SVEINUNG TARALDSSON was born at UDDEDALEN, as was his younger brother Torjus. The family then moved to BYGGLAND, where his two youngest brothers were born. The Kviteseid Gardssoga suggests that the Byggland farm was sold when SVEINUNG and GUNNHILD moved to STRÅND, but that may not be accurate as their son AANUND SVEINUNGSSON continued to live at BYGGLAND.

SVEINUNG died July 8, 1840, at STRÅND u:Byggland. GUNNHILD died there Mar 3, 1847.

Talleiv Sveinungsson VERSTO had seven children, His first was son Sveinung Talleivsson, who was born at Versto. Versto is across the river from Byggland. In recent times it has been used as a tourist motel. When his father moved to Byggland, Sveinung remained at Versto. He married and had four children there. The last of the four was born in 1881. Two years later, Sveinung and his family immigrated to Jackson County, WI. They lived in York and the area north of there, known as Timber Creek. Four more children were born. The family went by the name Vesta in America.

      9 Tarald Sveinungsson HOMME
          8 Sveinung Taraldsson UDDEDALEN (b. 1705)
              7 Tarald Sveinungsson BYGGLAND (b. 1736)
                  6 Sveinung Taraldsson (b. 1768)
                      5 Aanund Sveinungsson DRANGSTVEIT (b. 1809)
                      5 Talleiv Sveinungsson VERSTO (b. 1812)
                          4 Egil Talleivsson BYGGLAND (b. 1849)
                              3 Birgit Egilsdotter BYGGLAND (b. 1895)
                                  2 Jon Hauge (b. 1922)
                                    + Bodil Mathisen (current owner) 

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 name                       birth1       baptism   confirmation   marriage      death2     emigration
 ______________________   __________   __________   __________   __________   __________   __________


 Sveinung Taraldsson                   03-25-1768        -1785   03-25-1802   07-08-1840  
 Gunnhild Aanundsdotter                08-04-1771                03-25-1802   03-03-1847 


 Sigrid Sveinungsdotter                12-05-1802   10-10-1819   02-24-1833   09-05-1855 
 Tarald Sveinungsson                   05-10-1807                             08-19-1832
 Aanund Sveinungson                    11-12-1809   10-04-1835   06-08-1840        -1891                   
 Tallef Sveinungsson                   11-22-1812                             08-16-1900 
 Anne Sveinungsdotter                  05-12-1816                             
                        
 1 - births are recorded in baptism record
 2 - deaths after emigration are not in Ministerialbok