Brief Life History of Nils
When Nils Nilsen Vinjum was born on 7 April 1831, in Aurland, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway, his father, Niels Olsen Vinjum, was 36 and his mother, Tora Hansdatter Skjerdal, was 32.
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- Nils, "Norway Church Books, 1815-1930"
- Nils Nilsen, "Norway, Baptisms, 1634-1927"
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World Events (8)
1832 · Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
Birth year of Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson. Norwegian writer who received the 1903 Nobel Prize in Literature. He wrote the lyrics to the Norwegian national anthem "Ja, vi elsker."
1834 · Fox River Settlement
Fox River Settlement in Illinois begun in 1834. It was the first permanent Norwegian-American immigrant settlement in the Midwest.
1862 · Homestead Act
Homestead Act was passed in the U.S. which made land available for free upon meeting certain conditions. Many Norwegian-Americans acquired land through this process.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Nils, Alf, Bjorn, Lars, Per, Nels, Anders, Bente, Tor, Arnfinn, Astrid. German Hans, Kurt, Ralf, Arnulf, Otto.
Norwegian: patronymic from the personal name Nils, a shortened form of Nikolaus. This form of the surname is also found in Denmark, but it is rare there. Compare Nelsen .
Altered form of Norwegian Nilssen, a variant of 1, and probably also of the Danish, Norwegian, or North German cognate Nielsen (compare Nilson ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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