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Male Torstein Ivarsen Roydland (Tosten Royland Rodland) Click to view Torstein Ivarsen Roydland in the family tree

Torstein was born in 1720 in Roydland, Lund, Rogaland, Norway.  Torstein's father was Ivar Mikkelsen Roydland (Tekse) and his mother was Anna Torsdtr Ollestad.  His paternal grandparents were Mikkel Ivarsen Roydland (Stromstad) and Gunhild Torsteinsdtr Tekse (Rodland); his maternal grandparents were Tore Jacobsen Ollestad and Botolvsdtr Førnes. He had a sister named Gunhild.  He was the older of the two children.  He died at the age of 74 in 1794.


Torstein's family with Kari Atlaksen Hestad 

They had a daughter named Ingeborg.