Hans Avlesson Vetlesteien

Han kjøpte gården Kåsa (Nordre Vetlesteien, Alvdal) i 1828. Han var også utkommandert i krigsåra, blant annet vakt ved Varden på Stenen i 1814. Han solgte gården 1848, flyttet til Alta for arbeide ved Altens Kobberverk (drevet av engelskmenn, i drift 1826-1878, på sin tid en av Nordkalottens største bedrifter).

Kirkebok Talvik 1831: Hans Avlesen Kaasen 42 år født i Tønseth gift mann innflyttet 1831 til Talvik sogn.

GEDCOM Note

Alvdal, ei Bygdebok, p. 123
Farm 6, bruk 1
Kåsen, Kåsa
Synner Kåsa
Hans Avlesson from Vetlsteien bought the farm and moved here in 1828. He was married to Ingeborg Pedersdatter Dølplass, b. 1787, children were many: . . . 5. Ola, b. 1822, bought a farm in Sunndalen . . . .

Alvdal, ei Bygdebok, p. 206
From the first Vetlsteia was a full farm. In 1616 and 1657 a Trond or Tore is named as the farmer. But in 1653 another called Håkon is named, so there were two farmers. In 1664 this Håkon and widow Ingird had 1/2 a hide each. The census from 1664 had a change in the names at Vetlsteien, “Olluf Jonsen” he was called, he was born in 1640. A few years later this Ola Jonsson was a farmer alongside Håkon. He was propbably married to either a widow or daughter from the farm. From that time the lines became clearer.

Farm 9, bruk 1
Lillesteien Nordre Vetlsteia, Nørdre
The northern farm is now gone. The two Vetlstei farms were divided in the middle of the 17th century. . . .
Avle Olsson, b. 1687, d. 1742, took over. Avle was born either in Eggen, at Ryen or at S. Vetlsteien; Jon Olsson Eggen (Flaten), Esten Ryen and Simen Olsson Brendryen were his brothers. His wife was from Gammelstuen at Kveberg, she was called Marit Eriksdatter, b. 1693, d. 1769, and she was mother to many children: 1. Anne, b. 1723 . . . Anne, the oldest daughter, was married to Hans Pedersson Fløtten from Utby at Tynset. When the father died, the son Erik was only 14, and most of the duties fell on Hans Pedersson, b. 1709, d. 1759, who took over the farm. He and Anne had 6 children: . . . 2. Avle . . . Avle Hansson, b. 1747, took over the farms at Vetlsteien in 1777. Avle liked things best when he worked as a smith, and he was a hard worker. His sons told that he would work through the night, he only quit working at the smith’s anvil in the middle of the night. People also came to learn smithing from him, and he let his sons be there and hammer throughout the night. At 3-4 in the morning he was up and going all day. He didn’t want to waste any time! The smith area stood on the hill where the community house now lies, it was so large that one drove the animals right in. About 1850 it was moved to Nyhytta at Plassen. Avle married in 1788 to Kari Olsdatter from Steimoen, b. 1754. Their children were: . . . 3. Hans, b. 1786 . . . Hans Avlesson took over in 1817. He was ordered out in the war time, one time he was a watch at the fort in Stenen. (Note this is a reference to the Napoleonic wars that ravaged Scandinavia. Denmark was on Napoleon’s side, and because Norway was under common rule with Denmark, so was Norway. Sweden was on the other side and invaded Norway. When Napoleon lost, Denmark gave Norway to Sweden as part of the reparations. This was the beginning of Norwegian independence that wasn’t achieved until 1905.) Ingeborg Pedersdatter Dølplass, b. 1787, was his wife. She had six sons and one daughter at Vetlsteien. In 1828 they bought Kåsa and left the farm of Vetlsteien, the farm they had had for more than 100 years.