Brief Life History of Amund
When Amund Gundersen was born on 21 February 1827, in Sør-Odal, Hedmark, Norway, his father, Gunder Gunderson Ihler, was 58 and his mother, Anne Andersdatter Sand, was 51.
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Family Time Line
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- Amund Gundersen in entry for Sigvard Jacobsen and Mari Amundsdr, "Norway, Marriages, 1660-1926"
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1828 · Henrik Ibsen
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.
1829 · Colonel Hans Christian Heg
Birth year of Colonel Heg Hans Christian Heg emigrated in 1840 with his parents to Muskego, Wisconsin. Norwegian American Civil War hero, abolitionist, journalist, anti-slavery activist, politician and soldier. He was best known for leading the Scandinavian 15th Wisconsin Volunteer Regiment on the Union side in the American Civil War.
1860 · School Act
School Act of 1860 which required permanent schools in both towns and rural areas.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Alf, Knut, Anders, Astrid, Bjorn, Fredrik, Gudrun, Helmer, Hilmar, Hilmer, Johan.
Norwegian and Danish: patronymic from the personal name Gunder, from Old Norse Gunnarr, a compound of gunn ‘battle’ + arr ‘warrior’. Compare Gunderson and Gunnerson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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