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The First Man Of Our Family
In 1720, a man named Hallstein Nilson Hals moved into
Ulset. His father lived at Totlund in Kvikne and his
grandfather was a minister in Eidanger vicarage in South
Telemark, Norway.
This Hallstein is named a "travelling merchant" and also
"Citizen Of Christiania" (Oslo). Another title given to him
is monsieur". Obviously this man has been travelling around,
and maybe he loved using titles to impress the people in
Kvikne who had hardly ever travelled.
Hallstein's moving into Ulset did not happen without
dramatic occurrences. Though Hallstein came to Ulset in
1720, he was not the legal owner until 1724 when he bought
the farm at an auction. A sentence of the criminal court
tells what happened on a Sunday at Ulset in 1720:
Hallstein and his life were not at home, when Samuel, the
son of the former owner came across river. Without trying to
get in touch with anyone, he smashed a window and forced his
way in and shouted: "Where is he, that dog,?'" No doubt it
was Hallstein he meant. He broke up doors and spread
equipment, flour and other kinds of stuff out on the ground
while he cursed. Hallstein's wife who came home during this
occurrence, was not able to stop him. Apparently Samuel was
angry at Hallstein. He accused Hallstein for keeping
equipment belonging to Samuel's father. For this infraction
Samuel was sentenced to prison at Akershus fortress in
Oslo.
Hallstein was married to Karen Meldal, a minister's
daughter. We assume they adopted Ulset as their family name
soon after. The newcomers at Ulset had seven children. Some
of them started their employment in mining, two of the girls
in the postal service in Trondheim. One of the children ,
Even, born 1731, was married to Maren Jacobsdatter Grotli.
We find him as the next owner of Ulset.
The Family Grows
Even's family had nine children. The oldest, Hallstein,
renamed after his grandfather, was the next owner. It is
told that he inherited the half part of the farm when his
father died, while his mother, who still was alive, kept the
other half part. After his mother passed away, he owned the
whole farm. This seems to indicate that they at this s time
had started splitting the farm into two parts. Ane
Jacobsdatter Bjorn was Hallstein's wife. This Hallstein was
born in 1765 and died at only 50. He was reputed to be a
clever and bright man. He was one of those who met at
Elverum in 1814 to elect the representatives from the
district for the constitution assembly at Eidsvoll also the
first Chairman of the conciliation board in Kvikne.
Half the Farm was sold
One of the couple's 5 children, Even, born 1795, was the
next owner. And now we again learn that he also inherited
the half part when his father died, while his mother still
owned the other part. A short time after his mother's death,
Even sold the one half-part, the northern one, out of the
family, in 1846. So from now on we find the Ulset folks on
the southern part.
After having sold the northern part, Even moved the
houses a bit south, where they were to be seen until the
farm was rebuilt and new houses built up closer to the main
road by the new owners. The old houses were torn down around
1940.
Descendants have erected a stone to the memory of Even on
the site of the houses he built, and where the
Ulset-brothers later lived in their childhood. This Even was
their grandfather. He was, even more than his father
Hallstein, a brilliant man. He was a local school teacher,
and chairman of the conciliation board. He was even the
first mayor of the Kvikne municipality. He had this position
for 6 years. His wife was Gjertrud Ingebrigtsdatter
Veen.
Another Generation
Again quite a number of children grew up at Ulset. Even
and Gjertrud's children were: Hallstein, Ingebrigt, Even,
Marit and Ane Margrethe.
- Hallstein became the next owner of Ulset.
- Ingebrigt, who was
married to Ingeborg Olsdatter Stae. They were parents of
the Ulset-brothers.
- Marit was married to Sakarias Simastuen and moved to
Simastuen. They had no children, and therefore later took
in Kjerstine, the sister of the Ulset brothers.
- Even was a school teacher from the age of 18. He
moved out of Kvikne to Flå in the Trondheim area
1859.
- Ane Margrethe was married to Ingebrigt Didrikshaug,
close to Simastuen.
The last Hallstein
101 Years after the first Hallstein came to live the
another Hallstein was born (1821). He and his wife Ane
Kristoffersdatter Botnan had three children: Even,
Kristoffer (sheriff and teacher) and Gjertrud. None of these
had children. The oldest Even , born 1851, was the next
owner. That must have taken place after the period when
Ingebrigt, who was his uncle, had run the farm and left for
Stølen in Oppdal in 1881.
The last Family
Even and his wife, Marit Brattbost, were childless. They
adopted a girl, Karen, who was daughter of Marit's sister.
Karen married Kaspar Schgrer, and new blood came to Ulset.
When Even Ulset died in 1935 the last descendant of the
first Hallstein, who came to Ulset in 1720, left the place.
Here ends the history of our family at Ulset.
The new Ulset people have taken good care of the place
and developed it into modern shape For people of today
passing through Kvikne, the Ulset name appears in great
letters on the grocery store in the neighbourhood,
announcing 'Ulset Samvirkelag" (Ulset Co-operative society).
A similar sign points to a modern carpentry factory. For a
number of people the name Ulset reminds them of the modern
Power station recently built and hidden deep in the rock in
the west side of the valley.
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