Brief Life History of Aren
When Aren Jacobson was born in 1690, in Korgen, Hemnes, Nordland, Norway, his father, Jacob Bendtsoen, was 40 and his mother, Marit Andersdatter, was 30. He married Kirsten Olsdatter in 1735, in Hemnes, Nordland, Norway. He died in 1738, in Nordland, Norway, at the age of 48, and was buried in Nordland, Norway.
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Spouse and Children
1690–1738 Male
1699–1783 Female
Parents and Siblings
1651–1735 Male
1660– Female
Siblings (4)
1684–1747 Female
1684–1748 Female
1686– Female
1690–1738 Male
World Events (2)
1700 · Norwegian calendar change
Age 10
1736 · Confirmation & education
Age 46
Name Meaning
English, Swedish, Dutch, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): patronymic from the personal name Jacob denoting ‘Jacob's son’. In North America, this surname has absorbed various cognates from other languages, including Scandinavian (see 2 below) and, in some cases, Croatian Jakobović (which is from the personal name Jakob ).
Americanized form of Swedish Jacobsson or Jakobsson and Danish, Norwegian, North German, or Dutch Jacobsen or Jakobsen , all cognates of 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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