Gunder (Gunnar) Evensen/Dignes/Kjølstad

Gunder (Gunnar) Evensen Dignes/Kjølstad/Engelstad, born Jan. 14th.1719. Baptized Feb. 19th. Parents: Inger Ellingsdaughter and Even Bjørnson Dignes. Inger died July 1st.1725. Gunder's father, Even then married Lisbeth Eriksdaughter, they got five children, Erich, Christopher, Karen, Cathrine and Gunhill. Gunhill, tween to Cathrine died after 3 weeks, in 1736. It was the same year, father Even died. Lisbeth stayed at Dignes from the death of Even in 1736 to1742. In 1742 she married ovner of Hovde farm in Vikersund, Ole Jenson Hovde, she and 4 kids moved to Hovde. Gunder, bought Dignes.

Gunder had success as a business mann. He bought and sold farms, was part owner of farms. He sold or traded Dignes, not long after Lisbeth moved. Next farm he bought, was Kjølstad, near Hovde in Vikersund. Then he started baying and selling timber, the bayer of the timber was the Silver mines at Kongsberg. And he hired lots of farmers to take care of transport. After he died in 1778, it took 2--3 years to sort out his estate.