Otter Tostensen og Kjersti Pedersdatter fra Sør-Odal

[Brandon Hess]

Hello, this is my first time posting here, I hope writing in English is okay?

 

I'm wondering if anyone could help me find any information on a couple from Sør-Odal, Hedmark: Otter Tostensen (b. c. 1768) and Kjersti Pedersdatter (b. c. 1765)

 

Their marriage (1794): 
https://www.digitalarkivet.no/kb20070603220113

"gevorben soldat Otter Tostensen og pig: Kiersti Pedersd. Grimsland", witnesses "Ole Grimsland, Ole Qvernstuen" engaged 2 Aug 1794 in Strøm parish. "gevorben Otter Tostensen og pig: Kiersti Pedersd. Grimsland" married 22 Sep 1794 in Strøm parish.

 

1801 Census (family no. 32 under Odals Verk)
https://media.digitalarkivet.no/view/58239/4

Otter is listed as "dagarbeider gevorb: soldat og frimand"

 

They had two sons: 
1. Tosten, b. ca. 1794 - no baptism record in Odalen
2. Peder, bpt. 17 Apr 1797 - (https://www.digitalarkivet.no/kb20070603220132), farm name "Dammen under værket"

 

I cannot find any definitive information about Otter or Kjersti's birth or death. The local bygdebøker for Sør-Odal says nothing about them. Since Otter was listed as a soldier, I wonder if he could be found in any military records? I have very little experience with such records. 

 

There was an Otter Tostensen born in Grue in 1765, but I think this is the same man who was living in Grue in 1801 and died in 1819.

 

Any help is appreciated, 
Brandon

[Lars Kittilsen]

Is this the right man in 1806?

https://www.digitalarkivet.no/view/255/pd00000013444563

https://media.digitalarkivet.no/view/9136/226