Husband <Captain> William Wells 1 2
Born: 25 Jul 1765 - Wells Manor, Baltimore Co., Maryland, (United States)
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Died: 29 Apr 1840 - Stonehurst, (Tyler), (West) Virginia, United States
Buried:
Father: Benjamin Wells (1723-1795) 3 4
Mother: Temperance Butler (1726-1800) 5
Marriage: 2 Oct 1821 - Tyler Co., (West) Virginia, United States
Other Spouse: Catherine Sellman (1760-1816) 6 - 1787 - Fort Pitt, Ohio, Virginia, United States
Wife Margaret Ankrom
Born: 27 Feb 1786 - Tyler, (West) Virginia, United States
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Died: 24 Oct 1868 - Tyler, West Virginia, United States
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Children
Research Notes: Husband - <Captain> William Wells
From http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/t/e/Sharon-J-Stevenson/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0954.html :
HISTORY OF MIDDLEBOURNE, WEST VIRGINIA: Excerpts from "The Tyler Star News--Historical Edition; Vol.75, No. 30, Thursday, Oct 1, 1964; Sistersville, West Virginia. "William Wells, who lived a few miles above Middlebourne was the owner of a number of slaves. The stone house on the farm was completed in 1804 and is probably the oldest house in the community. Stone for the building was quarried on the farm mostly by slave labor and the work required about three years. As soon as the land was cleared, it was planted in tobacco which was the main industry for many years. William Wells deeded one acre of ground to the Methodist Episcopal Society in Nov. 13, 1820 on which a log cabin was erected. It was used as a school house and church for more than fifty years. The building was torn down about 1875, soon after the Methodist Church at Alma was built on its present location. This one acre plot, on which the log house was built was the beginning of Beachwood Cemetery."
FROM THE SAGA OF WILLIAM WELLS, COUNTY PIONEER By Daisy Furbee Wells: Wells Manor near Baltimore, Maryland was William's Birthplace. His father was Benjamin Wells who had five sons, including William. After the Revolution Benjamin moved his family and his slaves to Western Pennsylvania, and later to the norther panhandle of Virginia, where the town of Wellsburg was founded by Benjamin. William married his first wife, Catherine Sellman(Selmon) of Jefferson County, Ohio. They went south, and purchased a small farm with two log cabins, a few miles from Bethany, West Virginia. Around 1798, they explored land further south and eventually purchased 585 acres of land to build their permanent home. In May, 1800, be bartered for a flatboat and brought his wife, eight children and several slaves down the Ohio to a landing near where Sistersville now stands. William Wells was a tireless worker and keen business man. In less than four years, he and his sons and his Negro workmen had built the stone house, hauling the native stone in ox carts from the hollow in the hills back of the farm. The walls of the new home were 18 inches thick, straight and true by plumb-line measurements. On Jan 27,1813, the township of Middlebourne was established and William Wells was the first-named of the seven trustees. Early in the year 1816, sorrow came to the Wells household. On Jan 22, 1816 Catherine Sellman Wells died, leaving her Husband and children numbering eight sons and daughters. She was buried in the small cemetery near the stone house, beside a daughter-in-law, who had died the previous year. Five years after his first wife's death, William married Margaret Ankrom who was 37 years old at the time. He organized the first Court in the home of Charles Wells, his older brother at "Wells Landing', later named Sistersville. Later, he was made Acting Justice of that court, which was moved to Middlebourne. When Squire William's oldest brother, Charles, founder of Sistersville, died in 1829, William was named executor of his estate. William Wells was dignified in appearance; kind and cheerful in manner; wise in judgement; reserved yet forceful in his convictions; a good neighbor and a Christian gentleman.
Husband Adam Brus 7 8
Born: Abt 1101 - <Skelton, Yorkshire, England>
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Died: 1143
Buried: - Gisborough Priory, Guisborough, North Yorkshire, England
Father: Robert de Brus, 1st Lord of Annandale (Abt 1071-1141) 9
Mother: Agnes de Pagnall (Abt 1076- ) 7 8
Marriage: Abt 1124 - Yorkshire, England
Wife Jueta de Arches 7
AKA: Ivetta de Arches
Born: Abt 1116 - <Thorp Arch, Yorkshire>, England
Christened:
Died: Abt 1206
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Father: William de Arches (Abt 1090-Aft 1154) 7
Mother: Jueta (Abt 1094- ) 7
Children
1 M Adam Brus 7
AKA: Adam Bruce
Born: Abt 1143 - Skelton, North Yorkshire, England
Christened:
Died: 1196 - Skelton, North Yorkshire, England
Buried: - Gisborough Priory, Guisborough, North Yorkshire, England
Spouse: Joanna de Meschines (Abt 1145- ) 7
Research Notes: Husband - Adam Brus
Second son of Robert de Brus. Historians have not determined which of Robert de Brus' two wives named Agnes was the mother of Adam Brus. where he had been imprisoned on suspicion of abducting Agnes, a damsel of the queen's chamber (Patent Rolls).
• Acquired, the Manor of Hooton, 1396
• Fined, for his part in the Percy Rebellion, 1404
• Pardoned, for participation in Percy Rebellion 1402-1408, 1413
• Knighted, on battlefield after Battle of Agincourt, 1415
Source: The House of Stanley from the 12th Century Various sources have differing birth, marriage & death dates. Glenda Turcks http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=DESC&db=nanatea&id=I33919 gives d. abt 1417. http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mjr6387&id=I180563 has b. abt 1386, which is impossible since the same source has m. abt 1384. Assuming that the birthdate was an error and that the list of children is good, one of their daughters could have been Jonet Stanley., who married Gwilym ap Gruffydd about 1400. Glenda Turcks http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=DESC&db=nanatea&id=I33919 has b. abt 1386.
Are Blanche and Margery Ardern(e) the same person? See below: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mjr6387&id=I180563 has m. abt. 1384. Some other source gave about 1379. Glenda Turcks http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=DESC&db=nanatea&id=I33919 has b. abt 1406, d. 2 Feb 1428 Glenda Turcks http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=DESC&db=nanatea&id=I33919 has d. abt 1461. Glenda Turcks http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=DESC&db=nanatea&id=I33919 has b. abt 1409
FamilySearch? FamilySearch (?) - more ancestors available.
Glenda Turcks http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=DESC&db=nanatea&id=I33919 has b. abt 1386.
Source: Glenda Turcks http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=DESC&db=nanatea&id=I33919 Source: Glenda Turcks http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=DESC&db=nanatea&id=I33919
1. http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi. Rec. Date: 25 Aug 2001, http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~digging/index.html 2. Website - Genealogy, http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/t/e/Sharon-J-Stevenson/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0954.html. Cit. Date: 2009.
3. Peden, Henry C., Jr, Inhabitants of Baltimore County 1763-1774. (Westminster, MD: Family Line Publications, 1989.)
4. Website - Genealogy, http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/t/e/Sharon-J-Stevenson/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0105.html. Cit. Date: 2009.
5. http://www.familysearch.org, Compact Disc #99 Pin #236796 (Debbie Finelli) 6. Website - Genealogy, http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/t/e/Sharon-J-Stevenson/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0955.html. Cit. Date: 2009.
7. http://www.familysearch.org, Cit. Date: 1 Aug 2009.
8. Wikipedia.org, Robert de Brus, 1st Lord of Annandale. Cit. Date: 1 Aug 2009.
9. Wikipedia.org, Robert de Brus, 1st Lord of Annandale.
10. http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi. Rec. Date: 25 Aug 2001, http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mjr6387&id=I180563.
11. Seacome, John, The History of the House of Stanley From the Conquest to the Death of the Right Honourable Edward, Late Earl of Derby, in 1776. (Manchester: J. Gleave, 1821.), pp. 15, 229.
12. Website:, http://stanleyroots.co.uk/thenorthwest.htm.
13. http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi. Rec. Date: 25 Aug 2001, http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mjr6387&id=I45411.
14. http://www.familysearch.org, Compact Disc #94 Pin #316914 (submitted by Samuel Taylor "Sam" Geer).
15. Seacome, John, The History of the House of Stanley From the Conquest to the Death of the Right Honourable Edward, Late Earl of Derby, in 1776. (Manchester: J. Gleave, 1821.), pp. 14-15.
16. Kimber, E. and R. Johnson, The Baronetage of England: Containing a Genealogical and Historical Account of All the English Baronets Now Existing: with their descents, marriages, and memorable actions both in war and peace. (Vol. 2. London: Printed for G. Woodfall, 1771.), p. 206.
17. http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi. Rec. Date: 25 Aug 2001, http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mjr6387&id=I4541.
18. Website:, www.fintco.demon.co.uk/stanley/ches-hooton.htm.
19. Website:, http://www.penrose.org/familygroup.php?familyID=F23881&tree=penros.
20. Website:, www.whitneygen.org/archives/biography/princewm.html.
21. Wikipedia.org, John II Stanley of the Isle of Man.
22. Website:, http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/people/lords/john1.htm (Manx Note Book).
23. Weis, Frederick Lewis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr; William R. Beall and Kaleen E. Beall, eds, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700 (8th ed. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2008.), Line 57-34, 37-34.
24. Website - Genealogy, www.whitneygen.org/archives/biography/princewm.html.
25. http://www.familysearch.org, Cit. Date: 25 Jul 2009.
26. http://www.familysearch.org, Cit. Date: 24 Jul 2009.
From Wikipedia - Robert de Brus, 1st Lord of Annandale:
Robert is said to have married twice: (1) Agnes, daughter of Geoffrey Bainard, sheriff of York and (2) Agnes, daughter and heiress of Fulk de Pagnall, Lord of Carleton, Yorkshire[5][6]
There were two sons, but it is unclear by which spouse:
Husband Osbern de Arches 7
Born: Abt 1064 - <Thorp Arch, Yorkshire>, England
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Died: Abt 1115
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1 M William de Arches 7
Born: Abt 1090 - <Newton Kyme>, Yorkshire, England
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Died: Aft 1154
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Spouse: Jueta (Abt 1094- ) 7
Marr: Abt 1115 - <Yorkshire, England>
Husband Ralph Ardene
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Marriage: Bef 1418
Wife Katherine de Stanley
Born: Abt 1402
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Father: Sir William de Stanley, of Hooton (1368-1423/1424) 10 11 12
Mother: Blanche Arderne (Abt 1362- )
Children
Research Notes: Wife - Katherine de Stanley
Husband Sir William de Stanley, of Hooton 10 11 12
AKA: Sir William Stanley Lord of Stanleigh, William Stanley of Hooten
Born: 1368 - Cheadle, Cheshire, England
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Died: 1423-1424 - Hooton, Wirral Peninsula, Cheshire, England
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Father: William de Stanleigh, "The Elder", Lord of Stanley, Storeton & Hooton (Abt 1337-1398) 12 13 14 15 16
Mother: Margery de Hooton (1342-Abt 1430) 16 17 18 19
Marriage: 1386
Noted events in his life were:
• Pardoned, for escaping from Winchester Castle, 1389
by Peter Stanley at
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ourpage/history.htm
Wife Blanche Arderne
AKA: Margery Arden, Margaret Arderne
Born: Abt 1362 - Aldford, Cheshire, England
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Died:
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Father: Sir John Arderne, of Hardin ( - )
Mother: Cecilia Bredbury ( - )
Children
1 M William Stanley, Esq.
AKA: William [VIII] de Stanley
Born: 1406 - Cheadle, Cheshire, England
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Died: 17 Feb 1465-1466 - Hooton, Eastham, Wirral, Cheshire, England
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Spouse: Mary Savage (Abt 1407- )
Marr: 1436
2 F Katherine de Stanley
Born: Abt 1402
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Died:
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Spouse: Ralph Ardene ( - )
Marr: Bef 1418
3 F Elizabeth de Stanley
Born: Abt 1406
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Spouse: Thomas Poole, Esq. ( - )
Marr: 1425
4 F Isabel Stanley
Born: Abt 1409
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Spouse: Robert Legh, Esq. ( - )
5 F Margery de Stanley
AKA: Margaret de Stanley
Born: Abt 1415
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Spouse: Thomas Venables, Baron of Kinderton ( - )
6 M George Stanley
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Birth Notes: Husband - Sir William de Stanley, of Hooton
- Birth dates: 1368, abt 1370, abt 1375, betw 1378 and 1380, 1405 (unlikely; too late)
- Marriage:
- Death: abt 1428, 2 Feb 1427 or 1428
Glenda Turcks http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=DESC&db=nanatea&id=I33919 gives b. abt 1345, d. 2 Feb 1427/28
http://stanleyroots.co.uk/thenorthwest.htm has b. 1368, d. 1428.
Death Notes: Husband - Sir William de Stanley, of Hooton
Todd Whitesides (http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/gen-medieval/2005-06/1119103825) writes: "His son William Stanley was married by 1403 to Blanche [RYCH/1801] but
predeceased his father in 1423 or 1424 [RYCH/1418 & 1802]. "
Research Notes: Husband - Sir William de Stanley, of Hooton
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The following citations have mightily confused the present author and need further clarification:
Source: The History of the House of Stanley from the Conquest to the Death of the Right Honourable Edward, Late Earl of Derby, in 1776 by John Seacomb (Manchester, 1821) [courtesy of books.google.com], p. 229 has "WILLIAM of Stanleigh, Knight, Lord of Stanleigh--MARGERY, the daughter of John Arden, Knight."
And from p. 15, "The seventeenth of Henry VI [1439]. he married to Alice the daughter of Richard Houghton, (as I conceive, of Lancashire,) and by her had issue a son, named William"
And from p. 15:
"Sir William, the son of the aforesaid Sir William, was the ninth heir male of this honourable house, and succeeded his father in honour and estate. The fourth of Henry VI [1426], he married Margery the daughter of Sir John Ardern, of Hardin, by whom he had issue two sons, William and John...
"Sir William, the father of the said William and John, by Mrs. Ardern, was the first that removed from the old seat of Stanley, in the county of Stafford, to Hooton, in the hundred of Wirral, and county of Chester; who, for the enlargement and conveniency of his house, and better accommodation of his family, obtained license from King Henry VI. to build a turret or tower at his seat of Hooton, with embattled walls
"Viz. Huic Gulielmo de Stanley, milite, Rex Henricus sextus dedit licentiam construendi et edificandi turrum, apud menerium suum de Hooton, in Wirral, per literas suas patenus. Datus anno Regni suo secundo.
"Which house and tower are now standing, to which Sir William, the elder brother of John, succeeded, and was the tenth heir male of his family."
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From http://stanleyroots.co.uk/thenorthwest.htm
"William the Elder's son, Sir William de Stanley (1368-1428), having married in 1386, was pardoned in 1389 for escaping from Winchester Castle, where he had been imprisoned on suspicion of abducting Agnes, a damsel of the queen's chamber (Patent Rolls). He acquired the manor of Hooton in 1396 and produced the line which became known as the Stanleys of Hooton in Cheshire. He was heavily fined in 1404 at Chester (along with his son) for his part in the Percy Rebellion. Hooton Hall (SJ3678) remained the main residence of the Stanleys of Hooton from 1411 to 1849. Other later residences of landowning Stanleys in Cheshire included Alderley Park (SJ8474, near Alderley Edge), home of the Stanleys of Alderley from around 1446 to 1948."
Birth Notes: Wife - Blanche Arderne
Research Notes: Wife - Blanche Arderne
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FamilySearch and/or Rootsweb
Wife 1.
AFN: 8XKT-SJ Disc #94 Pin #454996 rec ID 940454996 gives parents as Sir John Arderne of Hardin and Cecilia Bredbury.
RootsWeb GEN-MEDIEVAL-L Stanley/Arderne lines gives Blanche's parents as Sir Peter de Arderne (1372-1379) + Cecily de Bredbury, daughter of Adam de Bredbury and Cecily.
Notes: Marriage
http://stanleyroots.co.uk/thenorthwest.htm has m. 1386.
Married before 1403.
Birth Notes: Child - William Stanley, Esq.
http://stanleyroots.co.uk/thenorthwest.htm has b. 1406, d. 1461
Death Notes: Child - William Stanley, Esq.
Todd Whitesides (http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/gen-medieval/2005-06/1119103825) gives date as 17 Feb 1465 or 1466.
Birth Notes: Child - Isabel Stanley
Husband Sir John Arderne, of Hardin
AKA: Sir John Arden of Hardin
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Wife Cecilia Bredbury
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1 F Blanche Arderne
AKA: Margery Arden, Margaret Arderne
Born: Abt 1362 - Aldford, Cheshire, England
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Spouse: Sir William de Stanley, of Hooton (1368-1423/1424) 10 11 12
Marr: 1386
Research Notes: Husband - Sir John Arderne, of Hardin
Source: The History of the House of Stanley from the Conquest to the Death of the Right Honourable Edward, Late Earl of Derby, in 1776 by John Seacomb (Manchester, 1821) [courtesy of books.google.com], p. 15 has Sir John Ardern, of Hardin.
RootsWeb: GEN-MEDIEVAL=-L Stanley/Arderne lines has Sir Peter de Arderne (1327-1379).
Research Notes: Wife - Cecilia Bredbury
Birth Notes: Child - Blanche Arderne
Husband Thomas Stanley
Born: Abt 1392
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Died: Abt 1463
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Father: Sir John de Stanley, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and Lord of Man (1340-1413/1414) 12 16 20 21 22
Mother: Isabel Lathom (Abt 1364-1414) 23 24
Marriage:
Other Spouse: Elizabeth Waller ( - )
Wife Maude Arderne
Born: Abt 1398
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Died: Aft 1425
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Children
1 M John Stanley
Born: Abt 1423
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Died: Abt 1474
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2 F Anne Stanley
Born: Abt 1425
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Died: Abt 1481
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Research Notes: Husband - Thomas Stanley
Research Notes: Wife - Maude Arderne
Husband Finn Arnesson, Earl of Halland 25
Born: Abt 1005 - <Osteraat, Yrje, Norway>
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Father: Arni Arnmodsson (Abt 0977-1024) 25
Mother: Thora Thorsteinsdatter (Abt 0972- ) 25
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1 F Ingeborg Finnsdatter 25
Born: Abt 1021 - <Osteraat, Yrje, Norway>
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Died: Abt 1066
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Spouse: Thorfinn II "the Black" Sigurdsson, Earl of Orkney (Abt 0989-1064) 25
Marr: Bef 1038
Husband Angantyr Arngrimsson 26
Born: Abt 472 - Norway
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Father: Arngrim "Bersurkur" Grimsson (Abt 0452- ) 26
Mother: Eyfuru Svaflamasdatter (Abt 0454- ) 26
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Wife Svofu Bjartmarsdatter 26
Born: Abt 474 - Norway
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1 F Hervor Angantyrsdatter 26
Born: Abt 492 - Norway
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Spouse: Hofund Gudmundsson, King in Glaesivollum (Abt 0488- ) 26
Husband Arni Arnmodsson 25
Born: Abt 977 - <Onundfjord, Norway>
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Died: 1024
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Father: Arnmod Arnvidarsson (Abt 0945-0986) 25
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Marriage: Abt 0090 - Giske, More Og Romsdal, Norway
Wife Thora Thorsteinsdatter 25
Born: Abt 972 - <Onundfjord, Norway>
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Father: Thorstein "Galge" (Abt 0955- ) 25
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1 M Finn Arnesson, Earl of Halland 25
Born: Abt 1005 - <Osteraat, Yrje, Norway>
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