Nilsine was born on 28 Apr, 1883 at Herlanddalen in Svarstad, Lardal, Vestfold, Norway^a1, the daughter of Martin Nilssen (1853–1937)★ and Karen Andrine Arvesdatter (1850–?)★. She was baptised as an infant on 1 Jul, 1883 in the parish of Svarstad in Lardal, Vestfold, Norway^a1. She is Ian's great grandmother.

She married Laurits Kristian Larsen (1879–1961)★ on 26 Jun, 1904 in the parish of Larvik in Vestfold, Norway^b1,b2 . They had eleven children:–

• Marget Kristine Lauritsdatter born on 28 Apr, 1905 at Hvaal in Svarstad, Lardal, Vestfold, Norway^c1. Married Anders Andreassen on 7 Jul, 1928 in Buskerud in Norway. Died on 24 Oct, 1986 in Svarstad at the age of eighty-one.
• Lars Kristian Lauritsen born on 2 Aug, 1906 at Berg in Svarstad, Lardal, Vestfold, Norway^c1. Married (person lived 1910s to 2000s) on 21 Apr, 1930 in the parish of Bjarkøy in Troms, Norway. Died on 27 May, 1996 in the parish of Lardal in Vestfold, Norway at the age of eighty-nine.
• Emil Gustav★, norwegian resistance officer, born on 27 Sep, 1908 in Svarstad^a2,c1. Married Kamilla Lovise Hansen in 1934 in the parish of Tønsberg in Vestfold, Norway and Elizabeth Ann Dean in 1942 in the parish of St. Pancras in Middlesex, England^d1. Executed on 14 Oct, 1943 in Trandum in Ullensaker, Akershus, Norway at the age of thirty-five.
• Arne born on 28 May, 1910 at Fjeldet in Hvidsle, Svarstad, Lardal, Vestfold, Norway^c1. Married Ruth Camilla Guldbrandsen on 23 Jun, 1937 in the parish of Kongsberg in Buskerud, Norway. Died on 24 Jan, 1992 in Kongsberg at the age of eighty-one.
• Hans Lauritz born on 30 Mar, 1912 at Fjeldet, Svarstad. Married Godrun Hansine Skaug on 23 Jun, 1916 in Lardal. Died on 27 Jun, 1989 at the age of seventy-seven.
• Emma Larsen baptised on 9 Apr, 1916 in Vestfold in Norway. Died on 19 Dec, 1986 in Kongsberg at the age of seventy.
• Nils Martin baptised on 5 Aug, 1917 in Svarstad^a3. Died in 1997 at the age of eighty.
• Marith Gunhilde born on 9 Jan, 1923 in Svarstad. Died on 24 Apr, 1997 in the parish of Grimstad in Aust-Agder (Agder), Norway at the age of seventy-four.
• Reidar Henry born on 3 May, 1928 in Svarstad. Died on 4 Apr, 1993 at the age of sixty-four.
• two other children living or recently died

By the time of the 1910 census she was living at Fjeldet, Svarstad^c1 with her husband Laurits Kristian and four children Emil Gustav Hvaal, Marget Kristine Lauritsdatter Hvaal (1905–1986), Lars Kristian Lauritsen Hvaal (1906–1996) and Arne Hvaal (1910–1992).

Nilsine died at the age of eighty in 1963 in Svarstad

Timeline

1883

28 Apr

Born at Herlanddalen, Svarstad, Lardal, Vestfold, Norway.^a1

1 Jul

Baptised as an infant in Svarstad, Lardal, Vestfold, Norway.^a1

1904

26 Jun

Married Laurits Kristian Larsen★ in Larvik, Vestfold.^b1,b2

1905

28 Apr

Daughter, Marget Kristine Lauritsdatter Hvaal (1905–1986), born at Hvaal, Svarstad, Lardal, Vestfold, Norway.^c1

1906

2 Aug

Son, Lars Kristian Lauritsen Hvaal (1906–1996), born at Berg, Svarstad, Lardal, Vestfold, Norway.^c1

1908

27 Sep

Son, Emil Gustav Hvaal (1908–1943)★, born in Svarstad.^a2,c1

1910

28 May

Son, Arne Hvaal (1910–1992), born at Fjeldet, Hvidsle, Svarstad, Lardal, Vestfold, Norway.^c1

1 Dec

Recorded in the 1910 census at Fjeldet, Svarstad.^c1

1912

30 Mar

Son, Hans Lauritz Hvaal (1912–1989), born at Fjeldet, Svarstad.

1916

9 Apr

Daughter, Emma Larsen Hvaal (1916–1986), baptised in Vestfold, Norway.

1917

18 Jun

Son, Nils Martin Hvaal (1917–1997), born at Fjeldet, Svarstad.^a3

1923

9 Jan

Daughter, Marith Gunhilde Hvaal (1923–1997), born in Svarstad.

1928

3 May

Son, Reidar Henry Hvaal (1928–1993), born in Svarstad.

1937

Father, Martin Nilssen (1853–1937)★, died at Dalen, Herland, Lardal, Vestfold, Norway.

1943

14 Oct

Son, Emil, died in Trandum, Ullensaker, Akershus, Norway.

1961

Husband, Laurits Kristian, died in Svarstad.

1963

Died at the age of eighty in Svarstad.

Facts

Research Notes

Nilsine may have a relative called Magna Herlanddalen. This person was a witness on the baptism of Emil Gustav Hvaal.

There is a reference to a Magna Martinsdatter Herlanddalen born 1891 daughter of Martin Nilssen Herlanddalen born 1853 in the 1910 census of Svarstad: https://www.digitalarkivet.no/census/rural-residence/bf01036508001381. This could be Nilsine’s sister