Karen Maria Andersdaatter Øvreset1

F, b. 1899, d. 1981
Father*Anders Jonson Øvresæt1 (2 Aug 1858-26 Mar 1930)
Mother*Synnøve Kristiania Eriksdatter Vik (18 Dec 1864-28 Apr 1949)
Relationship1st cousin 2 times removed of Barbara Joyce Zanzig
ChartsErik Sjursen and Brithe Iversdatter's Descendants
     Karen Maria Andersdaatter Øvreset was born in 1899 at Øvreset, Stryn, Sogn og Fjordane, NorwayB,G.1 She was the daughter of Anders Jonson Øvresæt and Synnøve Kristiania Eriksdatter Vik.1

     Karen Maria Andersdaatter Øvreset married Einar Espe on 1 January 1932 at NorwayB,G.1
     Karen Maria Andersdaatter Øvreset died in 1981 at NorwayB,G.1
     

"When I was a child, Karen sent me a card with 'sparkles' on it and I always wanted to meet her. We took the boat to Stryn and she met us at the dock, saying, "Du Alma, du Alma!" and threw her arms around me. While we were there she told us stories about her life during the war and how the German soldiers used to tease her and how frightened she was by them. For the midsummer festival she let me wear her "dragt" (costume). It got cold by midnight and I was very glad to have that warm dress on." -- Grønevik, Alma Henden Stewart (1987.)2
Last Edited8 Jul 2014

Citations

  1. [S362] Orien Vick, Family File, Orien Vick, online Genealogy.com, http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/wftonline/v6/…, Orien Vick Family File (World Family Tree, Vol. 6, Tree 3697), 26 Jan 2002.
  2. [S369] Grønevik, photocopy, 1987, Collection of Barbara Zanzig, Bothell, King, Washington, USA.
  3. [S376] 1900 Norwegian National Census, unknown county, unknown state, population schedule, Norwegian Historical Data Centre, Anders Øvreseth entry at NHDC.