Haldor Gudbrandsson Family
Oppland, Norway
 

  Haldor Gudbrandsson Listad
b.  1315 Listad, Sør-Fron, Oppland, Norway
d. 1349 Sør-Fron, Hundorp, Oppland, Norway (age34) perhaps from the plague

 m. unknown Sør-Fron, Oppland, Norway
b. Norway
d.  Norway  (age 75)
her father:
her mother:

his father: Gudbrand Sigurdsson. (1300 - 1370)
his mother: Valgjerd Finnsdatter. (1295 - 1370)

Child with unknown mother
Alf/Alv Haldorsen Rindal
 b. 1345 Skaaden (Rindal), Oppland, Norway
 d. 1410 Øyer, Oppland, Norway   
m.                 
Sigurd Haldorsen (twin brother)
 b. 1345
 . abt 1429
 m. Sigrid Sigmundsdatter
Guttorm Haldorsen
 b. 1350
m. Tora Einarsdater
family make-up according to the records of Leif Erik Thorstensen, 2020 at ancestry.com

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Hundorp, Norway from the south side of the Gudbrandsdalslågen
photo by Elroy Christenson 2016

I have no further information on this family.  This area presently is a major tourist destination for Norwegians from Oslo and regions south.  The river affords good fishing and wonderful views of the valley.  It also contains part of Norway's first national park. 

The listed relatives seem to have stayed in the area for a couple of hundred years.  They may have been involved in farming and logging.  In the early years the river could have provided easy transportation of logs to the south end of Lake Mjøsa at Minnesund, nearly 174 kilometers. 

The date of the death of Haldor corresponds with the onset of the Black Plague in Norway which hit Europe beginning in 1346 and through 1353.  It came into Norway probably through ships off-loading in Oslo.  It is estimated to have killed 1/3 to 1/2 of the population of Norway.   Cities were particularly hard hit but fleeing from the city infected the villages.   Whole villages and farms were left abandoned.  Buildings fell into ruin without constant maintenance. 

1341, April 2 - Hallador Gudbrandsen sold a farm that shows in a later court proceeding along with his apparent uncle, Alv Finnsen.  There is also a mention of Gudbrand Sigurdsen and Valgerd Finnsdatter. 
          [Records of Tore-Nygaard 2020]                                                  [Records of Tore-Nygaard 2020]

Although the church in the distance is quite the landmark, this particular church was not built until 1792.  The previous church was probably a stave church such as seen in Lom. 

Source:
        Norway National Archives /Arkivverket Digitalarkivet  - http://digitalarkivet.uib.no
        Records of LDS, International Genealogical Records, 1999-  
                      familysearch.org LDS records, familysearch.org, Pedigree Resource
        Thorstensen, Leif Erik. records on ancestry.com under Thorstensen Ancestry 2020
       Tore-Nygaard records in Norwegian and Icelandic -     https://tore-nygaard.com/trondelag/4037.htm
                      his source being Engebret Hougen: Ættesoge for Gudbrandsdalen, bind I, side 47-49, 51, 56, 63.

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