Our Family Ancestry - Person Sheet
NameJan Christensen Kolstad VEUM 
Birth1766, Kolstad, Luster, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway
Baptism8 Jun 1766, Kolstad, Luster, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway90
Death5 Mar 1829, Veum, Luster, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway91
Burial12 Mar 1829, Veum, Luster, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway91
Confirmation1770, Veum, Luster, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway92
OccupationFarmer
FatherChristen Hansson KOLSTAD (1728-1804)
MotherEli Johannesdatter KOLSTAD (1729-1768)
Spouses
Birth1764, Hafslo, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway
Death3 Apr 1848, Haflso, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway93
Burial12 Apr 1848, Haflso, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway93
FatherHalvor Olsen VEUM (1728-1793)
MotherElse Lassesdatter SORHEIM (~1732-1812)
Marriage29 Oct 1789, Hafslo, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway94
Notes for Jan Christensen Kolstad VEUM
Digital Records: Birth, Confirmation, Wedding, Death
Weum, Veum or Veo is the same farm (Veo is a dialect word). The farm nordre Veum (northen Veum) is in Hafslo. Hafslo was earlier a parish, but from 1967 Hafslo is a subparish in Luster.
Jan Christenson (Weum) was born at Kolstad in Luster, christened 8 Jun 1766 and died as a farmer at Veo 5 Mar 1829. He married Elisabeth Halvorsdtr. (Weum) , born at Veo and christened 13 May 1764, died at Veo 3 April 1848. Elisabeth parents were Halvor Olson Weum (b. ab. 1728 at Stokkanes in Luster, died Dec. 1793) and Elsa Lassedtr. b. ab. 1732 at Sørheim in Luster, d. at Veo 14 Mar 1812. They married in Luster 1759.
Jan Christenson Weum and Elisabeth Halvorsdtr. had 3 children: 1. Halvor Janson (1795-1801). 2. Eli Jansdtr. (1799-1833), She married Torstein Larsson Jøsvongo (1793-1861). 3. Halvor Janson (1805-1834).
Halvor Janson Weum was chr. 15 April 1805 and died as farmer at Veo 1 Jan 1834. He married 27 Jun 1822 Ingeborg Pedersdtr. from Dvergedal in Sogndal. She was chr. in Sogndal 16 Mar 1805 and died at Veo 16 Jun 1837. Halvor and Ingeborg had 5 children: 1. Elisabeth Halvorsdtr. (1824-1828). 2. Ingeborg Halvorsdtr. ( 1825-1828). 3. Jan Halvorson (1828-1904). 4. Peder Halvorson b. 15 May 1831. He emigrated to America. 5. Halvor Halvorson (1834-1903).
3. Jan Halvorson Veum, b. 11 Dec 1828, d. as farmer at Veo 13 Febr.1904. He married in Luster 7 Jun 1849 Anna Arnesdtr. Urdahl from Sandviki in Luster (1828-1902). They had 7 children.
5. Halvor Halvorson Veum, b. 13 May 1834. He married 16 Jul 1863 Johanna Aanundsdtr. from Melheim. She was born 5 Nov 1832. Halvor and his wife became crofters at Lundshaugen under the farm Lunde from 1863 to 1866 when they emigrated to America. After a couple of years in Goodhue Co., MN, they settled down as farmers in Burnside township, Trempealeau Co., WI, Halvor died 27 Jun 1903 and Johanna died 7 Jul 1917. They had 5 children.
Herred: Hafslo
Sogn: Fet
Gardsnavn: Veum nordre
Gnr: 24
Uttale: vé2ó
Kjelder:
Udt. vé2ó (i Lyster ogsaa vé2adn). — i Vidum BK. 37 b. 38 b. [i Widhum DN. XV 107 c. 1500]. Weum 1603. Wede, Wedium 1611. Weumb 1666. 1723.
Etymologi:
Vi?ir, Dat. í Vi?um, Flt. af vi?r m., Skov, Træ (Indl S. 85). Usammensat synes dette Ord brugt som Stedsnavn kun at forekomme i Flertalsform. Munchs Form Vi?heimr (Norge i MA. S. 106) er feilagtig.
Weum, Veum or Veo is the same farm (Veo is a dialect word). The farm nordre Veum (northen Veum) is in Hafslo. Hafslo was earlier a parish, but from 1967 Hafslo is a subparish in Luster.
Jan Christenson (Weum) was born at Kolstad in Luster, christened 8 Jun 1766 and died as a farmer at Veo 5 Mar 1829. He married Elisabeth Halvorsdtr. (Weum) , born at Veo and christened 13 May 1764, died at Veo 3 April 1848. Elisabeth parents were Halvor Olson Weum (b. ab. 1728 at Stokkanes in Luster, died Dec. 1793) and Elsa Lassedtr. b. ab. 1732 at Sørheim in Luster, d. at Veo 14 Mar 1812. They married in Luster 1759.
Jan Christenson Weum and Elisabeth Halvorsdtr. had 3 children: 1. Halvor Janson (1795-1801). 2. Eli Jansdtr. (1799-1833), She married Torstein Larsson Jøsvongo (1793-1861). 3. Halvor Janson (1805-1834).
Halvor Janson Weum was chr. 15 April 1805 and died as farmer at Veo 1 Jan 1834. He married 27 Jun 1822 Ingeborg Pedersdtr. from Dvergedal in Sogndal. She was chr. in Sogndal 16 Mar 1805 and died at Veo 16 Jun 1837. Halvor and Ingeborg had 5 children: 1. Elisabeth Halvorsdtr. (1824-1828). 2. Ingeborg Halvorsdtr. ( 1825-1828). 3. Jan Halvorson (1828-1904). 4. Peder Halvorson b. 15 May 1831. He emigrated to America. 5. Halvor Halvorson (1834-1903).
3. Jan Halvorson Veum, b. 11 Dec 1828, d. as farmer at Veo 13 Febr.1904. He married in Luster 7 Jun 1849 Anna Arnesdtr. Urdahl from Sandviki in Luster (1828-1902). They had 7 children.
5. Halvor Halvorson Veum, b. 13 May 1834. He married 16 Jul 1863 Johanna Aanundsdtr. from Melheim. She was born 5 Nov 1832. Halvor and his wife became crofters at Lundshaugen under the farm Lunde from 1863 to 1866 when they emigrated to America. After a couple of years in Goodhue Co., MN, they settled down as farmers in Burnside township, Trempealeau Co., WI, Halvor died 27 Jun 1903 and Johanna died 7 Jul 1917. They had 5 children.
Herred: Hafslo
Sogn: Fet
Gardsnavn: Veum nordre
Gnr: 24
Uttale: vé2ó
Kjelder:
Udt. vé2ó (i Lyster ogsaa vé2adn). — i Vidum BK. 37 b. 38 b. [i Widhum DN. XV 107 c. 1500]. Weum 1603. Wede, Wedium 1611. Weumb 1666. 1723.
Etymologi:
Vi?ir, Dat. í Vi?um, Flt. af vi?r m., Skov, Træ (Indl S. 85). Usammensat synes dette Ord brugt som Stedsnavn kun at forekomme i Flertalsform. Munchs Form Vi?heimr (Norge i MA. S. 106) er feilagtig.