When Jocum Larsen was born on 19 September 1755, in Østre Bærum, Bærum, Akershus, Norway, his father, Lars Edvardsen Wold, was 51 and his mother, Lisbeth Larsdatter Woxen, was 44. He married Kari Pedersdatter in 1784, in Asker, Akershus, Norway. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 28 December 1840, in Asker, Akershus, Norway, at the age of 85, and was buried in Asker, Akershus, Norway.
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It listed all family members living on each farm. Also those living in the cities.
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
First organized group of emigrants to leave Norway. First emigration to America began with the Sloopers who left in an undersized sloop “Restauration” sailed from Stavanger, Norway on July 4th, 1825.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Lars, Nels, Niels, Sven, Thor, Knud, Nils, Per, Jorgen, Alf, Bjorn.
Danish, Norwegian, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Lars, an equivalent of Lawrence . This is also an Americanized form of the cognate Larssen. Compare Larson 1, Larrison , and Lawson 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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