Nils Olsen Aadalen Family 1678

Child with Anne Pedersdatter *
Peder Nilsen Adalen	b. 1716 Aadalen farm, Løten, Hedmark, Nor. [LDS records]	d.	m.

Children with Marte Nilsdatter
Ole Nielsen Adalen	b. abt 1719 Aadalen farm, Løten, Hedmark, Nor. [Løten Bygdebok]	buried: 13 Oct 1795 Aadalen, Løten, Hedmark, Norway(at the age of 76)	m. Marthe Halvorsdatter 7 Jan 1751 Løten, Hedmark, Norway
Syver Nilsen Adalen	b. 1722 Aadalen farm, Løten, Hedmark, Nor. [LDS records]	d.	m. Marthe Olsdatter 11 June 1748
Anne Nilsdatter	b. 1727 Aadalen farm, Løten, Hedmark, Nor. [LDS records]		m. Ole Johansen 28 Jan 1751 2m. Peder Johansen

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 Loten 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 the 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 is 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]

Marte/Marthe Nilsdatter seems to be born or raised on Hammerstad farm#125 in Stange. This is distinctly different from Hommerstad farm #85 in Løten.

1719 - church records for this date are missing so we are using the Løten Bygdebok for a source.
Leif Erik Thorstensen states:

According to Löten bygdebok vol. 3 Ole Nilsen used the farm Aadalen from 1751 to 1784. He’s told to be born 1719 at Aadalen, but this is based on info from his burial 13. Oct 1795, where he is stated to be 76 years old. He was the son of Nils Olsen, tenant farmer on Aadalen from 1716, and owner from 1727. Niels Olsen was buried 12. Jun. 1749, and born abt. 1678. Nils was first married to Anne Pedersdatter, died 1716, then married to Marte Nilsdatter, born abt. 1687 at Aadalen, buried 22. Jan. 1757. Marte is supposed to be Ole Nilsen’s mother.

Anne Nilsdatter, baptized 23 Dec. 1753, was buried 2. Feb. 1754. In addition to the children you already have listed, they also had a second Anne, baptized 12. Mar. 1758, who married widower Lars Kristensen Fiskum in 1785.

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

1749, June 12 - Niels Olsen Aadalen dies and buried in Løten Church at the age of 71. [Arkivverket Digitalarkivet, buried Løten, ]

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

1757, Jan. 22 - Marte Neilsdatter dies and buried at Løten church at the age of seventy.

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.