Åmund Halvordsen Skjold

Amund took in his youngest brother after the deah of their parents and later helped him get a berth on a ship. That brother emigrated to America became Henry H Lee. See his story here: http://kittymunson.com/index.php?page=childhood

Etne-soga by Ståle Dyrvik, vol V "Folket. Grindheim sokn." Skjold p 128 item 6b, 7

7. Åmund Hallvardsson b. 1834 on Skjold (6b), d. 1902 on Skjold. Married 1857 to Synneva Oddsdotter b. 1837 in Øyno (18a), d. 1904 at Skjold. Åmund was just a young boy when he got the farm for 800 spd. in the inheritance settlement in 1853. The entire amount of payment was debt that Åmund was to pay out. For the first five years he ran the farm with his mother. A few months after she died, he found a wife for himself in Øyno. Åmund must have been something out of the ordinary. He started by setting up contracts for his cottagers/crofters, the most intricate ones found in the whole town. His jurisprudence was paired with an unruly temper, "he was as angry as fire", it is said. Neighbors whom he could not discipline with paragraphs, he fought with. After one such fight , Erik Tveito walked around with half of Åmund's beard in his pocket, and showed it to whoever wanted to see it. In 1869 it was Åmund's turn to get sued by the other landowners in the mountains: he was accused of letting way too many horses and cattle loose in the pasture. In 1884-85 he got into an argument with his neighbor Tor Hallaland over the use of two roads to the outlying field that went over the territory of Hallaland. The conciliation commission had to take proper care of the situation and made rules and arrangements that solved the problems - but it solved it only for a moment. in 1897 a new quarrel arose between the neighbors, see below (27). Åmund decided already in 1881 that his farm should be divided between his sons. The division took place in 1892, and Hallvard immediately took over his half of the farm. Åmund probably continued to run Indre Skjold (farm nr. 3) until 1899. Åmund got himself a very favourable vilkårscontract with his sons, and as a vilkårsman he had plans to build a stove and an outhouse, but he died soon after.

Children:
a. Hallvard b. 1858 d. 1943 at Frette (72). See below
b. Ingeborg b. 1862 d. 1863
c. Odd b. 1865 d. 1917 at Skjold (11)
d. Ingeborg b. 1867 moved out around 1894
e. Marta Gunhilina b. 1872 d. 1954 on Flåte (14) 1. Dina Naglette b. 1907 on Skjold, d. 1989 on Flåte (15) Father: Dominikus Nagel Haaland, see Stødle (17c)

Translations of the vilkårscontract written between Amund and his son Odd on his half of the farm:

The undersigned Odd Amundsen Skjold, who today owns farm. nr. 3 Skjold, which has the guilt of 2 mark and 63 øre. hereby declares and verifies to give my parents Amund Halvorsen Skjold and his wife Synneve Oddsdatter as long as they live following annual terms of mortage on the aforementioned property namely:

1. Free and unobstructed use of a piece of land limited to border towards the neighboring property Halleland (farm no. 2) to the east, the public road to the south, the stream "Svineaaen" to the west, the fence which borders to the outlying field to the north, as well as the farmable lands in the outlying field called "Lægderne" and "Slaateeskarrehompen"

2.
a. Free use of the western living room of the main building, as well as the ceiling above this living room.
b. the basement under this living room.
c. Free and unhindered access to the house facilities in this part of the house.
d. Necessary use of kitchen and hallway and
e. Necessary use of the brewhouse

3. Should the vilkårs people due to old age or other weaknesses not be able to cultivate and harvest these plots of land themselves, I commit to, if they wish, at no cost for the vilkårs people to provide this at a responsible manner for them.

4. When the vilkårs people no longer wish to make use of these plots of land, I, as well as coming owners of the farm, commit to compensating them with a payment of a corresponding amount like my brother Halvor Amundsen, who owns the other half of the farm, provides, namely farm no. 1. Of course with the difference that the use of land and forest is taken out on my property, which corresponds to the value of the same kind intended to be payed by his property.

5. A free house plot for the barn which the vilkårs people have built on the farm settlement. As well as the liberty to build a residential house on the west side of the main building as well as a piece of land around the same, which today is marked and limited. In the event that the vilkårs people build a seperate residential house at the designated place, their rights in the plot of land designed under item 2 are no longer valid. But they still retain the piece of land here. Road right and access to these houses are reserved for them. The value of the terms described here, calculated for 5 years, will not excede 500 norwegian kroner, which has been taken into account in the choice of stamped paper.- Skjold on the 12 Oct 1899

Odd Amundsen Skjold

Witnesses:
Helge Håland.
D. Nagell Håland

in 1865 census as Omund http://digitalarkivet.arkivverket.no/en-gb/ft/bosted_land/bf0103822...

Death: http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read?idx_kildeid=6983&idx_id=6983&...

• Residence: 1891 - Etne, Hordaland, Norway
  • Reference: 1891 Norway Census - SmartCopy: Dec 7 2020, 22:30:23 UTC