Marta Sjursdotter Bjelland

Female1808–1873

Brief Life History of Marta Sjursdotter

When Marta Sjursdotter Bjelland was born in 1808, in Bjelland, Etne, Hordaland, Norway, her father, Sjur Torjusson, was 31 and her mother, Marta Pedersdatter, was 29. She married Peder Olsen on 6 June 1828, in Skånevik, Hordaland, Norway. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 7 daughters. She died in 1873, at the age of 65.

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Family Time Line

Peder Olsen
1798–1847
Marta Sjursdotter Bjelland
1808–1873
Marriage: 6 June 1828
Ola Persson Teigland
1826–1826
Ola Persson
1828–1828
Marta Persdtr. Teigland
1830–1906
Brita Persdtr
1835–
Marta Pedersdr
1835–
Brita Persdotter Teigland
1836–1929
Guro Pedersdr
1840–1840
Guro Pedersdr
1841–1845
Ales Pedersdr
1844–

Sources (12)

  • Martha Sjursdr, "Norway, Marriages, 1660-1926"
  • Martha Sjursdatter in entry for Martha Pedersdatter Tegland, "Norway Church Books, 1815-1930"
  • Martha Sjursdr, "Norway, Marriages, 1660-1926"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    6 June 1828Skånevik, Hordaland, Norway
  • Children (9)

    +4 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (12)

    +7 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1810 · Vaccinations

    Age 2

    Royal order issued by the King of Norway and Denmark in 1810 required everyone to have a certificate of smallpox vaccination. This was also recorded in the Church records. 33

    1810 · Ole Bull

    Age 2

    Eminent Norwegian violinist and composer. Renown Norwegian violinist and composer who toured multiple times in the US. Family friend with Edvard Grieg.

    1828 · Henrik Ibsen

    Age 20

    Birth year of Henrik Ibsen. Norwegian playwright and theatre director and one of the most influential playwrights of his time. His most-known works were Peer Gynt and A Doll's House.

    Name Meaning

    Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Carsten, Lars, Ove.

    Norwegian: habitational name from any of 24 farms in southwest Norway, named with a word for ‘round hill’ + land ‘(piece of) land, farmstead’.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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