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Kjerstine Ulseth - Simastuen
Kjerstine went to the Simastuen farm to her aunt Marit as
a young girl. As an old woman she often spoke about "Faster
Marit" (father's sister) for whom she had good feelings.
From the young girl's age of seven, Marit took her mother's
place.
One of Kjerstine's memories about Aunt Marit, was how
difficult it was following "faster" on her walk between the
seter and Simastuen in the summer. Marit had to carry food
from the seter to the people who harvested at Simastuen, and
she had to be back at the seter in the afternoon to milk the
cows. Kierstine's small legs had to move fast behind
"faster".
Simastuen was one of the places in Kvikne that was
founded as a result of the mining period, apparently built
up by a man called Simen or Sima. Kjerstine married Iver
Mikkelsen Taksgård, who had grown up on the neighbour
farm, Taksgård. They took over the Simastuen farm from
the old people there, and adopted as their family name
Simastuen. They had five children:
Marit, Karen, Sakarias, Ingeborg and Inga. They took part in
the farm life at Simastuen, and in the summer at the "seter"
as well. Iver died in 1943 and their son Sakarias took over
the farm.
Kjerstine returned as an old woman to the same
neighbourhood where her life started. She spent her last
years at the Kvikne old peoples' Home, which at that time
was situated at Ulsetlokka, near Ulset. So, she came back
there, and ended her life at the age of 91.
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