Anders was born on Wettre, his father is here named with the farms name, i.e. Tollef Wættere. Anders mother was (see right column) Anne Gulbransdatter.
Tollef Wettre was Tollef Andersen Wettre (Vettre). He bought Nordre Wettre in 1748 and the farm was split in two equal parts 1822 between his two grandsons Jon and Lars Larsen. They sold the farm 1843.
Info on Nordre Wettre in Norwegian here Click on the link to the left on top: Vettre (gård i Asker) The farm still exist, but as you can see most of the area is developed, two pictures of the farm on first line, see link
Wettre belonged to the Nesøy manor (a Danish noble family) from 1350 but was separated 1720 when Reier Mortensen bought the farm, he sold to Tollef in 1748.
Father's last name - Anders Tollefsen - Akershus
Posted - 31/01/2012 : 08:16:44
