe Nielsdatter Aadalen(a possible sister of Ole).

1767 Oct 11 - Niel Olsen of Aadalen is confirmed along with about 24 men others in Løten at the age of 15. page 238

1767 Nov 15- Eli Olsdatter is baptized in Stange parish to Ole Pedersen of Grønstad and Ingebor Rasmusdatter. god parents seem to be Simen Simensen , Kield Ericksen and Ingebor Simensdatter [Norway Nat. Archive. 1762-87 Stange, Hedmark, p28]

1789 - Feb 11 - Niels Olsen of Aadahlen "copuleret" (marries) "pignn" (girl,maid) Elie Olsdatter of Stor Cryric(perhaps Grujic) in Romedal parish. [Nor. Archives, copy, Hedmark, Romedal parish 1785-1794, page 112 ]

1790 FEb 14 - Marte Nilsdatter is born to Niels Olsen Aadelen and Eli Olsdatter.

Only a couple of hundred feet from the Aadalen farm is Engelhaug (Engel = angel) , a farm where Edvard Munch was born in 1863 over lapping the early years my grandmother, Oliana Mariane Knudsdatter.

The Aadalen farm had several spellings over the years. Here are other variations taken from the book of farms in Løten.
224 Aadalen. Udt. å1da £ one. - Aardalen HC. OC.2 262   Aadallen 1604.1 / 4 Aadallen, Oudahl 1616. Oudalle 1669. Oudahlen
In 1723.
Look for Oudalen under Leuthen on the 1862 map.

Nearby is Engelhoug farm where Edvard Munch was born.