Dorothea Christiane Holter

Dorothea Christiane Holter, born in Drammen on 2 August 1803, died in Drammen

on 13 March 1880 in the house of her son, bookstore owner Harald Lyche.

 Married in Drammen on 19 December 1824 to Halvor Heyerdahl Lyche, born in

Frederikshald on 2 August 1796, died in Christiania in 1866 due to pneumonia. He was

the son of Regional Quarter Master and later city attorney in Porsgrund, Johan Nicolay

Lyche (born on 17 March 1750, died in 1837) and Kristine Heyerdahl (born on 12 March

1757 died in 1839). In his youth he worked in the office of timber merchant Bugge in

Drammen. Bugge financed his 6 month long trip to France to learn to speak French. He

later became a merchant at Bragernes. As the business didn't do very well, he moved to

Eidsvold in 1842 where he bought a farm. He moved to Christiania in 1853 when he was

able to sell the farm to some English engineers working at the railway system between

Eidsvold and Christiania. He later became a controller.

They had 5 sons and 1 daughter who grew up. The second youngest was named Jens

Lange Lyche. The youngest son is Doctor Emil Lyche in Christiania.

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