JACOBSDATTER DISCHINGTHUN, WENCHE [SSNE 5206]

Surname

JACOBSDATTER DISCHINGTHUN, DISHINGTON, DISHINGTOUN, DISSINGTON, DISCHINGTON

First name

WENCHE

Nationality

SCOT

Region

ORKNEY and BERGEN

Text source

Wenche Jacobsdatter Dischingthun was the daughter of James Anderson Dischingthun [SSNE 5200] who had been born in Holland district in Stronsay in the Orkney Islands. James had several children namely Job, Anders, Jon, Anna, Ahl, Wenche, Jacob and Marthe. James' wife was Lutzia Jansdatter, who had been born in Bergen. Wenche was married twice; first to Jacob Tode and secondly to the burgess, Hans Jensen Bigum. She died in 1701

Bergen Statsarkiv, Sollied Archive, Dischingthun; D. A. Bailey, 'An ancient Bible and a Family Record' in Norske Slektshistorisk Tidsskrift, XXV (Oslo 1976), pp.169-171. Female

Service record

DENMARK-NORWAY, BERGEN, NORWAY

Arrived 1650-01-01

Departed 1701-12-31

Capacity FAMILY MEMBER, purpose MISC